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Senegal: cities by population

Senegal has a population of 15,854,360, with Dakar as its capital. The 50 largest of its 148 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Dakar	Dakar	2,646,503
2	Pikine	Dakar	1,170,791
3	Touba	Diourbel Region	1,120,824
4	Guédiawaye	Dakar	329,659
5	Thiès	Thies	317,763
6	Kaolack	Kaolack	298,904
7	Rufisque	Dakar	295,459
8	Mbour	Thies	284,189
9	Saint-Louis	Saint-Louis	254,171
10	Thiès Nones	Thies	252,320
11	Ziguinchor	Ziguinchor	214,874
12	Diourbel	Diourbel Region	157,554
13	Tambacounda	Tambacounda	149,071
14	Louga	Louga	113,365
15	Kolda	Kolda	103,574
16	Tivaouane	Thies	102,658
17	Mbaké	Diourbel Region	101,451
18	Tiébo	Diourbel Region	100,289
19	Keur Médoune	Diourbel Region	77,255
20	Richard-Toll	Saint-Louis	73,147
21	Dougnane	Thies	69,556
22	Bargny	Dakar	69,242
23	Kaffrine	Kaffrine	57,307
24	Nguékhokh	Thies	47,964
25	Diamniadio	Dakar	47,759
26	Joal	Thies	45,903
27	Dara	Louga	45,530
28	Vélingara	Kolda	45,431
29	Sébikhotane	Dakar	42,839
30	Sali	Thies	41,811
31	Niakoul Rab	Dakar	41,570
32	Mboro	Thies	40,811
33	Fatick	Fatick	39,361
34	Bambey	Diourbel Region	37,374
35	Médina Gounas	Kolda	36,588
36	N’diareme limamoulaye	Dakar	35,171
37	Ndibène Dahra	Louga	32,941
38	Sédhiou	Sédhiou	31,511
39	Koungheul	Kaffrine	31,149
40	Kédougou	Kedougou	30,051
41	Bignona	Ziguinchor	28,642
42	Matam	Matam	27,695
43	Mékhé	Thies	27,566
44	Ouro Sogui	Matam	27,222
45	Kahone	Kaolack	26,376
46	Diaoubé	Kolda	26,165
47	Poukham Un	Fatick	24,146
48	Pout	Thies	23,728
49	Kayar	Thies	23,585
50	Dagana	Saint-Louis	21,750

Twenty years earlier: Senegal in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 10,618,697.