Population: 7,506,197 (July 1989), growth rate 3.1% (1989)

Birth rate: 46 births/1,000 population (1989)

Death rate: 15 deaths/1,000 population (1989)

Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1989)

Infant mortality rate: 96 deaths/1,000 live births (1989)

Life expectancy at birth: 51 years male, 54 years female (1989)

Total fertility rate: 6.6 children born/woman (1989)

Nationality: noun--Senegalese (sing. and pl.); adjective--Senegalese

Ethnic divisions: 36% Wolof, 17% Fulani, 17% Serer, 9% Toucouleur, 9% Diola, 9% Mandingo, 1% European and Lebanese

Religion: 92% Muslim, 6% indigenous beliefs, 2% Christian (mostly Roman Catholic)

Language: French (official); Wolof, Pulaar, Diola, Mandingo

Literacy: 10%

Labor force: 2,509,000; 77% subsistence agricultural workers; 175,000 wage earners--40% private sector, 60% government and parapublic; 52% of population of working age (1985)

Organized labor: majority of wage-labor force represented by unions; however, dues-paying membership very limited; major confederation is National Confederation of Senegalese Labor (CNTS), an affiliate of governing party

NOTE: The information regarding Senegal on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Senegal People 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Senegal People 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.