Senegal Senegal Senegal (; ; ), officially the Republic of Senegal (; ), is a country in West Africa. Senegal is bordered by Mauritania in the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast, and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal also borders The Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia River, which separates Senegal's southern region of Casamance from the rest of the country. Senegal also shares a maritime border with Cape Verde. Senegal's economic and political capital is Dakar. The unitary semi-presidential republic is the westernmost country in the mainland of
Demographics of Senegal Total Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and Crude Birth Rate (CBR): French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Serer, Jola, Mandinka, Soninke The religion beliefs of the 2016 population of Senegal are: Muslim 96.1% (mostly Sufi), Christian 3.6% (mostly Roman Catholic), animist 0.3%. The following demographic statistics of Senegal are from the World Population Review. The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated. Definition: age 15 and over can read and write Senegal aforetime was a destination country for neighboring economic migrants, but in recent decades West African migrants more often use Senegal as a transit point