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Country profile · Senegal

People from abroad in Senegal, and Senegal's people abroad

compatriots.net finds 8,274 people from abroad holding company roles, research posts or other documented positions in Senegal, from 137 countries of origin; 241 of them are recorded by an official register.

The largest groups come from France, United States, Kenya.

8,274
people from abroad
137
countries of origin
241
recorded by a register
11,439
people from Senegal abroad

Find Senegal's people abroad

Where they come from

  1. France3,175
  2. United States1,154
  3. Kenya389
  4. Canada361
  5. United Kingdom284
  6. Ghana218
  7. Benin200
  8. India182
  9. Côte d'Ivoire170
  10. Germany170
  11. Morocco165
  12. Tunisia148
  13. Other2,493
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Country of originPeople
France3,175
United States1,154
Kenya389
Canada361
United Kingdom284
Ghana218
Benin200
India182
Côte d'Ivoire170
Germany170
Morocco165
Tunisia148
Cameroon148
Nigeria135
Belgium119
South Africa102
Algeria94
Burkina Faso87
Italy80
Guinea78
Mali74
Switzerland73
Spain67
Gabon65
Uganda64
Niger62
Togo62
Poland59
China51
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the41
Türkiye41
Congo39
Netherlands39
Japan39
Egypt36
Lebanon35
Madagascar35
Mauritania33
Portugal31
Syria29
Other675

Industries

Industry comes from company registers and is not available here.

Senegal's people abroad

Abroad, 11,439 people from Senegal are documented in 155 other countries.

  1. France4,183
  2. United States2,701
  3. United Kingdom2,150
  4. Canada912
  5. Switzerland543
  6. Spain378
  7. Belgium298
  8. Germany295
  9. Italy293
  10. Côte d'Ivoire274
  11. Netherlands246
  12. Morocco241
  13. Other3,706
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Host countryPeople
France4,183
United States2,701
United Kingdom2,150
Canada912
Switzerland543
Spain378
Belgium298
Germany295
Italy293
Côte d'Ivoire274
Netherlands246
Morocco241
United Arab Emirates201
Nigeria193
Luxembourg157
India148
Congo136
South Africa135
Togo135
China135
Denmark113
Brazil108
Tunisia98
Algeria97
Sweden89
Australia89
Mali85
Portugal67
Kenya66
Gabon61
Guinea59
Finland57
Cameroon56
Austria55
Türkiye54
Romania51
Japan49
Burkina Faso49
Ireland41
Benin38
Other1,084

There is no company register for Senegal in the current build. Arrivals here come from dated study-then-work moves and from research and reference records (ORCID, VIAF, Wikidata), so company roles are undercounted.

Counts are people with a documented cross-border move: an official register's nationality or birthplace, ORCID/VIAF/Wikidata records, or a dated study-then-work transition. Name-based estimates and heritage (ancestral) readings are not included in these counts. Groups under 5 people are folded into "Other".

Names from Senegal in other registers (estimate)

How many company officers abroad carry names that a name-origin model places in Senegal. This includes people whose families left generations ago, which the documented counts above cannot see. These are expected counts, not people, and no individual is labelled by them.

Host countryExpected people
Spain †2,000
South Africa1,500
Canada †790
United States †100
Switzerland40
Nigeria40
Mauritius30
Tanzania30
Belgium20
Greece20
Morocco10
Ghana7
Iceland5
Other20

Registers where the estimate fails, or cannot take, a check against recorded nationality are left out, among them France, Mali, United Kingdom, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Guinea. † marks a host where most names point abroad; read its figure as ancestry, not migration. How this is estimated.