Senegal

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Senegal is a country. The capital city is Dakar, located in the Western Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 192,530 km², a population of 18,077,573 people and uses the currency West African CFA franc. The President is Macky Sall.

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currency: West African CFA franc
capital city: Dakar
region: Western Africa
continent: Africa
land area: 192,530 km²
population: 18,077,573 people
political leader: Macky Sall (President)

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expense: 23.45 % of GDP
GDP: 30,848,333,083.71 current US$
inflation: 5.94 annual %
self-employed workers: 69.57 % of total employment
tax revenue: 19.44 % of GDP
unemployment: 2.80 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 68.28 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 19,000 people
democracy score: 6.15
democracy type: Flawed democracy
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 8,400 people
individuals using the Internet: 60.60 % of population
military expenditure: 1.47 % of GDP
net migration: -9,999 people
press freedom: 3.03
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 46.06 %
birth rate: 32.07 per 1,000 people
death rate: 5.55 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 71.22 current US$
health expenditure: 4.35 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.09 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 0.73 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 68
suicide mortality rate: 6.00 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 95,110.00 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 0.61 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 12.02 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 67.90 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 4.17 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 8.65 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 83.62 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 1.77 % of total
net energy imports: 52.69 % of energy use
fertility rate: 4.31 births per woman
forest area: 79,881 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 53.91 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 28.84 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 15.10
methane emissions: 12.05 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 3.55 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 8,879,764 people
male population: 9,197,809 people
renewable energy consumption: 35.40 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 194,448.57 km²
rural population: 9,114,893 people
urban land area: 1,566.40 km²
urban population: 8,962,680 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 4.82 % of total population

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