Country or area · Western Africa · Africa · UN WPP 2024

Senegal population

Senegal population now

19,473,707

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 19.2–19.9 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 18,077,574

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 19.3666 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 19.2–19.9 million
Median age: 20.8
Aged 65+: 3.7%

Move through time, 1950–2100

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male female projection · one cell = 5,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

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SEN · 1950–2100 · in brief

Senegal in numbers

The UN counts 18,077,574 people in Senegal in mid-2023, which makes it the 71st-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and 0.22% of the world's people. That is 7.1 times its 1950 population of 2.6 million.

In the UN's medium projection it is still growing in 2100, when it reaches 47.0 million. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 18.3 million to 106 million.

Births outnumber deaths in every year from 1950 to 2100, estimates and projection alike.

The median age was 18.6 in 1950 and 20.1 in 2023; the projection has 38.3 in 2100. 3.6% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 17.6% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is still growing in 2100 in the medium projection.

Among countries it ranks 71st in 2023, 63rd in 2050 and 49th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Guatemala in 2024, the Netherlands in 2024 and Romania in 2025.

Population, mid-2023: 18,077,574
Rank by population, 2023: 71 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 0.22%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +2.42% · +426,471 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 94
Land area, 2023: 192,530 km²
Births, 2023: 531,890
Deaths, 2023: 100,882
Net migration, 2023: −9,999
Children per woman, 2023: 3.82
Median age, 2023: 20.1 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 68.7 years
In a city, 2025: 48 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 2,555,370
Projected, mid-2050: 30,364,954
Projected, mid-2100: 47,014,186

SEN · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. Every column stands for a single year, counted on 1 January, and the paper rules slice it into cells of equal size.

Show the numbers: Senegal, 1950–2100

Senegal: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	2,523,979		131,196	73,584	6.79	36.5
1951	estimate	2,586,760		134,116	74,131	6.79	36.9
1952	estimate	2,652,525		137,213	74,607	6.79	37.4
1953	estimate	2,721,472		140,516	75,208	6.80	37.8
1954	estimate	2,793,661		143,987	75,924	6.82	38.2
1955	estimate	2,869,120		147,643	76,736	6.83	38.5
1956	estimate	2,947,889		151,484	77,691	6.86	38.9
1957	estimate	3,029,975		155,031	78,897	6.89	39.1
1958	estimate	3,114,753		159,150	80,093	6.92	39.4
1959	estimate	3,202,760		163,714	81,759	6.96	39.5
1960	estimate	3,293,876		168,244	83,510	7.00	39.7
1961	estimate	3,387,938		172,911	85,591	7.04	39.7
1962	estimate	3,484,812		177,759	87,824	7.08	39.7
1963	estimate	3,584,561		182,415	90,151	7.12	39.7
1964	estimate	3,687,192		187,323	92,525	7.16	39.8
1965	estimate	3,793,879		192,947	95,037	7.19	39.8
1966	estimate	3,905,697		198,777	97,420	7.22	39.9
1967	estimate	4,022,901		204,555	99,733	7.24	40.0
1968	estimate	4,144,839		210,258	102,017	7.25	40.1
1969	estimate	4,270,336		216,433	104,041	7.26	40.4
1970	estimate	4,399,611		222,846	105,586	7.26	40.8
1971	estimate	4,533,044		229,422	106,912	7.26	41.2
1972	estimate	4,670,684		235,965	107,940	7.26	41.8
1973	estimate	4,812,577		242,233	108,398	7.25	42.4
1974	estimate	4,957,784		248,695	108,723	7.25	43.1
1975	estimate	5,101,090		255,606	108,300	7.25	43.9
1976	estimate	5,240,530		262,307	107,533	7.26	44.8
1977	estimate	5,376,597		268,074	106,436	7.27	45.7
1978	estimate	5,502,501		272,838	105,094	7.28	46.6
1979	estimate	5,633,692		277,048	103,622	7.29	47.5
1980	estimate	5,772,097		282,125	102,424	7.29	48.3
1981	estimate	5,919,179		287,265	101,343	7.28	49.1
1982	estimate	6,075,142		291,600	100,293	7.25	49.9
1983	estimate	6,238,780		296,285	98,614	7.19	50.8
1984	estimate	6,410,228		300,250	97,130	7.11	51.7
1985	estimate	6,588,499		303,710	95,493	7.01	52.6
1986	estimate	6,778,074		305,743	92,852	6.90	53.7
1987	estimate	6,978,310		309,662	91,137	6.79	54.6
1988	estimate	7,184,751		311,084	89,310	6.58	55.5
1989	estimate	7,394,485		316,394	88,597	6.48	56.2
1990	estimate	7,609,928		322,998	88,838	6.40	56.7
1991	estimate	7,831,118		327,241	89,527	6.27	57.0
1992	estimate	8,055,052		332,157	90,678	6.15	57.3
1993	estimate	8,281,738		338,491	92,743	6.05	57.4
1994	estimate	8,510,837		343,680	94,564	5.92	57.5
1995	estimate	8,737,319		350,070	97,511	5.82	57.3
1996	estimate	8,958,883		356,164	100,748	5.72	57.1
1997	estimate	9,175,145		364,325	103,119	5.64	57.1
1998	estimate	9,391,845		372,961	105,557	5.58	57.1
1999	estimate	9,614,059		384,940	106,997	5.57	57.3
2000	estimate	9,847,715		391,751	107,807	5.50	57.6
2001	estimate	10,088,805		396,851	107,166	5.40	58.2
2002	estimate	10,337,079		404,242	105,409	5.30	58.9
2003	estimate	10,595,349		414,645	105,781	5.25	59.5
2004	estimate	10,847,003		421,257	103,978	5.19	60.3
2005	estimate	11,104,406		426,768	102,861	5.13	61.0
2006	estimate	11,366,538		432,207	100,841	5.06	61.8
2007	estimate	11,633,651		438,708	98,737	5.02	62.6
2008	estimate	11,907,036		449,958	98,291	5.02	63.2
2009	estimate	12,190,882		460,066	97,820	5.03	63.8
2010	estimate	12,483,896		470,714	97,790	5.05	64.2
2011	estimate	12,786,929		484,541	97,258	5.10	64.8
2012	estimate	13,130,864		499,620	97,382	5.13	65.2
2013	estimate	13,490,125		503,840	97,270	5.05	65.6
2014	estimate	13,931,573		502,121	97,099	4.88	66.0
2015	estimate	14,372,630		503,549	96,529	4.75	66.5
2016	estimate	14,814,031		508,586	97,110	4.65	66.7
2017	estimate	15,255,010		507,600	97,223	4.49	67.1
2018	estimate	15,694,993		502,828	97,376	4.29	67.4
2019	estimate	16,134,004		497,216	97,771	4.10	67.7
2020	estimate	16,571,839		502,517	101,604	4.00	67.5
2021	estimate	17,006,600		511,625	108,608	3.94	66.9
2022	estimate	17,435,133		520,006	104,496	3.86	67.8
2023	estimate	17,867,073		531,890	100,882	3.82	68.7
2024	estimate	18,288,074		539,970	101,849	3.77	68.9
2025	projection	18,715,895	18.6–18.8 million	547,717	102,937	3.71	69.2
2026	projection	19,148,038	18.9–19.4 million	554,508	104,057	3.66	69.4
2027	projection	19,585,058	19.2–19.9 million	561,854	105,255	3.61	69.6
2028	projection	20,029,435	19.5–20.5 million	569,729	106,577	3.57	69.8
2029	projection	20,479,690	19.8–21.1 million	576,223	107,983	3.53	70.1
2030	projection	20,933,561	20.1–21.8 million	582,352	109,462	3.49	70.3
2031	projection	21,392,822	20.3–22.4 million	586,157	111,096	3.44	70.5
2032	projection	21,854,604	20.6–23.0 million	591,275	112,850	3.40	70.7
2033	projection	22,317,248	20.8–23.7 million	594,657	114,561	3.35	70.9
2034	projection	22,780,430	21.1–24.4 million	598,875	116,460	3.32	71.1
2035	projection	23,243,624	21.3–25.1 million	601,511	118,622	3.28	71.3
2036	projection	23,709,569	21.5–25.9 million	603,578	120,744	3.24	71.4
2037	projection	24,174,883	21.7–26.6 million	607,530	122,958	3.22	71.6
2038	projection	24,640,262	21.9–27.4 million	607,663	125,201	3.17	71.8
2039	projection	25,104,783	22.1–28.2 million	610,392	127,774	3.15	72.0
2040	projection	25,567,189	22.3–29.0 million	612,458	130,293	3.12	72.2
2041	projection	26,027,831	22.5–29.8 million	614,271	132,813	3.08	72.3
2042	projection	26,487,116	22.6–30.6 million	615,950	135,607	3.05	72.5
2043	projection	26,945,750	22.8–31.4 million	617,697	138,366	3.02	72.7
2044	projection	27,404,049	22.9–32.2 million	620,031	141,240	2.99	72.8
2045	projection	27,861,946	23.0–33.0 million	622,898	144,328	2.96	73.0
2046	projection	28,317,452	23.2–33.8 million	626,093	147,475	2.93	73.2
2047	projection	28,775,115	23.3–34.7 million	628,671	150,826	2.90	73.3
2048	projection	29,228,892	23.4–35.6 million	631,720	154,276	2.87	73.5
2049	projection	29,685,588	23.4–36.5 million	635,716	157,960	2.85	73.6
2050	projection	30,138,098	23.6–37.4 million	639,078	161,768	2.82	73.8
2051	projection	30,591,810	23.6–38.4 million	642,052	165,487	2.79	73.9
2052	projection	31,042,326	23.6–39.4 million	645,338	169,514	2.77	74.1
2053	projection	31,490,714	23.7–40.4 million	648,549	173,804	2.75	74.2
2054	projection	31,940,021	23.7–41.4 million	651,806	178,116	2.72	74.4
2055	projection	32,386,922	23.7–42.3 million	655,842	182,479	2.70	74.5
2056	projection	32,835,342	23.8–43.4 million	659,056	186,897	2.68	74.7
2057	projection	33,284,134	23.9–44.5 million	661,930	191,497	2.66	74.8
2058	projection	33,728,194	23.9–45.7 million	663,751	196,231	2.64	75.0
2059	projection	34,171,970	23.9–46.6 million	665,433	201,088	2.61	75.1
2060	projection	34,605,462	23.8–47.7 million	666,684	205,997	2.59	75.3
2061	projection	35,038,937	23.7–48.9 million	668,999	211,061	2.58	75.4
2062	projection	35,469,834	23.7–50.0 million	670,119	216,220	2.56	75.6
2063	projection	35,898,126	23.7–51.1 million	671,108	221,552	2.54	75.7
2064	projection	36,319,462	23.6–52.3 million	672,400	226,997	2.52	75.9
2065	projection	36,737,925	23.6–53.5 million	673,289	232,558	2.51	76.0
2066	projection	37,149,799	23.5–54.8 million	672,988	238,089	2.49	76.2
2067	projection	37,557,683	23.4–56.0 million	672,936	243,816	2.47	76.3
2068	projection	37,954,209	23.2–57.3 million	671,735	249,472	2.46	76.5
2069	projection	38,346,792	23.1–58.7 million	670,437	255,420	2.44	76.6
2070	projection	38,734,644	23.1–59.9 million	669,386	261,424	2.42	76.7
2071	projection	39,110,564	23.1–61.2 million	667,243	267,586	2.40	76.9
2072	projection	39,481,267	23.0–62.7 million	665,953	273,370	2.38	77.0
2073	projection	39,846,652	22.9–63.9 million	664,227	279,610	2.36	77.2
2074	projection	40,204,425	22.8–65.2 million	663,296	285,678	2.35	77.3
2075	projection	40,555,863	22.8–66.5 million	662,308	291,988	2.33	77.4
2076	projection	40,901,296	22.7–67.9 million	661,372	298,159	2.32	77.6
2077	projection	41,234,530	22.5–69.4 million	660,391	304,293	2.31	77.7
2078	projection	41,558,727	22.3–70.8 million	659,161	310,585	2.29	77.9
2079	projection	41,876,986	22.1–71.9 million	657,427	316,468	2.27	78.0
2080	projection	42,186,176	22.0–73.5 million	656,056	322,251	2.26	78.2
2081	projection	42,487,899	21.8–75.1 million	655,641	328,071	2.25	78.3
2082	projection	42,785,116	21.8–76.5 million	655,969	333,824	2.24	78.4
2083	projection	43,075,235	21.7–77.7 million	654,511	339,671	2.23	78.6
2084	projection	43,364,189	21.7–79.1 million	653,552	345,409	2.21	78.7
2085	projection	43,640,111	21.6–81.0 million	653,210	350,943	2.21	78.8
2086	projection	43,911,541	21.4–82.3 million	651,497	356,443	2.19	79.0
2087	projection	44,175,890	21.3–83.6 million	649,175	361,234	2.18	79.1
2088	projection	44,429,480	20.9–85.6 million	647,403	366,611	2.16	79.3
2089	projection	44,674,937	20.7–87.3 million	644,537	371,451	2.15	79.4
2090	projection	44,916,840	20.6–88.7 million	642,030	376,252	2.13	79.5
2091	projection	45,148,193	20.4–90.2 million	639,161	380,469	2.12	79.7
2092	projection	45,373,104	20.0–91.7 million	637,166	385,031	2.11	79.8
2093	projection	45,591,107	19.8–93.3 million	634,991	389,255	2.10	79.9
2094	projection	45,803,033	19.6–95.3 million	633,419	393,123	2.10	80.1
2095	projection	46,010,351	19.3–96.9 million	631,381	397,180	2.09	80.2
2096	projection	46,208,828	19.0–98.3 million	628,535	401,272	2.08	80.3
2097	projection	46,400,104	18.8–100.5 million	625,898	405,237	2.07	80.5
2098	projection	46,586,596	18.5–102.1 million	623,068	409,011	2.06	80.6
2099	projection	46,762,241	18.3–104.1 million	621,056	412,604	2.06	80.8
2100	projection	46,932,746	18.3–106.4 million	618,079	416,881	2.05	80.9

Show the numbers: Senegal, mid-2026, by single year of age

Senegal: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	273,385	266,710
1	268,042	261,960
2	262,820	257,058
3	257,431	249,632
4	252,314	239,900
5	249,314	233,268
6	247,773	229,686
7	246,092	226,404
8	244,330	223,483
9	242,578	221,055
10	240,895	219,204
11	239,298	217,951
12	237,760	217,236
13	236,051	216,672
14	233,776	215,546
15	230,660	213,412
16	226,584	210,186
17	221,415	205,770
18	215,164	200,375
19	208,257	194,740
20	201,184	189,432
21	194,308	184,720
22	187,923	180,798
23	182,224	177,563
24	177,293	174,655
25	173,040	171,786
26	169,168	168,650
27	165,343	164,987
28	161,332	160,831
29	156,827	156,242
30	151,632	151,252
31	145,775	145,906
32	139,360	140,283
33	132,748	134,607
34	126,520	129,250
35	121,036	124,446
36	116,318	120,177
37	112,333	116,417
38	108,920	113,006
39	105,684	109,541
40	102,388	105,783
41	99,005	101,710
42	95,528	97,338
43	92,004	92,835
44	88,508	88,474
45	85,087	84,410
46	81,739	80,664
47	78,474	77,236
48	75,250	74,068
49	71,986	71,056
50	68,647	68,154
51	65,235	65,362
52	61,788	62,689
53	58,445	60,116
54	55,420	57,600
55	52,841	55,117
56	50,728	52,664
57	49,040	50,239
58	47,574	47,856
59	45,998	45,539
60	44,104	43,300
61	41,868	41,144
62	39,329	39,079
63	36,656	37,122
64	34,108	35,294
65	31,844	33,610
66	29,885	32,068
67	28,202	30,655
68	26,694	29,286
69	25,198	27,838
70	23,616	26,242
71	21,934	24,482
72	20,165	22,580
73	18,338	20,584
74	16,501	18,556
75	14,684	16,536
76	12,914	14,538
77	11,195	12,576
78	9,617	10,722
79	8,289	9,044
80	7,258	7,585
81	6,535	6,366
82	6,079	5,372
83	5,724	4,544
84	4,991	3,899
85	3,903	3,316
86	2,848	2,719
87	1,964	2,161
88	1,292	1,652
89	825	1,210
90	518	849
91	320	574
92	194	374
93	114	234
94	64	140
95	35	80
96	18	44
97	8	22
98	4	12
99	2	6
100+	0	4

SEN · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Senegal, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

SEN · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Senegal

In Senegal the number of people aged 15–64 is still growing in 2100, the last year the UN projects. In 2023 there were 10,445,200 of them.

100 aged 15–64

67 children

6 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: take 100 people of working age — the orange row — and the two rows under it are the children (teal) and the people of 65 and over (violet) who lived alongside them in 2023.

At no point between 1950 and 2100 do fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 here.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: the strip runs 1950 to 2100. Coloured years are the ones with under 50 dependants for every 100 people aged 15–64; grey years are the rest, and a hatched year has not happened yet.

How every country compares

SEN · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Senegal, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Senegal gains 6,447 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 0–4, at 7,275 a year more leaving than arriving.

one square = 1,000 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: age runs left to right, babies to 100. A blue square above the line means arrivals outnumber departures at that age, an orange square below it means the opposite. The figures are the UN's projection for 2020–2025; nobody recorded migration by age before 2020.

Its best and worst years between 1950 and 2023: a gain of 38,386 (2019), and a loss of 69,888 (2010).

In 2024, 281,867 people living in Senegal had been born in another country, 2 of every 100 people there, against 4 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

SEN · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Senegal

Of every 100 babies born in Senegal in 2023, 11 had a mother under 20, 71 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 18 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 22 under 20 and 14 aged 35 or older.

1950
22 · 64 · 14

2023
11 · 71 · 18

2050 · projected
9 · 70 · 21

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: one block a year, 100 squares in each, a square for every hundredth baby. The colour is the mother's age group, and the three numbers underneath are those groups in order, youngest first.

Babies born, 2023: 531,890
Average age when women have a baby: 29.9 years; 28.2 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 60; 217 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Senegal by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	1,349	3,214	3,974	1,343	369	81
15–19	27,900	42,217	54,369	58,569	54,271	26,373
20–24	33,487	63,373	98,573	136,906	154,152	110,215
25–29	28,903	56,844	93,980	135,987	164,965	172,724
30–34	20,895	42,114	70,053	101,701	130,496	166,399
35–39	12,639	29,213	45,699	66,021	92,396	106,930
40–44	4,259	14,928	20,598	25,745	33,838	29,898
45–49	1,680	3,534	4,307	5,376	8,206	5,291
50–54	84	169	198	242	385	168
All babies	131,196	255,606	391,751	531,890	639,078	618,079

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

SEN · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Senegal

A baby born in Senegal in 2021 could expect 67.8 years of life, 58.9 of them in full health (95% range 58.2–59.7). That leaves 8.9 years in less than full health, fewer than the world's 9.5, which mostly means lives are shorter here, with fewer years in which to be ill.

Women

59.2 in full health, 10.3 not: 69.5 years

Men

58.6 in full health, 7.3 not: 65.9 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 59.2 healthy years of 69.5. Men: 58.6 of 65.9. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 59.9.

SEN · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Senegal

At the end of 2025, Senegal was hosting 18,797 people who had crossed a border into it, about 1 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad18,797
Senegal nationals abroad52,006

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: count the squares — 1,000 people each, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Senegal living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 334 people asked for asylum in Senegal for the first time; 9,652 people from Senegal asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Senegal whose claims were decided that year, 10 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

SEN · of every 100 people

How people live in Senegal

Of every 100 people in Senegal in 2025, 48 lived in a city, 24 in a town or suburb and 28 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

17.1 of every 100 have no electricity at home (2024). 39.9 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: everyone here, shrunk to 100 squares, with the colour saying whether that hundredth person lives in a city, a town or the countryside. Every country is measured by the same rule.

How the world's people live

SEN · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Senegal went in school

Of every 100 adults in Senegal in 2020, 62 never went to school and 10 finished upper secondary or went further.

62 never went to school 7 some primary 14 finished primary 7 finished lower secondary 5 finished upper secondary 5 studied after school

The young went further: 50.3 of every 100 women aged 25–29 never went to school, against 76.6 of every 100 aged 60–64 (men: 47.9 against 64.4).

The middle projection has its working-age people most numerous in 2095; those among them who finished upper secondary are still growing in 2100.

How to read this: 100 squares, one for every hundredth adult aged 25 or over, from least schooling on the left to most on the right. Counted by the Wittgenstein Centre for 2020.

How far the world's people went in school

SEN · cities · 2025

Cities in Senegal

Senegal had 26 cities in 2025, home to 9.1 million people. The largest, Dakar, holds 20 of every 100 people in Senegal.

Dakar3,852,475
Touba1,151,552
M'bour553,170
Thiès521,678
Kaolack412,347
Ziguinchor282,751
Saint-Louis270,413
Tambacounda241,254
Diourbel237,795
Kolda200,327

How to read this: one bar for each of the 10 largest cities, 2025, all on the same scale. "City" here means the built-up area the UN measures, not the boundary the city draws itself.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Senegal are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.