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Demographics of Western Sahara

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	04 Nov 2021

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Western Sahara population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	13,763	-
1955	21,149	6.66
1960	32,757	9.51
1965	50,967	10.06
1970	76,880	3.42
1975	74,953	6.76
1980	150,860	10.36
1985	182,419	2.91
1990	217,258	3.42
1995	255,635	3.39
2000	314,116	5.94
2005	437,516	4.97
2010	480,268	1.31
2015	526,211	2.18
2016	538,744	2.38
2017	552,617	2.58
2018	567,396	2.67
2019	582,458	2.65
2020	597,330	2.55
2021	611,872	2.43

Population
Growth

Western Sahara death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	421	692	28.65	47.12
1955	581	1,066	27.01	49.72
1960	855	1,734	25.46	51.70
1965	1,256	2,728	23.70	51.47
1970	1,478	3,236	21.32	47.07
1975	1,712	4,065	18.68	44.14
1980	2,212	5,902	15.83	42.30
1985	2,331	6,941	12.58	37.54
1990	2,167	7,237	9.94	33.27
1995	2,135	7,525	8.28	29.27
2000	2,280	8,305	6.96	25.37
2005	2,506	9,523	5.95	22.62
2010	2,554	10,679	5.28	22.05
2015	2,628	11,346	4.95	21.39
2020	2,937	11,598	4.92	19.44
2021	3,021	11,666	4.95	19.09

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Western Sahara
Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	4,267	9,499	-	31.000
1955	6,576	14,571	6.67	31.095
1960	10,218	22,543	9.59	31.190
1965	18,443	32,527	13.62	36.185
1970	32,358	44,516	6.46	42.092
1975	44,566	30,388	13.78	59.458
1980	114,195	36,682	14.74	75.688
1985	150,098	32,323	3.38	82.281
1990	182,689	34,569	3.85	84.089
1995	218,624	37,010	3.51	85.522
2000	269,434	44,684	6.00	85.775
2005	376,365	61,150	5.03	86.023
2010	414,325	65,949	1.37	86.268
2015	455,229	70,987	2.24	86.510
2020	518,663	78,676	2.64	86.829
2021	531,743	80,102	2.52	86.908

Population
Urbanization

Western Sahara population by Age Group (2011)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	28,319	27,707	56,026	9.16	102.209
05-09	28,916	28,351	57,267	9.36	101.993
10-14	25,893	25,422	51,315	8.39	101.853
15-19	24,929	24,503	49,432	8.08	101.739
20-24	25,814	24,916	50,730	8.29	103.604
25-29	28,299	26,821	55,120	9.01	105.511
30-34	30,011	26,993	57,004	9.32	111.181
35-39	29,250	24,616	53,866	8.80	118.825
40-44	25,723	21,668	47,391	7.75	118.714
45-49	20,717	18,075	38,792	6.34	114.617
50-54	16,486	14,092	30,578	5.00	116.988
55-59	13,160	10,515	23,675	3.87	125.155
60-64	10,169	8,295	18,464	3.02	122.592
65-69	6,508	5,268	11,776	1.92	123.538
70-74	3,085	2,635	5,720	0.93	117.078
75-79	1,331	1,345	2,676	0.44	98.959
80-84	668	687	1,355	0.22	97.234
85-89	254	272	526	0.09	93.382
90-94	62	76	138	0.02	81.579
95-99	8	12	20	0.00	66.667
100+	0	1	1	0.00	0.000
Total	319,602	292,270	611,872		109.352

Population pyramid
Gender ratio