Western Sahara
Population 2026
610,822
Overview
- Yearly change
- +1.65%
- Density
- — per km²
- Land area
- — km²
- Capital
- El-Aaiun
- Currency
- Dirham (MAD)
- Official languages
- AR, MEY
- Urban population
- —
- Continent
- AF
Demographics
- Births
- 9,0082026
- Deaths
- 4,0312026
- Birth rate
- —per 1,000
- Death rate
- —per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- —
- Life expectancy
- —At birth, years
- Median age
- 32.8
- Net migration
- —
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- —
- GDP per capita
- —
- GDP growth
- —
- Inflation
- —
- Unemployment
- —
- Exports
- —
- Imports
- —
- Tourism receipts
- —% of exports
Largest cities
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 610,822 | 9.0K | 4.0K |
| 2020 | 549,374 | 9.3K | 3.4K |
| 2010 | 409,722 | 8.6K | 2.6K |
| 2000 | 271,946 | 6.8K | 2.0K |
| 1990 | 179,553 | 6.4K | 1.8K |
| 1980 | 117,389 | 6.1K | 2.9K |
| 1970 | 71,745 | 3.5K | 1.5K |
| 1960 | 30,344 | 1.7K | 795 |
| 1950 | 12,981 | 564 | 346 |