Population of Western Sahara

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

The current population of Western Sahara is 631,257 as of April 19, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Western Sahara is projected at 611,875 or 611.88 thousands as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Western Sahara is projected at 597,339 or 597.34 thousands people for the year 2020. Western Sahara ranks number 170th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Western Sahara is ranked 53rd among 58 countries in Africa.

Western Sahara's population will be increased year by year. The Western Sahara population is projected to reach 737.3 thousand in 2030 and increase to 984.0 thousand in 2050 and 1.38 million by 2100. Western Sahara accounts for 0.0078 percent of the world population. However, its global share increased by 0.0006% in 1951 and is projected to increase by 0.0127% by 2100.

Western Sahara was at 211th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to increase to 154th in 2100.

Western Sahara population projections

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	597,339	14,876	2.55	0.0075
2021	611,875	14,536	2.43	0.0076
2022	626,161	14,286	2.33	0.0077
2023	640,254	14,093	2.25	0.0078
2024	654,267	14,013	2.19	0.0079
2025	668,290	14,023	2.14	0.0080
2026	682,297	14,007	2.10	0.0081
2027	696,213	13,916	2.04	0.0082
2028	710,031	13,818	1.98	0.0083
2029	723,753	13,722	1.93	0.0084
2030	737,345	13,592	1.88	0.0085
2031	750,832	13,487	1.83	0.0086
2032	764,182	13,350	1.78	0.0087
2033	777,412	13,230	1.73	0.0088
2034	790,526	13,114	1.69	0.0088
2035	803,517	12,991	1.64	0.0089
2036	816,390	12,873	1.60	0.0090
2037	829,150	12,760	1.56	0.0091
2038	841,788	12,638	1.52	0.0092
2039	854,309	12,521	1.49	0.0092
2040	866,711	12,402	1.45	0.0093
2041	878,993	12,282	1.42	0.0094
2042	891,159	12,166	1.38	0.0095
2043	903,205	12,046	1.35	0.0095
2044	915,133	11,928	1.32	0.0096
2045	926,934	11,801	1.29	0.0097
2046	938,629	11,695	1.26	0.0098
2047	950,185	11,556	1.23	0.0098
2048	961,604	11,419	1.20	0.0099
2049	972,893	11,289	1.17	0.0100
2050	984,023	11,130	1.14	0.0100
2051	994,996	10,973	1.12	0.0101
2052	1,005,809	10,813	1.09	0.0102
2053	1,016,457	10,648	1.06	0.0103
2054	1,026,944	10,487	1.03	0.0103
2055	1,037,255	10,311	1.00	0.0104
2056	1,047,391	10,136	0.98	0.0105
2057	1,057,353	9,962	0.95	0.0105
2058	1,067,156	9,803	0.93	0.0106
2059	1,076,797	9,641	0.90	0.0107
2060	1,086,273	9,476	0.88	0.0107
2061	1,095,589	9,316	0.86	0.0108
2062	1,104,759	9,170	0.84	0.0109
2063	1,113,772	9,013	0.82	0.0109
2064	1,122,642	8,870	0.80	0.0110
2065	1,131,375	8,733	0.78	0.0110
2066	1,139,969	8,594	0.76	0.0111
2067	1,148,433	8,464	0.74	0.0112
2068	1,156,774	8,341	0.73	0.0112
2069	1,165,011	8,237	0.71	0.0113
2070	1,173,144	8,133	0.70	0.0114
2071	1,181,185	8,041	0.69	0.0114
2072	1,189,136	7,951	0.67	0.0115
2073	1,196,997	7,861	0.66	0.0115
2074	1,204,788	7,791	0.65	0.0116
2075	1,212,498	7,710	0.64	0.0117
2076	1,220,142	7,644	0.63	0.0117
2077	1,227,713	7,571	0.62	0.0118
2078	1,235,218	7,505	0.61	0.0119
2079	1,242,664	7,446	0.60	0.0119
2080	1,250,044	7,380	0.59	0.0120
2081	1,257,361	7,317	0.59	0.0121
2082	1,264,613	7,252	0.58	0.0121
2083	1,271,800	7,187	0.57	0.0122
2084	1,278,932	7,132	0.56	0.0123
2085	1,286,000	7,068	0.55	0.0123
2086	1,293,005	7,005	0.54	0.0124
2087	1,299,952	6,947	0.54	0.0125
2088	1,306,832	6,880	0.53	0.0125
2089	1,313,661	6,829	0.52	0.0126
2090	1,320,405	6,744	0.51	0.0127
2091	1,327,083	6,678	0.51	0.0127
2092	1,333,688	6,605	0.50	0.0128
2093	1,340,234	6,546	0.49	0.0129
2094	1,346,694	6,460	0.48	0.0130
2095	1,353,069	6,375	0.47	0.0130
2096	1,359,380	6,311	0.47	0.0131
2097	1,365,602	6,222	0.46	0.0132
2098	1,371,751	6,149	0.45	0.0133
2099	1,377,814	6,063	0.44	inf
2100	1,383,771	5,957	0.43	inf

Western Sahara population estimates

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	13,766	-	-	0.0006
1951	16,062	2,296	16.68	0.0006
1952	17,570	1,508	9.39	0.0007
1953	18,726	1,156	6.58	0.0007
1954	19,837	1,111	5.93	0.0007
1955	21,147	1,310	6.60	0.0008
1956	22,794	1,647	7.79	0.0008
1957	24,834	2,040	8.95	0.0009
1958	27,232	2,398	9.66	0.0009
1959	29,912	2,680	9.84	0.0010
1960	32,761	2,849	9.52	0.0011
1961	35,724	2,963	9.04	0.0012
1962	38,849	3,125	8.75	0.0012
1963	42,308	3,459	8.90	0.0013
1964	46,314	4,006	9.47	0.0014
1965	50,970	4,656	10.05	0.0015
1966	56,626	5,656	11.10	0.0017
1967	63,125	6,499	11.48	0.0018
1968	69,476	6,351	10.06	0.0020
1969	74,337	4,861	7.00	0.0021
1970	76,874	2,537	3.41	0.0021
1971	76,372	-502	-0.65	0.0020
1972	73,485	-2,887	-3.78	0.0019
1973	70,404	-3,081	-4.19	0.0018
1974	70,212	-192	-0.27	0.0018
1975	74,954	4,742	6.75	0.0018
1976	85,619	10,665	14.23	0.0021
1977	101,186	15,567	18.18	0.0024
1978	119,330	18,144	17.93	0.0028
1979	136,699	17,369	14.56	0.0031
1980	150,877	14,178	10.37	0.0034
1981	161,062	10,185	6.75	0.0036
1982	168,058	6,996	4.34	0.0036
1983	172,902	4,844	2.88	0.0037
1984	177,273	4,371	2.53	0.0037
1985	182,421	5,148	2.90	0.0038
1986	188,608	6,187	3.39	0.0038
1987	195,438	6,830	3.62	0.0039
1988	202,726	7,288	3.73	0.0040
1989	210,080	7,354	3.63	0.0040
1990	217,258	7,178	3.42	0.0041
1991	224,383	7,125	3.28	0.0042
1992	231,727	7,344	3.27	0.0042
1993	239,329	7,602	3.28	0.0043
1994	247,257	7,928	3.31	0.0044
1995	255,634	8,377	3.39	0.0045
1996	264,108	8,474	3.31	0.0045
1997	272,840	8,732	3.31	0.0046
1998	283,083	10,243	3.75	0.0047
1999	296,512	13,429	4.74	0.0049
2000	314,118	17,606	5.94	0.0051
2001	336,651	22,533	7.17	0.0054
2002	363,227	26,576	7.89	0.0058
2003	391,167	27,940	7.69	0.0061
2004	416,797	25,630	6.55	0.0064
2005	437,515	20,718	4.97	0.0067
2006	452,350	14,835	3.39	0.0068
2007	462,207	9,857	2.18	0.0069
2008	468,633	6,426	1.39	0.0069
2009	474,044	5,411	1.15	0.0069
2010	480,274	6,230	1.31	0.0069
2011	487,650	7,376	1.54	0.0069
2012	495,773	8,123	1.67	0.0069
2013	504,858	9,085	1.83	0.0070
2014	514,995	10,137	2.01	0.0070
2015	526,216	11,221	2.18	0.0071
2016	538,749	12,533	2.38	0.0072
2017	552,615	13,866	2.57	0.0073
2018	567,402	14,787	2.68	0.0074
2019	582,463	15,061	2.65	0.0075