Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2019) |
Date | 23 Aug 2021 |
The current population of Western Sahara is 620,541 as of December 02, 2023, 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.
Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Net Change | rate (%) | to World | ||
2020 | 597,339 | 14,876 | 2.55 | 0.0077 |
2021 | 611,875 | 14,536 | 2.43 | 0.0078 |
2022 | 626,161 | 14,286 | 2.33 | 0.0079 |
2023 | 640,254 | 14,093 | 2.25 | 0.0080 |
2024 | 654,267 | 14,013 | 2.19 | 0.0081 |
2025 | 668,290 | 14,023 | 2.14 | 0.0082 |
2026 | 682,297 | 14,007 | 2.10 | 0.0083 |
2027 | 696,213 | 13,916 | 2.04 | 0.0084 |
2028 | 710,031 | 13,818 | 1.98 | 0.0084 |
2029 | 723,753 | 13,722 | 1.93 | 0.0085 |
2030 | 737,345 | 13,592 | 1.88 | 0.0086 |
2031 | 750,832 | 13,487 | 1.83 | 0.0087 |
2032 | 764,182 | 13,350 | 1.78 | 0.0088 |
2033 | 777,412 | 13,230 | 1.73 | 0.0089 |
2034 | 790,526 | 13,114 | 1.69 | 0.0090 |
2035 | 803,517 | 12,991 | 1.64 | 0.0090 |
2036 | 816,390 | 12,873 | 1.60 | 0.0091 |
2037 | 829,150 | 12,760 | 1.56 | 0.0092 |
2038 | 841,788 | 12,638 | 1.52 | 0.0093 |
2039 | 854,309 | 12,521 | 1.49 | 0.0093 |
2040 | 866,711 | 12,402 | 1.45 | 0.0094 |
2041 | 878,993 | 12,282 | 1.42 | 0.0095 |
2042 | 891,159 | 12,166 | 1.38 | 0.0096 |
2043 | 903,205 | 12,046 | 1.35 | 0.0096 |
2044 | 915,133 | 11,928 | 1.32 | 0.0097 |
2045 | 926,934 | 11,801 | 1.29 | 0.0098 |
2046 | 938,629 | 11,695 | 1.26 | 0.0098 |
2047 | 950,185 | 11,556 | 1.23 | 0.0099 |
2048 | 961,604 | 11,419 | 1.20 | 0.0100 |
2049 | 972,893 | 11,289 | 1.17 | 0.0100 |
2050 | 984,023 | 11,130 | 1.14 | 0.0101 |
2051 | 994,996 | 10,973 | 1.12 | 0.0102 |
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 | 0.0104 |
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 | 0.0106 |
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 | 0.0108 |
2063 | 1,113,772 | 9,013 | 0.82 | 0.0109 |
2064 | 1,122,642 | 8,870 | 0.80 | 0.0109 |
2065 | 1,131,375 | 8,733 | 0.78 | 0.0110 |
2066 | 1,139,969 | 8,594 | 0.76 | 0.0110 |
2067 | 1,148,433 | 8,464 | 0.74 | 0.0111 |
2068 | 1,156,774 | 8,341 | 0.73 | 0.0111 |
2069 | 1,165,011 | 8,237 | 0.71 | 0.0112 |
2070 | 1,173,144 | 8,133 | 0.70 | 0.0112 |
2071 | 1,181,185 | 8,041 | 0.69 | 0.0113 |
2072 | 1,189,136 | 7,951 | 0.67 | 0.0113 |
2073 | 1,196,997 | 7,861 | 0.66 | 0.0114 |
2074 | 1,204,788 | 7,791 | 0.65 | 0.0114 |
2075 | 1,212,498 | 7,710 | 0.64 | 0.0115 |
2076 | 1,220,142 | 7,644 | 0.63 | 0.0115 |
2077 | 1,227,713 | 7,571 | 0.62 | 0.0116 |
2078 | 1,235,218 | 7,505 | 0.61 | 0.0116 |
2079 | 1,242,664 | 7,446 | 0.60 | 0.0117 |
2080 | 1,250,044 | 7,380 | 0.59 | 0.0117 |
2081 | 1,257,361 | 7,317 | 0.59 | 0.0118 |
2082 | 1,264,613 | 7,252 | 0.58 | 0.0118 |
2083 | 1,271,800 | 7,187 | 0.57 | 0.0119 |
2084 | 1,278,932 | 7,132 | 0.56 | 0.0119 |
2085 | 1,286,000 | 7,068 | 0.55 | 0.0120 |
2086 | 1,293,005 | 7,005 | 0.54 | 0.0120 |
2087 | 1,299,952 | 6,947 | 0.54 | 0.0121 |
2088 | 1,306,832 | 6,880 | 0.53 | 0.0121 |
2089 | 1,313,661 | 6,829 | 0.52 | 0.0122 |
2090 | 1,320,405 | 6,744 | 0.51 | 0.0122 |
2091 | 1,327,083 | 6,678 | 0.51 | 0.0123 |
2092 | 1,333,688 | 6,605 | 0.50 | 0.0123 |
2093 | 1,340,234 | 6,546 | 0.49 | 0.0124 |
2094 | 1,346,694 | 6,460 | 0.48 | 0.0124 |
2095 | 1,353,069 | 6,375 | 0.47 | 0.0125 |
2096 | 1,359,380 | 6,311 | 0.47 | 0.0125 |
2097 | 1,365,602 | 6,222 | 0.46 | 0.0126 |
2098 | 1,371,751 | 6,149 | 0.45 | 0.0126 |
2099 | 1,377,814 | 6,063 | 0.44 | 0.0127 |
2100 | 1,383,771 | 5,957 | 0.43 | 0.0127 |
Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Net Change | rate (%) | to World | ||
1950 | 13,766 | - | - | 0.0005 |
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 | 0.0035 |
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 | 0.0037 |
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 | 0.0039 |
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 | 0.0041 |
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 | 0.0065 |
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 | 0.0070 |
2013 | 504,858 | 9,085 | 1.83 | 0.0070 |
2014 | 514,995 | 10,137 | 2.01 | 0.0071 |
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 | 0.0076 |