Western Sahara
Population growth in Western Sahara
Population growth in Western Sahara: 9.1% a year in 1950 and 1.88% a year in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 1.88% a year
- Since 1950
- −7.21 percentage points
- Rank, 2023
- 55 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 0.87% a year
- Projected, 2100
- -0.11% a year
- UN projection (medium variant)
% a year · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -0.11% a year in 2100, between -3.06% a year and 4.85% a year (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 20.16% a year in 1970, the lowest -26.36% a year in 1975.
Every year
% a year · UN
| Year | Western Sahara | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.88 | 0.87 |
| 2022 | 1.95 | 0.88 |
| 2021 | 1.64 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | 1.7 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | 2.32 | 1.03 |
| 2018 | 2.44 | 1.07 |
| 2017 | 2.55 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 2.67 | 1.17 |
| 2015 | 2.79 | 1.18 |
| 2014 | 2.91 | 1.22 |
| 2013 | 3.62 | 1.23 |
| 2012 | 3.68 | 1.27 |
| 2011 | 3.69 | 1.26 |
| 2010 | 3.68 | 1.27 |
| 2009 | 3.66 | 1.28 |
| 2008 | 3.63 | 1.28 |
| 2007 | 3.84 | 1.28 |
| 2006 | 4.07 | 1.28 |
| 2005 | 4.01 | 1.27 |
| 2004 | 4.14 | 1.28 |
| 2003 | 4.28 | 1.29 |
| 2002 | 4.45 | 1.3 |
| 2001 | 4.65 | 1.33 |
| 2000 | 4.86 | 1.35 |
| 1999 | 4.91 | 1.35 |
| 1998 | 5.12 | 1.37 |
| 1997 | 5.33 | 1.39 |
| 1996 | 5.57 | 1.42 |
| 1995 | 5.05 | 1.45 |
| 1994 | 2.68 | 1.47 |
| 1993 | 2.79 | 1.52 |
| 1992 | 2.93 | 1.57 |
| 1991 | 3.07 | 1.63 |
| 1990 | 3.25 | 1.76 |
| 1989 | 3.11 | 1.78 |
| 1988 | 3.33 | 1.79 |
| 1987 | 3.34 | 1.84 |
| 1986 | 3.55 | 1.83 |
| 1985 | 3.71 | 1.8 |
| 1984 | 3.83 | 1.8 |
| 1983 | 3.94 | 1.78 |
| 1982 | 4.96 | 1.86 |
| 1981 | 6.7 | 1.82 |
| 1980 | 8.99 | 1.8 |
| 1979 | 13.59 | 1.79 |
| 1978 | 15.36 | 1.74 |
| 1977 | 16.93 | 1.75 |
| 1976 | 19.81 | 1.78 |
| 1975 | -26.36 | 1.8 |
| 1974 | -2.15 | 1.88 |
| 1973 | -0.89 | 1.94 |
| 1972 | -0.66 | 1.97 |
| 1971 | -0.55 | 1.97 |
| 1970 | 20.16 | 2.06 |
| 1969 | 9.34 | 2.06 |
| 1968 | 9.95 | 2.09 |
| 1967 | 10.19 | 2 |
| 1966 | 6.57 | 2.04 |
| 1965 | 6.72 | 2.09 |
| 1964 | 6.95 | 2.16 |
| 1963 | 7.13 | 2.28 |
| 1962 | 7.33 | 2.11 |
| 1961 | 7.55 | 1.67 |
| 1960 | 7.67 | 1.58 |
| 1959 | 7.87 | 1.73 |
| 1958 | 8.05 | 2 |
| 1957 | 8.13 | 2.07 |
| 1956 | 8.44 | 1.98 |
| 1955 | 8.59 | 2.01 |
| 1954 | 8.71 | 1.99 |
| 1953 | 8.95 | 1.9 |
| 1952 | 8.7 | 1.94 |
| 1951 | 9.23 | 1.75 |
| 1950 | 9.1 | 1.74 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Western Sahara | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.80.83–2.84 | 0.86 |
| 2025 | 1.690.34–3.08 | 0.84 |
| 2026 | 1.580.02–3.16 | 0.83 |
| 2027 | 1.51-0.29–3.38 | 0.81 |
| 2028 | 1.45-0.53–3.54 | 0.8 |
| 2029 | 1.39-0.67–3.57 | 0.78 |
| 2030 | 1.38-0.83–3.81 | 0.76 |
| 2031 | 1.29-1.13–3.76 | 0.75 |
| 2032 | 1.26-1.29–4.05 | 0.73 |
| 2033 | 1.2-1.53–3.98 | 0.72 |
| 2034 | 1.1-1.83–3.95 | 0.7 |
| 2035 | 1.1-1.88–4.01 | 0.69 |
| 2036 | 1.04-1.78–4.12 | 0.67 |
| 2037 | 0.98-2.03–3.97 | 0.65 |
| 2038 | 0.96-2.1–4.1 | 0.64 |
| 2039 | 0.93-2.2–4.12 | 0.62 |
| 2040 | 0.91-2.26–4 | 0.61 |
| 2041 | 0.89-2.58–4.34 | 0.59 |
| 2042 | 0.86-2.5–4.35 | 0.57 |
| 2043 | 0.81-2.72–4.33 | 0.56 |
| 2044 | 0.76-3–6.19 | 0.54 |
| 2045 | 0.73-3.04–6.29 | 0.52 |
| 2046 | 0.67-3.14–6.06 | 0.5 |
| 2047 | 0.64-3.16–5.9 | 0.48 |
| 2048 | 0.57-3.08–4.71 | 0.46 |
| 2049 | 0.6-3.16–6.34 | 0.44 |
| 2050 | 0.57-3.22–6.42 | 0.42 |
| 2051 | 0.53-3.31–6.25 | 0.4 |
| 2052 | 0.53-3.3–6.41 | 0.38 |
| 2053 | 0.49-3.44–6.38 | 0.36 |
| 2054 | 0.47-3.48–6.25 | 0.34 |
| 2055 | 0.42-3.51–5.91 | 0.33 |
| 2056 | 0.36-3.46–4.98 | 0.31 |
| 2057 | 0.35-3.5–4.99 | 0.3 |
| 2058 | 0.3-3.63–4.97 | 0.28 |
| 2059 | 0.25-3.69–4.9 | 0.27 |
| 2060 | 0.25-3.58–4.83 | 0.25 |
| 2061 | 0.26-3.67–5.24 | 0.24 |
| 2062 | 0.23-3.77–5.06 | 0.23 |
| 2063 | 0.2-3.78–5.05 | 0.22 |
| 2064 | 0.19-3.89–5.16 | 0.21 |
| 2065 | 0.19-3.83–5.15 | 0.2 |
| 2066 | 0.15-3.8–5.15 | 0.19 |
| 2067 | 0.16-3.8–4.82 | 0.18 |
| 2068 | 0.11-3.7–5.08 | 0.17 |
| 2069 | 0.08-3.76–5.09 | 0.16 |
| 2070 | 0.12-3.76–5.07 | 0.15 |
| 2071 | 0.05-3.72–5.07 | 0.14 |
| 2072 | 0.09-3.62–5.17 | 0.13 |
| 2073 | 0.12-3.63–5.11 | 0.12 |
| 2074 | 0.1-3.63–5.12 | 0.1 |
| 2075 | 0.1-3.63–5.06 | 0.09 |
| 2076 | 0.1-3.63–5.37 | 0.08 |
| 2077 | 0.08-3.59–5.07 | 0.07 |
| 2078 | 0.14-3.69–5.2 | 0.06 |
| 2079 | 0.1-3.64–5.05 | 0.05 |
| 2080 | 0.09-3.53–4.87 | 0.04 |
| 2081 | 0.08-3.47–5.11 | 0.03 |
| 2082 | 0.09-3.56–5.07 | 0.02 |
| 2083 | 0.06-3.29–5.18 | 0.01 |
| 2084 | 0.05-3.4–5.14 | -0 |
| 2085 | 0.04-3.39–5.21 | -0.01 |
| 2086 | 0.07-3.39–5.27 | -0.02 |
| 2087 | 0.02-3.25–5.45 | -0.03 |
| 2088 | 0.04-3.24–5.56 | -0.04 |
| 2089 | -0.01-3.18–5.25 | -0.05 |
| 2090 | -0.01-3.03–5.24 | -0.05 |
| 2091 | -0.02-3–5.18 | -0.06 |
| 2092 | -0.03-2.97–5.26 | -0.07 |
| 2093 | -0.06-3.17–6.86 | -0.07 |
| 2094 | -0.07-3.09–5.77 | -0.08 |
| 2095 | -0.07-3.19–5.69 | -0.09 |
| 2096 | -0.05-3.12–4.7 | -0.1 |
| 2097 | -0.07-2.93–4.68 | -0.11 |
| 2098 | -0.1-3.05–5.65 | -0.11 |
| 2099 | -0.09-3.01–4.58 | -0.12 |
| 2100 | -0.11-3.06–4.85 | -0.13 |
Good to know
- How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Western Sahara in numbers
Every measure for Western Sahara on one page