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🇪🇭 Western Sahara

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3ESH
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2EH
UN M49 numeric732
IOC code
Official nameSahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Native name(s)ber: official: Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic; common: Western Sahara; mey: official: الجمهورية العربية الصحراوية الديمقراطية; common: الصحراء الغربية; spa: official: República Árabe Saharaui Democrática; common: Sahara Occidental
Alt spellingsEH, Taneẓroft Tutrimt
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentNo
UN memberNo

Geography

RegionAfrica
SubregionNorthern Africa
UN regional group
CapitalEl Aaiún
Area (km²)266,000
Lat / Lng24.5000, -13.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)DZA, MRT, MAR
Top-level domain.eh
Calling coderoot: +2; suffixes: 125288, 125289

Demographics

Population (World Bank)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)
Languagesber: Berber; mey: Hassaniya; spa: Spanish
Demonymseng: f: Sahrawi; m: Sahrawi; fra: f: —; m: —
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)
GDP per capita (current USD)
Unemployment rate (%)
CurrenciesDZD: name: Algerian dinar; symbol: دج; MAD: name: Moroccan dirham; symbol: DH; MRU: name: Mauritanian ouguiya; symbol: UM

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
195012,960
195114,204
195215,534
195316,968
195418,534
195520,207
195622,003
195723,901
195825,916
195928,063
196030,328
196132,725
196235,253
196337,896
196440,658
196543,532
196646,521
196750,624
196855,984
196961,644
197071,728
197178,721
197278,249
197377,646
197476,478
197566,889
197664,489
197777,388
197890,891
1979104,981
1980117,374
1981126,896
1982134,481
1983140,584
1984146,150
1985151,760
1986157,364
1987162,878
1988168,408
1989173,923
1990179,544
1991185,300
1992190,938
1993196,474
1994201,918
1995209,924
1996221,387
1997233,773
1998246,304
1999258,969
2000271,943
2001285,188
2002298,464
2003311,784
2004325,190
2005338,699
2006352,647
2007366,861
2008380,822
2009394,957
2010409,716
2011425,087
2012441,031
2013457,424
2014472,579
2015486,222
2016499,651
2017512,843
2018525,782
2019538,440
2020549,365
2021558,619
2022568,739
2023579,729

Full raw record (JSON)

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