Demographics of Western Sahara (original) (raw)

**Population:**244,943 (July 2000 est.)

Age structure:
_0-14 years:_NA
_15-64 years:_NA
_65 years and over:_NA

**Population growth rate:**2.29% (2000 est.)

**Birth rate:**45.07 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)

**Death rate:**16.11 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)

**Net migration rate:**-6.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

**Infant mortality rate:**133.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
_total population:_49.81 years
_male:_48.65 years
_female:_51.33 years (2000 est.)

**Total fertility rate:**6.64 children born/woman (2000 est.)

Nationality:
_noun:_Sahrawi(s), Sahraoui(s)
_adjective:_Sahrawian, Sahraouian

**Ethnic groups:**Arab, Berber

**Religions:**Muslim

**Languages:**Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic, Spanish

Literacy:
_definition:_NA
_total population:_NA%
_male:_NA%
_female:_NA%