Population: 211,877 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 2.5% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 47.22 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 19.04 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: -3.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 152.2 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 45.59 years
male: 44.66 years
female: 46.83 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 6.96 children born/woman (1994 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Sahrawi(s), Sahraoui(s)
adjective: Sahrawian, Sahraouian

Ethnic divisions: Arab, Berber

Religions: Muslim

Languages: Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic

Literacy:
total population: NA%
male: NA%
female: NA%
Labor force: 12,000
by occupation: animal husbandry and subsistence farming 50%

NOTE: The information regarding Western Sahara on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Western Sahara People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Western Sahara People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.