Nationality:
noun: Sahrawi(s), Sahraoui(s)
adjective:
Sahrawi, Sahrawian, Sahraouian
Ethnic groups:
Arab, Berber
Languages:
Standard Arabic (national), Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic
Religions:
Muslim
Population: Age structure:
Dependency ratios:
Median age:
Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Urbanization:
Major urban areas - population: Sex ratio:
Infant mortality rate:
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Literacy:
NA
554,795 (July 2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 172
note:
estimate is based on projections by age, sex, fertility, mortality, and migration; fertility and mortality are based on data from neighboring countries (July 2014 est.)
[see also: Population country ranks ]
0-14 years:
38.1% (male 106,868/female 104,574)
15-24 years:
19.7% (male 54,970/female 54,217)
25-54 years:
33.7% (male 91,986/female 95,114)
55-64 years:
4.8% (male 12,408/female 14,159)
65 years and over:
3.6% (male 9,002/female 11,497) (2014 est.)
population pyramid: 
total dependency ratio:
41 %
youth dependency ratio:
37.1 %
elderly dependency ratio:
3.8 %
potential support ratio:
26.1 (2014 est.)
total:
20.8 years
male:
20.3 years
female:
21.3 years (2014 est.)
2.89% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 15
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
30.71 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 40
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
8.49 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 79
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
urban population:
82% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization:
3.49% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
Laayoune 237,000 (2011)
at birth:
1.04 male(s)/female
0-14 years:
1.02 male(s)/female
15-24 years:
1.01 male(s)/female
25-54 years:
0.97 male(s)/female
55-64 years:
0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.78 male(s)/female
total population:
0.98 male(s)/female (2014 est.)
total:
56.09 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 27
male:
61.04 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
50.93 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)
total population:
62.27 years
country comparison to the world: 189
male:
60 years
female:
64.63 years (2014 est.)
4.07 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 38
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
NA
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
NA
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
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[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]