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How many babies are born in Western Sahara?

9.01 thousand babies born in Western Sahara in 2026. That is 0.01% of all births worldwide, and the 170th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Western Sahara: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Western Sahara’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1000 ~2 ~42 44.3 Modelled estimate
1500 ~14 ~320 44.3 Modelled estimate
1800 ~33 ~743 43.8 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~37 ~843 43.8 Historical reconstruction
1950 564 13K 43.5 UN estimate
2000 6.8K 272K 25.0 UN estimate
2023 8.99K 580K 15.5 UN estimate
2026 9.01K 611K 14.8 UN projection
2050 9.63K 777K 12.4 UN projection
2075 9.09K 828K 11.0 UN projection
2100 8.22K 831K 9.9 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Western Sahara among estimates through 2023 were in 2017, at about 9.35K. That is roughly 233,856 times the estimated ~0 births a year in 100 CE.

At 2.13 children per woman, fertility in Western Sahara is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Western Sahara each year?

An estimated 9.01 thousand babies are born in Western Sahara in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 25 a day and 0.01% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Western Sahara?

Western Sahara has an estimated 14.8 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 2.13 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.