Babies on Map births by country, 0 CE – 2026

Africa · Northern Africa

How many babies are born in Western Sahara?

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

Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.

Births in Western Sahara through history

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Estimated annual births in Western Sahara, 0 CE to 2026, on a logarithmic scale. The shaded band on the left marks the years where births are modelled rather than recorded. The marker sits on 2026.
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
2024 9.09K 591K 15.4 UN projection
2026 9.01K 611K 14.8 UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in Western Sahara are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 2017, at about 9.35K. That is roughly 225237 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.

See Western Sahara on the map

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), 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.