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People And SocietyNationality
Noun Sahrawi(s), Sahraoui(s)
Adjective Sahrawi, Sahrawian, Sahraouian Ethnic groups
Arab, Berber
Languages
Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic Religions
Muslim
Population World Ranking: 172
522,928 (July 2012 est.)
Note Estimate is based on projections by age, sex, fertility, mortality, and migration; fertility and mortality are based on data from neighboring countries Age structure
0-14 years
38.9% (male 99,797/female 97,700) 15-64 years 57.5% (male 143,808/female 147,823) 65 years and over 3.6% (male 7,918/female 10,114) (2011 est.) Median age
Total 20.5 years
Male 20 years Female 21 years (2012 est.) Population growth rate World Ranking: 12
3.027% (2012 est.)
Birth rate World Ranking: 40
31.65 births/1,000 population (2012 est.) Death rate World Ranking: 75
8.8 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.) Urbanization
Urban population 82% of total population (2010)
Rate of urbanization 3.5% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) Major cities - population
Laayoune 237,000 (2011)
Sex ratio
At birth 1.04 male(s)/female
Under 15 years 1.02 male(s)/female 15-64 years 0.97 male(s)/female 65 years and over 0.78 male(s)/female Total population 0.98 male(s)/female (2011 est.) Infant mortality rate World Ranking: 33
Total 58.96 deaths/1,000 live births
Male 64.02 deaths/1,000 live births Female 53.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.) Life expectancy at birth World Ranking: 186
Total population 61.52 years
Male 59.3 years Female 63.82 years (2012 est.) Total fertility rate World Ranking: 36
4.22 children born/woman (2012 est.) Hiv/aids - adult prevalence rate
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Hiv/aids - people living with hiv/aids
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Hiv/aids - deaths
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Education expenditures
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Literacy
NA
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Western Sahara [ Undetermined ] (El Aaiun):
 
GPS points from Western Sahara [ Undetermined ] (El Aaiun)
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Morocco annexed the northern two-thirds of Western Sahara (formerly Spanish Sahara) in 1976 and claimed the rest of the territory in 1979, following Mauritania's withdrawal. A guerrilla war with the Polisario Front contesting Morocco's sovereignty ended in a 1991 UN-brokered cease-fire and the nearly 1,700 mile-long defensive sand berm built by the Moroccans from 1980 to 1987 separates the opposing forces with Morocco controlling the roughly 80 percent of the territory west of the berm. A UN-organized referendum on the territory's final status has been repeatedly postponed. The UN since 2007 has sponsored intermittent talks between representatives of the Government of Morocco and the Polisario Front to negotiate the status of Western Sahara. Morocco has put forward an autonomy proposal for the territory, which would allow for some local administration while maintaining Moroccan sovereignty. The Polisario, with Algeria's support, demands a popular referendum that includes the option of independence. Ethnic tensions in Western Sahara occasionally erupt into violence requiring a Moroccan security force response.