Western Sahara
disputed
Internationally disputed; claimed by Morocco.
population: UN projection (1 Jul 2025) · indicators as of 5 Sep 2026 · 2 metros tracked
🗺️ Geography2 metros
Western Sahara metro footprint, shaded by composite tier.
Select a metro for its rank and a link to its page. Boundaries derived from Overture Maps administrative divisions; metros without source coverage are omitted.
📋 At a glance
- Official language
- Arabic
- Currency
- Moroccan dirham (MAD)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Driving side
- Right
- Calling code
- +212
- Internet TLD
- .ma
- ISO 3166
- EH
Facts via Wikidata.
🗣️ Languages of Western Sahara
Standard Arabic first; one language carries the country; 1 official.
| Language | Share | Status | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Arabic | 100% | Official | CLDR, country |
| Hassaniyya | 0% | None | CLDR, country |
Shares count first and second language, so they overlap and can add past 100%.
- Effective languages
- 1.0
- Official-language gap
- 0%
- Standard Arabic is spoken by 100%
📈 Power over timeThe Power Atlas →
The power line is the headline share of world power, running from the state’s first ranked year (benchmark estimates with wide error bars before 1816). Latent power is material mass a state could mobilise (population, manpower, heavy industry). Recognised power is what the system actually treats it as (military spending, productive economy, reach, and status such as a Security Council seat or nuclear arsenal). When latent runs above recognised, a power is rising or under-rated; when recognised runs higher, it is punching above its weight or coasting on prestige. Material sub-indices run 1816 through 2016.