| Western Sahara (2005) | Western Sahara (2002) | |
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| Age structure | 0-14 years: NA 
 15-64 years: NA 65 years and over: NA  | 
				0-14 years: NA% 
 15-64 years: NA% 65 years and over: NA%  | 
				
| Airports | 11 (2004 est.) | 11 (2001) | 
| Airports - with paved runways | total: 3 
 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 (2004 est.)  | 
				total: 3 
 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 (2002)  | 
				
| Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 8 
 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 3 (2004 est.)  | 
				total: 8 
 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 3 (2002)  | 
				
| Background | Morocco virtually annexed the northern two-thirds of Western Sahara (formerly Spanish Sahara) in 1976, and the rest of the territory in 1979, following Mauritania's withdrawal. A guerrilla war with the Polisario Front contesting Rabat's sovereignty ended in a 1991 UN-brokered cease-fire; a UN-organized referendum on final status has been repeatedly postponed. | Morocco virtually annexed the northern two-thirds of Western Sahara (formerly Spanish Sahara) in 1976, and the rest of the territory in 1979, following Mauritania's withdrawal. A guerrilla war with the Polisario Front contesting Rabat's sovereignty ended in a 1991 cease-fire; a referendum on final status has been repeatedly postponed. | 
| Budget | revenues: NA 
 expenditures: NA, including capital expenditures of NA  | 
				revenues: $NA 
 expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA  | 
				
| Currency | - | Moroccan dirham (MAD) | 
| Debt - external | NA | $NA | 
| Disputes - international | Morocco claims and administers Western Sahara, whose sovereignty remains unresolved - UN-administered cease-fire has remained in effect since September 1991, administered by the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), but attempts to hold a referendum have failed and parties thus far have rejected all brokered proposals | Morocco claims and administers Western Sahara, but sovereignty remains unresolved; UN-administered cease-fire has remained in effect since September 1991, but attempts to hold a referendum have failed and parties reject other proposals | 
| Economic aid - recipient | NA | $NA | 
| Electricity - consumption | 83.7 million kWh (2002) | 83.7 million kWh (2000) | 
| Electricity - exports | 0 kWh (2002) | 0 kWh (2000) | 
| Electricity - imports | 0 kWh (2002) | 0 kWh (2000) | 
| Electricity - production | 90 million kWh (2002) | 90 million kWh (2000) | 
| Electricity - production by source | - | fossil fuel: 100% 
 hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2000)  | 
				
| Exchange rates | Moroccan dirhams per US dollar - 8.868 (2004), 9.5744 (2003), 11.0206 (2002), 11.303 (2001), 10.6256 (2000) | Moroccan dirhams per US dollar - 11.584 (January 2002), 11.303 (2001), 10.626 (2000), 9.804 (1999), 9.604 (1998), 9.527 (1997) | 
| Exports | NA | $NA | 
| GDP | - | purchasing power parity - $NA | 
| GDP - composition by sector | agriculture: NA 
 industry: NA services: 40% (1996 est.)  | 
				agriculture: NA% 
 industry: NA% services: 40%-45% (1996 est.) (1996 est.)  | 
				
| GDP - per capita | purchasing power parity - NA | purchasing power parity - $NA | 
| GDP - real growth rate | NA | NA% | 
| Highways | total: 6,200 km 
 paved: 1,350 km unpaved: 4,850 km (1991 est)  | 
				total: 6,200 km 
 paved: 1,350 km unpaved: 4,850 km (1991 est.)  | 
				
| Household income or consumption by percentage share | lowest 10%: NA 
 highest 10%: NA  | 
				lowest 10%: NA% 
 highest 10%: NA%  | 
				
| Imports | NA | $NA | 
| Industrial production growth rate | NA | NA% | 
| Infant mortality rate | total: NA 
 male: NA female: NA  | 
				NA deaths/1,000 live births | 
| Inflation rate (consumer prices) | NA | NA% | 
| Internet Service Providers (ISPs) | - | 1 (2000) | 
| Land use | arable land: 0.02% 
 permanent crops: 0% other: 99.98% (2001)  | 
				arable land: 0% 
 permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.)  | 
				
| Military expenditures - dollar figure | - | $NA | 
| Military expenditures - percent of GDP | - | NA% | 
| Nationality | noun: Sahrawi(s), Sahraoui(s) 
 adjective: Sahrawi, Sahrawian, Sahraouian  | 
				noun: Sahrawi(s), Sahraoui(s) 
 adjective: Sahrawian, Sahraouian  | 
				
| Population | 273,008 (July 2005 est.) | 256,177 (July 2002 est.) | 
| Population below poverty line | NA | NA% | 
| Population growth rate | NA | NA (2002 est.) | 
| Radios | - | 56,000 (1997) | 
| Railways | - | 0 km | 
| Telephone system | general assessment: sparse and limited system 
 domestic: NA international: country code - 212; tied into Morocco's system by microwave radio relay, tropospheric scatter, and satellite; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) linked to Rabat, Morocco  | 
				general assessment: sparse and limited system 
 domestic: NA international: tied into Morocco's system by microwave radio relay, tropospheric scatter, and satellite; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) linked to Rabat, Morocco  | 
				
| Unemployment rate | NA | NA% | 
| Waterways | - | none |