Western Sahara

Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
567,421 1
Urban
86.70% 1
Rural
13.30% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
0.9% 2
Level of Public Corruption
0 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4

These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.

Baptized Catholics
300
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
0.03
First Communions per Year
1
Confirmations per Year
2
Priests
3
Catholics per Priest
110
Parishes
2
  • 1 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition.
  • 2 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2015 revision.
  • 3 United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Homicide Statistics 2015.
  • 4 Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index 2016.
  • 5 UNICEF, State of the World's Children, 2016.
  • 6 Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022).
  • 7 World Economic Forum, The Global Gender Gap Report, 2016.