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Past and Future Population (Exclude Western Sahara)

List of countries by past and future population provide 1950, 2000 and 2050 population while List of countries by future population (United Nations, medium fertility variant) provide 2100 population.

Rank	Country	Area	1950	2000	2050	2100
1	Egypt	1,001,450	21,198,000	65,159,000	137,873,000	200,802,000
2	Algeria	2,381,740	8,893,000	30,639,000	55,445,000	61,060,000
3	Morocco^[1]	446,550	9,344,000	28,114,000	42,027,000	40,888,000
4	Tunisia	163,610	3,518,000	9,508,000	12,181,000	12,494,000
5	Libya	1,759,540	962,000	5,025,000	8,971,000	8,144,000
Total		5,752,890	43,915,000	138,445,000	256,497,000	323,388,000

Country statistics section

There are a few amendments I'd like to make to the section North Africa#Country statistics. Specifically:

Notes about territorial disputes, specifically territory disputed between Morocco and the SADR, between Morocco and Spain, and between Egypt and Sudan.
If possible, separate statistics, adjusted for claimed, versus undisputed, versus de facto, population and land area.
The addition of the Plazas de Soberania.
More statistics about the SADR in the table.

ScribeYearling (talk) 12:05, 1 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sudan

To Skitash, Hi, I made a change in the North Africa page regarding the map of the region. Sudan although it is an Arab country like Somalia is not part of North Africa. we can refer to the division of geographical areas of the continent in the site of African Union ([1]). Regards. --Fayçal.09 (talk) 12:48, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Normaly Mauritania is a part of North African zone according to the official site of AU. If it's ok for you, I will add Mauritania. Regards. --Fayçal.09 (talk) 12:52, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings. There was an RfC regarding this, and editors opted to use the United Nations geoscheme, as do other Wikipedia articles. The UN considers Sudan part of North Africa. Skitash (talk) 13:44, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh ok, so for UN Sudan is a part of North Africa, for AU Mauritania is a part of this region and historicaly Sudan and Mauritania are not north african countries. Hmmm... That allright, we will follow the RfC so. Thank you much and best regards. --Fayçal.09 (talk) 14:08, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comparison of North Africa in the years 1880 and 1913

Hi there is no source for this map "Comparison of North Africa in the years 1880 and 1913", can someone modify it or at least show some proofs of its adecuacy ? Thanks

^ It excludes the population of the disputed territory of the Western Sahara (the so-called Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. If it was included, the Moroccan September 2014 census would result in 33,848,242 inhabitants and its mid-2015 demographic projection would give some 34,198,000 inhab.

[1] It excludes the population of the disputed territory of the Western Sahara (the so-called Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. If it was included, the Moroccan September 2014 census would result in 33,848,242 inhabitants and its mid-2015 demographic projection would give some 34,198,000 inhab.

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