What is the difference in urban and rural population projected to 2050 between Tonga and Western Sahara?

1,287 people, with Western Sahara ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Tonga and Western Sahara?

133 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2050.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Urban and rural population projected to 2050. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Tonga vs Western Sahara: Urban and rural population projected to 2050

Tonga

78,154 people

in 2050

Western Sahara

79,441 people

in 2050

Tonga rank

169th

Western Sahara rank

168th

Urban and rural population projected to 2050 over time

Tonga
Western Sahara

How they compare

Western Sahara currently reports 79,441 people against 78,154 people in Tonga, a difference of 1,287 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 133 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Tonga ahead.

Tonga ranks 169th and Western Sahara ranks 168th of 238 countries.

Across the 43 decades both report, Tonga averaged higher in 42 and Western Sahara in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Tonga	Western Sahara	Difference	Ahead
1000s	1,558 people	42.08 people	1,516 people	Tonga
1100s	1,640 people	63.12 people	1,577 people	Tonga
1200s	1,727 people	94.68 people	1,632 people	Tonga
1300s	2,590 people	142.01 people	2,448 people	Tonga
1400s	3,885 people	213.01 people	3,672 people	Tonga
1500s	5,827 people	319.5 people	5,508 people	Tonga
1600s	8,739 people	479.14 people	8,260 people	Tonga
1700s	13,100 people	718.23 people	12,382 people	Tonga
1710s	13,795 people	720.29 people	13,075 people	Tonga
1720s	14,519 people	722.44 people	13,796 people	Tonga
1730s	15,280 people	724.52 people	14,555 people	Tonga
1740s	16,080 people	726.53 people	15,354 people	Tonga
1750s	16,922 people	728.44 people	16,193 people	Tonga
1760s	17,806 people	730.22 people	17,075 people	Tonga
1770s	18,734 people	731.84 people	18,002 people	Tonga
1780s	19,709 people	733.25 people	18,975 people	Tonga
1790s	20,731 people	734.41 people	19,996 people	Tonga
1800s	21,802 people	735.25 people	21,067 people	Tonga
1810s	22,923 people	735.67 people	22,188 people	Tonga
1820s	24,162 people	739.29 people	23,423 people	Tonga
1830s	25,459 people	742.27 people	24,717 people	Tonga
1840s	26,814 people	744.44 people	26,069 people	Tonga
1850s	28,224 people	745.56 people	27,479 people	Tonga
1860s	29,688 people	745.36 people	28,942 people	Tonga
1870s	30,576 people	752.31 people	29,824 people	Tonga
1880s	31,456 people	757.14 people	30,699 people	Tonga
1890s	32,315 people	759.16 people	31,556 people	Tonga
1900s	33,137 people	757.53 people	32,379 people	Tonga
1910s	33,902 people	751.14 people	33,151 people	Tonga
1920s	34,287 people	1,448 people	32,839 people	Tonga
1930s	34,545 people	2,759 people	31,786 people	Tonga
1940s	34,635 people	5,176 people	29,458 people	Tonga
1950s	47,776 people	13,668 people	34,108 people	Tonga
1960s	60,128 people	28,474 people	31,654 people	Tonga
1970s	73,079 people	34,842 people	38,236 people	Tonga
1980s	77,313 people	26,270 people	51,043 people	Tonga
1990s	77,644 people	30,886 people	46,759 people	Tonga
2000s	80,857 people	46,142 people	34,715 people	Tonga
2010s	81,794 people	64,386 people	17,408 people	Tonga
2020s	81,880 people	77,487 people	4,393 people	Tonga
2030s	79,896 people	77,694 people	2,202 people	Tonga
2040s	79,211 people	78,022 people	1,190 people	Tonga
2050s	78,154 people	79,441 people	1,287 people	Western Sahara

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban and rural population projected to 2050, Tonga or Western Sahara?: Western Sahara, at 79,441 people against 78,154 people in Tonga as of 2050.
What is the difference in urban and rural population projected to 2050 between Tonga and Western Sahara?: 1,287 people, with Western Sahara ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Tonga and Western Sahara?: 133 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2050.
How do Tonga and Western Sahara rank globally for urban and rural population projected to 2050?: Tonga ranks 169th and Western Sahara ranks 168th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Urban and rural population projected to 2050. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Urban and rural population projected to 2050
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 30,401 data points, 1000–2050
Last refreshed: 09 October 2026

Number of people living in rural areas, combining UN estimates and projections with modeled historical data.