Mauritania's population rose from 2.36M in 1996 to 5.32M in 2025.
Mauritania · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Mauritania's population growth rose from 2.0 % in 1996 to 2.8 % in 2025.
Mauritania's population density rose from 2.2 in 1994 to 4.9 in 2023.
Mauritania's population, female (% of total) rose from 50.2 % in 1996 to 50.9 % in 2025.
Mauritania's urbanisation rose from 38.5 % in 1996 to 61.5 % in 2025.
Mauritania's urban population rose from 907,361 in 1996 to 3.27M in 2025.
Mauritania's rural population rose from 1.45M in 1996 to 2.05M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −1.5 %11th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.1 %13th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −1.9 %182nd of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −1.5 %193rd of 217
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- Median ageup +0.1 yrs205th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.3 pts12th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.3 pts207th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.0 pts186th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −1.0 pts11th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratiodown −0.0 pts181st of 217
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- Net migrationdown −130.8 %135th of 217
- Migrant stockdown −0.2 pts126th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +37.9 %38th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs164th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs171st of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs159th of 217