Mauritania Population

Population now

5,339,438

World: 124th
Africa: 38th

Male:	2,685,774	(50.29 %)
Female:	2,654,034	(49.71 %)

Births in 2025:	224,234
Deaths in 2025:	48,558

Life expectancy & Rates (2025)

Male:	64.29 years
Female:	67.74 years
Total:	66.01 years
Median Age:	19.71 years

Birth Rate:	30.94
Death Rate:	6.70
Growth Rate:	3.62 %
Fertility Rate:	4.20

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Birth & Death rate
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Population structure (mid 2025)
Urbanization

Mauritania Population History

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Year	Total	Male	Female	Sex Ratio	Growth rate	Birth rate	Death rate	Fertility rate	Life exp., total Life expectancy	Life exp., male	Life exp., female	Median Age	Urbanization	Density, people / km2 Density, people/km2
1960	850k	421k	430k	0.98	1.48%	49.34	19.87	6.78	44.43	43.49	45.43	16.75	6.88%	0.83
1961	876k	434k	442k	0.98	1.53%	49.07	19.36	6.79	45.13	44.13	46.20	16.62	7.44%	0.85
1962	902k	447k	455k	0.98	1.59%	48.76	18.84	6.79	45.83	44.76	46.97	16.52	8.03%	0.87
1963	929k	460k	469k	0.98	1.64%	48.42	18.32	6.80	46.53	45.40	47.72	16.46	8.67%	0.90
1964	957k	474k	483k	0.98	1.70%	48.08	17.82	6.80	47.21	46.02	48.46	16.40	9.36%	0.93
1965	986k	489k	497k	0.98	1.75%	47.75	17.34	6.80	47.87	46.62	49.17	16.36	10.09%	0.96
1966	1M	504k	512k	0.98	1.81%	47.43	16.90	6.80	48.48	47.19	49.82	16.24	10.87%	0.99
1967	1M	520k	528k	0.98	1.86%	47.13	16.50	6.80	49.03	47.70	50.42	16.14	11.71%	1.02
1968	1M	536k	544k	0.98	1.90%	46.84	16.14	6.80	49.54	48.16	50.96	16.06	12.61%	1.05
1969	1M	552k	561k	0.98	1.94%	46.55	15.83	6.79	49.99	48.58	51.45	16.01	13.55%	1.08
1970	1M	569k	578k	0.99	1.98%	46.28	15.55	6.78	50.40	48.95	51.90	15.99	14.56%	1.11
1971	1M	586k	595k	0.99	2.01%	46.01	15.30	6.77	50.79	49.29	52.33	15.91	15.64%	1.15
1972	1M	604k	613k	0.99	2.04%	45.75	15.06	6.76	51.16	49.61	52.75	15.87	16.77%	1.18
1973	1M	622k	632k	0.99	2.07%	45.48	14.82	6.74	51.54	49.94	53.18	15.87	17.97%	1.22
1974	1M	641k	651k	0.99	2.10%	45.20	14.57	6.71	51.94	50.28	53.63	15.89	19.24%	1.25
1975	1M	660k	670k	0.99	2.14%	44.92	14.30	6.68	52.36	50.66	54.10	15.92	20.57%	1.29
1976	1M	680k	690k	0.99	2.18%	44.62	14.01	6.64	52.82	51.08	54.60	15.91	21.97%	1.33
1977	1M	700k	711k	0.99	2.24%	44.32	13.70	6.60	53.31	51.54	55.11	15.93	23.33%	1.37
1978	1M	721k	732k	0.99	2.29%	44.01	13.38	6.55	53.82	52.05	55.63	15.97	24.63%	1.41
1979	1M	743k	754k	0.99	2.35%	43.70	13.05	6.50	54.36	52.59	56.16	16.02	25.98%	1.45
1980	2M	765k	776k	0.99	2.42%	43.39	12.70	6.44	54.91	53.17	56.69	16.09	27.37%	1.49
1981	2M	788k	799k	0.99	2.49%	43.09	12.35	6.39	55.49	53.77	57.22	16.10	28.81%	1.54
1982	2M	811k	823k	0.99	2.57%	42.79	12.00	6.34	56.07	54.39	57.75	16.13	30.30%	1.58
1983	2M	835k	847k	0.99	2.65%	42.49	11.65	6.28	56.64	55.00	58.29	16.17	31.82%	1.63
1984	2M	859k	871k	0.99	2.73%	42.20	11.32	6.23	57.20	55.60	58.80	16.23	33.39%	1.68
1985	2M	884k	896k	0.99	2.81%	41.91	11.00	6.18	57.74	56.16	59.30	16.30	34.99%	1.73
1986	2M	909k	921k	0.99	2.89%	41.60	10.70	6.13	58.23	56.67	59.77	16.28	36.63%	1.78
1987	2M	934k	946k	0.99	2.95%	41.27	10.44	6.07	58.67	57.12	60.20	16.28	38.31%	1.82
1988	2M	959k	972k	0.99	3.01%	40.93	10.20	6.01	59.07	57.52	60.58	16.29	39.57%	1.87
1989	2M	984k	998k	0.99	3.06%	40.57	10.00	5.95	59.41	57.85	60.92	16.32	39.45%	1.92
1990	2M	1M	1M	0.99	3.09%	40.21	9.83	5.88	59.69	58.13	61.22	16.35	39.32%	1.97
1991	2M	1M	1M	0.99	3.11%	39.87	9.69	5.82	59.91	58.33	61.46	16.37	39.20%	2.03
1992	2M	1M	1M	0.98	3.13%	39.56	9.59	5.76	60.09	58.49	61.65	16.40	39.08%	2.08
1993	2M	1M	1M	0.98	3.13%	39.29	9.51	5.70	60.23	58.60	61.82	16.44	38.95%	2.13
1994	2M	1M	1M	0.98	3.13%	39.06	9.45	5.66	60.34	58.68	61.95	16.50	38.83%	2.19
1995	2M	1M	1M	0.98	3.13%	38.87	9.41	5.61	60.43	58.73	62.07	16.56	38.71%	2.24
1996	2M	1M	1M	0.98	3.13%	38.71	9.38	5.57	60.49	58.77	62.16	16.62	38.58%	2.30
1997	2M	1M	1M	0.98	3.12%	38.56	9.36	5.53	60.55	58.79	62.24	16.68	38.46%	2.36
1998	2M	1M	1M	0.99	3.11%	38.43	9.34	5.50	60.59	58.81	62.32	16.74	38.34%	2.42
1999	3M	1M	1M	0.99	3.11%	38.29	9.32	5.46	60.64	58.83	62.40	16.82	38.21%	2.49
2000	3M	1M	1M	0.99	3.11%	38.14	9.29	5.41	60.71	58.86	62.49	16.91	38.09%	2.55
2001	3M	1M	1M	0.99	3.11%	37.98	9.24	5.37	60.79	58.93	62.60	17.00	38.62%	2.62
2002	3M	1M	1M	0.99	3.12%	37.82	9.19	5.32	60.89	59.02	62.71	17.12	39.48%	2.70
2003	3M	1M	1M	0.99	3.13%	37.66	9.12	5.28	61.02	59.14	62.85	17.25	40.35%	2.77
2004	3M	1M	1M	0.99	3.15%	37.49	9.04	5.23	61.17	59.29	63.00	17.38	41.23%	2.85
2005	3M	2M	2M	0.99	3.18%	37.33	8.94	5.18	61.35	59.48	63.17	17.51	42.11%	2.93
2006	3M	2M	2M	1	3.20%	37.16	8.84	5.14	61.55	59.69	63.36	17.63	43.00%	3.02
2007	3M	2M	2M	1	3.24%	37.00	8.72	5.10	61.78	59.92	63.57	17.75	43.89%	3.11
2008	3M	2M	2M	1	3.29%	36.85	8.59	5.06	62.02	60.17	63.80	17.88	44.79%	3.20
2009	3M	2M	2M	1	3.34%	36.68	8.46	5.02	62.27	60.43	64.04	18.01	45.69%	3.29
2010	3M	2M	2M	1	3.38%	36.50	8.33	4.98	62.53	60.71	64.29	18.13	46.59%	3.39
2011	4M	2M	2M	1	3.43%	36.29	8.19	4.94	62.80	61.00	64.55	18.22	47.49%	3.49
2012	4M	2M	2M	1	3.48%	36.03	8.05	4.90	63.08	61.30	64.81	18.32	48.40%	3.60
2013	4M	2M	2M	1	3.52%	35.73	7.90	4.85	63.37	61.61	65.07	18.41	49.31%	3.70
2014	4M	2M	2M	1	3.57%	35.38	7.75	4.79	63.65	61.94	65.33	18.51	50.20%	3.81
2015	4M	2M	2M	1	3.60%	34.99	7.61	4.74	63.94	62.25	65.58	18.62	51.09%	3.93
2016	4M	2M	2M	1.01	3.63%	34.57	7.47	4.68	64.21	62.55	65.82	18.69	51.96%	4.04
2017	4M	2M	2M	1.01	3.65%	34.13	7.34	4.62	64.46	62.83	66.06	18.78	52.82%	4.16
2018	4M	2M	2M	1.01	3.67%	33.69	7.22	4.56	64.70	63.08	66.29	18.88	53.67%	4.27
2019	5M	2M	2M	1.01	3.67%	33.26	7.12	4.50	64.93	63.31	66.52	18.99	54.51%	4.39
2020	5M	2M	2M	1.01	3.67%	32.84	7.03	4.45	65.13	63.50	66.73	19.11	55.33%	4.51
2021	5M	2M	2M	1.01	3.67%	32.84	7.03	4.45	65.13	63.50	66.73	19.22	56.13%	4.63
2022	5M	2M	2M	1.01	3.67%	32.84	7.03	4.45	65.13	63.50	66.73	19.34	56.92%	4.76
2023	5M	3M	3M	1.01	3.64%	31.70	6.83	4.30	65.66	63.97	67.34	19.45	57.70%	4.88
2024	5M	3M	3M	1.01	3.63%	31.32	6.77	4.25	65.83	64.13	67.54	19.59	58.46%	5.01
2025	5M	3M	3M	1.01	3.62%	30.94	6.70	4.20	66.01	64.29	67.74	19.71	59.20%	5.13

Mauritania Population Projections

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Year	Total	Male	Female	Sex Ratio	Growth rate	Birth rate	Death rate	Fertility rate	Life exp., total Life expectancy	Life exp., male	Life exp., female	Median Age	Urbanization	Density, people / km2 Density, people/km2
2026	5M	3M	3M	1.01	3.60%	30.61	6.66	4.15	66.17	64.44	67.92	19.82	59.93%	5.26
2027	6M	3M	3M	1.01	3.57%	30.28	6.63	4.11	66.33	64.59	68.10	19.98	60.64%	5.39
2028	6M	3M	3M	1.01	3.55%	29.96	6.59	4.06	66.50	64.73	68.29	20.11	61.33%	5.52
2029	6M	3M	3M	1.01	3.52%	29.63	6.56	4.02	66.66	64.88	68.47	20.27	62.00%	5.66
2030	6M	3M	3M	1.01	3.49%	29.30	6.52	3.97	66.82	65.03	68.65	20.45	62.66%	5.79
2031	6M	3M	3M	1.01	3.46%	29.03	6.51	3.93	66.97	65.16	68.82	20.60	63.30%	5.93
2032	6M	3M	3M	1.01	3.42%	28.75	6.50	3.89	67.12	65.29	68.99	20.75	63.92%	6.06
2033	6M	3M	3M	1.01	3.40%	28.48	6.48	3.85	67.26	65.42	69.15	20.91	64.53%	6.20
2034	7M	3M	3M	1.01	3.36%	28.20	6.47	3.81	67.41	65.55	69.32	21.09	65.11%	6.34
2035	7M	3M	3M	1.01	3.32%	27.93	6.46	3.77	67.56	65.68	69.49	21.27	65.68%	6.48
2036	7M	3M	3M	1.01	3.28%	27.69	6.47	3.73	67.70	65.80	69.65	21.43	66.23%	6.62
2037	7M	4M	3M	1.01	3.24%	27.45	6.47	3.69	67.83	65.92	69.81	21.59	66.76%	6.77
2038	7M	4M	4M	1.01	3.20%	27.22	6.48	3.66	67.97	66.05	69.96	21.77	67.27%	6.91
2039	7M	4M	4M	1.01	3.16%	26.98	6.48	3.62	68.10	66.17	70.12	21.95	67.75%	7.06
2040	7M	4M	4M	1.01	3.12%	26.74	6.49	3.58	68.24	66.29	70.28	22.12	68.24%	7.21
2041	8M	4M	4M	1.01	3.08%	26.51	6.50	3.55	68.37	66.40	70.43	22.27	68.72%	7.36
2042	8M	4M	4M	1.01	3.03%	26.28	6.52	3.51	68.50	66.52	70.58	22.44	69.20%	7.51
2043	8M	4M	4M	1.01	2.99%	26.06	6.53	3.48	68.63	66.63	70.72	22.60	69.67%	7.66
2044	8M	4M	4M	1.01	2.94%	25.83	6.55	3.44	68.76	66.75	70.87	22.77	70.14%	7.82
2045	8M	4M	4M	1.01	2.90%	25.60	6.56	3.41	68.89	66.86	71.02	22.94	70.60%	7.97
2046	8M	4M	4M	1.01	2.86%	25.38	6.58	3.38	69.01	66.97	71.16	23.08	71.07%	8.13
2047	9M	4M	4M	1.01	2.81%	25.16	6.61	3.35	69.14	67.07	71.30	23.23	71.52%	8.28
2048	9M	4M	4M	1.01	2.76%	24.93	6.63	3.32	69.26	67.18	71.45	23.39	71.97%	8.44
2049	9M	4M	4M	1.01	2.71%	24.71	6.66	3.29	69.39	67.28	71.59	23.55	72.42%	8.60
2050	9M	5M	4M	1.01	2.67%	24.49	6.68	3.26	69.51	67.39	71.73	23.70	72.86%	8.76

Highest City Populations in Mauritania

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Rank	City	Population, Urban Area	Population, City
1	Nouakchott	1,454,185	661,400

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