The current population of Mauritania is 5,432,542 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 5,169,395 in 2024.
Population facts:
- For the last 20 years, Mauritania has had an average growth rate of 4.24% per year.
- Mauritania accounts for 0.07% of the world's population.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 2.94M people to 5.43M (84.8% growth in 20 years).
- Mauritania is ranked 123/197 by population and was ranked 133rd in 2005.
- Mauritania is projected to reach 17.1M people in 2100.
Mauritania population clock
Mauritania
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World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
5432542
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 123/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.07% | N/A |
| One net population change |
3.58 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
3.04 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
19 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +403 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +146,954 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.93% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 18/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
4.01 hours
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -2,185 | N/A |
Mauritania population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 824,298 | - |
| 1961 | 846,167 | 2.65% |
| 1962 | 869,184 | 2.72% |
| 1963 | 893,423 | 2.79% |
| 1964 | 918,955 | 2.86% |
| 1965 | 945,838 | 2.93% |
| 1966 | 974,157 | 2.99% |
| 1967 | 1,003,843 | 3.05% |
| 1968 | 1,034,739 | 3.08% |
| 1969 | 1,066,754 | 3.09% |
| 1970 | 1,099,806 | 3.1% |
| 1971 | 1,133,702 | 3.08% |
| 1972 | 1,168,355 | 3.06% |
| 1973 | 1,203,838 | 3.04% |
| 1974 | 1,240,188 | 3.02% |
| 1975 | 1,277,330 | 2.99% |
| 1976 | 1,315,336 | 2.98% |
| 1977 | 1,353,768 | 2.92% |
| 1978 | 1,392,713 | 2.88% |
| 1979 | 1,432,758 | 2.88% |
| 1980 | 1,474,043 | 2.88% |
| 1981 | 1,516,877 | 2.91% |
| 1982 | 1,561,176 | 2.92% |
| 1983 | 1,606,746 | 2.92% |
| 1984 | 1,653,693 | 2.92% |
| 1985 | 1,702,107 | 2.93% |
| 1986 | 1,751,835 | 2.92% |
| 1987 | 1,803,014 | 2.92% |
| 1988 | 1,855,859 | 2.93% |
| 1989 | 1,903,048 | 2.54% |
| 1990 | 1,951,878 | 2.57% |
| 1991 | 2,009,738 | 2.96% |
| 1992 | 2,088,135 | 3.9% |
| 1993 | 2,174,328 | 4.13% |
| 1994 | 2,249,454 | 3.46% |
| 1995 | 2,312,017 | 2.78% |
| 1996 | 2,358,188 | 2% |
| 1997 | 2,411,306 | 2.25% |
| 1998 | 2,474,651 | 2.63% |
| 1999 | 2,541,698 | 2.71% |
| 2000 | 2,613,441 | 2.82% |
| 2001 | 2,678,760 | 2.5% |
| 2002 | 2,738,655 | 2.24% |
| 2003 | 2,802,046 | 2.31% |
| 2004 | 2,868,664 | 2.38% |
| 2005 | 2,939,059 | 2.45% |
| 2006 | 3,013,660 | 2.54% |
| 2007 | 3,093,059 | 2.63% |
| 2008 | 3,183,269 | 2.92% |
| 2009 | 3,284,448 | 3.18% |
| 2010 | 3,390,965 | 3.24% |
| 2011 | 3,502,811 | 3.3% |
| 2012 | 3,619,034 | 3.32% |
| 2013 | 3,734,318 | 3.19% |
| 2014 | 3,848,514 | 3.06% |
| 2015 | 3,965,959 | 3.05% |
| 2016 | 4,086,657 | 3.04% |
| 2017 | 4,210,600 | 3.03% |
| 2018 | 4,337,685 | 3.02% |
| 2019 | 4,467,708 | 3% |
| 2020 | 4,600,131 | 2.96% |
| 2021 | 4,734,874 | 2.93% |
| 2022 | 4,875,637 | 2.97% |
| 2023 | 5,022,441 | 3.01% |
| 2024 | 5,169,395 | 2.93% |
| 2025 | 5,315,063 | 2.82% |
| 2026 | 5,461,313 | 2.75% |
| 2027 | 5,608,785 | 2.7% |
| 2028 | 5,757,952 | 2.66% |
| 2029 | 5,909,186 | 2.63% |
| 2030 | 6,062,523 | 2.59% |
| 2031 | 6,217,791 | 2.56% |
| 2032 | 6,374,839 | 2.53% |
| 2033 | 6,533,828 | 2.49% |
| 2034 | 6,694,445 | 2.46% |
| 2035 | 6,856,314 | 2.42% |
| 2036 | 7,019,227 | 2.38% |
| 2037 | 7,183,105 | 2.33% |
| 2038 | 7,348,357 | 2.3% |
| 2039 | 7,514,734 | 2.26% |
| 2040 | 7,681,907 | 2.22% |
| 2041 | 7,850,210 | 2.19% |
| 2042 | 8,020,480 | 2.17% |
| 2043 | 8,192,542 | 2.15% |
| 2044 | 8,365,171 | 2.11% |
| 2045 | 8,538,521 | 2.07% |
| 2046 | 8,713,247 | 2.05% |
| 2047 | 8,888,466 | 2.01% |
| 2048 | 9,064,207 | 1.98% |
| 2049 | 9,240,169 | 1.94% |
| 2050 | 9,415,589 | 1.9% |
Mauritania has a population of 5.43M as of 2025, compared to 3.97M in 2015, 2.94M in 2005, and 2.31M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 3.7% per year. Mauritania is ranked 11th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Mauritania will have 8,538,521 people (57.2% growth) with a rank change from 123rd to 108th.
By the year 2100, Mauritania's population is projected to grow by 215.1% to 17.1M people.
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Mauritania population statistics
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Mauritania
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 68.9 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 23 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 18.4 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.1:50.9 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 4.7 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 13 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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