Mauritania
Population 2026
5,461,321
Overview
- Yearly change
- +2.75%
- Density
- 5 per km²
- Land area
- 1,030,700 km²
- Capital
- Nouakchott
- Currency
- Ouguiya (MRU)
- Official languages
- AR-MR, FUC, SNK, FR
- Urban population
- 61.5%
- Continent
- AF
Demographics
- Births
- 181,3112026
- Deaths
- 28,5542026
- Birth rate
- 34.0per 1,000
- Death rate
- 5.4per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 4.63
- Life expectancy
- 68.7At birth, years
- Median age
- 17.5
- Net migration
- -5,044
Age distribution
- 0–1442.4%
- 15–6454.4%
- 65+3.2%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $11.7B
- GDP per capita
- $2.2K
- GDP growth
- +4.0%
- Inflation
- 1.5%
- Unemployment
- 10.3%
- Exports
- $4.7B
- Imports
- $6.3B
- Tourism receipts
- 0.2%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture20.0%
- Industry29.7%
- Manufacturing4.6%
- Services42.4%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture32.1%
- Industry15.0%
- Services52.8%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nouakchott | 1,184,5302024 |
| 2 | NouadhibouDakhlet Nouadhibou | 146,0482026 |
| 3 | KiffaAssaba | 62,0512026 |
| 4 | Dar NaimNouakchott North | 61,0892026 |
| 5 | NémaHodh Ech Chargi | 60,0002026 |
| 6 | MberaHodh Ech Chargi | 58,9852024 |
| 7 | KsarNouakchott West | 57,7582026 |
| 8 | KaédiGorgol | 56,2832026 |
| 9 | ZouératTiris Zemmour | 55,1832026 |
| 10 | Tevragh ZeinaNouakchott West | 48,0932026 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5,461,321 | 181K | 28.6K |
| 2020 | 4,600,136 | 164K | 29.5K |
| 2010 | 3,390,968 | 132K | 23.9K |
| 2000 | 2,613,450 | 99.1K | 23.2K |
| 1990 | 1,951,881 | 80.8K | 20.9K |
| 1980 | 1,474,046 | 65.6K | 20.6K |
| 1970 | 1,099,815 | 52.0K | 17.6K |
| 1960 | 824,307 | 38.1K | 16.5K |
| 1950 | 657,722 | 28.3K | 15.3K |