🇲🇷Mauritania

Nouakchott

Africa

Lower middle income

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Population

5.3M

2.8%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

4.63

births/woman

Life Expectancy

68.7y

GDP / capita

$2.2K

Pop. Growth

2.78%

Net Migration

-5K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Mauritania by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇲🇱Mali122.9K(78.4%)

23×

🇸🇳Senegal20.7K(13.2%)

−22%

🇬🇳

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male2.6MTotal 5.3M2.7MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

1.0

per 100,000

Divorce rate

—

per 1,000

Births outside marriage

—

of births

Home ownership

—

of households

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇩🇿Algeria1.9K(1.2%)

+70%

🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau1.4K(0.9%)

+70%

🇧🇯Benin647(0.4%)

+69%

🇨🇮Cote d'Ivoire542(0.3%)

+46%

🇨🇲Cameroon460(0.3%)

+68%

🇲🇦Morocco401(0.3%)

+68%

🇸🇦Saudi Arabia357(0.2%)

+68%

🇹🇳Tunisia290(0.2%)

+69%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Mauritania diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Mauritania who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇸🇳Senegal47.5K(52.2%)

−5%

🇲🇱Mali27.2K(29.8%)

+156%

🇬🇲Gambia, The4K(4.4%)

+27%

🇨🇬Congo, Rep.3.1K(3.4%)

+31%

🇧🇪Belgium3K(3.3%)

+79%

🇲🇦Morocco1.9K(2.0%)

+54%

🇬🇳Guinea1.1K(1.2%)

−21%

🇮🇹Italy846(0.9%)

+72%

🇹🇳Tunisia588(0.6%)

+44%

🇱🇾Libya402(0.4%)

+26%

🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau342(0.4%)

−35%

🇲🇽Mexico299(0.3%)

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024