Demographics of Mauritania

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Mauritania is projected at 4.78 million, up by 2.70% compared with 4.65 million in 2020. Mauritania is ranked 127th in terms of population and 21th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.16 million births in Mauritania in 2021. That is 425 per day, which is ranked 95th. The crude birth rate is 32.44 per 1000 people. There are 33.22 thousand deaths in Mauritania in 2021. That is 91 per day, which is ranked 125th. The crude death rate is 6.95 per 1000 people.

2.75 million people are living in urban areas, which is 56.13% of Mauritania population. Mauritania is ranked 143rd in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Mauritania in 2021 is 100.95 males per 100 females. There are 2.40 million males and 2.38 million females in Mauritania. The percentage of female population is 49.76% compare to 50.24% male population. Mauritania has 22.56 thousand more males than females. Mauritania is at 145th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Mauritania population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	651,434	-
1955	738,295	2.70
1960	850,377	2.94
1965	985,907	3.04
1970	1,146,776	3.06
1975	1,330,594	3.00
1980	1,540,644	2.97
1985	1,780,033	2.85
1990	2,034,347	2.65
1995	2,313,630	2.58
2000	2,630,217	2.68
2005	3,024,198	2.89
2010	3,494,200	2.97
2015	4,046,304	2.94
2016	4,163,532	2.9
2017	4,282,582	2.86
2018	4,403,312	2.82
2019	4,525,698	2.78
2020	4,649,660	2.74
2021	4,775,110	2.70

Total
Crude

Mauritania death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	15,653	31,124	23.74	47.30
1955	16,453	36,703	22.16	49.48
1960	16,948	42,041	19.87	49.34
1965	17,140	47,198	17.34	47.75
1970	17,902	53,180	15.55	46.28
1975	19,090	59,891	14.30	44.91
1980	19,625	67,016	12.70	43.39
1985	19,581	74,647	11.00	41.91
1990	20,031	81,879	9.83	40.21
1995	21,821	90,057	9.41	38.87
2000	24,529	100,677	9.29	38.14
2005	27,116	113,156	8.94	37.33
2010	29,197	127,978	8.33	36.50
2015	30,806	141,718	7.61	34.99
2020	32,718	152,868	7.03	32.84
2021	33,222	155,063	6.95	32.44

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Mauritania

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	20,490	640,001	-	3.102
1955	34,636	712,168	11.20	4.638
1960	59,044	799,124	11.26	6.880
1965	100,130	892,237	11.03	10.090
1970	167,332	981,576	10.64	14.564
1975	273,299	1,055,387	10.07	20.569
1980	419,900	1,114,185	8.45	27.371
1985	619,375	1,150,567	7.79	34.994
1990	798,307	1,231,833	2.42	39.323
1995	900,703	1,426,372	2.58	38.705
2000	1,032,034	1,677,325	2.73	38.091
2005	1,318,368	1,812,352	5.09	42.111
2010	1,681,621	1,927,922	4.98	46.588
2015	2,136,699	2,045,642	4.73	51.089
2020	2,646,714	2,137,053	4.18	55.327
2021	2,754,946	2,152,965	4.09	56.133

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Mauritania population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	356,700	343,622	700,322	14.67	103.806
05-09	321,681	311,463	633,144	13.26	103.281
10-14	280,233	272,564	552,797	11.58	102.814
15-19	244,472	238,031	482,503	10.10	102.706
20-24	215,890	210,286	426,176	8.92	102.665
25-29	192,406	187,436	379,842	7.95	102.652
30-34	173,282	168,949	342,231	7.17	102.565
35-39	149,335	145,889	295,224	6.18	102.362
40-44	122,786	121,072	243,858	5.11	101.416
45-49	97,530	98,136	195,666	4.10	99.382
50-54	76,267	79,117	155,384	3.25	96.398
55-59	58,634	63,196	121,830	2.55	92.781
60-64	43,599	48,957	92,556	1.94	89.056
65-69	29,802	34,858	64,660	1.35	85.495
70-74	18,261	24,689	42,950	0.90	73.964
75-79	10,483	15,745	26,228	0.55	66.580
80-84	5,118	8,197	13,315	0.28	62.437
85-89	1,873	3,155	5,028	0.11	59.366
90-94	432	799	1,231	0.03	54.068
95-99	47	109	156	0.00	43.119
100+	2	7	9	0.00	28.571
Total	2,398,833	2,376,277	4,775,110		100.949