Population of Mauritania

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

The current population of Mauritania is 5,018,358 as of May 31, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Mauritania is projected at 4,775,119 or 4.775 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Mauritania is projected at 4,649,658 or 4.650 million people for the year 2020. Mauritania ranks number 127th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Mauritania is ranked 39th among 58 countries in Africa.

Mauritania's population will be increased year by year. The Mauritania population is projected to reach 5.96 million in 2030 and increase to 9.02 million in 2050 and 17.0 million by 2100. Mauritania accounts for 0.061 percent of the world population. However, its global share increased by 0.027% in 1955 and is projected to increase by 0.157% by 2100.

Mauritania was at 142nd position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline to 169th in 2100.

Mauritania population projections

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	4,649,658	123,962	2.74	0.060
2021	4,775,119	125,461	2.70	0.061
2022	4,901,981	126,862	2.66	0.062
2023	5,030,239	128,258	2.62	0.063
2024	5,159,888	129,649	2.58	0.064
2025	5,290,949	131,061	2.54	0.065
2026	5,423,379	132,430	2.50	0.066
2027	5,557,165	133,786	2.47	0.067
2028	5,692,346	135,181	2.43	0.068
2029	5,828,998	136,652	2.40	0.069
2030	5,967,168	138,170	2.37	0.070
2031	6,106,862	139,694	2.34	0.071
2032	6,248,048	141,186	2.31	0.072
2033	6,390,760	142,712	2.28	0.073
2034	6,535,008	144,248	2.26	0.074
2035	6,680,816	145,808	2.23	0.075
2036	6,828,166	147,350	2.21	0.076
2037	6,977,038	148,872	2.18	0.077
2038	7,127,358	150,320	2.15	0.079
2039	7,279,062	151,704	2.13	0.080
2040	7,432,083	153,021	2.10	0.081
2041	7,586,369	154,286	2.08	0.082
2042	7,741,888	155,519	2.05	0.083
2043	7,898,595	156,707	2.02	0.084
2044	8,056,470	157,875	2.00	0.085
2045	8,215,471	159,001	1.97	0.087
2046	8,375,550	160,079	1.95	0.088
2047	8,536,635	161,085	1.92	0.089
2048	8,698,623	161,988	1.90	0.090
2049	8,861,403	162,780	1.87	0.091
2050	9,024,892	163,489	1.84	0.093
2051	9,189,006	164,114	1.82	0.094
2052	9,353,695	164,689	1.79	0.095
2053	9,518,888	165,193	1.77	0.096
2054	9,684,500	165,612	1.74	0.098
2055	9,850,468	165,968	1.71	0.099
2056	10,016,741	166,273	1.69	0.100
2057	10,183,268	166,527	1.66	0.101
2058	10,350,020	166,752	1.64	0.103
2059	10,516,961	166,941	1.61	0.104
2060	10,684,056	167,095	1.59	0.105
2061	10,851,273	167,217	1.57	0.107
2062	11,018,558	167,285	1.54	0.108
2063	11,185,959	167,401	1.52	0.109
2064	11,353,515	167,556	1.50	0.110
2065	11,521,241	167,726	1.48	0.112
2066	11,689,145	167,904	1.46	0.113
2067	11,857,156	168,011	1.44	0.114
2068	12,025,167	168,011	1.42	0.116
2069	12,193,055	167,888	1.40	0.117
2070	12,360,692	167,637	1.37	0.118
2071	12,528,014	167,322	1.35	0.119
2072	12,695,003	166,989	1.33	0.121
2073	12,861,697	166,694	1.31	0.122
2074	13,028,151	166,454	1.29	0.123
2075	13,194,405	166,254	1.28	0.125
2076	13,360,419	166,014	1.26	0.126
2077	13,526,120	165,701	1.24	0.127
2078	13,691,384	165,264	1.22	0.129
2079	13,856,086	164,702	1.20	0.130
2080	14,020,102	164,016	1.18	0.131
2081	14,183,371	163,269	1.16	0.133
2082	14,345,859	162,488	1.15	0.134
2083	14,507,450	161,591	1.13	0.135
2084	14,668,062	160,612	1.11	0.137
2085	14,827,597	159,535	1.09	0.138
2086	14,985,990	158,393	1.07	0.139
2087	15,143,182	157,192	1.05	0.141
2088	15,299,182	156,000	1.03	0.142
2089	15,454,016	154,834	1.01	0.143
2090	15,607,691	153,675	0.99	0.144
2091	15,760,168	152,477	0.98	0.146
2092	15,911,367	151,199	0.96	0.147
2093	16,061,192	149,825	0.94	0.148
2094	16,209,549	148,357	0.92	0.149
2095	16,356,332	146,783	0.91	0.151
2096	16,501,470	145,138	0.89	0.152
2097	16,644,908	143,438	0.87	0.153
2098	16,786,582	141,674	0.85	0.154
2099	16,926,481	139,899	0.83	0.156
2100	17,064,599	138,118	0.82	0.157

Mauritania population estimates

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	651,436	-	-	0.026
1951	666,812	15,376	2.36	0.026
1952	683,142	16,330	2.45	0.026
1953	700,498	17,356	2.54	0.026
1954	718,873	18,375	2.62	0.026
1955	738,299	19,426	2.70	0.027
1956	758,753	20,454	2.77	0.027
1957	780,220	21,467	2.83	0.027
1958	802,676	22,456	2.88	0.027
1959	826,073	23,397	2.91	0.028
1960	850,384	24,311	2.94	0.028
1961	875,581	25,197	2.96	0.028
1962	901,686	26,105	2.98	0.029
1963	928,734	27,048	3.00	0.029
1964	956,799	28,065	3.02	0.029
1965	985,910	29,111	3.04	0.030
1966	1,016,100	30,190	3.06	0.030
1967	1,047,344	31,244	3.07	0.030
1968	1,079,580	32,236	3.08	0.030
1969	1,112,745	33,165	3.07	0.031
1970	1,146,780	34,035	3.06	0.031
1971	1,181,674	34,894	3.04	0.031
1972	1,217,446	35,772	3.03	0.032
1973	1,254,157	36,711	3.02	0.032
1974	1,291,855	37,698	3.01	0.032
1975	1,330,598	38,743	3.00	0.033
1976	1,370,357	39,759	2.99	0.033
1977	1,411,140	40,783	2.98	0.033
1978	1,453,032	41,892	2.97	0.034
1979	1,496,185	43,153	2.97	0.034
1980	1,540,640	44,455	2.97	0.035
1981	1,586,493	45,853	2.98	0.035
1982	1,633,652	47,159	2.97	0.035
1983	1,681,863	48,211	2.95	0.036
1984	1,730,738	48,875	2.91	0.036
1985	1,780,030	49,292	2.85	0.037
1986	1,829,675	49,645	2.79	0.037
1987	1,879,763	50,088	2.74	0.037
1988	1,930,433	50,670	2.70	0.038
1989	1,981,899	51,466	2.67	0.038
1990	2,034,346	52,447	2.65	0.038
1991	2,087,912	53,566	2.63	0.039
1992	2,142,645	54,733	2.62	0.039
1993	2,198,532	55,887	2.61	0.039
1994	2,255,516	56,984	2.59	0.040
1995	2,313,630	58,114	2.58	0.040
1996	2,372,901	59,271	2.56	0.041
1997	2,433,563	60,662	2.56	0.041
1998	2,496,216	62,653	2.57	0.042
1999	2,561,585	65,369	2.62	0.042
2000	2,630,219	68,634	2.68	0.043
2001	2,702,400	72,181	2.74	0.043
2002	2,778,099	75,699	2.80	0.044
2003	2,857,148	79,049	2.85	0.045
2004	2,939,247	82,099	2.87	0.045
2005	3,024,194	84,947	2.89	0.046
2006	3,111,906	87,712	2.90	0.047
2007	3,202,517	90,611	2.91	0.048
2008	3,296,238	93,721	2.93	0.049
2009	3,393,409	97,171	2.95	0.049
2010	3,494,195	100,786	2.97	0.050
2011	3,598,648	104,453	2.99	0.051
2012	3,706,555	107,907	3.00	0.052
2013	3,817,494	110,939	2.99	0.053
2014	3,930,896	113,402	2.97	0.054
2015	4,046,301	115,405	2.94	0.055
2016	4,163,533	117,232	2.90	0.056
2017	4,282,570	119,037	2.86	0.057
2018	4,403,313	120,743	2.82	0.058
2019	4,525,696	122,383	2.78	0.059