Population of Mauritania

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	12 Jan 2025

The current population of Mauritania is 5,298,728 as of May 20, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Mauritania is projected at 5,169,395, or 5.17 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Mauritania is projected at 5,022,441, or 5.02 million people for the year 2023.

Mauritania ranks 126th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Mauritania is ranked 39th among 58 countries and territories in Africa.

Mauritania population projections

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	5,096,521	5,169,395	145,749	2.820	0.0633
2025	5,242,270	5,315,065	145,589	2.739	0.0646
2026	5,387,859	5,461,319	146,920	2.690	0.0658
2027	5,534,779	5,608,791	148,024	2.639	0.0670
2028	5,682,803	5,757,957	150,307	2.611	0.0682
2029	5,833,110	5,909,197	152,173	2.575	0.0695
2030	5,985,283	6,062,528	154,490	2.548	0.0707
2031	6,139,773	6,217,789	156,032	2.510	0.0720
2032	6,295,805	6,374,846	158,081	2.480	0.0733
2033	6,453,886	6,533,841	159,909	2.448	0.0746
2034	6,613,795	6,694,450	161,311	2.410	0.0759
2035	6,775,106	6,856,319	162,425	2.369	0.0772
2036	6,937,531	7,019,234	163,407	2.328	0.0785
2037	7,100,938	7,183,119	164,362	2.288	0.0798
2038	7,265,300	7,348,364	166,129	2.261	0.0811
2039	7,431,429	7,514,742	166,625	2.217	0.0824
2040	7,598,054	7,681,908	167,709	2.183	0.0837
2041	7,765,763	7,850,223	168,920	2.152	0.0850
2042	7,934,683	8,020,484	171,602	2.140	0.0864
2043	8,106,285	8,192,549	172,528	2.106	0.0877
2044	8,278,813	8,365,182	172,738	2.065	0.0891
2045	8,451,551	8,538,531	173,960	2.037	0.0905
2046	8,625,511	8,713,260	175,497	2.014	0.0918
2047	8,801,008	8,888,481	174,946	1.968	0.0932
2048	8,975,954	9,064,219	176,530	1.948	0.0946
2049	9,152,484	9,240,178	175,388	1.898	0.0960
2050	9,327,872	9,415,598	175,452	1.863	0.0974
2051	9,503,324	9,592,001	177,353	1.849	0.0988
2052	9,680,677	9,769,711	178,068	1.823	0.1003
2053	9,858,745	9,947,450	177,409	1.784	0.1017
2054	10,036,154	10,124,330	176,352	1.742	0.1032
2055	10,212,506	10,300,450	175,888	1.708	0.1046
2056	10,388,394	10,475,609	174,429	1.665	0.1061
2057	10,562,823	10,650,676	175,706	1.650	0.1075
2058	10,738,529	10,827,339	177,620	1.641	0.1090
2059	10,916,149	11,004,481	176,665	1.605	0.1104
2060	11,092,814	11,180,219	174,811	1.564	0.1119
2061	11,267,625	11,355,029	174,807	1.539	0.1134
2062	11,442,432	11,529,734	174,603	1.514	0.1149
2063	11,617,035	11,703,701	173,333	1.481	0.1163
2064	11,790,368	11,877,946	175,156	1.475	0.1178
2065	11,965,524	12,051,735	172,422	1.431	0.1193
2066	12,137,946	12,224,644	173,396	1.418	0.1208
2067	12,311,342	12,397,847	173,010	1.396	0.1223
2068	12,484,352	12,569,361	170,018	1.353	0.1237
2069	12,654,370	12,739,405	170,069	1.335	0.1252
2070	12,824,439	12,908,450	168,022	1.302	0.1267
2071	12,992,461	13,076,825	168,727	1.290	0.1282
2072	13,161,188	13,244,154	165,932	1.253	0.1296
2073	13,327,120	13,409,179	164,118	1.224	0.1311
2074	13,491,238	13,572,516	162,557	1.198	0.1325
2075	13,653,795	13,734,752	161,913	1.179	0.1340
2076	13,815,708	13,895,841	160,265	1.153	0.1354
2077	13,975,973	14,055,488	159,031	1.131	0.1369
2078	14,135,004	14,213,522	157,035	1.105	0.1384
2079	14,292,039	14,368,501	152,924	1.064	0.1398
2080	14,444,963	14,520,791	151,656	1.044	0.1412
2081	14,596,619	14,672,014	150,791	1.028	0.1426
2082	14,747,410	14,821,349	147,877	0.998	0.1441
2083	14,895,287	14,968,968	147,362	0.984	0.1455
2084	15,042,649	15,114,732	144,166	0.954	0.1469
2085	15,186,815	15,257,621	141,613	0.928	0.1483
2086	15,328,428	15,398,692	140,528	0.913	0.1497
2087	15,468,956	15,538,559	139,206	0.896	0.1511
2088	15,608,162	15,676,051	135,778	0.866	0.1525
2089	15,743,940	15,810,311	132,743	0.840	0.1538
2090	15,876,683	15,941,788	130,210	0.817	0.1552
2091	16,006,893	16,071,138	128,489	0.800	0.1565
2092	16,135,382	16,197,736	124,708	0.770	0.1579
2093	16,260,090	16,321,552	122,925	0.753	0.1592
2094	16,383,015	16,443,140	120,249	0.731	0.1605
2095	16,503,264	16,561,438	116,348	0.703	0.1618
2096	16,619,612	16,677,789	116,355	0.698	0.1631
2097	16,735,967	16,792,538	113,142	0.674	0.1644
2098	16,849,109	16,904,645	111,072	0.657	0.1657
2099	16,960,181	17,013,070	105,777	0.622	0.1669
2100	17,065,958	17,118,469	105,023	0.614	0.1682

Mauritania population estimates

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	651,343	657,715	12,744	1.938	0.0264
1951	664,087	670,884	13,593	2.026	0.0264
1952	677,680	684,804	14,249	2.081	0.0265
1953	691,929	699,390	14,922	2.134	0.0266
1954	706,851	714,673	15,643	2.189	0.0266
1955	722,494	730,724	16,460	2.253	0.0267
1956	738,954	747,606	17,304	2.315	0.0267
1957	756,258	765,346	18,177	2.375	0.0268
1958	774,435	783,996	19,122	2.439	0.0269
1959	793,557	803,606	20,099	2.501	0.0271
1960	813,656	824,298	21,283	2.582	0.0273
1961	834,939	846,167	22,455	2.654	0.0276
1962	857,394	869,184	23,581	2.713	0.0278
1963	880,975	893,423	24,897	2.787	0.0280
1964	905,872	918,955	26,166	2.848	0.0282
1965	932,038	945,838	27,601	2.918	0.0284
1966	959,639	974,157	29,036	2.981	0.0286
1967	988,675	1,003,843	30,336	3.022	0.0289
1968	1,019,011	1,034,739	31,456	3.040	0.0292
1969	1,050,467	1,066,754	32,573	3.054	0.0295
1970	1,083,040	1,099,806	33,532	3.049	0.0298
1971	1,116,572	1,133,702	34,260	3.022	0.0301
1972	1,150,832	1,168,355	35,046	3.000	0.0304
1973	1,185,878	1,203,838	35,919	2.984	0.0307
1974	1,221,797	1,240,188	36,783	2.966	0.0310
1975	1,258,580	1,277,330	37,500	2.936	0.0314
1976	1,296,080	1,315,336	38,513	2.928	0.0317
1977	1,334,593	1,353,768	38,351	2.833	0.0321
1978	1,372,944	1,392,713	39,538	2.839	0.0324
1979	1,412,482	1,432,758	40,552	2.831	0.0328
1980	1,453,034	1,474,043	42,017	2.851	0.0331
1981	1,495,051	1,516,877	43,651	2.878	0.0335
1982	1,538,702	1,561,176	44,947	2.879	0.0338
1983	1,583,649	1,606,746	46,195	2.875	0.0342
1984	1,629,844	1,653,693	47,697	2.884	0.0346
1985	1,677,541	1,702,107	49,131	2.887	0.0350
1986	1,726,672	1,751,835	50,326	2.873	0.0353
1987	1,776,998	1,803,014	52,033	2.886	0.0357
1988	1,829,031	1,855,859	53,655	2.891	0.0361
1989	1,882,686	1,903,048	40,724	2.140	0.0364
1990	1,923,410	1,951,878	56,936	2.917	0.0366
1991	1,980,346	2,009,738	58,784	2.925	0.0371
1992	2,039,130	2,088,135	98,011	4.695	0.0379
1993	2,137,141	2,174,328	74,374	3.421	0.0389
1994	2,211,515	2,249,454	75,877	3.373	0.0396
1995	2,287,392	2,312,017	49,250	2.130	0.0401
1996	2,336,642	2,358,188	43,092	1.827	0.0404
1997	2,379,734	2,411,306	63,144	2.619	0.0407
1998	2,442,878	2,474,651	63,545	2.568	0.0412
1999	2,506,423	2,541,698	70,550	2.776	0.0417
2000	2,576,973	2,613,441	72,937	2.791	0.0423
2001	2,649,910	2,678,760	57,699	2.154	0.0428
2002	2,707,609	2,738,655	62,091	2.267	0.0432
2003	2,769,700	2,802,046	64,692	2.309	0.0436
2004	2,834,392	2,868,664	68,543	2.389	0.0441
2005	2,902,935	2,939,059	72,247	2.458	0.0446
2006	2,975,182	3,013,660	76,956	2.554	0.0452
2007	3,052,138	3,093,059	81,843	2.646	0.0458
2008	3,133,981	3,183,269	98,575	3.097	0.0465
2009	3,232,556	3,284,448	103,785	3.160	0.0474
2010	3,336,341	3,390,965	109,247	3.222	0.0483
2011	3,445,588	3,502,811	114,447	3.268	0.0493
2012	3,560,035	3,619,034	117,998	3.261	0.0503
2013	3,678,033	3,734,318	112,571	3.015	0.0512
2014	3,790,604	3,848,514	115,819	3.010	0.0521
2015	3,906,423	3,965,959	119,071	3.003	0.0531
2016	4,025,494	4,086,657	122,325	2.994	0.0541
2017	4,147,819	4,210,600	125,561	2.982	0.0551
2018	4,273,380	4,337,685	128,610	2.965	0.0561
2019	4,401,990	4,467,708	131,436	2.942	0.0572
2020	4,533,426	4,600,131	133,410	2.900	0.0583
2021	4,666,836	4,734,874	136,077	2.874	0.0595
2022	4,802,913	4,875,637	145,449	2.983	0.0608
2023	4,948,362	5,022,441	148,159	2.950	0.0621