Mauritania · Population

On this page you can find past, current and future population statistics for Mauritania (from 1950-2100), population map, demographics, live population counter etc. . Question: What is the population of Mauritania? Answer: Current population of Mauritania is: 5 056 002*^[1], area 1030700 km², population density 4.91 p/km². Capital of Mauritania is Nouakchott. Continent: Africa.

Mauritania · Population 1950-2100

Mauritania · historical and predicted populations (both sexes) for the period 1950-2100 (millions) De facto population in Mauritania as of 1 July of the year indicated. Source United Nations Population Division [1].

What was the Mauritania population at your birthday?*

Enter your birth date to find out. [1]

year:***	month:	day:

Current Mauritania population

5 056 002

Today	This year
Population growth Today xx Changes every 319.744 sec.	Population growth This year xx
Births Today xx Changes every 238.96 sec.	Births This year xx [x]
Deaths Today xx Changes every 945.796 sec.	Deaths This year xx [x]

Sources: [1]
Today's statistic since midnight 00:00.
This year, statistic changes since 1st January
Population = Births** - Deaths

Mauritania population map

City density ^[2] • population density ^[3] • Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

• Population Growth rate: 270 / day = 11.26 / hour = 0.188 / minute = 0.0031 / seconds
• Births Growth rate**: 361 / day = 15.11 / hour = 0.253 / minute = 0.0041 / seconds
• Deaths Growth rate: 91 / day = 3.81 / hour = 0.063 / minute = 0.0011 / seconds.

Current Mauritania population by age and sex for 2025-07-05*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	351 894	⇐+3.6%	339 517
5-9	329 735	⇐+3.4%	318 807
10-14	300 998	⇐+3.1%	291 921
15-19	267 215	⇐+2.3%	261 114
20-24	233 444	⇐+2.6%	227 588
25-29	201 676	⇐+3.3%	195 302
30-34	171 996	⇐+2.3%	168 192
35-39	151 269	⇐+2.5%	147 589
40-44	134 445	⇐+2.4%	131 288
45-49	112 454	⇐+1.5%	110 790
50-54	89 520	+0.6%⇒	90 076
55-59	71 090	+4%⇒	73 953
60-64	54 690	+1.4%⇒	55 456
65-69	35 447	+4.9%⇒	37 182
70-74	19 581	+38.1%⇒	27 040
75-79	12 024	+42.4%⇒	17 122
80-84	6 609	+47.1%⇒	9 720
85-89	2 967	+45.2%⇒	4 309
90-94	735	+58.2%⇒	1 163
95-99	24	+150%⇒	60
100+	0	+INF%⇒	1

Sources: [1]

Sources, Notices

* Value is calculated with linear interpolation from 2 nearest estimated (date->population) data (unofficial).
** Net migration is included in Births with this calculation: Births = Population[1] + Deaths[1].
*** For years before 1950 we dont have population data. Value is approximate calculation using function: 1900 population = 70% of 1950 population.
[1] United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2015). World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision. Data are estimates and projections according to a medium-fertility variant. Reused with the permission of the United Nations. Downloaded: 2015-11-15 (un.org)
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).