Demographics of Mauritania

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Demographic features of the population of Mauritania (Arabic: التركيبة السكانية في موريتانيا) include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects.

Population5,169,342 (2024 est.)
Growth rate1.99% (2022 est.)
Birth rate28.06 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate7.43 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Quick facts Mauritania, Population ...
Demographics of Mauritania
Population pyramid of Mauritania in 2020
Population5,169,342 (2024 est.)
Growth rate1.99% (2022 est.)
Birth rate28.06 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate7.43 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Life expectancy65.22 years
 • male62.77 years
 • female67.75 years
Fertility rate4.40 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Infant mortality50.99 deaths/1,000 live births
Net migration rate-0.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Age structure
0–14 years40.92%
15–64 years55.87%
65 and over3.21%
Nationality
NationalityMauritanian
Major ethnic
Minor ethnic
Language
OfficialArabic (official)
SpokenLanguages of Mauritania
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Population

Population, fertility rate and net reproduction rate, United Nations estimates
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More information Year, Pop. ...
Census population and growth rate
YearPop.±% p.a.
19771,338,830—    
19881,864,236+3.06%
20002,508,159+2.50%
20133,537,368+2.68%
20234,927,532+3.37%
Source:[2]
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According to the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects[3][4], the total population was 4,614,974 in 2021, compared to only 657 000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2010 was 39.9%, 57.4% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 2.7% was 65 years or older.[5]

More information Total population (x 1000), Population aged 0–14 (%) ...
Total population (x 1000) Population aged 0–14 (%) Population aged 15–64 (%) Population aged 65+ (%)
1950 65743.854.81.4
1955 74443.654.71.6
1960 85444.353.81.8
1965 98445.252.82.0
1970 1 13445.852.12.2
1975 1 31245.851.92.3
1980 1 51845.651.92.4
1985 1 74845.352.22.5
1990 1 99644.952.52.6
1995 2 29244.053.42.7
2000 2 64342.754.62.7
2005 3 04741.256.12.7
2010 3 46039.957.42.7
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Structure of the population

Structure of the population (Census 24.II.2013):

More information Age group, Male ...
Age group Male Female Total %
Total 1 743 074 1 794 294 3 537 368 100
0–4 316 217 298 475 614 692 17.38
5–9 263 263 256 839 520 102 14.70
10–14 212 838 216 667 429 505 12.14
15–19 176 116 185 288 361 404 10.22
20–24 144 478 157 962 302 440 8.55
25–29 121 586 135 767 257 353 7.28
30–34 99 834 113 691 213 525 6.04
35–39 83 578 95 379 178 957 5.06
40–44 72 108 79 228 151 336 4.28
45–49 60 297 64 516 124 813 3.53
50–54 50 739 51 751 102 490 2.90
55–59 41 075 40 645 81 720 2.31
60–64 31 660 30 459 62 119 1.76
65–69 24 120 23 055 47 175 1.33
70–74 18 167 17 129 35 296 1.00
75–79 12 670 12 231 24 901 0.70
80–84 8 080 8 584 16 664 0.47
85+ 6 248 6 628 12 876 0.36
Age group Male Female Total Percent
0–14 792 318 771 981 1 564 299 44.22
15–64 881 471 954 686 1 836 157 51.91
65+ 69 285 67 627 136 912 3.87
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Population by Age Group (Estimates 1.VII.2016) (Data refer to national projections.):[6]

More information Age group, Total ...
Age group Total %
Total 3 782 701 100
0–4 579 832 15.33
5–9 567 643 15.01
10–14 478 293 12.64
15–19 396 650 10.49
20–24 333 473 8.82
25–29 280 531 7.42
30–34 236 864 6.26
35–39 196 168 5.19
40–44 164 707 4.35
45–49 137 439 3.63
50–54 111 936 2.96
55–59 90 008 2.38
60–64 68 836 1.82
65–69 50 266 1.33
70–74 36 188 0.96
75–79 24 540 0.65
80+ 29 328 0.78
Age group Total Percent
0–14 1 625 768 42.98
15–64 2 016 611 53.31
65+ 140 322 3.71
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Vital statistics

Registration of vital events in Mauritania is incomplete. The Population Department of the United Nations prepared the following estimates. [7]

More information Mid-year population (thousands), Live births (thousands) ...
Mid-year population (thousands) Live births (thousands) Deaths (thousands) Natural change (thousands) Crude birth rate (per 1000) Crude death rate (per 1000) Natural change (per 1000) Total fertility rate (TFR) Infant mortality (per 1000 live births) Life expectancy (in years)
1950   659   30   15   15 45.2 23.0 22.2 6.12 157.1 38.74
1951   673   31   15   15 45.3 22.5 22.8 6.13 155.0 39.29
1952   689   31   15   16 45.2 22.1 23.1 6.13 152.8 39.77
1953   705   32   15   16 45.2 21.8 23.4 6.13 150.7 40.21
1954   721   33   15   17 45.3 21.4 23.9 6.16 148.4 40.78
1955   739   34   16   18 45.4 21.0 24.4 6.18 146.1 41.41
1956   757   35   16   19 45.6 20.7 24.9 6.21 143.6 41.94
1957   776   36   16   20 45.8 20.4 25.4 6.24 141.1 42.50
1958   796   37   16   21 46.0 20.0 26.0 6.28 138.4 43.16
1959   816   38   16   22 46.1 19.6 26.6 6.32 135.7 43.88
1960   838   39   16   23 46.3 19.0 27.3 6.35 133.0 44.77
1961   862   40   16   24 46.6 18.6 28.0 6.40 130.1 45.44
1962   886   41   16   25 46.6 18.3 28.3 6.43 127.3 46.05
1963   911   43   16   26 46.7 17.9 28.8 6.48 124.5 46.69
1964   938   44   16   28 46.8 17.4 29.4 6.53 121.7 47.45
1965   966   45   16   29 46.9 17.0 29.9 6.59 118.9 48.06
1966   995   47   17   30 47.0 16.6 30.3 6.64 116.1 48.73
1967   1 025   48   17   31 46.8 16.2 30.6 6.67 113.3 49.37
1968   1 056   49   17   32 46.5 15.8 30.7 6.68 110.6 50.04
1969   1 089   50   17   34 46.3 15.4 30.9 6.69 108.4 50.63
1970   1 122   52   17   35 46.0 15.1 30.8 6.69 107.0 51.04
1971   1 156   53   17   36 45.6 14.9 30.8 6.69 106.2 51.39
1972   1 191   54   18   37 45.5 14.7 30.7 6.70 105.8 51.66
1973   1 227   56   18   38 45.3 14.6 30.7 6.70 105.4 51.90
1974   1 264   57   18   39 45.1 14.4 30.7 6.70 104.9 52.18
1975   1 302   59   18   40 44.9 14.1 30.8 6.68 104.0 52.65
1976   1 342   60   19   41 44.7 13.9 30.8 6.67 102.6 52.92
1977   1 381   62   19   43 44.6 13.6 30.9 6.68 100.7 53.37
1978   1 422   63   19   44 44.3 13.3 31.0 6.67 98.5 53.86
1979   1 464   64   19   45 43.8 12.9 30.9 6.65 96.2 54.47
1980   1 507   66   19   47 43.8 12.6 31.2 6.62 94.0 55.06
1981   1 552   68   19   49 43.7 12.2 31.5 6.58 91.8 55.66
1982   1 598   69   19   50 43.3 11.8 31.5 6.53 89.6 56.28
1983   1 646   71   19   52 42.9 11.6 31.4 6.48 87.2 56.68
1984   1 696   72   19   53 42.5 11.2 31.2 6.41 84.6 57.16
1985   1 746   73   19   54 41.9 10.9 31.0 6.34 81.8 57.58
1986   1 798   74   19   55 41.4 10.6 30.7 6.25 79.1 57.99
1987   1 851   76   19   57 41.0 10.3 30.7 6.16 76.5 58.58
1988   1 906   78   19   59 40.7 10.0 30.7 6.11 74.2 59.14
1989   1 955   80   19   61 40.7 9.8 30.9 6.08 72.6 59.32
1990   2 006   82   19   62 40.6 9.6 31.0 6.06 71.0 59.77
1991   2 066   84   20   64 40.6 9.5 31.1 6.04 70.1 59.94
1992   2 148   87   20   67 40.6 9.4 31.3 6.04 69.5 60.26
1993   2 237   93   21   72 41.5 9.4 32.1 6.04 69.1 60.38
1994   2 315   95   22   73 40.9 9.4 31.6 5.92 68.9 60.34
1995   2 380   97   22   75 40.7 9.4 31.3 5.85 68.9 60.26
1996   2 429   97   23   74 39.6 9.4 30.2 5.71 69.1 60.06
1997   2 484   97   23   74 39.0 9.2 29.8 5.66 68.9 60.45
1998   2 551   98   23   75 38.4 9.1 29.4 5.57 68.8 60.61
1999   2 621   100   24   77 38.2 9.0 29.3 5.54 68.7 60.82
2000   2 695   102   24   78 37.8 8.9 28.9 5.46 68.5 61.03
2001   2 762   104   24   80 37.5 8.8 28.7 5.38 68.2 61.19
2002   2 822   105   25   80 37.0 8.7 28.3 5.29 68.0 61.27
2003   2 883   106   25   81 36.7 8.6 28.1 5.23 67.7 61.35
2004   2 947   109   25   84 36.8 8.5 28.2 5.19 67.0 61.59
2005   3 012   112   26   86 36.9 8.5 28.4 5.19 66.3 61.66
2006   3 081   115   26   89 37.1 8.4 28.7 5.19 65.2 61.89
2007   3 154   117   26   91 37.1 8.3 28.8 5.15 64.1 62.23
2008   3 233   121   27   94 37.2 8.2 29.0 5.15 62.7 62.40
2009   3 323   123   27   95 36.9 8.2 28.7 5.08 61.3 62.80
2010   3 419   126   28   97 36.8 8.3 28.4 5.04 59.8 63.11
2011   3 524   129   30   99 36.7 8.5 28.3 5.03 58.5 63.35
2012   3 636   132   31   101 36.4 8.6 27.8 4.99 57.2 63.58
2013   3 743   134   32   102 35.8 8.7 27.2 4.94 55.8 63.91
2014   3 843   137   32   105 35.5 8.3 27.2 4.89 54.4 64.16
2015   3 946   139   32   107 35.2 8.0 27.2 4.81 53.0 64.49
2016   4 052   141   31   110 34.8 7.7 27.1 4.74 51.7 64.77
2017   4 160   143   31   112 34.4 7.4 27.0 4.66 50.3 65.08
2018   4 271   146   31   115 34.2 7.2 26.9 4.61 49.1 65.31
2019   4 384   148   31   117 33.7 7.0 26.7 4.52 47.8 65.69
2020   4 533   164   29   135 35.7 6.4 29.3 4.91 33.7 66.8
2021   4 667   167   30   138 35.3 6.3 29.1 4.85 32.7 66.8
2022   4 803   170   27   142 34.8 5.6 29.2 4.77 31.7 64.53
2023   4 948   173   28   145 34.4 5.5 28.9 4.70 30.8 68.5
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Demographic and Health Surveys

Total Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and Crude Birth Rate (CBR):[8]

More information Year, Total ...
Year Total Urban Rural
CBRTFR CBRTFR CBRTFR
2000–2001 32.1 4.7 (4.3) 31.9 4.3 (3.9) 32.1 5.0 (4.7)
2003–2004 4.6 4.1 5.1
2019–2021 35.5 5.2 (4.5) 30.3 4.1 (3.6) 40.2 6.4 (5.5)
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Fertility data as of 2010 (DHS Program):[9]

More information Zone, Total fertility rate ...
Zone Total fertility rate Percentage of women age 15-49 currently pregnant Mean number of children ever born to women age 40–49
Nouakchott4.38.05.7
Sud-Est5.010.45.2
Fleuve5.18.56.0
Nord4.67.16.5
Centre4.06.76.1
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Life expectancy

More information Period, Life expectancy in Years ...
Period Life expectancy in
Years[10]
1950–1955 41.72
1955–1960 Increase 45.19
1960–1965 Increase 47.93
1965–1970 Increase 50.28
1970–1975 Decrease 52.73
1975–1980 Increase 55.76
1980–1985 Increase 57.77
1985–1990 Increase 58.89
1990–1995 Increase 59.84
1995–2000 Increase 60.27
2000–2005 Increase 61.32
2005–2010 Increase 62.64
2010–2015 Increase 63.43
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Religion

Religion in Mauritania (ARDA 2020 est.)[11]
  1. Sunni (99.2%)
  2. Ethnic Religion (0.46%)
  3. Christianity (0.21%)
  4. None (0.11%)
Main article: Religion in Mauritania

Official census figures identify 100% of Mauritanian citizens as Muslim.

In practice, approximately 99.2% of the population is Sunni Muslim following the Maliki school, with very small minorities, about 0.8%, made up of foreign residents practicing Christianity, Judaism, or other faiths.

Ethnic groups

40% Black Moors (Haratins),[12] 30% Sahelian and West African Mauritanians (non-Arabic speaking, largely resident in or originating from the Senegal River Valley, including Halpulaar, Fulani, Soninke, Wolof, Bambara,[12] and Serer[1] ethnic groups 30%), and 30% White Moors (bidhans).[12]

Languages

Arabic, Pulaar, Soninke and Wolof are the four national languages of Mauritania while Arabic, particularly spoken in the Hassaniya Arabic dialect, remains the sole official language.[13] Other languages, such as Serer and French are also spoken. French is widely used in media and among educated classes.[1][12]

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