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.
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 |
- Population
- Growth
Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
- Total
- Crude
Year | Population | Urbanization | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
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
- Urbanization
Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Persons | Share (%) | ||||
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 |
- Population pyramid
- Gender ratio