Demographics of Mauritania

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	24 May 2024

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There are 2.45 million males and 2.54 million females in Mauritania. The percentage of the male population is 49.06%, compared to 50.94% of the female population. Mauritania has 94k more females than males. The sex ratio in Mauritania in 2024 will be 96.322 males per 100 females. Mauritania is in the 63rd position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Mauritania population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	658,555	2.19
1955	738,577	2.40
1960	838,478	2.69
1965	965,621	2.94
1970	1,122,198	3.01
1975	1,302,436	2.97
1980	1,506,694	2.92
1985	1,746,265	2.93
1990	2,006,027	2.95
1995	2,380,341	2.18
2000	2,695,003	2.79
2005	3,012,360	2.23
2010	3,419,461	2.95
2015	3,946,220	2.65
2020	4,498,604	2.56
2021	4,614,974	2.54
2022	4,736,139	2.64
2023	4,862,989	2.65
2024	4,993,922	2.67

Population
Growth

Mauritania death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	15,148	29,799	22.991	45.228
1955	15,530	33,579	21.018	45.445
1960	15,951	38,873	19.014	46.340
1965	16,458	45,328	17.035	46.918
1970	16,967	51,603	15.110	45.957
1975	18,408	58,532	14.122	44.905
1980	18,947	66,000	12.560	43.751
1985	19,118	73,305	10.937	41.936
1990	19,303	81,535	9.614	40.607
1995	22,464	97,448	9.390	40.733
2000	23,883	101,919	8.856	37.792
2005	25,727	111,593	8.512	36.923
2010	28,452	125,643	8.327	36.772
2015	31,503	138,903	7.979	35.180
2020	33,598	150,426	7.466	33.427
2021	34,347	153,242	7.440	33.194
2022	34,111	156,047	7.203	32.953
2023	32,978	158,742	6.783	32.648
2024	30,865	160,963	6.181	32.237

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Mauritania
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	20,490	640,001	3.102
1955	34,636	712,168	4.638
1960	59,044	799,124	6.880
1965	100,130	892,237	10.090
1970	167,332	981,576	14.564
1975	273,299	1,055,387	20.569
1980	419,900	1,114,185	27.371
1985	619,375	1,150,567	34.994
1990	798,307	1,231,833	39.323
1995	900,703	1,426,372	38.705
2000	1,032,034	1,677,325	38.091
2005	1,318,368	1,812,352	42.111
2010	1,681,621	1,927,922	46.588
2015	2,136,699	2,045,642	51.089
2020	2,646,714	2,137,053	55.327
2021	2,754,946	2,152,965	56.133
2022	2,865,171	2,168,207	56.923
2023	2,977,287	2,182,785	57.699
2024	3,091,176	2,196,701	58.458

Population
Urbanization

Mauritania population by Age Group (2024)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	371,829	362,636	734,465	14.71	102.535
05-09	334,264	326,679	660,943	13.23	102.322
10-14	322,303	313,041	635,343	12.72	102.959
15-19	281,529	280,409	561,938	11.25	100.399
20-24	227,132	236,398	463,530	9.28	96.080
25-29	187,304	201,876	389,180	7.79	92.782
30-34	155,847	172,035	327,882	6.57	90.590
35-39	129,875	145,928	275,802	5.52	88.999
40-44	105,552	121,073	226,625	4.54	87.180
45-49	85,642	99,885	185,528	3.72	85.741
50-54	71,615	82,023	153,639	3.08	87.311
55-59	57,639	65,192	122,831	2.46	88.414
60-64	44,903	50,344	95,248	1.91	89.192
65-69	32,733	36,722	69,455	1.39	89.137
70-74	21,265	24,177	45,443	0.91	87.955
75-79	12,175	14,307	26,483	0.53	85.098
80-84	5,908	7,221	13,129	0.26	81.817
85-89	2,071	2,773	4,845	0.10	74.684
90-94	501	823	1,324	0.03	60.875
95-99	92	172	264	0.01	53.488
100+	8	18	26	0.00	44.444
Total	2,450,187	2,543,732	4,993,923		96.323

Population pyramid
Gender ratio