Population of Mauritania

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	03 Mar 2024

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The current population of Mauritania is 5,209,836 as of October 10, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Mauritania is projected at 4,993,922 or 4.99 million as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Mauritania is projected at 4,862,989 or 4.86 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.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Mauritania population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	651,343	658,555	14,424	2.190	0.03
1951	665,767	673,322	15,109	2.244	0.03
1952	680,876	688,702	15,651	2.273	0.03
1953	696,527	704,643	16,231	2.304	0.03
1954	712,758	721,227	16,938	2.349	0.03
1955	729,696	738,577	17,762	2.405	0.03
1956	747,458	756,727	18,539	2.450	0.03
1957	765,997	775,698	19,402	2.501	0.03
1958	785,399	795,593	20,388	2.563	0.03
1959	805,787	816,484	21,394	2.620	0.03
1960	827,181	838,478	22,594	2.695	0.03
1961	849,775	861,663	23,776	2.759	0.03
1962	873,551	885,938	24,773	2.796	0.03
1963	898,324	911,290	25,933	2.846	0.03
1964	924,257	937,830	27,145	2.895	0.03
1965	951,402	965,621	28,439	2.945	0.03
1966	979,841	994,697	29,713	2.987	0.03
1967	1,009,554	1,024,992	30,875	3.012	0.03
1968	1,040,429	1,056,393	31,928	3.023	0.03
1969	1,072,357	1,088,832	32,950	3.026	0.03
1970	1,105,307	1,122,198	33,782	3.011	0.03
1971	1,139,089	1,156,361	34,543	2.987	0.03
1972	1,173,632	1,191,376	35,488	2.979	0.03
1973	1,209,120	1,227,358	36,476	2.972	0.03
1974	1,245,596	1,264,352	37,512	2.967	0.03
1975	1,283,108	1,302,436	38,656	2.968	0.03
1976	1,321,764	1,341,604	39,680	2.958	0.03
1977	1,361,444	1,381,329	39,769	2.879	0.03
1978	1,401,213	1,421,786	41,146	2.894	0.03
1979	1,442,359	1,463,514	42,311	2.891	0.03
1980	1,484,670	1,506,694	44,047	2.924	0.03
1981	1,528,717	1,551,687	45,940	2.961	0.03
1982	1,574,657	1,598,332	47,351	2.963	0.03
1983	1,622,008	1,646,343	48,671	2.957	0.04
1984	1,670,679	1,695,675	49,991	2.948	0.04
1985	1,720,670	1,746,265	51,190	2.932	0.04
1986	1,771,860	1,798,009	52,299	2.909	0.04
1987	1,824,159	1,851,092	53,867	2.910	0.04
1988	1,878,026	1,905,847	55,641	2.920	0.04
1989	1,933,667	1,955,040	42,746	2.187	0.04
1990	1,976,413	2,006,027	59,228	2.953	0.04
1991	2,035,641	2,066,302	61,323	2.968	0.04
1992	2,096,964	2,147,527	101,126	4.710	0.04
1993	2,198,090	2,237,064	77,949	3.485	0.04
1994	2,276,039	2,315,191	78,305	3.383	0.04
1995	2,354,344	2,380,341	51,995	2.184	0.04
1996	2,406,339	2,428,816	44,955	1.851	0.04
1997	2,451,294	2,484,278	65,968	2.656	0.04
1998	2,517,262	2,550,501	66,479	2.607	0.04
1999	2,583,741	2,620,611	73,741	2.814	0.04
2000	2,657,482	2,695,003	75,043	2.785	0.04
2001	2,732,525	2,761,823	58,595	2.122	0.04
2002	2,791,120	2,821,703	61,166	2.168	0.04
2003	2,852,286	2,883,326	62,080	2.153	0.05
2004	2,914,366	2,946,575	64,419	2.186	0.05
2005	2,978,785	3,012,360	67,151	2.229	0.05
2006	3,045,936	3,081,229	70,587	2.291	0.05
2007	3,116,523	3,153,508	73,970	2.346	0.05
2008	3,190,493	3,233,336	85,687	2.650	0.05
2009	3,276,180	3,322,616	92,872	2.795	0.05
2010	3,369,052	3,419,461	100,817	2.949	0.05
2011	3,469,869	3,524,249	108,760	3.086	0.05
2012	3,578,629	3,636,113	114,969	3.162	0.05
2013	3,693,598	3,742,959	98,722	2.638	0.05
2014	3,792,320	3,843,174	101,708	2.647	0.05
2015	3,894,028	3,946,220	104,383	2.645	0.05
2016	3,998,411	4,051,890	106,959	2.640	0.05
2017	4,105,370	4,160,015	109,289	2.627	0.05
2018	4,214,659	4,270,712	112,105	2.625	0.06
2019	4,326,764	4,383,849	114,169	2.604	0.06
2020	4,440,933	4,498,604	115,341	2.564	0.06
2021	4,556,274	4,614,974	117,400	2.544	0.06

Mauritania population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	4,673,674	4,736,139	124,930	2.638	0.06
2023	4,798,604	4,862,989	128,769	2.648	0.06
2024	4,927,373	4,993,922	133,097	2.665	0.06
2025	5,060,470	5,128,141	135,343	2.639	0.06
2026	5,195,813	5,264,526	137,426	2.611	0.06
2027	5,333,239	5,403,200	139,922	2.590	0.06
2028	5,473,161	5,543,997	141,671	2.556	0.07
2029	5,614,832	5,686,445	143,227	2.519	0.07
2030	5,758,059	5,830,563	145,007	2.487	0.07
2031	5,903,066	5,976,298	146,465	2.451	0.07
2032	6,049,531	6,123,818	148,573	2.426	0.07
2033	6,198,104	6,273,096	149,983	2.391	0.07
2034	6,348,087	6,424,061	151,949	2.365	0.07
2035	6,500,036	6,576,462	152,853	2.324	0.07
2036	6,652,889	6,729,985	154,192	2.291	0.08
2037	6,807,081	6,884,282	154,402	2.243	0.08
2038	6,961,483	7,038,820	154,675	2.198	0.08
2039	7,116,158	7,193,387	154,458	2.147	0.08
2040	7,270,616	7,348,229	155,226	2.113	0.08
2041	7,425,842	7,503,613	155,541	2.073	0.08
2042	7,581,383	7,659,504	156,242	2.040	0.08
2043	7,737,625	7,816,017	156,784	2.006	0.08
2044	7,894,409	7,972,905	156,992	1.969	0.08
2045	8,051,401	8,129,917	157,033	1.932	0.09
2046	8,208,434	8,286,960	157,052	1.895	0.09
2047	8,365,486	8,443,897	156,822	1.857	0.09
2048	8,522,308	8,600,535	156,455	1.819	0.09
2049	8,678,763	8,757,322	157,118	1.794	0.09
2050	8,835,881	8,914,673	157,584	1.768	0.09
2051	8,993,465	9,072,492	158,053	1.742	0.09
2052	9,151,518	9,230,222	157,409	1.705	0.09
2053	9,308,927	9,387,846	157,838	1.681	0.10
2054	9,466,765	9,545,347	157,164	1.647	0.10
2055	9,623,929	9,702,915	157,973	1.628	0.10
2056	9,781,902	9,860,747	157,691	1.599	0.10
2057	9,939,593	10,017,985	156,784	1.565	0.10
2058	10,096,377	10,174,508	156,262	1.536	0.10
2059	10,252,639	10,330,006	154,734	1.498	0.10
2060	10,407,373	10,484,816	154,886	1.477	0.10
2061	10,562,259	10,639,439	154,359	1.451	0.11
2062	10,716,618	10,793,660	154,084	1.428	0.11
2063	10,870,702	10,947,287	153,170	1.399	0.11
2064	11,023,872	11,099,844	151,944	1.369	0.11
2065	11,175,816	11,251,081	150,529	1.338	0.11
2066	11,326,345	11,401,067	149,445	1.311	0.11
2067	11,475,790	11,549,832	148,083	1.282	0.11
2068	11,623,873	11,697,076	146,406	1.252	0.11
2069	11,770,279	11,842,835	145,113	1.225	0.12
2070	11,915,392	11,987,316	143,848	1.200	0.12
2071	12,059,240	12,130,474	142,468	1.174	0.12
2072	12,201,708	12,271,881	140,346	1.144	0.12
2073	12,342,054	12,411,651	139,194	1.121	0.12
2074	12,481,248	12,549,855	137,214	1.093	0.12
2075	12,618,462	12,686,942	136,960	1.080	0.12
2076	12,755,422	12,822,584	134,324	1.048	0.12
2077	12,889,746	12,955,752	132,012	1.019	0.12
2078	13,021,758	13,086,872	130,228	0.995	0.13
2079	13,151,986	13,215,757	127,543	0.965	0.13
2080	13,279,529	13,342,329	125,600	0.941	0.13
2081	13,405,129	13,467,969	125,681	0.933	0.13
2082	13,530,810	13,592,459	123,297	0.907	0.13
2083	13,654,107	13,714,131	120,049	0.875	0.13
2084	13,774,156	13,833,502	118,692	0.858	0.13
2085	13,892,848	13,951,133	116,571	0.836	0.13
2086	14,009,419	14,066,715	114,592	0.815	0.13
2087	14,124,011	14,179,985	111,948	0.789	0.14
2088	14,235,959	14,290,560	109,202	0.764	0.14
2089	14,345,161	14,398,970	107,618	0.747	0.14
2090	14,452,779	14,505,347	105,137	0.725	0.14
2091	14,557,916	14,609,665	103,498	0.708	0.14
2092	14,661,414	14,711,363	99,899	0.679	0.14
2093	14,761,313	14,810,652	98,678	0.666	0.14
2094	14,859,991	14,908,326	96,669	0.648	0.14
2095	14,956,660	15,003,594	93,867	0.626	0.14
2096	15,050,527	15,096,766	92,478	0.613	0.15
2097	15,143,005	15,187,918	89,826	0.591	0.15
2098	15,232,831	15,277,067	88,473	0.579	0.15
2099	15,321,304	15,364,742	86,876	0.565	0.15
2100	15,408,180	15,450,985	85,609	0.554	0.15