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.
Demographics of Mauritania | |
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Population | 5,169,342 (2024 est.) |
Growth rate | 1.99% (2022 est.) |
Birth rate | 28.06 births/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
Death rate | 7.43 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
Life expectancy | 65.22 years |
• male | 62.77 years |
• female | 67.75 years |
Fertility rate | 4.40 children born/woman (2022 est.) |
Infant mortality rate | 50.99 deaths/1,000 live births |
Net migration rate | -0.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
Age structure | |
0–14 years | 40.92% |
15–64 years | 55.87% |
65 and over | 3.21% |
Nationality | |
Nationality | Mauritanian |
Major ethnic | |
Minor ethnic |
|
Language | |
Official | Arabic (official) |
Spoken | Languages of Mauritania |
According to the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects[1][2], 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.[3]
Total population (x 1000) | Population aged 0–14 (%) | Population aged 15–64 (%) | Population aged 65+ (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | 657 | 43.8 | 54.8 | 1.4 |
1955 | 744 | 43.6 | 54.7 | 1.6 |
1960 | 854 | 44.3 | 53.8 | 1.8 |
1965 | 984 | 45.2 | 52.8 | 2.0 |
1970 | 1 134 | 45.8 | 52.1 | 2.2 |
1975 | 1 312 | 45.8 | 51.9 | 2.3 |
1980 | 1 518 | 45.6 | 51.9 | 2.4 |
1985 | 1 748 | 45.3 | 52.2 | 2.5 |
1990 | 1 996 | 44.9 | 52.5 | 2.6 |
1995 | 2 292 | 44.0 | 53.4 | 2.7 |
2000 | 2 643 | 42.7 | 54.6 | 2.7 |
2005 | 3 047 | 41.2 | 56.1 | 2.7 |
2010 | 3 460 | 39.9 | 57.4 | 2.7 |
Structure of the population (Census 24.II.2013):
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 |
Population by Age Group (Estimates 1.VII.2016) (Data refer to national projections.):[4]
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 |
Registration of vital events in Mauritania is incomplete. The Population Department of the United Nations prepared the following estimates. [5]
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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Total Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and Crude Birth Rate (CBR):[6]
Year | Total | Urban | Rural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CBR | TFR | CBR | TFR | CBR | TFR | |
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) |
Fertility data as of 2010 (DHS Program):[7]
Zone | Total fertility rate | Percentage of women age 15-49 currently pregnant | Mean number of children ever born to women age 40–49 |
---|---|---|---|
Nouakchott | 4.3 | 8.0 | 5.7 |
Sud-Est | 5.0 | 10.4 | 5.2 |
Fleuve | 5.1 | 8.5 | 6.0 |
Nord | 4.6 | 7.1 | 6.5 |
Centre | 4.0 | 6.7 | 6.1 |
Period | Life expectancy in Years[8] |
---|---|
1950–1955 | 41.72 |
1955–1960 | 45.19 |
1960–1965 | 47.93 |
1965–1970 | 50.28 |
1970–1975 | 52.73 |
1975–1980 | 55.76 |
1980–1985 | 57.77 |
1985–1990 | 58.89 |
1990–1995 | 59.84 |
1995–2000 | 60.27 |
2000–2005 | 61.32 |
2005–2010 | 62.64 |
2010–2015 | 63.43 |
Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review in 2022.[9]
The following demographic are from the CIA World Factbook[10] unless otherwise indicated.
Muslim (official) 100%
note: on 21 March 2022, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Travel Alert for polio in Africa; Mauritania is currently considered a high risk to travelers for circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV); vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) is a strain of the weakened poliovirus that was initially included in oral polio vaccine (OPV) and that has changed over time and behaves more like the wild or naturally occurring virus; this means it can be spread more easily to people who are unvaccinated against polio and who come in contact with the stool or respiratory secretions, such as from a sneeze, of an “infected” person who received oral polio vaccine; the CDC recommends that before any international travel, anyone unvaccinated, incompletely vaccinated, or with an unknown polio vaccination status should complete the routine polio vaccine series; before travel to any high-risk destination, CDC recommends that adults who previously completed the full, routine polio vaccine series receive a single, lifetime booster dose of polio vaccine
Fair Moors (bidhanes) 53% or 2.4 million people, dark Moors (Haratins) 30%, 17% sub-Saharan Mauritanians (non-Arabic speaking, largely resident in or originating from the Senegal River Valley, including Helpulaar, Fulani, Soninke, Wolof, and Bambara ethnic groups)
9,500 (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 500 (2003 est.)
noun: Mauritanian(s) adjective: Mauritanian
Arabic (official and national), French (widely used in media and among educated classes), Pulaar, Soninke, Wolof, Serer.[citation needed]
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
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