demographics of Mauritania

{{Infobox place demographics

|place=Mauritania

|image=File:Mauritania single age population pyramid 2020.png

|image_size = 350

|caption = Population pyramid of Mauritania in 2020

|size_of_population = 5,169,342 (2024 est.)

|nation = Mauritanian

|age_0–14_years = 40.92%

| age_15-64_years = 55.87%

|age_65_years = 3.21%

|growth = 1.99% (2022 est.)

|birth = 28.06 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

|death = 7.43 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)

|net_migration = -0.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)

|infant_mortality = 50.99 deaths/1,000 live births

|life = 65.22 years

|life_male = 62.77 years

|life_female = 67.75 years

|fertility = 4.40 children born/woman (2022 est.)

|major_ethnic = {{unbulleted list

|{{Tree list}}

}}

|minor_ethnic = {{unbulleted list

|{{Tree list}}

Fula
Wolof
Toucouleur
Serer5000 Serer people in Mauritania. This is an old figure which has not updated on Joshua Project. "Serer in Mauritania." [https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/14866/MR] (retrieved 7 March 2025). It is however more recent than the following 2000 source based on a 1988 census:

:3,500 (estimated in 2000): African Census Analysis Project (ACAP). University of Pennsylvania. Ethnic Diversity and Assimilation in Senegal: Evidence from the 1988 Census by Pierre Ngom, Aliou Gaye and Ibrahima Sarr. 2000

Others

}}

|official = Arabic (official)

|spoken = Languages of Mauritania

}}{{Redirect-distinguish|Mauritanians|Mauritians}}

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

Population

File:Mauritania Population 1950-2021 Forecast 2022-2032 UN World Population Prospects 2022.svg , fertility rate and net reproduction rate, United Nations estimates]]

{{Historical populations

| percentages = pagr

|footnote = Source:https://ons.mr

|title = Census population and growth rate

|1977|1339000

|1988|1864000

|2000|2508000

|2013|3537000

}}

According to {{UN_Population|source}}, the total population was {{UN_Population|Mauritania}} in {{UN_Population|Year}}, 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.{{Cite web|url=https://population.un.org/wpp/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506065230/http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm|url-status=dead|title=World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations|archive-date=May 6, 2011|website=population.un.org}}

! width="80pt"\|Total population (x 1000) ! width="80pt"\|Population aged 0–14 (%) ! width="80pt"\|Population aged 15–64 (%) ! width="80pt"\|Population aged 65+ (%)
class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
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=

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

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

class="wikitable"

width="80pt"|Age Group

! width="80pt"|Male

! width="80pt"|Female

! width="80pt"|Total

! width="80pt"|%

align="right" | Total

| align="right" | 1 743 074

| align="right" | 1 794 294

| align="right" | 3 537 368

| align="right" | 100

align="right" | 0–4

| align="right" | 316 217

| align="right" | 298 475

| align="right" | 614 692

| align="right" | 17.38

align="right" | 5–9

| align="right" | 263 263

| align="right" | 256 839

| align="right" | 520 102

| align="right" | 14.70

align="right" | 10–14

| align="right" | 212 838

| align="right" | 216 667

| align="right" | 429 505

| align="right" | 12.14

align="right" | 15–19

| align="right" | 176 116

| align="right" | 185 288

| align="right" | 361 404

| align="right" | 10.22

align="right" | 20–24

| align="right" | 144 478

| align="right" | 157 962

| align="right" | 302 440

| align="right" | 8.55

align="right" | 25–29

| align="right" | 121 586

| align="right" | 135 767

| align="right" | 257 353

| align="right" | 7.28

align="right" | 30–34

| align="right" | 99 834

| align="right" | 113 691

| align="right" | 213 525

| align="right" | 6.04

align="right" | 35–39

| align="right" | 83 578

| align="right" | 95 379

| align="right" | 178 957

| align="right" | 5.06

align="right" | 40–44

| align="right" | 72 108

| align="right" | 79 228

| align="right" | 151 336

| align="right" | 4.28

align="right" | 45–49

| align="right" | 60 297

| align="right" | 64 516

| align="right" | 124 813

| align="right" | 3.53

align="right" | 50–54

| align="right" | 50 739

| align="right" | 51 751

| align="right" | 102 490

| align="right" | 2.90

align="right" | 55–59

| align="right" | 41 075

| align="right" | 40 645

| align="right" | 81 720

| align="right" | 2.31

align="right" | 60–64

| align="right" | 31 660

| align="right" | 30 459

| align="right" | 62 119

| align="right" | 1.76

align="right" | 65–69

| align="right" | 24 120

| align="right" | 23 055

| align="right" | 47 175

| align="right" | 1.33

align="right" | 70–74

| align="right" | 18 167

| align="right" | 17 129

| align="right" | 35 296

| align="right" | 1.00

align="right" | 75–79

| align="right" | 12 670

| align="right" | 12 231

| align="right" | 24 901

| align="right" | 0.70

align="right" | 80–84

| align="right" | 8 080

| align="right" | 8 584

| align="right" | 16 664

| align="right" | 0.47

align="right" | 85+

| align="right" | 6 248

| align="right" | 6 628

| align="right" | 12 876

| align="right" | 0.36

width="50"|Age group

! width="80pt"|Male

! width="80"|Female

! width="80"|Total

! width="50"|Percent

align="right" | 0–14

| align="right" | 792 318

| align="right" | 771 981

| align="right" | 1 564 299

| align="right" | 44.22

align="right" | 15–64

| align="right" | 881 471

| align="right" | 954 686

| align="right" | 1 836 157

| align="right" | 51.91

align="right" | 65+

| align="right" | 69 285

| align="right" | 67 627

| align="right" | 136 912

| align="right" | 3.87

Population by Age Group (Estimates 1.VII.2016) (Data refer to national projections.):{{Cite web|url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2020/|title=UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics}}

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

class="wikitable"

width="80pt"|Age Group

! width="80pt"|Total

! width="80pt"|%

align="right" | Total

| align="right" | 3 782 701

| align="right" | 100

align="right" | 0–4

| align="right" | 579 832

| align="right" | 15.33

align="right" | 5–9

| align="right" | 567 643

| align="right" | 15.01

align="right" | 10–14

| align="right" | 478 293

| align="right" | 12.64

align="right" | 15–19

| align="right" | 396 650

| align="right" | 10.49

align="right" | 20–24

| align="right" | 333 473

| align="right" | 8.82

align="right" | 25–29

| align="right" | 280 531

| align="right" | 7.42

align="right" | 30–34

| align="right" | 236 864

| align="right" | 6.26

align="right" | 35–39

| align="right" | 196 168

| align="right" | 5.19

align="right" | 40–44

| align="right" | 164 707

| align="right" | 4.35

align="right" | 45–49

| align="right" | 137 439

| align="right" | 3.63

align="right" | 50–54

| align="right" | 111 936

| align="right" | 2.96

align="right" | 55–59

| align="right" | 90 008

| align="right" | 2.38

align="right" | 60–64

| align="right" | 68 836

| align="right" | 1.82

align="right" | 65–69

| align="right" | 50 266

| align="right" | 1.33

align="right" | 70–74

| align="right" | 36 188

| align="right" | 0.96

align="right" | 75–79

| align="right" | 24 540

| align="right" | 0.65

align="right" | 80+

| align="right" | 29 328

| align="right" | 0.78

width="50"|Age group

! width="80"|Total

! width="50"|Percent

align="right" | 0–14

| align="right" | 1 625 768

| align="right" | 42.98

align="right" | 15–64

| align="right" | 2 016 611

| align="right" | 53.31

align="right" | 65+

| align="right" | 140 322

| align="right" | 3.71

Vital statistics

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

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!

! style="width:80pt;" |Mid-year population (thousands)

! style="width:80pt;" |Live births (thousands)

! style="width:80pt;" |Deaths (thousands)

! style="width:80pt;" |Natural change (thousands)

! style="width:80pt;" |Crude birth rate (per 1000)

! style="width:80pt;" |Crude death rate (per 1000)

! style="width:80pt;" |Natural change (per 1000)

! style="width:80pt;" |Total fertility rate (TFR)

! style="width:80pt;" |Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

! style="width:80pt;" |Life expectancy (in years)

1950

| 659

| 30

| 15

|45.2

|23.0

|22.2

|6.12

|157.1

|38.74

1951

| 673

| 31

| 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

|style="color:blue"|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

|style="color:blue"|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

|style="color:blue"|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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| y1= 0.66,0.67,0.69,0.71,0.72,0.74,0.76,0.78,0.8,0.82,0.84,0.86,0.89,0.91,0.94,0.97,1,1.02,1.06,1.09,1.12,1.16,1.19,1.23,1.26,1.3,1.34,1.38,1.42,1.46,1.51,1.55,1.6,1.65,1.7,1.75,1.8,1.85,1.91,1.96,2.01,2.07,2.15,2.24,2.32,2.38,2.43,2.48,2.55,2.62,2.7,2.76,2.82,2.88,2.95,3.01,3.08,3.15,3.23,3.32,3.42,3.52,3.64,3.74,3.84,3.95,4.05,4.16,4.27,4.38,4.5,4.62

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| y1= 22.2,22.8,23.1,23.4,23.9,24.4,24.9,25.4,26.0,26.6,27.3,28.0,28.3,28.8,29.4,29.9,30.3,30.6,30.7,30.9,30.8,30.8,30.7,30.7,30.7,30.8,30.8,30.9,31.0,30.9,31.2,31.5,

31.5,31.4,31.2,31.0,30.7,30.7,30.7,30.9,31.0,31.1,31.3,32.1,31.6,31.3,30.2,29.8,29.4,29.3,28.9,28.7,28.3,28.1,28.2,28.4,28.7,28.8,29.0,28.7,28.4,28.3,

27.8,27.2,27.2,27.2,27.1,27.0,26.9,26.7,26.0,25.8

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| y1= 157.1,155.0,152.8,150.7,148.4,146.1,143.6,141.1,138.4,135.7,133.0,130.1,127.3,124.5,121.7,118.9,116.1,113.3,110.6,108.4,107.0,106.2,105.8,105.4,104.9,

104.0,102.6,100.7,98.5,96.2,94.0,91.8,89.6,87.2,84.6,81.8,79.1,76.5,74.2,72.6,71.0,70.1,69.5,69.1,68.9,68.9,69.1,68.9,68.8,68.7,68.5,68.2,68.0,67.7,67.0,66.3,65.2,64.1,62.7,61.3,59.8,58.5,57.2,55.8,54.4,53.0,51.7,50.3,49.1,47.8,46.5,45.3,

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| y1= 6.12,6.13,6.13,6.13,6.16,6.18,6.21,6.24,6.28,6.32,6.35,6.40,6.43,6.48,6.53,6.59,6.64,6.67,6.68,6.69,6.69,6.69,6.70,6.70,6.70,6.68,6.67,6.68,6.67,6.65,

6.62,6.58,6.53,6.48,6.41,6.34,6.25,6.16,6.11,6.08,6.06,6.04,6.04,6.04,5.92,5.85,5.71,5.66,5.57,5.54,5.46,5.38,5.29,5.23,5.19,5.19,5.19,5.15,5.15,5.08,5.04,5.03,4.99,4.94,4.89,4.81,4.74,4.66,4.61,4.52,4.46,4.40

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=Demographic and Health Surveys=

Total Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and Crude Birth Rate (CBR):{{Cite web |url=http://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/1445 |title=Mauritania - Enquête Démographique et de Santé 2000-2001 |access-date=2024-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205033807/http://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/1445 |archive-date=2017-02-05 |url-status=dead }}

class="wikitable"
rowspan=2\| Year ! colspan=2\| Total ! colspan=2\| Urban ! colspan=2\| Rural
CBR	TFR ! CBR	TFR ! CBR	TFR
2000–2001 \| style="text-align:right;"\| 32.1 \| style="text-align:right;"\| 4.7 (4.3) \| style="text-align:right;"\| 31.9 \| style="text-align:right;"\| 4.3 (3.9) \| style="text-align:right;"\| 32.1 \| style="text-align:right;"\| 5.0 (4.7)
2003–2004 \| style="text-align:right;"\| \| style="text-align:right;"\| 4.6 \| style="text-align:right;"\| \| style="text-align:right;"\| 4.1 \| style="text-align:right;"\| \| style="text-align:right;"\| 5.1
2019–2021 \| style="text-align:right;"\| 35.5 \| style="text-align:right;"\| 5.2 (4.5) \| style="text-align:right;"\| 30.3 \| style="text-align:right;"\| 4.1 (3.6) \| style="text-align:right;"\| 40.2 \| style="text-align:right;"\| 6.4 (5.5)

class="wikitable"

rowspan=2| Year

! colspan=2| Total

! colspan=2| Urban

! colspan=2| Rural

CBR

TFR

! CBR

TFR

! CBR

TFR

2000–2001

| style="text-align:right;"| 32.1

| style="text-align:right;"| 4.7 (4.3)

| style="text-align:right;"| 31.9

| style="text-align:right;"| 4.3 (3.9)

| style="text-align:right;"| 32.1

| style="text-align:right;"| 5.0 (4.7)

2003–2004

| style="text-align:right;"|

| style="text-align:right;"| 4.6

| style="text-align:right;"|

| style="text-align:right;"| 4.1

| style="text-align:right;"|

| style="text-align:right;"| 5.1

2019–2021

| style="text-align:right;"| 35.5

| style="text-align:right;"| 5.2 (4.5)

| style="text-align:right;"| 30.3

| style="text-align:right;"| 4.1 (3.6)

| style="text-align:right;"| 40.2

| style="text-align:right;"| 6.4 (5.5)

Fertility data as of 2010 (DHS Program):{{cite web |url=http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR256/FR256.pdf |title= Demographics |date=201 |website=dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR256/FR256.pdf|access-date=2021-01-04}}

style="width:100pt;"\| Zone ! style="width:100pt;"\| Total fertility rate ! style="width:100pt;"\| Percentage of women age 15-49 currently pregnant ! style="width:100pt;"\| Mean number of children ever born to women age 40–49
class="wikitable sortable"
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

= Life expectancy =

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

!Period

!Life expectancy in
Years{{Cite web|url=https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/|title=World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations|website=esa.un.org|access-date=2018-08-26}}

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

Religions

Muslim (official) 100%

Ethnic groups

40% Black Moors (Haratins),CIA WorldFackbook "Mauritania" (2023 estimates) [https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/mauritania/#people-and-society] (retrieved 7 March 2025) 30% sub-Saharan Mauritanians (non-Arabic speaking, largely resident in or originating from the Senegal River Valley, including Halpulaar, Fulani, Soninke, Wolof, Bambara, and Serer (est. 5000) ethnic groups 30%), and 30% White Moors (bidhanes).

Languages

Arabic (official and national), French (widely used in media and among educated classes), Pulaar, Soninke, Wolof, and Serer.

References

External links

[http://countrystudies.us/mauritania/29.htm Maures]
[http://www.irinnews.org/profiles/mauritania.asp Mauritania - Country Profile]
Decomentry film [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvH5DULCA3w A History of the Haratin]

Category:Society of Mauritania