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Mauritania

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capital
Population
5,315,065 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 4,736,139in 2022[4]
Land area
1,030,700 km²[5]
Total area
1,030,700 km²[6] land and water
Official languages
Currency
Land borders
Senegal, Algeria, Western Sahara, Mali[11]
Coast
Yes[11]
Continent
Official name
  • الجمهورية الإسلامية الموريتانية[12]

Parts of Mauritania

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Through time

Population over time[3]
196020255.3M

824,298 in 1960, 5,315,065 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
1960824,298
1961846,167
1962869,184
1963893,423
1964918,955
1965945,838
1966974,157
19671,003,843
19681,034,739
19691,066,754
19701,099,806
19711,133,702
19721,168,355
19731,203,838
19741,240,188
19751,277,330
19761,315,336
19771,353,768
19781,392,713
19791,432,758
19801,474,043
19811,516,877
19821,561,176
19831,606,746
19841,653,693
19851,702,107
19861,751,835
19871,803,014
19881,855,859
19891,903,048
19901,951,878
19912,009,738
19922,088,135
19932,174,328
19942,249,454
19952,312,017
19962,358,188
19972,411,306
19982,474,651
19992,541,698
20002,613,441
20012,678,760
20022,738,655
20032,802,046
20042,868,664
20052,939,059
20063,013,660
20073,093,059
20083,183,269
20093,284,448
20103,390,965
20113,502,811
20123,619,034
20133,734,318
20143,848,514
20153,965,959
20164,086,657
20174,210,600
20184,337,685
20194,467,708
20204,600,131
20214,734,874
20224,875,637
20235,022,441
20245,169,395
20255,315,065

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
MR[13]
ISO alpha-3
MRT[14]
ISO numeric
478[15]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Mauritania (Q1025), capital: Nouakchott (revision 2564284953) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: Mauritania (Q1025), population (revision 2564284953) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: Mauritania (Q1025), area (revision 2564284953) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  7. Wikidata: Mauritania (Q1025), official language: Arabic (revision 2564284953) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  8. Wikidata: Mauritania (Q1025), official language: French (revision 2564284953) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  9. Wikidata: Mauritania (Q1025), currency: Mauritanian ouguiya (revision 2564284953) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  10. Wikidata: Mauritania (Q1025), continent: Africa (revision 2564284953) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  11. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  12. Wikidata: Mauritania (Q1025), official name (revision 2564284953) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  13. Wikidata: Mauritania (Q1025), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2564284953) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  14. Wikidata: Mauritania (Q1025), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2564284953) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  15. Wikidata: Mauritania (Q1025), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2564284953) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

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