Live population of Mauritania

According to official figures released by the United Nations and World Bank Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, the population of Mauritania as of 2023 Jun 7 was 4,897,047

According to the 2022 Census, Mauritania's share of the world population is 0.060%

Mauritania population (2022) and previous data

Year	Over-all-population	Male	Female	Rural-population	Density- /km2	fertility-rate /women	Death-rate		Life-expectancy
Year	Over-all-population	Male	Female	Rural-population	Density- /km2	fertility-rate /women	M	F	M	F
2020	4,649,660	2,334,981	2,314,679	2,137,053	4.51	4.59	89,462	80,928	63.88	67.24
2015	4,046,304	2,027,548	2,018,756	2,045,642	3.93	4.59	82,209	75,803	63	66.18
2010	3,494,200	1,746,942	1,747,258	1,927,922	3.39	4.88	78,899	71,586	61.43	64.95
2005	3,024,198	1,508,076	1,516,122	1,812,352	2.93	5.07	73,863	67,051	60.07	63.68
2000	2,630,217	1,307,875	1,322,342	1,677,325	2.55	5.30	68,030	61,550	59.05	62.77
1995	2,313,630	1,146,437	1,167,193	1,426,372	2.24	5.52	60,445	55,220	58.79	62.27
1990	2,034,347	1,009,971	1,024,376	1,231,833	1.97	5.72	54,085	49,762	58.53	61.73
1985	1,780,033	883,845	896,188	1,150,567	1.73	6.05	51,278	47,002	57.35	60.41
1980	1,540,644	764,742	775,902	1,114,185	1.49	6.30	51,718	46,537	54.69	57.99
1975	1,330,594	660,305	670,289	1,055,387	1.29	6.57	51,700	45,631	51.74	55.37
1970	1,146,776	569,079	577,697	981,576	1.11	6.75	48,997	43,802	49.75	52.90
1965	985,907	488,827	497,080	892,237	0.96	6.79	45,652	41,035	48	50.76
1960	850,377	420,864	429,513	799,124	0.83	6.79	44,701	40,676	45.04	47.33
1955	738,295	364,228	374,067	712,168	0.72	6.71	43,544	40,224	41.93	43.56
1950	651,434	320,233	331,201	640,001	0.63	6.34	41,258	38,911	38.92	40.30