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World Development Indicators

Population, total: Mauritania

Most recent
5,315,065 (2025)
Earliest
824,298 (1960)
Highest
5,315,065 (2025)
Years reported
66
Member state
Mauritania at the United Nations
05,000,00010,000,0001960: 824,2981961: 846,1671962: 869,1841963: 893,4231964: 918,9551965: 945,8381966: 974,1571967: 1,003,8431968: 1,034,7391969: 1,066,7541970: 1,099,8061971: 1,133,7021972: 1,168,3551973: 1,203,8381974: 1,240,1881975: 1,277,3301976: 1,315,3361977: 1,353,7681978: 1,392,7131979: 1,432,7581980: 1,474,0431981: 1,516,8771982: 1,561,1761983: 1,606,7461984: 1,653,6931985: 1,702,1071986: 1,751,8351987: 1,803,0141988: 1,855,8591989: 1,903,0481990: 1,951,8781991: 2,009,7381992: 2,088,1351993: 2,174,3281994: 2,249,4541995: 2,312,0171996: 2,358,1881997: 2,411,3061998: 2,474,6511999: 2,541,6982000: 2,613,4412001: 2,678,7602002: 2,738,6552003: 2,802,0462004: 2,868,6642005: 2,939,0592006: 3,013,6602007: 3,093,0592008: 3,183,2692009: 3,284,4482010: 3,390,9652011: 3,502,8112012: 3,619,0342013: 3,734,3182014: 3,848,5142015: 3,965,9592016: 4,086,6572017: 4,210,6002018: 4,337,6852019: 4,467,7082020: 4,600,1312021: 4,734,8742022: 4,875,6372023: 5,022,4412024: 5,169,3952025: 5,315,06519602025
Population, total, 1960–2025. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

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

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