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Mauritania's Population Size

NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE COUNTRY (2022)

Mauritania's population is estimated by the United Nations to be 4.9 million in 2022.

Mauritania last conducted a national census in 2013 and 44.8% of births in Mauritania are recorded. Read more from the World Economics Population Data Quality Ratings and see how Mauritania compares to other countries around the world and in the Africa region.

Mauritania's data is highlighted in the table below, use the filter and sort order options to allow easy comparison with other countries.

Data source: United Nations, Washington D.C., Eurostat, Luxembourg and World Economics Research, London


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China 1,448.5
India 1,406.6
United States 334.8
Indonesia 279.1
Pakistan 229.5
Nigeria 216.7
Brazil 215.4
Bangladesh 167.9
Russia 145.8
Mexico 131.6
Japan 125.6
Ethiopia 120.8
Philippines 112.5
Egypt 106.2
Vietnam 99.0
Congo, Dem. Rep 95.2
Turkey 85.6
Germany 83.9
Thailand 70.1
United Kingdom 68.5
France 65.6
Tanzania 63.3
South Africa 60.8
Italy 60.3
Kenya 56.2
Myanmar 55.2
Colombia 51.5
Korea, Rep. 51.3
Uganda 48.4
Spain 46.7
Argentina 46.0
Sudan 46.0
Algeria 45.4
Ukraine 43.2
Afghanistan 40.8
Canada 38.4
Morocco 37.8
Poland 37.7
Saudi Arabia 35.8
Angola 35.0
Uzbekistan 34.4
Peru 33.7
Malaysia 33.2
Mozambique 33.1
Ghana 32.4
Yemen, Rep. 31.2
Nepal 30.2
Madagascar 29.2
Cameroon 27.9
Cote d'Ivoire 27.7
Niger 26.1
Australia 26.1
Taiwan 23.9
Burkina Faso 22.1
Sri Lanka 21.6
Mali 21.5
Malawi 20.2
Zambia 19.5
Chile 19.3
Kazakhstan 19.2
Romania 19.0
Guatemala 18.6
Ecuador 18.1
Senegal 17.7
Chad 17.4
Netherlands 17.2
Cambodia 17.2
Zimbabwe 15.3
Guinea 13.9
Rwanda 13.6
Benin 12.8
Burundi 12.6
Tunisia 12.0
Bolivia 12.0
Haiti 11.7
Belgium 11.7
Dominican Republic 11.1
Czech Republic 10.7
Greece 10.3
Jordan 10.3
Azerbaijan 10.3
Honduras 10.2
Sweden 10.2
Portugal 10.1
United Arab Emirates 10.1
Tajikistan 10.0
Hungary 9.6
Belarus 9.4
Papua New Guinea 9.3
Austria 9.1
Israel 8.9
Switzerland 8.8
Togo 8.7
Serbia 8.7
Sierra Leone 8.3
Hong Kong 7.6
Laos 7.5
Paraguay 7.3
Libya 7.0
Bulgaria 6.8
Nicaragua 6.8
Kyrgyzstan 6.7
Lebanon 6.7
El Salvador 6.6
Turkmenistan 6.2
Singapore 5.9
Denmark 5.8
Congo, Rep. 5.8
Finland 5.6
Norway 5.5
Slovak Republic 5.5
Oman 5.3
Liberia 5.3
Costa Rica 5.2
Ireland 5.0
Central African Republic 5.0
Mauritania 4.9
New Zealand 4.9
Panama 4.4
Kuwait 4.4
Croatia 4.1
Moldova 4.0
Georgia 4.0
Uruguay 3.5
Mongolia 3.4
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.2
Jamaica 3.0
Qatar 3.0
Armenia 3.0
Albania 2.9
Lithuania 2.7
Namibia 2.6
Gambia 2.6
Botswana 2.4
Gabon 2.3
Lesotho 2.2
North Macedonia 2.1
Slovenia 2.1
Guinea-Bissau 2.1
Latvia 1.8
Bahrain 1.8
Trinidad and Tobago 1.4
Estonia 1.3
Mauritius 1.3
Cyprus 1.2
Eswatini 1.2
Comoros 0.9
Guyana 0.8
Bhutan 0.8
Luxembourg 0.6
Suriname 0.6
Cabo Verde 0.6
Brunei Darussalam 0.4
Malta 0.4
Bahamas, The 0.4
Iceland 0.3


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