Demographics of Mauritania
This article is about the demographic features of the population of Mauritania, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
Population
According to, the total population was in, 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.| Total population | Population aged 0–14 | Population aged 15–64 | Population aged 65+ | |
| 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 populationhttp://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm
Structure of the population :| Age Group | Male | Female | Total | % |
| Total | 1 743 074 | 1 794 294 | 3 537 368 | 100 |
| 0-4 | 316 217 | 298 475 | 614 692 | 17,38 |
| 5-9 | 263 263 | 256 839 | 520 102 | 14,70 |
| 10-14 | 212 838 | 216 667 | 429 505 | 12,14 |
| 15-19 | 176 116 | 185 288 | 361 404 | 10,22 |
| 20-24 | 144 478 | 157 962 | 302 440 | 8,55 |
| 25-29 | 121 586 | 135 767 | 257 353 | 7,28 |
| 30-34 | 99 834 | 113 691 | 213 525 | 6,04 |
| 35-39 | 83 578 | 95 379 | 178 957 | 5,06 |
| 40-44 | 72 108 | 79 228 | 151 336 | 4,28 |
| 45-49 | 60 297 | 64 516 | 124 813 | 3,53 |
| 50-54 | 50 739 | 51 751 | 102 490 | 2,90 |
| 55-59 | 41 075 | 40 645 | 81 720 | 2,31 |
| 60-64 | 31 660 | 30 459 | 62 119 | 1,76 |
| 65-69 | 24 120 | 23 055 | 47 175 | 1,33 |
| 70-74 | 18 167 | 17 129 | 35 296 | 1,00 |
| 75-79 | 12 670 | 12 231 | 24 901 | 0,70 |
| 80-84 | 8 080 | 8 584 | 16 664 | 0,47 |
| 85+ | 6 248 | 6 628 | 12 876 | 0,36 |
Vital statistics
Registration of vital events in Mauritania is incomplete. The Population Departement of the United Nations prepared the following estimates.Fertility and Births
Total Fertility Rate and Crude Birth Rate :| Year | CBR | TFR | CBR | TFR | CBR | TFR |
| 2000-2001 | 32,1 | 4,7 | 31,9 | 4,3 | 32,1 | 5,0 |
| 2003-2004 | 4,6 | 4,1 | 5,1 |
Fertility data as of 2010 :
| Zone | Total fertility rate | Percentage of women age 15-49 currently pregnant | Mean number of children ever born to women age 40-49 |
| 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
Other demographic statistic
Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review in 2019.- One birth every 3 minutes
- One death every 15 minutes
- One net migrant every 111 minutes
- Net gain of one person every 4 minutes
Population
Age structure
Median age
Birth rate
Death rate
[Total fertility rate]
Population growth rate
Contraceptive prevalence rate
Net migration rate
Dependency ratios
Urbanization
Life expectancy at birth
- total population: 60.75 years
- male: 58.57 years
- female: 62.99 years
Sex ratio
- at birth: 1.03 male/female
- under 15 years: 1.01 male/female
- 15–64 years: 0.89 male/female
- 65 years and over: 0.74 male/female
- total population: 0.93 male/female
Ethnic groups
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS
9,500HIV/AIDS - deaths:
less than 500
Nationality
noun: Mauritanianadjective: Mauritanian