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The population of Mauritania is estimated to be 5.0 million in 2023 using United Nations estimates.
Mauritania's grew at 2.6% in the last year and is ranked the 37th most populated country in Africa, ahead of Namibia.
Mauritania last conducted a national census in 2013 and 44.8% of births are recorded. Read more from the World Econcomics Population Data Quality Ratings and see how Mauritania compares to other countries around the globe and in Africa.