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Mauritania

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Capital
Nouakchott
Currency
Mauritanian ouguiya
Continent
Africa
Area
1,030,700 km²
Country information: Wikidata · Q1025 ↗ · Official languages: Arabic, French
AT A GLANCE

The essential numbers

Latest available · Reference years vary
Population ↗
5.32M · 2025
people
World Bank · SP.POP.TOTL
GDP ↗
11.68B · 2025
current US$
World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.CD
GDP per capita ↗
2,197.51 · 2025
current US$ / person
World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.CD
Inflation ↗
1.55 · 2025
%
World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG
Unemployment ↗
10.32 · 2025
% of labor force
World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Fertility rate ↗
4.63 · 2024
births / woman
World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.IN
Life expectancy ↗
68.71 · 2024
years
World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.IN
LOOKING BACK

Change over time

Population

All countries ↗
people · 2006–2025
2025Mauritania: 5.32M
Mauritania · Population2.78M3.47M4.16M4.85M5.55M2006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SP.POP.TOTLGaps indicate missing observations.
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Mauritania · Population · people
YearMauritania
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

GDP

All countries ↗
current US$ · 2006–2025
2025Mauritania: 11.68B
Mauritania · GDP3.14B5.47B7.8B10.13B12.46B2006201220192025
Source: World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.CDGaps indicate missing observations.
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Mauritania · GDP · current US$
YearMauritania
202511,679,910,946.44
202410,879,212,033.48
202310,687,541,640.13
20229,562,497,460.55
20219,221,044,666.76
20208,260,567,356.82
20197,894,764,885.82
20187,475,471,309.52
20176,812,472,965.34
20166,407,900,701.26
20156,182,303,676.55
20146,615,483,550.18
20137,230,646,063.36
20126,728,208,836.22
20116,764,627,745.9
20105,628,878,797.98
20094,714,595,547.75
20085,206,437,193.8
20074,346,212,355.03
20063,919,577,285.93

GDP per capita

All countries ↗
current US$ / person · 2006–2025
2025Mauritania: 2,197.51
Mauritania · GDP per capita1,210.911,479.991,749.062,018.132,287.22006201220192025
Source: World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.CDGaps indicate missing observations.
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Mauritania · GDP per capita · current US$ / person
YearMauritania
20252,197.51
20242,104.54
20232,127.96
20221,961.28
20211,947.47
20201,795.72
20191,767.07
20181,723.38
20171,617.93
20161,568.01
20151,558.84
20141,718.97
20131,936.27
20121,859.12
20111,931.2
20101,659.96
20091,435.43
20081,635.56
20071,405.15
20061,300.6

Inflation

All countries ↗
% · 2006–2025
2025Mauritania: 1.55
Mauritania · Inflation0.673.085.57.9110.332006201220192025
Source: World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZGGaps indicate missing observations.
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Mauritania · Inflation · %
YearMauritania
20251.55
20242.49
20234.95
20229.53
20213.57
20202.39
20192.3
20183.07
20172.25
20161.47
20153.25
20143.53
20134.13
20124.9
20115.69
20106.28
20092.22
20087.35
20077.25
20066.24

Unemployment

All countries ↗
% of labor force · 2006–2025
2025Mauritania: 10.32
Mauritania · Unemployment9.139.6810.2210.7711.312006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZSGaps indicate missing observations.
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Mauritania · Unemployment · % of labor force
YearMauritania
202510.32
202410.26
202310.37
202210.52
202111.13
202011.05
201910.42
201810.41
201710.34
201610.29
201510.1
201410.03
20139.93
20129.86
20119.98
201010.09
200910.21
20089.72
20079.48
20069.31

Fertility rate

All countries ↗
births / woman · 2006–2025
2025Mauritania: —
Mauritania · Fertility rate4.544.795.035.275.522006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.INGaps indicate missing observations.
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Mauritania · Fertility rate · births / woman
YearMauritania
2025No data available
20244.63
20234.7
20224.77
20214.85
20204.91
20194.98
20185.04
20175.11
20165.16
20155.21
20145.26
20135.32
20125.35
20115.38
20105.38
20095.41
20085.44
20075.43
20065.4

Life expectancy

All countries ↗
years · 2006–2025
2025Mauritania: —
Mauritania · Life expectancy64.0765.3466.667.8769.132006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.INGaps indicate missing observations.
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Mauritania · Life expectancy · years
YearMauritania
2025No data available
202468.71
202368.48
202268.28
202166.76
202066.79
201967.64
201867.42
201767.09
201666.82
201566.5
201466.21
201365.89
201265.81
201165.75
201065.66
200965.49
200865.23
200764.89
200664.49
Source: World Bank ↗Snapshot · Sep 21, 2026Methodology ↗

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