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Mauritania: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
5.32 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+2.8%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+3.0%a year

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
20316.19Forecast
20306.05Forecast
20295.90Forecast
20285.75Forecast
20275.60Forecast
20265.45Forecast
20255.32
20245.17
20235.02
20224.88
20214.73
20204.60
20194.47
20184.34
20174.21
20164.09

Sources

  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Albers, Jerven & Suesse1900–2015
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1950–2014
  • Maddison Project Database1950–2022
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • Penn World Table1960–2019
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1990–2025
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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