Mauritania ended 2021 with a population of 4,614,974 people, which represents an increasea of 116,370 people compared to 2020.
Mauritania ranks No. 126 among196 countries which published this information in countryeconomy.com.
The female population is greater, with 2,354,385 women, representing 51.02% of the total, compared to 2,260,590 or 48.98% men.
Mauritania is a country with a very low population density, with 4 people per square km and it was in position 9th in our ranking of density population in 2021.
In this page we show you the progression of the population in Mauritania. You can see the population in other countries in population and see all the information about Mauritania in Mauritanian economy.