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Mauritania

Last update: 2026-04-03

Mauritania Geographical location

Mauritania Economy and finance

Average monthly income (USD, gross)
$ 474.71 (2025)
Inflation rate
5% (2023)
Unemployment rate
10.4% (2024)
Below the poverty line
31.8% (2019)
Gini coefficient
32 (2019)

Mauritania Alcohol consumption per capita (liters per year)

Total quantity
0
Beer
0
Wine
0
Spirits
0
Other alcohol
0
Current as of
2019

Mauritania Population and society

Population size
4 328 040 (2024)
Male population
2 083 690
Female population
2 244 350
Population growth rate
1.92% (2024)
Birth rate (per 1,000 people)
27.2 (2024)
Death rate (per 1,000 people)
7.2 (2024)
Urbanization
57.7% (2023)

Mauritania Popular social networks and messengers

Mauritania Age structure

0-14 years
35.7%
15-64 years
59.9%
65+ years
4.4%
Current as of
2024

Mauritania Religion

Main religion
Islam

Mauritania General Info

Сontinent
Africa
Time zone
UTC+0
Tier
Tier-3
ISO code
MR
Capital
Nouakchott
Official language
Arabic

Mauritania Tobacco consumption

Total tobacco consumption
8.3%
Smoking men
1.7%
Smoking women
15.5%
Current as of
2025

Mauritania Area (sq. km)

Total area
1 030 700
Land area
1 030 700

Mauritania Popular payment systems

Mauritania Age-sex pyramid

Mauritania Phone operating systems

Android
70.46%
iOS
29.39%
Current as of
2025

Mauritania Internet and telecommunications

Telephone code
+222
Internet domain
.mr
Number of mobile phones (per 100 inhabitants)
1 (2022)
Internet user penetration
37% (2023)
Fixed internet penetration
1% (2022)

Last update: 2026-04-03

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