# Population in Mauritania

Population in Mauritania was 5.32 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `mr`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/mauritania
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/mauritania.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=mr

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 5,315,065 |
| 2024 | 5,169,395 |
| 2023 | 5,022,441 |
| 2022 | 4,875,637 |
| 2021 | 4,734,874 |
| 2020 | 4,600,131 |
| 2019 | 4,467,708 |
| 2018 | 4,337,685 |
| 2017 | 4,210,600 |
| 2016 | 4,086,657 |
| 2015 | 3,965,959 |
| 2014 | 3,848,514 |
| 2013 | 3,734,318 |
| 2012 | 3,619,034 |
| 2011 | 3,502,811 |
| 2010 | 3,390,965 |
| 2009 | 3,284,448 |
| 2008 | 3,183,269 |
| 2007 | 3,093,059 |
| 2006 | 3,013,660 |
| 2005 | 2,939,059 |
| 2004 | 2,868,664 |
| 2003 | 2,802,046 |
| 2002 | 2,738,655 |
| 2001 | 2,678,760 |
| 2000 | 2,613,441 |
| 1999 | 2,541,698 |
| 1998 | 2,474,651 |
| 1997 | 2,411,306 |
| 1996 | 2,358,188 |
| 1995 | 2,312,017 |
| 1994 | 2,249,454 |
| 1993 | 2,174,328 |
| 1992 | 2,088,135 |
| 1991 | 2,009,738 |
| 1990 | 1,951,878 |
| 1989 | 1,903,048 |
| 1988 | 1,855,859 |
| 1987 | 1,803,014 |
| 1986 | 1,751,835 |
| 1985 | 1,702,107 |
| 1984 | 1,653,693 |
| 1983 | 1,606,746 |
| 1982 | 1,561,176 |
| 1981 | 1,516,877 |
| 1980 | 1,474,043 |
| 1979 | 1,432,758 |
| 1978 | 1,392,713 |
| 1977 | 1,353,768 |
| 1976 | 1,315,336 |
| 1975 | 1,277,330 |
| 1974 | 1,240,188 |
| 1973 | 1,203,838 |
| 1972 | 1,168,355 |
| 1971 | 1,133,702 |
| 1970 | 1,099,806 |
| 1969 | 1,066,754 |
| 1968 | 1,034,739 |
| 1967 | 1,003,843 |
| 1966 | 974,157 |
| 1965 | 945,838 |
| 1964 | 918,955 |
| 1963 | 893,423 |
| 1962 | 869,184 |
| 1961 | 846,167 |
| 1960 | 824,298 |