Mauritania | Population, total
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.
| year | value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 854167 |
| 1961 | 878589 |
| 1962 | 903773 |
| 1963 | 929704 |
| 1964 | 956369 |
| 1965 | 983773 |
| 1966 | 1011900 |
| 1967 | 1040792 |
| 1968 | 1070585 |
| 1969 | 1101457 |
| 1970 | 1133539 |
| 1971 | 1166883 |
| 1972 | 1201462 |
| 1973 | 1237242 |
| 1974 | 1274150 |
| 1975 | 1312132 |
| 1976 | 1351167 |
| 1977 | 1391261 |
| 1978 | 1432406 |
| 1979 | 1474597 |
| 1980 | 1517817 |
| 1981 | 1562144 |
| 1982 | 1607553 |
| 1983 | 1653818 |
| 1984 | 1700638 |
| 1985 | 1747839 |
| 1986 | 1795343 |
| 1987 | 1843352 |
| 1988 | 1892328 |
| 1989 | 1942900 |
| 1990 | 1995548 |
| 1991 | 2050456 |
| 1992 | 2107590 |
| 1993 | 2166948 |
| 1994 | 2228453 |
| 1995 | 2292053 |
| 1996 | 2357678 |
| 1997 | 2425374 |
| 1998 | 2495316 |
| 1999 | 2567741 |
| 2000 | 2642743 |
| 2001 | 2720367 |
| 2002 | 2800333 |
| 2003 | 2882003 |
| 2004 | 2964526 |
| 2005 | 3047249 |
| 2006 | 3129959 |
| 2007 | 3212672 |
| 2008 | 3295254 |
| 2009 | 3377630 |
| 2010 | 3459773 |
| 2011 | 3541540 |
| 2012 |
Mauritania | Population, total
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.