Homo sapiens; growth slowing toward a projected peak
Africa · Western Africa
Mauritania is recorded at 5.17m people in 2024, with total annual change of +145,749 under the WPP medium variant.
Mauritania observed 2023 population pyramid, grouped into five broad age bands from WPP single-age male and female arrays.
Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.
| Births | 175,914 |
|---|---|
| Deaths | -27,985 |
| Natural change | +147,929 |
| Net migration | -2,185 |
| Total change | +145,749 |
Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.
| This year | +145,749 |
|---|---|
| Since peak | -11,949,074 since 2100 |
| Projected 2100 | 17.12m |
Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.
foreign citizens; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.
No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.
WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.
Mauritania 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 2.16m, ages 15-64 2.70m, ages 65+ 161.5k.
Mauritania 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 3.18m, ages 15-64 5.80m, ages 65+ 439.3k.
Mauritania 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 3.66m, ages 15-64 10.83m, ages 65+ 2.62m.
Stage since 2024.
First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.
Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2100.
Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.
| Year | Population | Change | Births | Deaths | TFR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.17m | 145,749 | 175.9k | 28.0k | 4.63 |
| 2030 | 6.06m | 154,490 | 192.4k | 30.0k | 4.24 |
| 2050 | 9.42m | 175,452 | 230.9k | 43.3k | 3.14 |
| 2080 | 14.52m | 151,656 | 250.6k | 84.5k | 2.37 |
| 2100 | 17.12m | 105,023 | 245.1k | 124.8k | 2.13 |