Mauritania vs Western Sahara: Life expectancy

Life expectancy in 2023: 68.5 years in Mauritania and 71.4 years in Western Sahara, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Western Sahara, by 2.9 years, or 1.04 times that in Mauritania.

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years · UN

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What the numbers say

Western Sahara has been higher since 1992, when it overtook Mauritania.
In 2023, Mauritania ranked 175 and Western Sahara ranked 153 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Mauritania at 81.2 years and Western Sahara at 83 years in 2100.
The world as a whole: 73.2 years in 2023.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Mauritania	Western Sahara	World
2023	68.5	71.4	73.2
2022	68.3	71.1	72.6
2021	66.8	70.9	70.9
2020	66.8	70.6	71.9
2019	67.6	70.4	72.6
2018	67.4	70.1	72.4
2017	67.1	69.9	72.1
2016	66.8	69.6	71.9
2015	66.5	69.3	71.6
2014	66.2	69	71.4
2013	65.9	68.6	71.1
2012	65.8	68.2	70.8
2011	65.8	67.9	70.4
2010	65.7	67.5	70.1
2009	65.5	67.1	69.7
2008	65.2	66.6	69.3
2007	64.9	66.1	69
2006	64.5	65.7	68.6
2005	63.9	65.2	68.1
2004	63.4	64.7	67.7
2003	62.8	64.2	67.4
2002	62.3	63.7	67.1
2001	61.7	63.2	66.8
2000	61	62.7	66.4
1999	60.4	62.2	66
1998	59.9	61.7	65.7
1997	59.4	61.2	65.5
1996	58.9	60.7	65.2
1995	58.9	60.2	64.9
1994	58.8	59.7	64.3
1993	58.7	59.2	64.4
1992	58.6	58.7	64.3
1991	58.3	58.2	64.1
1990	58.1	57.7	64
1989	57.7	51.5	63.8
1988	57.5	52.1	63.4
1987	57	48.9	63.2
1986	56.3	48.5	62.7
1985	55.8	47.8	62.2
1984	55.2	46.9	61.9
1983	54.6	46.1	61.5
1982	54.2	45.2	61.3
1981	53.7	44.2	60.9
1980	53.2	39.4	60.5
1979	52.8	37.6	60.2
1978	52.4	40.4	59.5
1977	52	38.3	59.2
1976	51.8	36.3	58.6
1975	51.6	36	58.3
1974	51.4	45	58.1
1973	51.2	44.2	57.7
1972	51	43.5	57.2
1971	50.8	42.9	56
1970	50.5	42.7	56.3
1969	50.1	42.2	56
1968	49.5	41.8	55.6
1967	48.9	41.4	55.1
1966	48.1	41	54.6
1965	47.4	40.6	54
1964	46.6	40.2	54.3
1963	45.8	39.8	53.7
1962	45.1	39.5	53.2
1961	44.3	39.1	50.4
1960	43.6	38.7	47.8
1959	42.9	38.3	49.6
1958	42.3	37.9	51.6
1957	41.7	37.6	51.1
1956	41.1	37.2	50.7
1955	40.6	36.8	50.2
1954	40.1	36.4	49.7
1953	39.6	36	48.8
1952	39.2	35.7	48.2
1951	38.9	35.3	47.1
1950	38.4	34.9	46.4

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Mauritania	Western Sahara	World
2024	68.767.3–70	71.670.3–72.9	73.3
2025	68.967–70.9	71.870–73.6	73.5
2026	69.266.9–71.5	7269.6–74.2	73.8
2027	69.466.6–72	72.269.4–74.5	73.9
2028	69.666.5–72.5	72.369.4–74.9	74.1
2029	69.866.5–73	72.569.4–75.4	74.2
2030	7066.5–73.5	72.769.2–75.9	74.4
2031	70.266.3–73.9	72.969.1–76.2	74.5
2032	70.466.3–74.3	7369–76.6	74.7
2033	70.666.2–74.5	73.269–76.8	74.8
2034	70.866–74.9	73.469–77.4	75
2035	70.966.1–75.3	73.568.9–77.8	75.1
2036	71.165.9–75.5	73.769–78.1	75.3
2037	71.366.1–76	73.869.2–78.5	75.4
2038	71.566.1–76.4	7469.3–78.7	75.5
2039	71.766.3–76.7	74.169.2–78.9	75.7
2040	71.966.4–77.1	74.369.2–79.4	75.8
2041	7266.4–77.5	74.569.3–79.6	75.9
2042	72.266.5–77.7	74.669.2–79.8	76.1
2043	72.466.4–78	74.869.2–80.2	76.2
2044	72.566.4–78.2	74.969.2–80.4	76.3
2045	72.766.8–78.6	75.169–80.6	76.5
2046	72.866.7–78.7	75.269.2–81	76.6
2047	7366.6–78.9	75.469.4–81.3	76.7
2048	73.266.9–79.2	75.669.3–81.5	76.8
2049	73.367–79.7	75.769.3–81.8	76.9
2050	73.566.9–79.9	75.969.4–81.9	77
2051	73.767–80.2	7669.5–82.3	77.1
2052	73.867–80.4	76.269.6–82.4	77.2
2053	7467.1–80.7	76.369.4–82.7	77.3
2054	74.267.2–81	76.569.5–82.8	77.4
2055	74.367.2–81	76.669.5–83.1	77.6
2056	74.567–81.2	76.869.5–83.1	77.7
2057	74.667.1–81.3	76.969.4–83.5	77.8
2058	74.867.2–81.7	77.169.3–83.7	77.9
2059	74.967.4–81.8	77.369.4–84	78
2060	75.167.2–82.1	77.469.5–84.1	78.1
2061	75.267.1–82.3	77.669.5–84.3	78.2
2062	75.467.4–82.7	77.769.7–84.4	78.3
2063	75.667.3–82.9	77.969.9–84.6	78.4
2064	75.767.4–83.2	7870.1–84.9	78.5
2065	75.967.5–83.4	78.270.1–85.1	78.6
2066	7667.6–83.6	78.369.9–85.3	78.7
2067	76.267.6–83.8	78.570.2–85.5	78.8
2068	76.367.8–84	78.670.2–85.8	78.9
2069	76.567.9–84.2	78.870.4–85.8	79
2070	76.767.7–84.4	78.970.4–86.1	79.1
2071	76.868.1–84.7	79.170.5–86.3	79.2
2072	7768.2–84.8	79.270.6–86.5	79.3
2073	77.167.9–85.1	79.470.5–86.6	79.4
2074	77.368.3–85.3	79.570.5–86.9	79.4
2075	77.468.4–85.5	79.770.6–86.8	79.5
2076	77.668.7–85.6	79.870.7–86.8	79.6
2077	77.768.5–85.7	79.970.8–87.2	79.7
2078	77.968.6–86	80.170.7–87.3	79.8
2079	7868.7–86.2	80.270.8–87.5	79.9
2080	78.268.6–86.3	80.470.9–87.5	80
2081	78.368.8–86.6	80.570.8–87.5	80.1
2082	78.568.7–86.6	80.671–87.7	80.2
2083	78.769–86.8	80.871–87.8	80.3
2084	78.869.1–86.8	80.970.8–88	80.3
2085	78.969–87.1	81.171–88.2	80.4
2086	79.168.8–87.2	81.271.3–88.4	80.5
2087	79.269.1–87.3	81.371–88.5	80.6
2088	79.469–87.4	81.571.1–88.7	80.7
2089	79.569.1–87.5	81.671.4–88.9	80.8
2090	79.769.1–87.8	81.771.1–89	80.9
2091	79.869–87.8	81.971.1–89.1	81
2092	8069.3–87.9	8271.1–89.2	81
2093	80.169.3–88	82.171.4–89.2	81.1
2094	80.369.2–88	82.271.4–89.3	81.2
2095	80.469.5–88.4	82.471.7–89.5	81.3
2096	80.669.8–88.9	82.571.7–89.6	81.4
2097	80.769.7–88.7	82.671.8–89.6	81.5
2098	80.969.6–88.9	82.772.1–90	81.6
2099	8170.1–89.1	82.972.1–90.1	81.7
2100	81.269.9–89.3	8372.1–90.3	81.7

Each country on its own

Good to know

How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

Mauritania vs Western Sahara

Health

Infant mortalityMauritania: 30.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Western Sahara: 23.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023

People

Conflict

Deaths in conflictsMauritania: 0 deaths in 2022Western Sahara: 0 deaths in 2022