Mauritania

Net migration rate in Mauritania

Net migration rate in Mauritania: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 1950 and 0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023
0.6 per 1,000 people
Since 1950
+0.9 per 1,000 people
Rank, 2023
84 of 229
counting from the highest
Projected, 2100
-0.9 per 1,000 people
UN projection (medium variant)
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per 1,000 people · UN

Net migration rate in MauritaniaNet migration rate in Mauritania: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 1950 and 0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates. The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -0.9 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -9.7 per 1,000 people and 6.4 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
Estimates, UNUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction interval

What the numbers say

  • The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -0.9 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -9.7 per 1,000 people and 6.4 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
  • The highest was 16.5 per 1,000 people in 1992, the lowest -12.2 per 1,000 people in 1996.

Every year

per 1,000 people · UN

YearMauritania
20230.6
20220.6
2021-0.3
2020-0.3
2019-0.7
2018-0.7
2017-0.7
2016-0.7
2015-0.8
2014-0.8
2013-0.8
20121.2
20110.9
20100.3
2009-0.5
2008-1.2
2007-5.5
2006-6
2005-6.4
2004-6.6
2003-6.8
2002-6.9
2001-7.9
2000-1.1
1999-1.2
1998-3.4
1997-3.4
1996-12.2
1995-9.9
19942.4
19932.9
199216.5
1991-1.5
1990-1.5
1989-9.4
1988-1.6
1987-1.7
1986-1.7
1985-1.8
1984-1.8
1983-1.9
1982-1.9
1981-2
1980-2
1979-2.1
1978-2.2
1977-2.2
1976-1.3
1975-1.2
1974-1.1
1973-1
1972-1
1971-0.9
1970-0.8
1969-0.6
1968-0.5
1967-0.5
1966-0.5
1965-0.5
1964-0.4
1963-0.4
1962-0.4
1961-0.4
1960-0.4
1959-0.4
1958-0.4
1957-0.4
1956-0.4
1955-0.4
1954-0.4
1953-0.4
1952-0.3
1951-0.3
1950-0.3
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
YearMauritania
2024-0.4-7.3–6.2
2025-0.9-8.6–5.9
2026-1.1-9.1–6.1
2027-1.3-9.1–6.6
2028-1.3-9.7–5.5
2029-1.3-9.5–6.1
2030-1.3-9.4–5.7
2031-1.4-9.1–5.8
2032-1.3-8.8–5.9
2033-1.1-8.6–5.7
2034-1.2-8.9–5.7
2035-1.3-8.9–6
2036-1.3-9–6
2037-1.3-8.9–6.2
2038-1.2-9.2–6.1
2039-1.3-9.7–5.5
2040-1.3-9.5–5.5
2041-1.3-9.1–6
2042-1.1-9.1–6.4
2043-1.2-8.9–6.1
2044-1.2-8.9–5.7
2045-1.1-8.9–6
2046-1-8.7–5.9
2047-1.2-8.8–6
2048-1-9.3–5.8
2049-1.2-9.3–6.4
2050-1.3-9.6–5.9
2051-1.1-9–6.1
2052-1.1-8.6–5.8
2053-1.1-8.8–5.7
2054-1.2-8.9–5.9
2055-1.2-8.6–5.8
2056-1.3-9.1–5.9
2057-1.2-9.3–6.3
2058-1-9.2–6.1
2059-1-8.9–6.4
2060-1.2-9–5.9
2061-1.1-8.9–6.3
2062-1.1-9–6.3
2063-1.1-9.1–6.5
2064-0.9-8.7–6.4
2065-1.1-9.5–6.2
2066-0.9-8.9–6.2
2067-0.9-8.6–6.1
2068-1.1-9.4–6.4
2069-1-9.1–6.6
2070-1-9.2–6.2
2071-0.9-9–6.3
2072-1-8.9–6.1
2073-1-9.3–6.3
2074-1.1-9.1–6.4
2075-1-9.4–6
2076-0.9-8.9–6.1
2077-0.9-9.1–6.2
2078-0.9-9.5–5.7
2079-1-9.6–5.2
2080-1-9.2–5.9
2081-0.9-8.9–6.7
2082-1-9.1–5.7
2083-0.9-9.6–6.1
2084-0.9-9.4–6
2085-1-9.2–6.3
2086-0.9-8.9–6.6
2087-0.9-9.6–6.1
2088-0.9-9–5.9
2089-1-8.7–6.4
2090-1-9.9–6.2
2091-0.9-9.2–6.5
2092-1-9.9–6.1
2093-0.9-9.4–6
2094-0.9-9.7–5.8
2095-1-9.3–6
2096-0.8-9.1–6.6
2097-0.9-9.5–5.8
2098-0.8-9.3–6.4
2099-1-9.9–6.2
2100-0.9-9.7–6.4

Good to know

  • People moving in minus people moving out in a year, per 1,000 residents; below zero, more left than arrived.
  • 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.

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