Mauritania
Urban population in Mauritania
Urban population in Mauritania: 2.6% in 1950 and 61.5% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 61.5%
- Since 1950
- +58.9 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 130 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 76.8%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 76.8% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Mauritania |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 61.5 |
| 2024 | 60.6 |
| 2023 | 59.7 |
| 2022 | 58.8 |
| 2021 | 57.9 |
| 2020 | 57 |
| 2019 | 56.1 |
| 2018 | 55.1 |
| 2017 | 54.2 |
| 2016 | 52.9 |
| 2015 | 51.7 |
| 2014 | 50.5 |
| 2013 | 49.4 |
| 2012 | 48.3 |
| 2011 | 47.1 |
| 2010 | 46 |
| 2009 | 44.8 |
| 2008 | 43.6 |
| 2007 | 42.4 |
| 2006 | 41.4 |
| 2005 | 40.4 |
| 2004 | 39.6 |
| 2003 | 38.9 |
| 2002 | 38.4 |
| 2001 | 38.1 |
| 2000 | 38.1 |
| 1999 | 38.1 |
| 1998 | 38.2 |
| 1997 | 38.3 |
| 1996 | 38.5 |
| 1995 | 38.7 |
| 1994 | 38.8 |
| 1993 | 39 |
| 1992 | 39.2 |
| 1991 | 39.4 |
| 1990 | 39.5 |
| 1989 | 39.6 |
| 1988 | 39.6 |
| 1987 | 39.4 |
| 1986 | 38.8 |
| 1985 | 37.7 |
| 1984 | 36.3 |
| 1983 | 34.5 |
| 1982 | 32.7 |
| 1981 | 30.7 |
| 1980 | 28.7 |
| 1979 | 26.7 |
| 1978 | 24.9 |
| 1977 | 23.4 |
| 1976 | 22.1 |
| 1975 | 20.8 |
| 1974 | 19.6 |
| 1973 | 18.5 |
| 1972 | 17.3 |
| 1971 | 16.2 |
| 1970 | 15.1 |
| 1969 | 14.1 |
| 1968 | 13 |
| 1967 | 12.1 |
| 1966 | 11.1 |
| 1965 | 10.2 |
| 1964 | 9.4 |
| 1963 | 8.8 |
| 1962 | 8.1 |
| 1961 | 7.5 |
| 1960 | 6.9 |
| 1959 | 6.3 |
| 1958 | 5.7 |
| 1957 | 5.2 |
| 1956 | 4.7 |
| 1955 | 4.2 |
| 1954 | 3.8 |
| 1953 | 3.4 |
| 1952 | 3.1 |
| 1951 | 2.8 |
| 1950 | 2.6 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Mauritania |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 62.4 |
| 2027 | 63.2 |
| 2028 | 64.1 |
| 2029 | 64.9 |
| 2030 | 65.7 |
| 2031 | 66.5 |
| 2032 | 67.3 |
| 2033 | 68 |
| 2034 | 68.8 |
| 2035 | 69.5 |
| 2036 | 70.2 |
| 2037 | 70.8 |
| 2038 | 71.5 |
| 2039 | 72.1 |
| 2040 | 72.7 |
| 2041 | 73.2 |
| 2042 | 73.8 |
| 2043 | 74.3 |
| 2044 | 74.7 |
| 2045 | 75.2 |
| 2046 | 75.6 |
| 2047 | 75.9 |
| 2048 | 76.3 |
| 2049 | 76.6 |
| 2050 | 76.8 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending2.75% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$315M in 2025
- Military spending per person$61 in 2025
- Military share of state spending10.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel21,000 people in 2020
- National power0.03% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers2% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports126 million TIV in 2024