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Mauritania
Islamic Republic of Mauritania
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Population
4.93M
Capital
Nouakchott
Area
1,030,700 km²
Currency
MRU
Mauritanian ouguiya
Statistics
Latest values from the World Bank. Click any metric for the full trend.
GDP (current US$)
$10.91B
as of 2024
GDP per capita
$2,110
as of 2024
Population
5.17M
as of 2024
Population growth (annual %)
2.9%
as of 2024
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
2.5%
as of 2024
Unemployment (% of labor force)
10.3%
as of 2024
Internet users (% of population)
45.8%
as of 2024
Life expectancy at birth
68.71
as of 2024
Healthcare spending (% of GDP)
4.3%
as of 2023
Education spending (% of GDP)
7.6%
as of 2024
Urban population (% of total)
60.6%
as of 2024
Fertility rate
4.63
as of 2024
CO₂ emissions per capita
—
no data
Trade (% of GDP)
93.6%
as of 2024
Land area (km²)
1.03M
as of 2023
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About Mauritania
- Languages
- Arabic
- Currencies
- Mauritanian ouguiya (MRU)
- Timezones
- UTC
- Demonym
- Mauritanian
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- ISO codes
- MR · MRT
- Map
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