Population in Mauritania 231 indicators covering population for Mauritania. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank GNI per capita, PPP 7,200 current international $ 2024 up 93.5% 150th PPP conversion factor, private consumption 12.33 LCU per international $ 2024 down 10.2% 87th Share of population who haver never drunk alcohol 97.3% 2020 down 0.0% 6th Voter turnout of voting-age population 42.8% 2024 up 6.1% 128th Prevalence of HIV, total 0.1% 2024 down 66.7% 108th Proportion of population using improved drinking water sources 89.61 2024 up 13.7% 193rd Proportion of population using limited drinking water services 12.33 2024 down 25.2% 22nd Proportion of population using sanitation facilities connected to 5.93 2024 up 64.3% 170th Proportion of population using unimproved sanitation facilites 15.76 2024 down 6.6% 35th Proportion of population using limited sanitation services 9.38 2024 down 11.8% 63rd Proportion of population using at least basic sanitation services 58.68 2024 up 47.2% 188th Proportion of population using improved sanitation facilities 68.06 2024 up 34.8% 195th Proportion of population using improved latrines and other improved 45.85 2024 up 43.0% 39th Proportion of population using sanitation facilities connected to 16.27 2024 up 9.8% 102nd People using improved sanitation facilities 3.52 million people 2024 up 81.0% 123rd Proportion of population practising open defecation 16.19 2024 down 50.4% 22nd Number of people living in cities, towns and rural areas 1.88 million people 2020 up 24.2% 108th Share of population living in cities, towns and rural areas 37.7% 2020 up 28.3% 113th Share of population living in cities 37.7% 2020 up 28.3% 113th Share of population living in cities, towns and suburbs vs. GDP per capita 59.1% 2020 up 6.8% 183rd Share of population living in rural areas 40.9% 2020 down 8.5% 54th Share of urban population who live in the largest city 50.2% 2020 up 5.2% 27th Stillbirth rate 1.69 deaths per 100 births 2023 down 10.2% 40th Refugees by host country, per 1 USD GNI per capita 57 2025 up 185.0% 5th Refugees by host country, per 1000 population 57 2025 up 185.0% 5th Share of population living in the capital city 29.6% 2020 up 12.4% 37th Total debt service 3.7% 2023 up 51.7% 64th 1.4.1.b Proportion of the population using basic sanitation services 55.93 2022 up 55.2% 156th 1.4.1.a Proportion of the population using basic drinking water 77.81 2022 up 28.8% 160th 6.2.1.c Proportion of population practising open defecation 26.87 2022 down 31.4% 14th New internal displacements 5,700 2025 up 24.5% 77th Share of the population at risk of catastrophic spending when surgical care is required 69.1% 2022 up 17.7% 14th Birth rate among adolescent girls aged 15 to 19 89.64 per 1,000 population 2019 down 5.8% 23rd Prison population rate 57 prisoners per 100,000 people 2022 up 35.7% 176th Birth rate among girls aged 10 to 14 6.27 per 1,000 population 2019 down 17.5% 6th Share of urban population living in slums 57.6% 2024 down 13.3% 20th Annual growth rate of population share in cities with at least 300,000 inhabitants 0.8% 2020 down 29.6% 56th International migrants, by country of destination 195,937 2024 up 17.6% 117th Total number of international immigrants 195,937 immigrants 2024 up 17.6% 117th Share of the population born in another country 3.8% 2024 down 9.7% 142nd Share of population with moderate or severe food insecurity 66.3 percent 2023 up 152.1% 13th Share of population with severe food insecurity 13.1 percent 2023 up 184.8% 30th Share of population below and above $30 per day 4.52 million people 2019 up 41.6% 79th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day (PPP) 26.0% 2019 down 29.3% 29th Share of population with access to basic handwashing facilities 40.7% 2024 down 23.5% 81st Replacement-level fertility rate 2.36 2010 down 2.9% 29th Share of neonates protected at birth against neonatal tetanus 81.0% 2022 up 1.2% 85th Number of people at risk of trachoma and those receiving treatment 0 People 2024 down 100.0% 26th Access to handwashing facilities 40.7% 2024 down 21.3% 75th 6.2.1.b Proportion of population with a basic handwashing facility 41.75 2022 down 23.3% 70th Number of people requiring preventive treatment for schistosomiasis 596,151 people 2024 down 12.5% 38th ← Previous Page 4 of 4