Mauritania - Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

The value for Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million in Mauritania was 1,372,244 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,372,244 in 2021 and a minimum value of 5,254 in 1960.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 5,254
1961 5,616
1962 6,603
1963 8,544
1964 11,059
1965 13,879
1966 16,952
1967 20,704
1968 25,295
1969 30,887
1970 37,725
1971 46,077
1972 56,294
1973 68,738
1974 83,956
1975 102,543
1976 125,279
1977 145,045
1978 159,131
1979 174,585
1980 191,563
1981 210,139
1982 230,546
1983 252,935
1984 277,534
1985 304,447
1986 334,012
1987 366,449
1988 395,937
1989 407,099
1990 418,593
1991 430,411
1992 442,580
1993 455,057
1994 467,905
1995 481,115
1996 494,717
1997 508,665
1998 523,026
1999 537,792
2000 552,997
2001 574,557
2002 600,164
2003 626,913
2004 654,893
2005 684,040
2006 714,527
2007 746,373
2008 779,685
2009 814,386
2010 850,682
2011 888,597
2012 928,256
2013 969,570
2014 1,012,723
2015 1,057,796
2016 1,104,876
2017 1,154,050
2018 1,205,414
2019 1,258,973
2020 1,314,636
2021 1,372,244

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population)

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) in Mauritania was 28.74 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 28.74 in 2021, while its lowest value was 0.62 in 1960.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the percentage of a country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 0.62
1961 0.64
1962 0.73
1963 0.92
1964 1.16
1965 1.41
1966 1.67
1967 1.98
1968 2.34
1969 2.78
1970 3.29
1971 3.90
1972 4.62
1973 5.48
1974 6.50
1975 7.71
1976 9.14
1977 10.28
1978 10.95
1979 11.67
1980 12.43
1981 13.25
1982 14.11
1983 15.04
1984 16.04
1985 17.10
1986 18.26
1987 19.49
1988 20.51
1989 20.54
1990 20.58
1991 20.61
1992 20.66
1993 20.70
1994 20.74
1995 20.79
1996 20.85
1997 20.90
1998 20.95
1999 20.99
2000 21.02
2001 21.26
2002 21.60
2003 21.94
2004 22.28
2005 22.62
2006 22.96
2007 23.31
2008 23.65
2009 24.00
2010 24.35
2011 24.69
2012 25.04
2013 25.40
2014 25.76
2015 26.14
2016 26.54
2017 26.95
2018 27.38
2019 27.82
2020 28.27
2021 28.74

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization