Mauritania - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Mauritania was 2,572,517 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,572,517 in 2020 and a minimum value of 58,506 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 58,506
1961 65,100
1962 72,415
1963 80,531
1964 89,527
1965 99,478
1966 110,490
1967 122,665
1968 136,092
1969 150,822
1970 167,016
1971 184,764
1972 204,202
1973 225,384
1974 248,515
1975 273,690
1976 301,083
1977 329,176
1978 357,837
1979 388,631
1980 421,690
1981 457,069
1982 494,916
1983 535,201
1984 577,910
1985 622,905
1986 670,284
1987 720,041
1988 763,870
1989 781,801
1990 799,966
1991 818,441
1992 837,239
1993 856,375
1994 875,796
1995 895,490
1996 915,512
1997 935,926
1998 956,975
1999 978,884
2000 1,001,876
2001 1,043,561
2002 1,096,793
2003 1,152,889
2004 1,211,822
2005 1,273,520
2006 1,338,058
2007 1,405,583
2008 1,476,319
2009 1,550,312
2010 1,627,878
2011 1,709,105
2012 1,793,973
2013 1,882,255
2014 1,973,427
2015 2,067,216
2016 2,163,454
2017 2,262,231
2018 2,363,346
2019 2,466,822
2020 2,572,517

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Mauritania was 55.33 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 55.33 in 2020, while its lowest value was 6.88 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 6.88
1961 7.44
1962 8.03
1963 8.67
1964 9.36
1965 10.09
1966 10.87
1967 11.71
1968 12.61
1969 13.55
1970 14.56
1971 15.64
1972 16.77
1973 17.97
1974 19.24
1975 20.57
1976 21.97
1977 23.33
1978 24.63
1979 25.98
1980 27.37
1981 28.81
1982 30.30
1983 31.82
1984 33.39
1985 34.99
1986 36.63
1987 38.31
1988 39.57
1989 39.45
1990 39.32
1991 39.20
1992 39.08
1993 38.95
1994 38.83
1995 38.71
1996 38.58
1997 38.46
1998 38.34
1999 38.21
2000 38.09
2001 38.62
2002 39.48
2003 40.35
2004 41.23
2005 42.11
2006 43.00
2007 43.89
2008 44.79
2009 45.69
2010 46.59
2011 47.49
2012 48.40
2013 49.31
2014 50.20
2015 51.09
2016 51.96
2017 52.82
2018 53.67
2019 54.51
2020 55.33

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization