Mauritania - Urban population growth

Urban population growth (annual %)

The value for Urban population growth (annual %) in Mauritania was 4.20 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10.68 in 1961 and a minimum value of 2.21 in 1997.

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.

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

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Year Value
1961 10.68
1962 10.65
1963 10.62
1964 10.59
1965 10.54
1966 10.50
1967 10.45
1968 10.39
1969 10.28
1970 10.20
1971 10.10
1972 10.00
1973 9.87
1974 9.77
1975 9.65
1976 9.54
1977 8.92
1978 8.35
1979 8.26
1980 8.16
1981 8.06
1982 7.96
1983 7.83
1984 7.68
1985 7.50
1986 7.33
1987 7.16
1988 5.91
1989 2.32
1990 2.30
1991 2.28
1992 2.27
1993 2.26
1994 2.24
1995 2.22
1996 2.21
1997 2.21
1998 2.22
1999 2.26
2000 2.32
2001 4.08
2002 4.98
2003 4.99
2004 4.99
2005 4.97
2006 4.94
2007 4.92
2008 4.91
2009 4.89
2010 4.88
2011 4.87
2012 4.85
2013 4.80
2014 4.73
2015 4.64
2016 4.55
2017 4.46
2018 4.37
2019 4.29
2020 4.20

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization