Africa · Western Africa
Mauritania
Islamic Republic of Mauritania
CapitalNouakchott
Population5,315,065World Bank 2025
Area1,030,700 km²
CurrencyMRU — Mauritanian ouguiya
LanguagesArabic
Calling code+222
Time zones
GDPUSD 11.68B
GDP per capitaUSD 2.2K
Life expectancy68.7 years
Internet users45.8%
What this means
Mauritania is in Africa (Western Africa). About 5.32M people live there, or roughly 5.2 people per km². GDP per capita is around USD 2.2K, which helps compare living standards with other countries on YIMHO.
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Country facts: world-countries (MIT). Indicators: World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0).