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Mauritania — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Mauritania, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
2.78%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · +6.1% since 1961
Population growth for Mauritania was 2.78% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 4.04% in 1993. The lowest was 1.98% in 1996 (about 1.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.09% per year.
Mauritania ranks 18 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 8%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 2.30%, so Mauritania sits above it. It peaked in 1993 and has fallen 31% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 8%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
2.78%
First (1961)
2.62%
Change
+6.1%
Highest
4.04%
in 1993
Lowest
1.98%
in 1996
Average
2.87%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.09%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.78% |
| 2024 | 2.88% |
| 2023 | 2.97% |
| 2022 | 2.93% |
| 2021 | 2.89% |
| 2020 | 2.92% |
| 2019 | 2.95% |
| 2018 | 2.97% |
| 2017 | 2.99% |
| 2016 | 3% |
| 2015 | 3.01% |
| 2014 | 3.01% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.