Demographics of Mauritania
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Demographics
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features of the population
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of Mauritania
Mauritania
Mauritania is a country in the Maghreb and West Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, by Western Sahara in the north, by Algeria in the northeast, by Mali in the east and southeast, and by Senegal in the southwest...
, including population density
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, ethnicity
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, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
CIA World Factbook demographic statistics
The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.Population:
3,381,634 (June 2011 est.)
Age structure:
- 0-15 years: 41% (male 643,436/female 638,793)
- 15-64 years: 55.7% (male 818,778/female 923,046)
- 65 years and over: 3.4% (male 44,836/female 60,597) (2010 est.)
Median age:
- total: 19.3 years
- male: 18.5 years
- female: 20.2 years (2010 est.)
Population growth rate:
2.349% (2011 est.)
Birth rate:
33.67 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Death rate:
9 deaths/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.94 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Sex ratio:
- at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
- under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
- 15-64 years: 0.89 male(s)/female
- 65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female
- total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
Infant mortality rate
- total: 61.94 deaths/1,000 live births
- male: 67.13 deaths/1,000 live births
- female: 56.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
- total population: 60.75 years
- male: 58.57 years
- female: 62.99 years (2010 est.)
Total fertility rate:
4.3 children born/woman (2011 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
9,500 (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
less than 500 (2003 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Mauritanian(s)
adjective: Mauritanian
Ethnic groups:
mixed Moor/black 40%, Moor 30%, black 30%
Religions:
Muslim 100%
Languages:
Arabic (official), French (widely used in media and among educated classes), Pulaar, Soninke, Hassaniya, Wolof
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
- total population: 51.2%
- male: 59.5%
- female: 43.4% (2000 census)