| People | Mauritania |
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Population:
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3,281,634 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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4 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 41% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 2.9% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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NOUAKCHOTT (capital) 709,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 40.4% (male 665,314/female 660,352)
15-64 years: 56.2% (male 866,859/female 975,821)
65 years and over: 3.5% (male 48,075/female 65,213) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 19.5 years
male: 18.6 years
female: 20.4 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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2.349% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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33.23 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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8.83 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-0.91 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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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 (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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550 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 60.42 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 65.55 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 55.13 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 61.14 years
male: 58.94 years
female: 63.41 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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4.3 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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5.7% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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0.13 physicians/1,000 population (2009) |
Hospital bed density:
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0.4 beds/1,000 population (2006) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 52% of population
rural: 47% of population
total: 49% of population
unimproved:
urban: 48% of population
rural: 53% of population
total: 51% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 50% of population
rural: 9% of population
total: 26% of population
unimproved:
urban: 50% of population
rural: 91% of population
total: 74% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: malaria and Rift Valley fever
respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis
animal contact disease: rabies (2009) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.7% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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14,000 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 1,000 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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16.7% (2008) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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void |
Nationality:
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noun: Mauritanian(s)
adjective: Mauritanian |
Ethnic groups:
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mixed Moor/black 40%, Moor 30%, black 30% |
Religions:
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Muslim (official) 100% |
Languages:
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Arabic (official and national), Pulaar, Soninke, Wolof (all national languages), French, Hassaniya |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 51.2%
male: 59.5%
female: 43.4% (2000 census) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 8 years
male: 8 years
female: 8 years (2007) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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4.4% of GDP (2008) |
People - note:
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void |
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