Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — Mauritania

Population aged 15–64 in Mauritania in 2025 — 2,889,731 people. Ranked 127 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 527.6%.

2025 2.89M people +3.4% vs 2024
World rank 127of 217
Period maximum 2.89M people2025
Period minimum 460,411 people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — Mauritania, 1960–202501M2M3M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 460,411 people1962: 484,959 people1964: 509,417 people1966: 531,370 people1968: 555,037 people1970: 581,102 people1972: 609,695 people1974: 641,218 people1976: 675,980 people1978: 712,594 people1980: 752,987 people1982: 798,166 people1984: 847,530 people1986: 900,882 people1988: 957,936 people1990: 1,005,740 people1992: 1,086,980 people1994: 1,184,555 people1996: 1,233,725 people1998: 1,294,831 people2000: 1,377,369 people2002: 1,444,206 people2004: 1,511,431 people2006: 1,585,763 people2008: 1,674,783 people2010: 1,783,303 people2012: 1,888,216 people2014: 2,006,578 people2016: 2,137,476 people2018: 2,279,488 people2020: 2,434,578 people2022: 2,605,500 people2024: 2,794,594 people2025: 2,889,731 people
Change over the period: +2.43M (+527.64%) Average annual rate: 2.87 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Mauritania

Mauritania 2.89M people
World 5.36B people
Sub-Saharan Africa 745M people
Western Africa computed 262M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.13B people
Population aged 15–64 — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 2.89M +95,137 +3.4%
2024 2.79M +95,103 +3.52%
2023 2.7M +93,991 +3.61%
2022 2.61M +88,235 +3.51%
2021 2.52M +82,687 +3.4%
2020 2.43M +79,330 +3.37%
2019 2.36M +75,760 +3.32%
2018 2.28M +72,528 +3.29%
2017 2.21M +69,484 +3.25%
2016 2.14M +66,711 +3.22%
2015 2.07M +64,187 +3.2%
2014 2.01M +61,936 +3.18%
2013 1.94M +56,426 +2.99%
2012 1.89M +52,103 +2.84%
2011 1.84M +52,810 +2.96%
2010 1.78M +53,904 +3.12%
2009 1.73M +54,616 +3.26%
2008 1.67M +48,368 +2.97%
2007 1.63M +40,652 +2.56%
2006 1.59M +38,129 +2.46%
2005 1.55M +36,203 +2.4%
2004 1.51M +34,462 +2.33%
2003 1.48M +32,763 +2.27%
2002 1.44M +30,480 +2.16%
2001 1.41M +36,357 +2.64%
2000 1.38M +43,192 +3.24%
1999 1.33M +39,346 +3.04%
1998 1.29M +35,633 +2.83%
1997 1.26M +25,473 +2.06%
1996 1.23M +17,813 +1.46%
1995 1.22M +31,357 +2.65%
1994 1.18M +42,980 +3.76%
1993 1.14M +54,595 +5.02%
1992 1.09M +49,349 +4.76%
1991 1.04M +31,891 +3.17%
1990 1.01M +24,356 +2.48%
1989 981,384 +23,448 +2.45%
1988 957,936 +28,997 +3.12%
1987 928,939 +28,057 +3.11%
1986 900,882 +27,154 +3.11%
1985 873,728 +26,198 +3.09%
1984 847,530 +25,168 +3.06%
1983 822,362 +24,196 +3.03%
1982 798,166 +23,181 +2.99%
1981 774,985 +21,998 +2.92%
1980 752,987 +20,773 +2.84%
1979 732,214 +19,620 +2.75%
1978 712,594 +18,523 +2.67%
1977 694,071 +18,091 +2.68%
1976 675,980 +17,795 +2.7%
1975 658,185 +16,967 +2.65%
1974 641,218 +16,158 +2.59%
1973 625,060 +15,365 +2.52%
1972 609,695 +14,622 +2.46%
1971 595,073 +13,971 +2.4%
1970 581,102 +13,340 +2.35%
1969 567,762 +12,725 +2.29%
1968 555,037 +12,131 +2.23%
1967 542,906 +11,536 +2.17%
1966 531,370 +10,955 +2.11%
1965 520,415 +10,998 +2.16%
1964 509,417 +11,913 +2.39%
1963 497,504 +12,545 +2.59%
1962 484,959 +12,447 +2.63%
1961 472,512 +12,101 +2.63%
1960 460,411

About the indicator

The population aged 15 to 64 inclusive — the group that international statistics treat as working age regardless of the national retirement age. Its growth relative to the other groups is called the demographic dividend: it gives a country a period when workers are many and dependents are few. That period is finite, and this series shows which countries are passing through it now and which have already passed it.

Important: The 15–64 bounds are a convention and do not coincide with the retirement age in any country. This is not the number of people employed — the labor force indicator covers that.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.