Mauritania Population: 3,437,610   « Previous Country | Next
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coordinates: 20 00 N, 12 00 W  Coastline: 754 km Climate:
desert; constantly hot, dry, dusty Land use: arable land: 0.44%
permanent crops: 0.01% other: 99.55% (2011) Irrigated land:
450.1 sq km (2004) ^Back to Top Nationality: noun:
Mauritanian(s) adjective: Mauritanian Religions: Muslim
(official) 100% Population: 3,437,610 (July 2013 est.)
Dependency ratios: total dependency ratio: 76.3 % youth
dependency ratio: 70.7 % elderly dependency ratio: 5.6 %
potential support ratio: 17.9 (2013) Median age: total: 19.8
years male: 18.8 years female: 20.7 years (2013 est.) Population
growth rate: 2.29% (2013 est.) Birth rate: 32.31 births/1,000
population (2013 est.) Death rate: 8.5 deaths/1,000 population
(2013 est.) Net migration rate: -0.87 migrant(s)/1,000
population (2013 est.) Urbanization: urban population: 41.5% of
total population (2011) rate of urbanization: 2.91% annual rate
of change (2010-15