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Population in Cities of More Than 1 million rose 4.38% to 1.37 mil in Mauritania in 2021

Population in Cities of More Than 1 million (mil), 2021
Society | Mauritania | February 1, 2023
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Population in cities of more than 1 million rose 4.38% to 1.37 mil in Mauritania in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.

Historically, population in cities of more than 1 million in Mauritania reached an all time high of 1.37 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 0.005 mil in 1960. When compared to Mauritania's main peers, population in cities of more than 1 million in Algeria amounted to 2.81 mil, 2.71 mil in Mali, 8.18 mil in Morocco and 3.23 mil in Senegal in 2021.

Mauritania has been ranked 106th within the group of 121 countries we follow in terms of population in cities of more than 1 million, 12 places above the position seen 10 years ago.

Population in Cities of More Than 1 million Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Algeria mil 2.59 2.63 2.66 2.69 2.73
Burkina Faso mil 2.20 2.31 2.42 2.53 2.65
Gambia mil ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Guinea mil 1.71 1.76 1.80 1.84 1.89
Libya mil 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.16
Mali mil 2.22 2.29 2.37 2.45 2.53
Mauritania mil 1.06 1.10 1.15 1.21 1.26
Morocco mil 7.51 7.62 7.72 7.83 7.94
Niger mil 1.11 1.14 1.18 1.21 1.25
Senegal mil 2.76 2.83 2.90 2.98 3.06
Spain mil 11.5 11.7 11.8 12.0 12.1
Tunisia mil 2.18 2.22 2.25 2.29 2.33