Urban population rose 4.19% to 2.68 mil in Mauritania in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, urban population in Mauritania reached an all time high of 2.68 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 0.059 mil in 1960. When compared to Mauritania's main peers, urban population in Algeria amounted to 33.1 mil, 9.32 mil in Mali, 23.9 mil in Morocco and 8.36 mil in Senegal in 2021.
Mauritania has been ranked 125th within the group of 176 countries we follow in terms of urban population, 9 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Urban Population | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Algeria | mil | 28.0 | 28.8 | 29.6 | 30.5 | 31.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | mil | 5.15 | 5.42 | 5.70 | 5.99 | 6.28 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gambia | mil | 1.33 | 1.39 | 1.44 | 1.50 | 1.55 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | mil | 4.09 | 4.23 | 4.38 | 4.54 | 4.70 | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | mil | 4.91 | 5.00 | 5.09 | 5.19 | 5.28 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | mil | 7.24 | 7.63 | 8.03 | 8.44 | 8.87 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | mil | 2.02 | 2.11 | 2.20 | 2.29 | 2.39 | ||||||||||||||||
| Morocco | mil | 21.1 | 21.5 | 22.0 | 22.4 | 22.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | mil | 3.27 | 3.41 | 3.55 | 3.71 | 3.87 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | mil | 6.58 | 6.83 | 7.08 | 7.35 | 7.62 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | mil | 37.0 | 37.1 | 37.3 | 37.6 | 38.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | mil | 7.87 | 7.99 | 8.11 | 8.23 | 8.34 |
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