The estimated population growth of Mauritania in 2025 amounted to 2.74%. In 2024, the value was 2.82 annual %. The lowest population growth was recorded in 1996, when it was 1.83%. The maximum value was registered in 1992, when population of Mauritania increased by 4.70%. The data is sourced from the UN report "World Population Prospects 2024", with the values for 2024 and 2025 being projections.
The growth rate is computed using the exponential growth formula: r = ln(pn/p0)/n, where r is the exponential rate of growth, ln() is the natural logarithm, pn is the end period population, p0 is the beginning period population, and n is the number of years in between. Note that this is not the geometric growth rate used to compute compound growth over discrete periods. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
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Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage . Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
