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Mauritania: Population in the largest city

49.35percent · 2025-4.4% since 2015

Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area. Annual figures for Mauritania from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202549.353
202449.542
202349.747
202249.924
202150.053
202050.152
201950.267
201850.406
201750.571
201651.09
201551.622
201452.14
201352.606
201253.134
201153.82
201054.591
200955.397
200856.205
200756.857
200657.306
200557.599
200457.695
200357.535
200257.084
200156.285
200055.602
199955.535
199855.34
199755.049
199654.523
199553.838
199453.562
199353.638
199254.081
199154.432
199054.333
198954.077
198853.878
198751.535
198649.168
198547.46
198446.298
198345.57
198245.22
198145.171
198045.34
197945.601
197845.837
197745.811
197643.159
197538.527
197434.483
197330.942
197227.844
197125.11
197022.717
196920.612
196818.76
196717.114
196615.662
196514.371
196412.801
196310.928
19629.37
19618.882
19609.296

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Population in the largest city. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-population-in-the-largest-city (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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