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How many babies are born in Mauritania?

181 thousand babies born in Mauritania in 2026. That is 0.14% of all births worldwide, and the 87th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Mauritania: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Mauritania’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~2.2K ~53K 41.4 Modelled estimate
1000 ~7K ~170K 40.6 Modelled estimate
1500 ~11K ~260K 41.1 Modelled estimate
1800 ~16.8K ~383K 44.0 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~15.8K ~359K 44.0 Historical reconstruction
1950 28.3K 658K 43.0 UN estimate
2000 99.1K 2.61M 37.9 UN estimate
2023 173K 5.02M 34.4 UN estimate
2026 181K 5.46M 33.2 UN projection
2050 231K 9.42M 24.5 UN projection
2075 251K 13.7M 18.3 UN projection
2100 245K 17.1M 14.3 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Mauritania among estimates through 2023 were in 2023, at about 173K. That is roughly 79 times the estimated ~2.2K births a year in 1 CE.

At 4.49 children per woman, fertility in Mauritania is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Mauritania each year?

An estimated 181 thousand babies are born in Mauritania in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 496 a day and 0.14% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Mauritania?

Mauritania has an estimated 33.2 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 4.49 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.