Mauritania: Administrative Division

Contents: Mauritanie

Islamic Republic

3,537,368 Population [2013] – census

4,927,532 Population [2023] – census

1,040,647km² Area

4.735/km² Density [2023]

Contents: Regions and Departments

The population of the regions and departments of Mauritania by census years.

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Name	Status	Native	Population Census 2000-11-01	Population Census 2013-03-25	Population Census 2023-12-25
Adrar	Region	ادرار	69,542	62,658	71,623	→
Aoujeft	Department	أوجفت	20,181	12,997	13,877	→
Atar	Department	أطار	38,962	38,877	47,364	→
Chinguetti	Department	شنقيط	6,704	6,811	6,549	→
Ouadane	Department	وادان	3,695	3,973	3,833	→
Assaba	Region	العصابة	242,265	325,897	451,804	→
Barkewol	Department	باركيول	62,238	79,901	109,237	→
Boumdeid	Department	بومديد	8,704	7,917	10,747	→
Guerou	Department	كرو	31,480	44,870	67,964	→
Kankossa	Department	كنكوصة	63,064	82,495	117,392	→
Kiffa	Department	كيفه	76,779	110,714	146,464	→
Brakna	Region	براكنة	247,006	312,277	391,310	→
Aleg	Department	الاك	42,878	60,754	75,856	→
Bababé	Department	بابابي	33,672	37,251	43,410	→
Boghé	Department	بوكي	63,123	72,242	85,333	→
Magta-Lahjar	Department	مكطع لحجار	47,288	57,672	79,046	→
Mal [← Aleg]	Department	مال	23,384	40,758	54,800	→
M'Bagne	Department	امباني	36,661	43,600	52,865	→
Dakhlet Nouadhibou	Region	داخلت انواديبو	79,516	123,779	184,459	→
Chami	Department	الشامي	4,677	2,657	7,382	→
Nouadhibou	Department	انواذيبو	74,839	121,122	177,077	→
Gorgol	Region	غورغول	242,711	335,917	442,490	→
Kaédi	Department	كيهيدي	67,026	91,979	120,660	→
Lexeiba 1 [← Kaédi]	Department	لكصيبه1	19,810	29,747	41,267	→
Maghama	Department	مقامة	45,501	68,465	90,891	→
M'Bout	Department	امبود	77,816	102,502	132,464	→
Monguel	Department	مونكل	32,558	43,224	57,208	→
Guidimaka	Region	غيديماغا	177,707	267,029	363,075	→
Ghabou [← Sélibabi]	Department	قابو	54,098	81,149	113,669	→
Ould Yengé	Department	ولد ينج	49,396	68,341	92,582	→
Sélibabi	Department	سيليبابي	40,791	72,847	99,118	→
Wompou [← Sélibabi]	Department	وابو	33,422	44,692	57,706	→
Hodh Ech Chargui	Region	الحوض الشرقى	281,600	430,668	625,643	→
Adel Bagrou [← Amourj]	Department	عدل بكرو	36,007	47,829	72,855	→
Amourj	Department	امرج	34,082	46,730	78,148	→
Bassikounou	Department	باسكنو	35,734	88,432	123,337	→
Djiguenni	Department	جكني	44,100	59,614	91,605	→
N'Beiket Lehwach [← Oualata]	Department	انبيكت لحواش	...	8,860	12,652	→
Néma	Department	النعمه	63,377	87,048	121,408	→
Oualata	Department	ولاته	11,779	13,086	12,842	→
Timbedra	Department	تمبدغه	56,521	79,069	112,796	→
Hodh El Gharbi	Region	الحوض الغربى	212,156	294,109	403,089	→
Aïoun El Atrouss	Department	لعيون	46,273	65,237	78,229	→
Kobenni	Department	كوبني	71,440	92,690	135,158	→
Tamchekett	Department	تامشكط	30,760	39,013	43,936	→
Tintane	Department	الطينطان	47,366	68,776	98,188	→
Touil [← Tintane]	Department	اطويل	16,317	28,393	47,578	→
Inchiri	Region	انشيرى	11,500	19,639	29,484	→
Akjoujt	Department	اكجوجت	7,904	14,543	18,138	→
Bennechab [← Akjoujt]	Department	بنشاب	3,596	5,096	11,346	→
Nouakchott	Capital City	انواكشوط	558,195	958,399	1,446,761	→
Nouakchott-Nord	Region	نواكشوط الشمالية	163,504	366,912	614,465	→
Nouakchott-Ouest	Region	نواكشوط الغربية	155,098	165,814	204,881	→
Nouakchott-Sud	Region	نواكشوط الجنوبية	239,593	425,673	627,415	→
Tagant	Region	تكانت	76,620	80,962	114,760	→
Moudjeria	Department	المجرية	36,676	41,738	57,936	→
Tichitt	Department	تيشيت	4,627	4,349	4,490	→
Tidjikdja	Department	تجكجة	35,317	34,875	52,334	→
Tiris Zemmour	Region	تيرس زمور	41,121	53,261	79,129	→
Birmoguren	Department	بير أمكرين	2,761	3,897	5,126	→
F'Derick	Department	افديرك	4,431	4,715	11,623	→
Zouerate	Department	ازويرات	33,929	44,649	62,380	→
Trarza	Region	اترارزه	268,220	272,773	323,903	→
Boutilimit	Department	بتلميت	56,560	63,193	66,999	→
Keurmacen	Department	كرمسين	28,977	26,760	33,488	→
Mederdra	Department	المذرذره	30,424	30,440	35,108	→
Ouad Naga	Department	واد الناقة	26,254	23,698	24,605	→
R'Kiz	Department	اركيز	36,177	35,536	49,564	→
Rosso	Department	روصو	55,554	57,726	70,403	→
Tékane [← R'Kiz]	Department	انتيكان	34,274	35,420	43,736	→
Mauritanie [Mauritania]	Islamic Republic	موريتانيا	2,508,159	3,537,368	4,927,532

Source: Agence Nationale de la Statistique, de l’Analyse Démographique et Economique, Mauretanie.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2023)
Males	2,375,470
Females	2,552,062