| Name | Mauritania |
| Long name | Islamic Republic of Mauritania |
| Population (source) | census |
| Population (people) | 3,537,368 (2013) |
| Constitutional form | Republic |
| Drives on | Right |
| Head of state authority | Executive |
| Main continent | Africa |
| Number of airports | 28 |
| Airports - with paved runways | 10 |
| Airports - with unpaved runways | 18 |
| Area (m²) | 1,030,700 |
| Birth rate (births/1,000 population) | 33 |
| Calling code | |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight (%) | 17 |
| Current Account Balance (US$) | -549,400,000 |
| Death rate (deaths/1,000 population) | 9 |
| Debt - external (Billion US$) | 3 |
| Economic aid donor (Billion $) | |
| Electricity consumption (billion kWh) | 1 |
| Electricity consumption per capita (kWh per person) | 151 |
| Electricity exports (million kWh) | 0 |
| Electricity imports (million kWh) | 0 |
| Electricity production (billion kWh) | 1 |
| Exports (Billion $) | 3 |
| GDP - per capita (PPP) (US$) | 2,200 |
| GDP (purchasing power parity) (Billion $) | 7 |
| GDP real growth rate (%) | 4 |
| Gross national income (US$) | 41 |
| Human Development Index | 0 |
| Health expenditures (% of GDP) | 6 |
| Heliports | |
| HIV AIDS adult prevalence rate (%) | 1 |
| HIV AIDS deaths | 1,000 |
| HIV AIDS people living with HIV AIDS | 14,000 |
| Hospital bed density (beds/1,000 population) | 0 |
| Capital city | Nouakchott |
| Currency | Mauritanian ouguiya |
| Imports (Billion $) | 3 |
| Industrial production growth rate (%) | 2 |
| Infant mortality rate (deaths/1,000 live births) | 59 |
| Inflation rate consumer prices (%) | 8 |
| Internet hosts | 28 |
| Internet tld | .mr |
| Internet users | 75,000 |
| Investment (gross fixed) (%) | |
| Iso 3166 code | MR |
| ISO CODE | MRT |
| Labor force | 1,318,000 |
| Life expectancy at birth (years) | 62 |
| Literacy (%) | 58 |
| Manpower available for military service | 718,713 |
| Manpower fit for military service | 480,042 |
| Manpower reaching militarily age annually | 36,116 |
| Is democracy | Yes |
| Market value of publicly traded shares (US$) | |
| Maternal mortality rate (deaths/100,000 live births) | 510 |
| Merchant marine | |
| Military expenditures percent of GDP | 6 |
| Natural gas consumption (cubic meters) | 0 |
| Natural gas consumption per capita (cubic meters per person) | 0 |
| Natural gas exports (cubic meters) | 0 |
| Natural gas imports (cubic meters) | 0 |
| Natural gas production (cubic meters) | 0 |
| Natural gas proved reserves (cubic meters) | 28,320,000,000 |
| Net migration rate (migrant/1,000 population) | -1 |
| Obesity adult prevalence rate (%) | |
| Oil consumption (bbl/day) | 20,000 |
| Oil consumption per capita (bbl/day per 1000 people) | 6 |
| Oil exports (bbl/day) | 10,000 |
| Oil imports (bbl/day) | 17,750 |
| Oil production (bbl/day) | 11,640 |
| Oil proved reserves (bbl) | 100,000,000 |
| Physicians density (physicians/1,000 population) | 0 |
| Population below poverty line (%) | 40 |
| Population census (people) | 3,537,368 (2013) |
| Population density (Number of people per square kilometer) | 3 |
| Population estimate (people) | 3,359,185 (2012) |
| Population growth rate (%) | 2 |
| Public debt (% of GDP) | |
| Railways (km) | 728 |
| Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (US$) | |
| Roadways (km) | 11,066 |
| Stock of direct foreign investment abroad (US$) | |
| Stock of direct foreign investment at home (US$) | |
| Telephones main lines in use | 71,600 |
| Telephones main lines in use per capita | 2 |
| Telephones mobile cellular | 2,745,000 |
| Telephones mobile cellular per capita | 88 |
| Total fertility rate (children born/woman) | 4 |
| Unemployment rate (%) | 30 |
| Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 (%) | |
| Waterways (km) | |
| Valley | |
| Helicopter | |
| Canyon | |
| Artillery | |
| Crater | |
| Religion | |
| Continent | Africa |
| Border | Frontière entre la Mauritanie et le Sénégal, Frontière entre l'Algérie et la Mauritanie, Frontière entre le Mali et la Mauritanie |
| Plateau | |
| Marsh | |
| Demonym | mauritanian |
