Nouakchott — UN urban centre
Nouakchott: 1,561,617 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #319 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 207; territory: Mauritania (MRT). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 18.0876, -15.9634. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 105,961 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 257,845 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 388,078 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 439,451 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 503,376 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 692,747 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 894,294 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 1,110,766 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 1,363,924 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 1,561,617 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 1,774,185 | Projection |
| 2035 | 1,985,372 | Projection |
| 2040 | 2,208,318 | Projection |
| 2045 | 2,416,814 | Projection |
| 2050 | 2,633,046 | Projection |
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