Mauritania is a vast West African country mostly covered by the Sahara. One of the world's last countries to officially abolish slavery, it has significant iron ore deposits.
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These figures are calculated from the data on this page and compared with the other 195 countries Beelad covers.
| Population density | 4.9 people per km² rank 187 of 196 (highest first); the average across all 196 countries is 60 per km² |
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| Share of world population | 0.0621 % world total: 8,091,734,930 (UN, 1 July 2023) |
| Share of Africa | 0.34% of its people, 3.4% of its land area |
| Area in square miles | 397,955 1 km² = 0.386 sq mi |
| Closest in size | Egypt (1,001,449 km²) |
| Closest in population | Oman (5,049,269 people) |
Mauritania is the only country in our list that uses MRU.