Mauritania Population Pyramid 1970

Mauritania
1970
Population: 1,099,805

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-5 -1   1970  +1 +5

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Mauritania in 1970

As of 1970, Mauritania counted 1,099,806 inhabitants. A decade earlier, in 1960, the population was 824,298; it has grown by 33.4% since. With a median age of 18.1 years, Mauritania had a youth dependency ratio of 83.9 and an old-age dependency ratio of 5.3 per 100 people of working age. The pyramid is expansive: its wide base of young cohorts reflects high fertility and a rapidly growing population.

Share of the population by age group, 1950–2100

Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.


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