Country comparison
Mauritania vs Western Sahara
Mauritania is 11× the size of Western Sahara.
Side by side
| Mauritania | Category | Western Sahara |
|---|---|---|
| 1,030,700 km² more | Area (2024) Mauritania: 11× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0), Natural Earth (public domain) | approx. 90,200 km² |
| 5.3 million | Population (2025) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | – |
| 5 people/km² | Population density (2024) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | – |
| US$ 2,198 | GDP per capita (2025) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | – |
| 68.7 years | Life expectancy (2024) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | – |
| 46% | Internet users (2024) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | – |
| 17.1 years | Median age (2023) Western Sahara: 1.9× more Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0) | 32 years |
| 4.63 births per woman | Fertility rate (2024) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | – |
| 1 t | CO₂ emissions per capita (2024) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | – |
| 2 | VPN providers with servers in the country VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0) | – |
| Arabic | Official languages Shared language: Arabic Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3) | Arabic |
| Mauritanian ouguiya (MRU) | Currency ISO 4217 | Moroccan dirham (MAD) |
| Type C · 220 V | Plugs and voltage Shared plug types: C | Type C, E · 220 V |
| UTC | Time zone of the capital IANA tz database (public domain) | UTC |
Values link to the country pages in the Ominuvo series maps. Area: World Bank data (indicator AG.SRF.TOTL.K2: land and inland water, source FAO, CC BY 4.0); “approx.” – no such data for the country: area of the map outline (Natural Earth 1:50m), accurate to about 3%.
Source: World Bank – Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2), FAO (CC BY 4.0), Natural Earth (public domain), World Bank – WDI: UN World Population Prospects (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – FAO population estimates, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – World Population Prospects, United Nations (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union… (CC BY 4.0), Our World in Data – UN, World Population Prospects (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint… (CC BY 4.0), VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3), ISO 4217, IANA tz database (public domain), Natural Earth (public domain). Data from the Ominuvo series maps (index of 2026-11-01); details and licences on the map pages.