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Mauritania

Mauritania's best placing is 10th of 194 for land area per person.

Best placing: #10Land area per person
Top 10 placings: 1 / 17
Population: 5.3 million
Land area: 1.0 million km²

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Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Mauritania is.

Land area per person

#10 of 194

0.194 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Land area

#28 of 194

1,030,700 km² of land

11th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Airports per person

#102 of 192

4.70 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Railways per person

#72 of 134

136.97 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Coastline

#83 of 151

754 km of coastline

18th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Population

#124 of 195

5,315,065 people

39th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Airports

#126 of 193

25 airports

33rd in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Railways

#98 of 135

728 km of railway

24th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Forest

#148 of 194

2,964 km² of forest

42nd in Africa · World Bank · 2023

GDP

#144 of 182

11,679,910,946 US$ (current prices)

39th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Forest per person

#154 of 194

0.0006 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

GDP per person

#147 of 182

2,198 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Railways by area

#125 of 133

0.71 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Population by area

#185 of 194

5.16 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Rainfall

#172 of 179

92 mm of precipitation per year

51st in Africa · World Bank · 2022

Forest by area

#187 of 194

0.3 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Airports by area

#188 of 191

0.24 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

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