Mauritania
Africa · Western Africa
Key facts
- Capital
- Nouakchott
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Western Africa
- Population (2025)
- 5.3 million (5,315,065) · rank 123 of 193
- Area (2023)
- 1,030,700 km² · rank 28 of 193
- People per km²
- 5.2 (calculated from the two figures above)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (2025, 2023), CC BY 4.0. data.worldbank.org
Test yourself
The first question is always Mauritania, then four more countries of the same region.
Unfolding the map…
Neighbours on the map
Countries whose outline shares a border with Mauritania in the map data: 3.
Mauritania also touches land that the map shows in grey: areas that are disputed or not independent, which the quizzes leave out.
Based on the Natural Earth 1:110m outlines. The 29 states drawn as dots are not counted as neighbours.
The flag
Flags with a similar colour layout, used as wrong options on Hard: Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan, Maldives, Laos.
In the quizzes
The levels on which Mauritania is asked in each selection:
| Selection | Map | Flag | Capital |
|---|---|---|---|
| World | Medium · Hard | Medium · Hard | Medium · Hard |
| Africa | Medium · Hard | Medium · Hard | Medium · Hard |
| Giants by area | Hard | Hard | Hard |
In four languages
| Country | Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Mauritania | Nouakchott |
| Italiano | Mauritania | Nouakchott |
| Magyar | Mauritánia | Nouakchott |
| Suomi | Mauritania | Nouakchott |