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People
3,205,060 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 
133
0-14 years: 41% (male 643,436/female 638,793)
15-64 years: 55.7% (male 818,778/female 923,046)
65 years and over: 3.4% (male 44,836/female 60,597) (2010 est.)
total: 19.3 years
male: 18.5 years
female: 20.2 years (2010 est.)
2.373% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 35
33.67 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 37
9 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 74
-0.94 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 155
urban population: 41% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 3% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.89 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female
total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 61.94 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 34
male: 67.13 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 56.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 60.75 years
country comparison to the world: 184
male: 58.57 years
female: 62.99 years (2010 est.)
4.37 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 38
0.8% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 58
14,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 89
fewer than 1,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 78
degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: malaria and Rift Valley fever
respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis
animal contact disease: rabies (2009)
noun: Mauritanian(s)
adjective: Mauritanian
mixed Moor/black 40%, Moor 30%, black 30%
Muslim 100%
Arabic (official and national), Pulaar, Soninke, Wolof (all national languages), French, Hassaniya
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 51.2%
male: 59.5%
female: 43.4% (2000 census)
total: 8 years
male: 8 years
female: 8 years (2007)
4.4% of GDP (2008)
country comparison to the world: 95
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