Mauritania

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- Capital
- Nouakchott
- Population (2010)
- 3,460,000
- Annual population growth rate (2000-2010)
- 2.7%
- Population gain (2000-2010)
- 817,000
- GDP per capita
- $2,234 (US)
- Literacy
- 58.0% of adult population
- Life expectancy (2010)
- 59.2
Source:
Population data from United Nations (updated May 2011); 2005 GDP per capita (in 2005 PPP $) from 2007/2008 U.N. Human Development Report; Literacy rate for 2012 from U.N. Organization for Education, Science and Culture