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Mauritania

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Mauritania is a country. The capital city is Nouakchott, located in the Western Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 1,030,700 km², a population of 5,022,441 people and uses the currency Mauritanian ouguiya. The President is Mohamed Ould Ghazouani.

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currency: Mauritanian ouguiya
capital city: Nouakchott
region: Western Africa
continent: Africa
land area: 1,030,700 km²
population: 5,022,441 people
political leader: Mohamed Ould Ghazouani (President)

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GDP: 10,651,709,411.46 current US$
inflation: 4.95 annual %
self-employed workers: 57.54 % of total employment
unemployment: 10.45 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 53.09 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 21,000 people
democracy score: 3.82
democracy type: Authoritarian
individuals using the Internet: 37.40 % of population
military expenditure: 2.55 % of GDP
net migration: 2,999 people
press freedom: 2.47
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 23.30 %
birth rate: 32.95 per 1,000 people
death rate: 7.20 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 89.29 current US$
health expenditure: 4.12 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.12 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 0.40 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 65
suicide mortality rate: 3.10 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 397,100.00 km²
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 4.65 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 49.00 % of population
fertility rate: 4.34 births per woman
forest area: 3,018 km²
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 16.51 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 13.20
methane emissions: 8.83 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 2.32 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 2,560,475 people
male population: 2,461,966 people
renewable energy consumption: 19.60 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 1,045,547.79 km²
rural population: 2,124,543 people
urban land area: 373.54 km²
urban population: 2,897,898 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 19.54 % of total population

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Location on a map: 20°0′N, -12°0′W

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Mauritania is one of the countries in Africa, countries in Western Africa and 194 countries in our database.

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