Mauritania: cities by population
Mauritania has a population of 4,403,319, with Nouakchott as its capital. The 50 largest of its 87 recorded towns and cities, ranked.
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.
| # | Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nouakchott | 1,184,530 | |
| 2 | Nouadhibou | Dakhlet Nouadhibou | 146,048 |
| 3 | Kiffa | Assaba | 62,051 |
| 4 | Dar Naim | Nouakchott North | 61,089 |
| 5 | Néma | Hodh Ech Chargi | 60,000 |
| 6 | Mbera | Hodh Ech Chargi | 58,985 |
| 7 | Ksar | Nouakchott West | 57,758 |
| 8 | Kaédi | Gorgol | 56,283 |
| 9 | Zouérat | Tiris Zemmour | 55,183 |
| 10 | Tevragh Zeina | Nouakchott West | 48,093 |
| 11 | Bougadoum | Hodh Ech Chargi | 40,341 |
| 12 | Sélibaby | Guidimaka | 32,653 |
| 13 | Atar | Adrar | 31,133 |
| 14 | Ayoun El Atrous | Hodh El Gharbi | 28,174 |
| 15 | Guerou | Assaba | 27,590 |
| 16 | Boutilimitt | Trarza | 27,170 |
| 17 | El ’Ayoûn | Assaba | 22,896 |
| 18 | Tékane | Trarza | 22,041 |
| 19 | Bogué | Brakna | 20,291 |
| 20 | Aleg | Brakna | 19,183 |
| 21 | Tembedgha | Hodh Ech Chargi | 17,465 |
| 22 | Rosso | Trarza | 15,870 |
| 23 | Akjoujt | Inchiri | 15,851 |
| 24 | Ṭinṭâne | Hodh El Gharbi | 15,684 |
| 25 | Elghabra | Assaba | 15,480 |
| 26 | Magṭa‘ Laḥjar | Brakna | 15,446 |
| 27 | Bouly | Guidimaka | 14,906 |
| 28 | Maghama | Gorgol | 13,898 |
| 29 | Tidjikja | Tagant | 13,479 |
| 30 | Dar el Barka | Brakna | 12,353 |
| 31 | Basseknou | Hodh Ech Chargi | 12,232 |
| 32 | Oualata | Hodh Ech Chargi | 11,779 |
| 33 | Lexeiba Un | Gorgol | 11,417 |
| 34 | Bagodine | Brakna | 11,263 |
| 35 | Ganki Un | Gorgol | 11,250 |
| 36 | Vassala | Hodh Ech Chargi | 10,982 |
| 37 | R'kiz | Trarza | 10,688 |
| 38 | Kobenni | Hodh El Gharbi | 8,979 |
| 39 | Bababé | Brakna | 8,869 |
| 40 | Fondé Elimane | Brakna | 8,500 |
| 41 | Ndiago | Trarza | 8,440 |
| 42 | Sagné | Gorgol | 8,430 |
| 43 | Bouhdida | Brakna | 8,316 |
| 44 | Djiguenni | Hodh Ech Chargi | 8,293 |
| 45 | Kankossa | Assaba | 8,122 |
| 46 | Wali Djantang | Gorgol | 7,716 |
| 47 | Djowol | Gorgol | 7,582 |
| 48 | Bousteila | Hodh Ech Chargi | 7,520 |
| 49 | El Ghayra | Tagant | 7,240 |
| 50 | Hassi Chegar | Guidimaka | 6,960 |
Twenty years earlier: Mauritania in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 2,836,848.