Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 83.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 48.54 years male: 45.66 years female: 51.54 years (1995 est.)
Total fertility rate: 6.92 children born/woman (1995 est.)
Nationality: noun: Mauritanian(s) adjective: Mauritanian
Ethnic divisions: mixed Maur/black 40%, Maur 30%, black 30%
Religions: Muslim 100%
Languages: Hasaniya Arabic (official), Pular, Soninke, Wolof
(official)
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1988)
total population: 35%
male: 46%
female: 25%
Labor force: 465,000 (1981 est.); 45,000 wage earners (1980) by occupation: agriculture 47%, services 29%, industry and commerce 14%, government 10%