Share of the population living in urban areas. Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators. Retrieved 15 Oct 2026.
| Period | Urban Population |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 61.5% |
| 2024 | 60.6% |
| 2023 | 59.7% |
| 2022 | 58.8% |
| 2021 | 57.9% |
| 2020 | 57% |
| 2019 | 56.1% |
| 2018 | 55.1% |
| 2017 | 54.2% |
| 2016 | 52.9% |
| 2015 | 51.7% |
| 2014 | 50.5% |
54 countries carry a recent share of the population living in urban areas figure. Each opens its own page with the history, the source and the API request.
146 of 207 indicators carry a figure for Mauritania, grouped by topic.