Mauritania

The Esri Mauritanian datasets are sourced from Michael Bauer Research GmbH.

Data source

Release:	October 2023.
Vintage:	2023
Data:	© Michael Bauer Research GmbH 2023 based on © Office National de la Statistique, UN.
Boundaries:	© Michael Bauer Research GmbH, Nuremberg, Germany, 2023.
Settlement Points:	These settlement points were created using the European Commission Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL), 100 meter resolution 2025 Population Raster Layer. The points were verified using the latest Esri imagery. More information about the data can be found here: https://ghslsys.jrc.ec.europa.eu.

Dataset information

Mauritania
Three-letter ISO country code	MRT
Currency	Mauritanian Ouguiya
Three-letter currency code	MRO
Number of attributes available	3
Number of geography levels	3

Geography levels

Geography levels	Available for Mauritania	Available through ArcGIS.com maps	Feature count
Country	X	X	1
Provinces	X	X	15
Departments	X	X	55

Data apportionment settings

Learn more about data apportionment.

Threshold upper bound	Aggregation method	Level of geography
150 km	Block Apportion	MR.Departments
more	Centroids in Polygon	MR.Departments

Standard Demographics

The following examples are representative of the variables and data categories available for this region. See the reference documents for the full list of available variables and sample report.

Variable summary	Data category	Vintage	Description
Total Population	Population	2023	Count of total population by regional boundaries.
Population Density	Population	2023	Regional population count divided by total regional sq. kilometers or miles.
Population per Mill	Population	2023	Count of total regional population divided by total national population and multiplied by 1,000.

Reference documents

Refer to the following reference documents:

• Release notes (PDF)
• Variable list (CSV)
• Sample report (PDF)
• Ready-to-use demographic maps