Mauritania: flag, capital & map
Get to know Mauritania, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Nouakchott
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Western Africa
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 5,315,065
- Area
- 1,030,700 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- Arabic
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Mauritanian Ouguiya (MRU)
Mauritania is a country in Western Africa. Its capital is Nouakchott.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Mauritania
The flag of Mauritania has a green field with a thin red horizontal band at the top and bottom of the field. At the center of the field is a five-pointed yellow star above an upward facing yellow crescent.
Where it is
Mauritania is grouped in Western Africa, within Roam’s Africa region. Its land-border list includes 3 countries in this atlas: Algeria, Mali, Senegal. The source classifies it as not landlocked. The source also lists ESH, outside this 195-country set.
Mauritania has a recorded area of 1,030,700 square kilometres. Among the 16 countries assigned to Western Africa in this dataset, it ranks 3 by area, from largest to smallest. Mali is immediately above it in that ordering, at 1,240,192 km². Nigeria is immediately below it, at 923,768 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 5,315,065 people for Mauritania in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 5 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are Arabic. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Mauritanian Ouguiya (MRU). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
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What is the capital of Mauritania?
Reveal answer
Nouakchott. Mauritania is a country in Western Africa. Its capital is Nouakchott.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Mauritania?
Reveal answer
The flag of Mauritania has a green field with a thin red horizontal band at the top and bottom of the field. At the center of the field is a five-pointed yellow star above an upward facing yellow crescent.
Which land neighbours of Mauritania are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
Algeria, Mali, and Senegal. The source classifies Mauritania as not landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for Mauritania?
Reveal answer
Arabic. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Mauritania.
Which currency codes are listed for Mauritania?
Reveal answer
Mauritanian Ouguiya (MRU). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
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