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Migration flows · 2025

Mauritania

Where people move to and from Mauritania in 2025. The left column is where residents go; the right column is where arrivals come from. Reported movements only.

Total leaving Mauritania 72,324
Total arriving in Mauritania 308,791
Location

Mauritania & its flows

Flat world map. Red arrows & labels = where people go to; green arrows & labels = where people come from. Drag to pan, scroll or use the buttons to zoom (zoom in to reveal names of small or clustered countries).

Over time

Incoming vs outgoing by year

Yearly totals of people arriving in and leaving Mauritania. Reported movements only.

Where Mauritania’s people go

Top destination countries

  1. 1 United States 18,874
  2. 2 Senegal 16,704
  3. 3 Mali 15,044
  4. 4 France 10,877
  5. 5 Angola 5,725
  6. 6 Spain 2,057
  7. 7 Canada 1,175
  8. 8 Belgium 611
  9. 9 Brazil 479
  10. 10 Italy 242
  11. 11 Germany 159
  12. 12 Mexico 114
  13. 13 Congo, Rep. 56
  14. 14 Portugal 40
  15. 15 Netherlands 40
  16. 16 Greece 36
  17. 17 United Kingdom 25
  18. 18 Cote d'Ivoire 18
  19. 19 Cameroon 10
  20. 20 Sweden 8
  21. 21 Central African Republic 7
  22. 22 Switzerland 6
  23. 23 Ireland 6
  24. 24 Tunisia 6
  25. 25 Austria 5

Where arrivals come from

Top origin countries

  1. 1 Mali 303,874
  2. 2 Guinea 675
  3. 3 Senegal 663
  4. 4 Central African Republic 639
  5. 5 Nigeria 450
  6. 6 Syrian Arab Republic 434
  7. 7 Sierra Leone 333
  8. 8 Cameroon 257
  9. 9 Sudan 252
  10. 10 Togo 227
  11. 11 Burkina Faso 224
  12. 12 Niger 140
  13. 13 Liberia 80
  14. 14 Cote d'Ivoire 73
  15. 15 West Bank and Gaza 72
  16. 16 Congo, Dem. Rep. 70
  17. 17 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 56
  18. 18 Yemen, Rep. 54
  19. 19 Congo, Rep. 49
  20. 20 Lebanon 46
  21. 21 Iraq 32
  22. 22 Ghana 30
  23. 23 Benin 26
  24. 24 Russian Federation 22
  25. 25 Chad 13