Population: 3,129,486 (2009 estimate)
Languages: Arabic (official and national),
Pulaar, Soninke, Wolof (all national languages), French, Hassaniya
Religions: Sunni Muslim
Ethnic
Groups:
Arab, Berber, Haalpulaar, Soninke, Wolof
Capital: Nouakchott
Date
of Independence: November 28, 1960 from France
Government: Republic
Last
Elections: July 18, 2009 (presidential); November 19, 2006
(municipal and parliamentary)
Suffrage: Universal at 18
GDP: $232.9 billion (2008 estimate)
GDP
Per Capita:
$2,100 (2008 estimate)
External
Debt: $1.704384
billion (2007)
Unemployment: 30% (CIA, 2008 estimate)
Poverty
Rate: 46.3% below national poverty line (2007)
Ratio of Richest
10% to Poorest 10%: 11.6
Gini Index: 39
Literacy: male 63.3%, female 48.3% (2007)
Human Development Index:
0.520 (2007)
Major
Exports:
iron ore, fish and fish products, gold
Major
Industries and Natural Resources: fish processing, mining of iron ore and gypsum, iron
ore, gypsum, copper, phosphate, diamonds, gold, oil, fish
HIV/AIDS
Prevalence in Adults: 0.8% (2007)
Infant
Mortality Rate (per 1,000 live births): 78 (2006)
Maternal
Mortality Adjusted Ratio (per 100,000 live births): 820 (2005)
Free
Trade Agreements:
N/A
Tourism: N/A
Arms
Imports/ Exports:
Major conventional weapons imported from China,
Germany, Italy, Poland,
Spain,
US.
Small arms imported from Senegal, Spain.
Military Expenditures: 3% of GDP (2006)
US
Military Personnel: 9 (2009)
US Military Bases: N/A
US
Aid:
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FY 2010
Requested
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FY 2009
Estimate*
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FY 2008
Actual
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FY 2007
Actual
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FY 2006
Actual
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FY 2005
Actual
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FY 2004
Actual
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FY 2003
Actual
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Military Aid: 40,000
Economic Aid: 6.85m
Total: 6.89m
Food Aid: 5m
DA: 1.52m
IMET: 40,000
INCLE: 330,000
P.L. 480: 5m
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Military Aid: 20,000
Economic Aid: 5.5m
Total: 5.52m
Food Aid: 5m
DA: 500,000
IMET: 20,000
P.L. 480: 5m
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Military Aid: 125,000
Economic Aid: 17.714m
Total:
17.839m
Food Aid: 5m
DA: 500,000
IMET: 125,000
NADR: 700,000
P.L. 480: 16.514m
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Military Aid: 190,000
Economic Aid: 8.011m
Total: 8.201m
Food Aid: 7.511m
IMET: 190,000
NADR: 500,000
P.L. 480: 7.511m
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Military Aid: -
Economic Aid: 2.9m
Total: 2.9m
Food Aid: 6.07m
P.L. 480: 6.07m
Peace Corps: 2.9m
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Military Aid: 112,000
Economic Aid: 3.8m
Total: 3.91m
Food Aid: 13.64 m
IMET: 112,000
NADR-ATA: 1.48m
P.L. 480: 13.64m
Peace Corps: 2.32m
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Military Aid: 234,000
Economic Aid: 1.8m
Total: 2.1m
Food Aid: 8.5m
IMET: 234,000
P.L. 480: 8.5m
Peace Corps: 1.8m
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Military Aid: 131,000
Economic Aid: 1.9m
Total: 2.1 m
Food Aid: 16.3
IMET: 131,000
P.L. 480: 16.3m
Peace Corps: 1.9m
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* - At
the time these data were published, final FY 2009 totals were not yet known.
DA: Development
Assistance
IMET: International
Military Education and Training
INCLE: International Narcotics
Control and Law Enforcement
NADR: Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining, and Related Programs
NADR-ATA: Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining, and Related Programs -
Anti-terrorism Assistance
P.L. 480: Public Law 480 -- Food Aid
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All figures
in US dollars.
Sources:
Unless stated otherwise, data are current CIA estimates from the World
Factbook.
Ethnic Groups -- US Department of State
External Debt -- World Bank
Unemployment
(age 15+) -- International Labor Organization
Poverty Rate (below $2 a day, unless otherwise stated) -- UNDP Human
Development Report 2009
Ratio of Richest 10% to Poorest 10% (ratio of income or expenditure share) --
UNDP Human Development Report 2009
Gini Index (a scale of 0-100 where 0 equals perfect equality) -- UNDP Human
Development Report 2009
Literacy (adult) -- UNDP Human Development Report 2009
Human Development Index (measurement based on life expectancy,
education, and GDP index in 2007) -- UNDP Human Development Report 2009
HIV/AIDS Prevalence in Adults -- "Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic,"
UNAIDS 2008
Infant Mortality Rates -- World Health Organization
Maternal Mortality Rates -- World Health Organization
Free Trade
Agreements -- Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; European Commission
Tourism -- World Tourism Organization
Military Expenditures -- Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Arms Imports/Exports (1995 to present): Major conventional arms -- Stockholm
International Peace Research Institute; Small arms -- The Norwegian Initiative
on Small Arms Transfers
US Military Personnel -- Defense Manpower Data Center (DoD), Statistical
Information Analysis Section (2009)
US Military Bases -- Global Security
US Aid -- US Department of State Bureau of Resource Management
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