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Mauritania Population and Housing Census 2013

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Recensement Général de la Population et de l’Habitat (RGPH2013)
Provider 
National Office of Statistics (Mauritania)
Tabulations only
Geography 
Mauritania (MRT)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
03/2013 - 04/2013
Data type
Census:
  • Household
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Subnationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The 2013 Mauritania Census of Population and Housing was conducted by the National Office of Statistics. The questionnaire covered a variety of demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, as well as questions on disability, household deaths, and their causes. The total population of Mauritania in 2013 was enumerated at 3,387,868.

Keywords 
Adult mortality, Assets, Birth place, Cancers, Child mortality, Cooking fuels, Disability, Domestic migration, Drownings, Education, Employment, Family composition, Family size, Fertility, Hearing loss, Hepatitis, Household air pollution, Household deaths, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Hypertension, Infant mortality, Infectious diseases, International migration, Internet, Ischemic heart disease, Languages, Lighting, Literacy, Live births, Malaria, Marital status, Marriage age, Mass media, Maternal mortality, Mental and behavioral disorders, Mortality, Population, Refrigeration, Road traffic injuries, Sanitation, School enrollment, Summary birth history, Telephones, Transportation, Tuberculosis, Unintentional injuries, Vision loss, Waste disposal, Water supply
GHDx Entry last modified on: Sep 6, 2023