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Vital Statistics
Areal extent: 1,025,520 sq.km.~
Population (2001): 2,700,000*
Population density: 2.63 per sq. km.
Urban population % (1975/2001): 20.3/59*
Population growth (1990-1997): 2.5% p.a.*
Life expectancy males/females (1996): 52/55*
Fertility rate (1970-1975/2000-2005): 6.5/5.8*
Capital: Nouakshott
Largest city/population (1992): Nouakshott/480,000~
GDP per capita 1997): $366*
Human Development Index rating/index (2001): 154/0.454
* = UNDP 2003
** World Resources Institute
~ = Instituto del Tercer Mundo 1997
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