Religion in Mauritania

The people of Mauritania are overwhelmingly adherents of Sunni Islam, of the Maliki school of jurisprudence.

The country’s Islamic identity is deeply tied to its political system: Mauritania is constitutionally an Islamic Republic, and Islamic law has a major influence on its legal and social frameworks.

Mauritania is a country in Africa, bordering Algeria, Mali, Senegal, and the Western Sahara (currently controlled by Morocco). According to the CIA 100% of Mauritanian citizens are Muslim, although there is a small community of Christians, essentially of foreign nationality.

In 2004, the two largest Sufi Muslim tariqas in Mauritania were Tijaniyyah and Qadiriyya. There was no record of Sufis in the country in 2022.

Religion in Mauritania (ARDA 2025 est.)
  1. Sunni (99.2%)
  2. Ethnic Religion (0.46%)
  3. Christianity (0.21%)
  4. None (0.11%)
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