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The importance of women is overall seen work and labor wise, but men still dominate . In the south, women do the cooking and cleaning while the men feed the family and work, and in the north, women are not supposed to do physical work, which they find very demeaning.
In court, two women are only counted as one witness. Marriages are still forced or arranged many times, and women are commonly raped and terrorized.

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The population of Mauritania is currently around 3.5 million. Their natural increase is 2.4 %, meaning the population is growing at a fairly rapid pace. 40% of these children are younger than 15 years old, and the total fertility rate is 4.4 children per woman. The projected population for 2025 is 4.7 million and it is expected to be 7.1 million in 2050. Although the amount of people is still very low, it will be growing very quickly. Since the country relies mainly on agriculture, the families have more children to help with the farm, and women don't have ways to prevent pregnancies.

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Mauritania produces crude oil, iron, cement, quartz, copper, gypsum, salt and steel. They also have easy access to fish and have lots of agricultural resources. However, the people are still poor. Additionally, they are the third largest iron producing country in the world, with 12 million tons per year which they expect to rise to 25 million in the near future.

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Only about half of Mauritanian children complete elementary school, and only 1/5 of the children attend high school. They are lacking education. The country's first university, the University of Nouakchott, was founded in 1981. They were very late on this, while countries like The United States had a university in 1693 (Harvard).

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Mauritania has a very weak economy and is poor and undeveloped. They require aid from other countries to balance their budget. The economy is largely based on agriculture, while half of Mauritanians are farmers and livestock herders.

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The life expectancy, as of 2011, is 59 years. This could be because some of them live Nomadic lives, meaning they move from place to place in the desert with their cattle in search of waterholes and pastureland . If not obtained, they could die at a young age.

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Most Mauritanians are Muslims. The Ethnic makeup is Arab-Berber, Arab-Berber-Negroid, Haalpulaar, Soninke, and Wolof.

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As of 2013, the population of Mauritania is 3.89 million.