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Mauritania vs Myanmar statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Mauritania has a population of 5.17M (ranked 125/197), compared with 54.5M in Myanmar (ranked 27/197). Mauritania's land area is 397,955 sq mi versus 251,997 sq mi for Myanmar (ranked 28th vs. 39th).

By GDP, Mauritania ranks 152/197 ($10.8B) and Myanmar ranks 85/197 ($74.1B). By GDP per capita, Mauritania ranks 157/197 ($2,083), while Myanmar ranks 165/197 ($1,359).

Main facts and rankings

Mauritania Myanmar
Population
5432542
55119090
Population rank 123/197 27/197
GDP
$10.8B
2024
$74.1B
2024
GDP rank 152/197 85/197
GDP per capita
$2,083
2024
$1,359
2024
GDP per capita rank 157/197 165/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$7,271
2024
$5,997
2024
Government debt
$4.84B
2024
$45.4B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
45.7%
2025
62.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$936
2024
$833
2024
Government debt per person rank 144/185 146/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$2,194
2025
$1,798
2025
Land area
397,955 sq mi
2025
251,997 sq mi
2025
Population density
13 ppl/mi²
2024
216.3 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
4.7
2023
2.12
2023
Median age
18.4 years
2024
30.8 years
2024
Life expectancy
68.9 years
2025
67.3 years
2025

Mauritania and Myanmar: Comparison Charts

Mauritania and Myanmar economies compared

GDP
Mauritania

Myanmar
Year GDP
Mauritania Myanmar
1960 - $545,098,448
1961 $159,213,430 $605,581,577
1962 $164,271,558 $634,528,872
1963 $168,186,297 $598,998,419
1964 $224,495,744 $411,419,906
1965 $255,340,475 $367,053,117
1966 $266,533,605 $293,103,479
1967 $282,615,310 $420,359,036
1968 $311,395,937 $559,956,130
1969 $295,062,308 $571,854,215
1970 $309,405,316 $563,555,631
1971 $335,568,907 $587,448,405
1972 $391,669,449 $662,213,083
1973 $493,237,876 $719,754,655
1974 $613,010,553 $1,225,589,878
1975 $703,377,837 $1,061,107,354
1976 $775,045,517 $1,204,699,849
1977 $799,030,017 $873,579,932
1978 $804,629,877 $935,408,775
1979 $951,900,945 $952,265,043
1980 $1,047,925,106 $1,038,225,167
1981 $1,105,494,682 $1,111,000,765
1982 $1,108,776,653 $1,481,165,468
1983 $1,165,171,263 $1,381,573,615
1984 $1,074,373,230 $1,304,063,253
1985 $1,009,723,326 $1,478,908,173
1986 $1,186,628,778 $1,582,873,750
1987 $1,344,664,725 $1,562,448,077
1988 $1,414,951,290 $1,541,088,312
1989 $1,450,647,019 $2,013,448,229
1990 $1,506,914,408 $2,115,193,513
1991 $2,133,692,697 $2,069,832,687
1992 $2,164,298,425 $2,411,552,289
1993 $1,847,353,211 $3,163,020,035
1994 $1,944,876,755 $4,432,257,174
1995 $2,091,726,101 $5,289,174,943
1996 $2,132,087,009 $6,123,556,717
1997 $2,071,996,564 $4,722,288,496
1998 $2,032,347,665 $6,459,461,639
1999 $1,985,922,776 $8,486,832,801
2000 $1,779,520,886 $8,905,066,164
2001 $1,746,063,558 $6,477,790,688
2002 $1,777,057,481 $6,777,632,512
2003 $2,051,147,607 $10,467,109,978
2004 $2,362,501,023 $10,567,354,056
2005 $2,936,019,526 $11,986,972,419
2006 $3,919,577,286 $14,502,553,710
2007 $4,346,212,355 $20,182,477,481
2008 $5,206,437,194 $31,862,554,102
2009 $4,714,595,548 $36,906,181,381
2010 $5,628,878,798 $49,540,813,342
2011 $6,764,627,746 $59,977,326,086
2012 $6,728,208,836 $59,937,796,648
2013 $7,223,071,097 $60,269,732,855
2014 $6,592,537,782 $65,531,374,200
2015 $6,166,863,897 $59,607,290,408
2016 $6,398,747,592 $63,298,361,996
2017 $6,800,135,898 $66,053,040,483
2018 $7,473,550,557 $67,860,515,990
2019 $7,894,764,886 $75,065,106,228
2020 $8,260,752,385 $79,006,113,643
2021 $9,222,536,364 $66,345,291,160
2022 $9,557,966,698 $62,253,049,892
2023 $10,651,709,314 $66,757,619,000
2024 $10,766,731,874 $74,079,772,652

Mauritania and Myanmar economies compared

GDP per capita
Mauritania

Myanmar
Year GDP per capita
Mauritania Myanmar
1960 - $25.1
1961 $188.2 $27.3
1962 $189 $27.9
1963 $188.2 $25.8
1964 $244.3 $17.3
1965 $270 $15.1
1966 $273.6 $11.8
1967 $281.5 $16.5
1968 $301 $21.5
1969 $276.6 $21.5
1970 $281.3 $20.7
1971 $296 $21.1
1972 $335 $23.3
1973 $410 $24.8
1974 $494 $41.4
1975 $551 $35.2
1976 $589 $39.2
1977 $590 $27.9
1978 $578 $29.3
1979 $664 $29.2
1980 $711 $31.2
1981 $729 $32.8
1982 $710 $43
1983 $725 $39.3
1984 $650 $36.3
1985 $593 $40.4
1986 $677 $42.4
1987 $746 $41.1
1988 $762 $39.9
1989 $762 $51.3
1990 $772 $53.1
1991 $1,062 $51.2
1992 $1,036 $58.9
1993 $850 $76.2
1994 $865 $105.4
1995 $905 $124.1
1996 $904 $141.9
1997 $859 $108
1998 $821 $146
1999 $781 $189.5
2000 $681 $196.6
2001 $652 $141.5
2002 $649 $146.6
2003 $732 $224.3
2004 $824 $224.5
2005 $999 $252.7
2006 $1,301 $303
2007 $1,405 $419
2008 $1,636 $658
2009 $1,435 $758
2010 $1,660 $1,011
2011 $1,931 $1,214
2012 $1,859 $1,203
2013 $1,934 $1,199
2014 $1,713 $1,293
2015 $1,555 $1,167
2016 $1,566 $1,229
2017 $1,615 $1,273
2018 $1,723 $1,298
2019 $1,767 $1,426
2020 $1,796 $1,490
2021 $1,948 $1,243
2022 $1,960 $1,158
2023 $2,121 $1,233
2024 $2,083 $1,359

Mauritania vs. Myanmar life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Mauritania

Myanmar
Year Life expectancy, years
Mauritania Myanmar
1950 38.4 35.7
1951 38.8 36.5
1952 39.2 37.7
1953 39.6 38.6
1954 40.1 39.6
1955 40.6 40.4
1956 41.1 41.2
1957 41.7 42
1958 42.3 42.8
1959 42.9 43.4
1960 43.6 44.1
1961 44.3 44.6
1962 45 45.3
1963 45.8 46
1964 46.6 46.7
1965 47.4 47.4
1966 48.1 48.2
1967 48.9 48.9
1968 49.5 49.4
1969 50.1 50
1970 50.5 50.5
1971 50.8 51
1972 51 51.4
1973 51.2 51.8
1974 51.4 52.1
1975 51.6 52.5
1976 51.8 52.9
1977 52 53.3
1978 52.3 53.5
1979 52.8 54
1980 53.2 54.4
1981 53.7 54.7
1982 54.2 55
1983 54.6 55.3
1984 55.2 55.6
1985 55.8 55.8
1986 56.3 56.1
1987 57 56.4
1988 57.5 56.6
1989 57.7 56.9
1990 58.1 57.2
1991 58.3 57.4
1992 58.6 57.7
1993 58.7 58
1994 58.8 58.3
1995 58.9 58.7
1996 58.9 59.2
1997 59.4 59.5
1998 59.9 59.9
1999 60.4 60.1
2000 61 60.4
2001 61.7 60.6
2002 62.2 60.9
2003 62.8 61.2
2004 63.4 61.4
2005 63.9 61.7
2006 64.5 62
2007 64.9 62.4
2008 65.2 56.4
2009 65.5 63.1
2010 65.7 63.5
2011 65.8 63.9
2012 65.8 64.3
2013 65.9 64.6
2014 66.2 65
2015 66.5 65.3
2016 66.8 65.6
2017 67.1 65.9
2018 67.4 66.2
2019 67.6 66.5
2020 66.8 66.6
2021 66.8 65.6
2022 68.3 66.5
2023 68.5 66.9
2024 68.7 67.1
2025 68.9 67.3

Mauritania and Myanmar population clocks and comparison

Population
Mauritania

Myanmar
Year Population
Mauritania Myanmar
1960 824,298 21,730,250
1961 846,167 22,210,581
1962 869,184 22,704,719
1963 893,423 23,213,408
1964 918,955 23,737,315
1965 945,838 24,279,431
1966 974,157 24,836,496
1967 1,003,843 25,406,429
1968 1,034,739 25,989,662
1969 1,066,754 26,585,112
1970 1,099,806 27,193,016
1971 1,133,702 27,807,219
1972 1,168,355 28,428,324
1973 1,203,838 29,026,388
1974 1,240,188 29,598,167
1975 1,277,330 30,176,565
1976 1,315,336 30,758,811
1977 1,353,768 31,355,966
1978 1,392,713 31,972,976
1979 1,432,758 32,596,550
1980 1,474,043 33,227,204
1981 1,516,877 33,858,783
1982 1,561,176 34,482,965
1983 1,606,746 35,162,715
1984 1,653,693 35,899,313
1985 1,702,107 36,622,827
1986 1,751,835 37,314,878
1987 1,803,014 37,971,594
1988 1,855,859 38,600,927
1989 1,903,048 39,214,618
1990 1,951,878 39,817,251
1991 2,009,738 40,394,154
1992 2,088,135 40,950,342
1993 2,174,328 41,502,429
1994 2,249,454 42,055,143
1995 2,312,017 42,605,338
1996 2,358,188 43,154,860
1997 2,411,306 43,708,798
1998 2,474,651 44,257,793
1999 2,541,698 44,787,724
2000 2,613,441 45,290,841
2001 2,678,760 45,771,139
2002 2,738,655 46,232,653
2003 2,802,046 46,667,192
2004 2,868,664 47,068,772
2005 2,939,059 47,438,365
2006 3,013,660 47,785,135
2007 3,093,059 48,125,043
2008 3,183,269 48,390,793
2009 3,284,448 48,660,459
2010 3,390,965 49,024,382
2011 3,502,811 49,419,820
2012 3,619,034 49,837,446
2013 3,734,318 50,262,658
2014 3,848,514 50,681,634
2015 3,965,959 51,089,056
2016 4,086,657 51,495,696
2017 4,210,600 51,894,938
2018 4,337,685 52,272,247
2019 4,467,708 52,640,713
2020 4,600,131 53,016,522
2021 4,734,874 53,387,102
2022 4,875,637 53,756,787
2023 5,022,441 54,133,798
2024 5,169,395 54,500,091

Fertility rates in Mauritania and Myanmar

Fertility rate
Mauritania

Myanmar
Year Fertility rate
Mauritania Myanmar
1960 6.15 5.9
1961 6.2 5.9
1962 6.24 5.9
1963 6.31 5.91
1964 6.37 5.91
1965 6.44 5.91
1966 6.52 5.88
1967 6.57 5.84
1968 6.6 5.8
1969 6.64 5.75
1970 6.68 5.68
1971 6.7 5.62
1972 6.71 5.53
1973 6.72 5.44
1974 6.73 5.34
1975 6.71 5.25
1976 6.73 5.16
1977 6.74 5.07
1978 6.73 4.99
1979 6.7 4.9
1980 6.67 4.79
1981 6.64 4.69
1982 6.59 4.66
1983 6.54 4.63
1984 6.48 4.52
1985 6.42 4.32
1986 6.34 4.08
1987 6.27 3.86
1988 6.21 3.67
1989 6.2 3.59
1990 6.18 3.5
1991 6.16 3.43
1992 6.13 3.35
1993 6.09 3.28
1994 6.06 3.2
1995 5.96 3.13
1996 5.86 3.06
1997 5.74 2.99
1998 5.62 2.91
1999 5.52 2.85
2000 5.46 2.81
2001 5.41 2.79
2002 5.37 2.77
2003 5.36 2.68
2004 5.37 2.59
2005 5.38 2.52
2006 5.4 2.47
2007 5.43 2.45
2008 5.44 2.4
2009 5.41 2.37
2010 5.38 2.34
2011 5.38 2.31
2012 5.35 2.28
2013 5.32 2.26
2014 5.26 2.25
2015 5.21 2.27
2016 5.16 2.27
2017 5.11 2.25
2018 5.04 2.23
2019 4.98 2.21
2020 4.91 2.18
2021 4.85 2.16
2022 4.77 2.13
2023 4.7 2.12

Mauritania and Myanmar demographics compared

Median age
Mauritania

Myanmar
Year Median age, years
Mauritania Myanmar
1960 18.8 20.9
1961 18.8 20.7
1962 18.8 20.5
1963 18.8 20.3
1964 18.8 20.1
1965 18.7 19.9
1966 18.6 19.8
1967 18.5 19.7
1968 18.4 19.6
1969 18.3 19.5
1970 18.1 19.5
1971 17.9 19.5
1972 17.7 19.6
1973 17.6 19.6
1974 17.4 19.7
1975 17.3 19.7
1976 17.2 19.8
1977 17.1 19.8
1978 17.1 19.9
1979 17 20
1980 17 20.1
1981 17 20.2
1982 17 20.3
1983 17 20.4
1984 17 20.5
1985 17 20.7
1986 17 20.9
1987 17.1 21.1
1988 17.1 21.3
1989 17.1 21.5
1990 17.1 21.7
1991 17.2 21.9
1992 17.3 22.1
1993 17.6 22.3
1994 17.6 22.5
1995 17.6 22.8
1996 17.5 23
1997 17.5 23.2
1998 17.5 23.5
1999 17.6 23.7
2000 17.7 24
2001 17.7 24.2
2002 17.7 24.5
2003 17.7 24.7
2004 17.7 25
2005 17.7 25.3
2006 17.6 25.5
2007 17.6 25.8
2008 17.7 26.2
2009 17.8 26.5
2010 17.8 26.8
2011 17.9 27.1
2012 17.8 27.4
2013 17.8 27.7
2014 17.8 28
2015 17.8 28.3
2016 17.8 28.6
2017 17.8 28.9
2018 17.8 29.2
2019 17.9 29.5
2020 17.9 29.7
2021 18 30
2022 18.1 30.3
2023 18.2 30.5
2024 18.4 30.8

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Mauritania Myanmar
GNI, Atlas method
$10.8B
2024
$66.3B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
25.5%
2025
21.9%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.72%
2023
2%
2019
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.55%
2023
3.79%
2023
Armed forces personnel
21,000
2020
463,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.27%
2025
-5.71%
2025
Unemployment rate
10.4%
2019
1.48%
2020
Services, % of GDP
43.2%
2024
41.4%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
30.6%
2024
37.8%
2024
Economic freedom index
54.9
2025
43.7
2025
Income share by richest 10%
24.6%
2019
25.5%
2017
Income share by poorest 10%
3.1%
2019
3.8%
2017
Total reserves including gold
$2.04B
2021
$9.34B
2023
Personal remittances received
$94.5M
2024
$1.15B
2024
International tourist arrivals
30,000
2000
903,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
0.23%
2020
14.3%
2019
Banked people share
27.3%
2024
47.8%
2021

Energy

Mauritania Myanmar
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita n/a
400 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use n/a
$14.3
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
4.65 megatons
2023
33.4 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.93 tons
2023
0.62 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share n/a
45.1%
2022
Renewable energy use share
19.6%
2022
62.9%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
3.7%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
-19%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
354 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
19.4%
2021
62.1%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
43.4%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
50.3%
2023
76.8%
2023

Society

Mauritania Myanmar
% of world population
0.06%
2024
0.67%
2024
Annual migration change
-2,185
2024
-37,979
2024
Urban population
58.5%
2024
32.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.43 ft
2025
5.47 ft
2025
Average female height
5.25 ft
2025
5.08 ft
2025
Quality of life index
29.4
2025
23
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
30
2024
16
2024
Higher education index
14
2025
13
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.02
2020
3.87
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
25.6
2019
20.4
2019
Visa free countries
65
2025
58
2025
Adult literacy rate
67%
2021
93.5%
2020
English speaking
4%
2025
4.45%
2023
People using the Internet
37.4%
2023
58.5%
2023

Health

Mauritania Myanmar
Government health expenditure per capita
$90.4
2022
$58
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$36.9
2022
$37.8
2022
Life expectancy
68.9 years
2025
67.3 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
17.5%
2022
13.1%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.24
2022
0.75
2019
Age at first childbirth
21.8 years
2025
24.7 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
381
2023
185
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
37.8
2023
38.7
2023
Obesity rate
23%
2022
7.71%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
5.2%
2024
6.7%
2024
Air quality index
26
2025
25
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
9.5%
2022
44.4%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0 liters
2020
1.93 liters
2020

Territory

Mauritania Myanmar
% of world land
0.69%
2025
0.44%
2025
Land area per capita
76,983 sq mi
2024
4,624 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
153,321 sq mi
2025
50,183 sq mi
2025
Forest area
1,145 sq mi
2025
106,853 sq mi
2025
Roads length
7,614 mi
2018
97,555 mi
2013

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