Mauritania vs Namibia statistics compared

Mauritania has a population of 5.17M (ranked 125/197), compared with 3.03M in Namibia (ranked 136/197). Mauritania's land area is 397,955 sq mi versus 317,874 sq mi for Namibia (ranked 28th vs. 33rd).

By GDP, Mauritania ranks 152/197 ($10.8B) and Namibia ranks 147/197 ($13.4B). By GDP per capita, Mauritania ranks 157/197 ($2,083), while Namibia ranks 126/197 ($4,413).

Mauritania and Namibia: Comparison Charts

Mauritania and Namibia economies compared

GDP

Mauritania

Namibia

Table

Year	GDP
	Mauritania	Namibia
1961	$159,213,430	-
1962	$164,271,558	-
1963	$168,186,297	-
1964	$224,495,744	-
1965	$255,340,475	-
1966	$266,533,605	-
1967	$282,615,310	-
1968	$311,395,937	-
1969	$295,062,308	-
1970	$309,405,316	-
1971	$335,568,907	-
1972	$391,669,449	-
1973	$493,237,876	-
1974	$613,010,553	-
1975	$703,377,837	-
1976	$775,045,517	-
1977	$799,030,017	-
1978	$804,629,877	-
1979	$951,900,945	-
1980	$1,047,925,106	$2,421,990,338
1981	$1,105,494,682	$2,249,908,578
1982	$1,108,776,653	$2,118,710,248
1983	$1,165,171,263	$2,297,400,688
1984	$1,074,373,230	$1,951,260,038
1985	$1,009,723,326	$1,608,237,350
1986	$1,186,628,778	$1,809,048,527
1987	$1,344,664,725	$2,300,068,217
1988	$1,414,951,290	$2,495,094,746
1989	$1,450,647,019	$2,535,135,798
1990	$1,506,914,408	$2,789,921,854
1991	$2,133,692,697	$2,996,869,281
1992	$2,164,298,425	$3,429,521,699
1993	$1,847,353,211	$3,251,188,833
1994	$1,944,876,755	$3,666,503,530
1995	$2,091,726,101	$3,978,514,206
1996	$2,132,087,009	$3,989,163,197
1997	$2,071,996,564	$4,154,989,950
1998	$2,032,347,665	$3,873,109,866
1999	$1,985,922,776	$3,868,551,730
2000	$1,779,520,886	$3,922,232,165
2001	$1,746,063,558	$3,557,341,215
2002	$1,777,057,481	$3,349,169,826
2003	$2,051,147,607	$4,926,439,384
2004	$2,362,501,023	$6,609,205,995
2005	$2,936,019,526	$7,248,374,838
2006	$3,919,577,286	$8,001,779,551
2007	$4,346,212,355	$8,839,536,476
2008	$5,206,437,194	$8,607,431,497
2009	$4,714,595,548	$8,938,847,189
2010	$5,628,878,798	$11,431,412,421
2011	$6,764,627,746	$12,523,359,441
2012	$6,728,208,836	$13,042,053,592
2013	$7,223,071,097	$12,043,307,277
2014	$6,592,537,782	$12,435,430,970
2015	$6,166,863,897	$11,335,161,084
2016	$6,398,747,592	$10,722,018,732
2017	$6,800,135,898	$12,895,153,371
2018	$7,473,550,557	$13,682,019,076
2019	$7,894,764,886	$12,541,928,303
2020	$8,260,752,385	$10,583,748,542
2021	$9,222,536,364	$12,402,486,184
2022	$9,557,966,698	$12,569,449,123
2023	$10,651,709,314	$12,408,271,448
2024	$10,766,731,874	$13,372,354,269

Mauritania and Namibia economies compared

GDP per capita

Mauritania

Namibia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Mauritania	Namibia
1961	$188.2	-
1962	$189	-
1963	$188.2	-
1964	$244.3	-
1965	$270	-
1966	$273.6	-
1967	$281.5	-
1968	$301	-
1969	$276.6	-
1970	$281.3	-
1971	$296	-
1972	$335	-
1973	$410	-
1974	$494	-
1975	$551	-
1976	$589	-
1977	$590	-
1978	$578	-
1979	$664	-
1980	$711	$2,468
1981	$729	$2,267
1982	$710	$2,097
1983	$725	$2,214
1984	$650	$1,830
1985	$593	$1,466
1986	$677	$1,599
1987	$746	$1,969
1988	$762	$2,063
1989	$762	$1,967
1990	$772	$2,037
1991	$1,062	$2,117
1992	$1,036	$2,347
1993	$850	$2,155
1994	$865	$2,356
1995	$905	$2,483
1996	$904	$2,423
1997	$859	$2,460
1998	$821	$2,235
1999	$781	$2,178
2000	$681	$2,157
2001	$652	$1,916
2002	$649	$1,772
2003	$732	$2,569
2004	$824	$3,403
2005	$999	$3,686
2006	$1,301	$4,017
2007	$1,405	$4,379
2008	$1,636	$4,205
2009	$1,435	$4,303
2010	$1,660	$5,418
2011	$1,931	$5,835
2012	$1,859	$5,943
2013	$1,934	$5,347
2014	$1,713	$5,378
2015	$1,555	$4,774
2016	$1,566	$4,396
2017	$1,615	$5,144
2018	$1,723	$5,309
2019	$1,767	$4,732
2020	$1,796	$3,879
2021	$1,948	$4,413
2022	$1,960	$4,350
2023	$2,121	$4,188
2024	$2,083	$4,413

Mauritania vs. Namibia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Mauritania

Namibia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Mauritania	Namibia
1950	38.4	41.9
1951	38.8	42.5
1952	39.2	43.1
1953	39.6	43.8
1954	40.1	44.4
1955	40.6	45
1956	41.1	45.7
1957	41.7	46.4
1958	42.3	47.1
1959	42.9	47.8
1960	43.6	48.5
1961	44.3	49.2
1962	45	50
1963	45.8	50.6
1964	46.6	51.3
1965	47.4	52
1966	48.1	52.3
1967	48.9	52.9
1968	49.5	53.6
1969	50.1	54.1
1970	50.5	54.7
1971	50.8	55.3
1972	51	55.8
1973	51.2	56.4
1974	51.4	56.9
1975	51.6	57.6
1976	51.8	58
1977	52	58.6
1978	52.3	59.1
1979	52.8	59.5
1980	53.2	56.6
1981	53.7	56.9
1982	54.2	57.3
1983	54.6	57.6
1984	55.2	58.1
1985	55.8	58.5
1986	56.3	58.7
1987	57	59.1
1988	57.5	59
1989	57.7	60.8
1990	58.1	61.4
1991	58.3	60.8
1992	58.6	60.2
1993	58.7	59.3
1994	58.8	58.4
1995	58.9	57.5
1996	58.9	56.6
1997	59.4	55.8
1998	59.9	54.8
1999	60.4	54
2000	61	52.9
2001	61.7	52
2002	62.2	52
2003	62.8	51.9
2004	63.4	52.2
2005	63.9	52.6
2006	64.5	53.2
2007	64.9	54
2008	65.2	54.7
2009	65.5	55.3
2010	65.7	56.1
2011	65.8	56.6
2012	65.8	57.7
2013	65.9	58.5
2014	66.2	59.3
2015	66.5	60
2016	66.8	60.8
2017	67.1	61.7
2018	67.4	62.6
2019	67.6	63.5
2020	66.8	64.1
2021	66.8	60.8
2022	68.3	64.2
2023	68.5	67.4
2024	68.7	67.5
2025	68.9	67.7

Mauritania and Namibia population clocks and comparison

Population

Mauritania

Namibia

Table

Year	Population
	Mauritania	Namibia
1960	824,298	591,465
1961	846,167	603,067
1962	869,184	615,759
1963	893,423	629,589
1964	918,955	644,530
1965	945,838	660,558
1966	974,157	677,655
1967	1,003,843	696,045
1968	1,034,739	715,542
1969	1,066,754	736,120
1970	1,099,806	757,868
1971	1,133,702	780,584
1972	1,168,355	804,399
1973	1,203,838	828,928
1974	1,240,188	854,320
1975	1,277,330	881,032
1976	1,315,336	906,566
1977	1,353,768	931,104
1978	1,392,713	947,269
1979	1,432,758	962,825
1980	1,474,043	981,434
1981	1,516,877	992,500
1982	1,561,176	1,010,308
1983	1,606,746	1,037,511
1984	1,653,693	1,065,989
1985	1,702,107	1,096,890
1986	1,751,835	1,131,081
1987	1,803,014	1,167,889
1988	1,855,859	1,209,696
1989	1,903,048	1,288,947
1990	1,951,878	1,369,303
1991	2,009,738	1,415,684
1992	2,088,135	1,461,322
1993	2,174,328	1,508,697
1994	2,249,454	1,556,304
1995	2,312,017	1,602,170
1996	2,358,188	1,646,103
1997	2,411,306	1,689,264
1998	2,474,651	1,732,745
1999	2,541,698	1,776,368
2000	2,613,441	1,818,647
2001	2,678,760	1,857,048
2002	2,738,655	1,889,970
2003	2,802,046	1,917,464
2004	2,868,664	1,942,082
2005	2,939,059	1,966,582
2006	3,013,660	1,991,888
2007	3,093,059	2,018,600
2008	3,183,269	2,047,056
2009	3,284,448	2,077,394
2010	3,390,965	2,109,811
2011	3,502,811	2,146,325
2012	3,619,034	2,194,654
2013	3,734,318	2,252,508
2014	3,848,514	2,312,139
2015	3,965,959	2,374,300
2016	4,086,657	2,439,213
2017	4,210,600	2,506,853
2018	4,337,685	2,577,327
2019	4,467,708	2,650,494
2020	4,600,131	2,728,762
2021	4,734,874	2,810,548
2022	4,875,637	2,889,662
2023	5,022,441	2,963,095
2024	5,169,395	3,030,131

Fertility rates in Mauritania and Namibia

Fertility rate

Mauritania

Namibia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Mauritania	Namibia
1960	6.15	6.24
1961	6.2	6.29
1962	6.24	6.35
1963	6.31	6.41
1964	6.37	6.43
1965	6.44	6.45
1966	6.52	6.47
1967	6.57	6.49
1968	6.6	6.5
1969	6.64	6.51
1970	6.68	6.52
1971	6.7	6.52
1972	6.71	6.53
1973	6.72	6.54
1974	6.73	6.55
1975	6.71	6.53
1976	6.73	6.49
1977	6.74	6.44
1978	6.73	6.38
1979	6.7	6.31
1980	6.67	6.24
1981	6.64	6.16
1982	6.59	6.08
1983	6.54	6
1984	6.48	5.94
1985	6.42	5.88
1986	6.34	5.79
1987	6.27	5.7
1988	6.21	5.61
1989	6.2	5.52
1990	6.18	5.4
1991	6.16	5.29
1992	6.13	5.11
1993	6.09	4.91
1994	6.06	4.68
1995	5.96	4.42
1996	5.86	4.2
1997	5.74	4.17
1998	5.62	4.18
1999	5.52	4.14
2000	5.46	3.99
2001	5.41	3.83
2002	5.37	3.69
2003	5.36	3.58
2004	5.37	3.55
2005	5.38	3.57
2006	5.4	3.6
2007	5.43	3.61
2008	5.44	3.62
2009	5.41	3.63
2010	5.38	3.66
2011	5.38	3.66
2012	5.35	3.68
2013	5.32	3.65
2014	5.26	3.64
2015	5.21	3.6
2016	5.16	3.57
2017	5.11	3.51
2018	5.04	3.46
2019	4.98	3.4
2020	4.91	3.35
2021	4.85	3.3
2022	4.77	3.25
2023	4.7	3.21

Mauritania and Namibia demographics compared

Median age

Mauritania

Namibia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Mauritania	Namibia
1960	18.8	18.9
1961	18.8	18.7
1962	18.8	18.6
1963	18.8	18.5
1964	18.8	18.4
1965	18.7	18.4
1966	18.6	18.3
1967	18.5	18.3
1968	18.4	18.2
1969	18.3	18.1
1970	18.1	18.1
1971	17.9	18
1972	17.7	17.9
1973	17.6	17.8
1974	17.4	17.7
1975	17.3	17.6
1976	17.2	17.5
1977	17.1	17.3
1978	17.1	17
1979	17	16.8
1980	17	16.6
1981	17	16.4
1982	17	16.3
1983	17	16.4
1984	17	16.5
1985	17	16.7
1986	17	16.9
1987	17.1	17
1988	17.1	17.3
1989	17.1	17.8
1990	17.1	18.3
1991	17.2	18.4
1992	17.3	18.4
1993	17.6	18.5
1994	17.6	18.5
1995	17.6	18.6
1996	17.5	18.7
1997	17.5	18.8
1998	17.5	18.9
1999	17.6	18.9
2000	17.7	19
2001	17.7	19.1
2002	17.7	19.2
2003	17.7	19.3
2004	17.7	19.4
2005	17.7	19.6
2006	17.6	19.7
2007	17.6	19.9
2008	17.7	20
2009	17.8	20.3
2010	17.8	20.5
2011	17.9	20.7
2012	17.8	20.9
2013	17.8	21.1
2014	17.8	21.3
2015	17.8	21.4
2016	17.8	21.5
2017	17.8	21.6
2018	17.8	21.7
2019	17.9	21.8
2020	17.9	21.8
2021	18	21.8
2022	18.1	21.8
2023	18.2	21.9
2024	18.4	22.1

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