Mauritania vs Niger statistics compared

Mauritania has a population of 5.17M (ranked 125/197), compared with 27M in Niger (ranked 55/197). Mauritania's land area is 397,955 sq mi versus 489,076 sq mi for Niger (ranked 28th vs. 20th).

By GDP, Mauritania ranks 152/197 ($10.8B) and Niger ranks 132/197 ($19.5B). By GDP per capita, Mauritania ranks 157/197 ($2,083), while Niger ranks 187/197 ($723).

Mauritania and Niger: Comparison Charts

Mauritania and Niger economies compared

GDP

Mauritania

Niger

Table

Year	GDP
	Mauritania	Niger
1960	-	$449,526,873
1961	$159,213,430	$485,785,231
1962	$164,271,558	$531,736,599
1963	$168,186,297	$586,294,879
1964	$224,495,744	$582,816,396
1965	$255,340,475	$673,383,511
1966	$266,533,605	$702,296,079
1967	$282,615,310	$665,586,872
1968	$311,395,937	$641,214,226
1969	$295,062,308	$625,867,985
1970	$309,405,316	$649,916,621
1971	$335,568,907	$693,573,704
1972	$391,669,449	$742,779,661
1973	$493,237,876	$946,385,105
1974	$613,010,553	$1,026,137,111
1975	$703,377,837	$1,048,690,933
1976	$775,045,517	$1,064,517,601
1977	$799,030,017	$1,291,458,041
1978	$804,629,877	$1,774,365,590
1979	$951,900,945	$2,109,277,666
1980	$1,047,925,106	$2,508,524,721
1981	$1,105,494,682	$2,170,893,414
1982	$1,108,776,653	$2,017,612,216
1983	$1,165,171,263	$1,803,099,561
1984	$1,074,373,230	$1,461,243,326
1985	$1,009,723,326	$1,440,581,652
1986	$1,186,628,778	$1,904,096,998
1987	$1,344,664,725	$2,233,006,105
1988	$1,414,951,290	$2,280,356,193
1989	$1,450,647,019	$2,179,567,114
1990	$1,506,914,408	$3,512,356,508
1991	$2,133,692,697	$3,285,796,875
1992	$2,164,298,425	$3,386,232,579
1993	$1,847,353,211	$3,052,673,849
1994	$1,944,876,755	$1,938,058,175
1995	$2,091,726,101	$2,302,537,562
1996	$2,132,087,009	$2,405,686,940
1997	$2,071,996,564	$2,290,318,910
1998	$2,032,347,665	$2,643,363,519
1999	$1,985,922,776	$2,537,789,821
2000	$1,779,520,886	$2,241,753,193
2001	$1,746,063,558	$2,448,714,704
2002	$1,777,057,481	$2,782,192,879
2003	$2,051,147,607	$3,394,084,732
2004	$2,362,501,023	$3,760,443,738
2005	$2,936,019,526	$4,383,315,965
2006	$3,919,577,286	$4,756,361,252
2007	$4,346,212,355	$5,731,485,052
2008	$5,206,437,194	$7,297,600,226
2009	$4,714,595,548	$7,352,131,310
2010	$5,628,878,798	$7,851,192,502
2011	$6,764,627,746	$8,772,950,778
2012	$6,728,208,836	$9,426,912,648
2013	$7,223,071,097	$10,224,897,438
2014	$6,592,537,782	$10,862,943,544
2015	$6,166,863,897	$9,683,867,926
2016	$6,398,747,592	$10,398,861,982
2017	$6,800,135,898	$11,185,104,252
2018	$7,473,550,557	$12,837,307,497
2019	$7,894,764,886	$12,889,555,561
2020	$8,260,752,385	$13,744,653,103
2021	$9,222,536,364	$14,915,002,436
2022	$9,557,966,698	$15,433,852,714
2023	$10,651,709,314	$16,698,786,973
2024	$10,766,731,874	$19,537,639,288

Mauritania and Niger economies compared

GDP per capita

Mauritania

Niger

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Mauritania	Niger
1960	-	$128.3
1961	$188.2	$134.6
1962	$189	$143.2
1963	$188.2	$153.3
1964	$244.3	$148.1
1965	$270	$166.3
1966	$273.6	$168.6
1967	$281.5	$155.4
1968	$301	$145.6
1969	$276.6	$138.3
1970	$281.3	$139.8
1971	$296	$145.2
1972	$335	$151.4
1973	$410	$187.9
1974	$494	$198.3
1975	$551	$197.2
1976	$589	$194.8
1977	$590	$229.8
1978	$578	$307
1979	$664	$354
1980	$711	$409
1981	$729	$343
1982	$710	$310
1983	$725	$268.8
1984	$650	$211.5
1985	$593	$202.4
1986	$677	$259.6
1987	$746	$295.3
1988	$762	$292.6
1989	$762	$271.3
1990	$772	$424
1991	$1,062	$384
1992	$1,036	$384
1993	$850	$335
1994	$865	$206.2
1995	$905	$237
1996	$904	$239.5
1997	$859	$220.6
1998	$821	$246.1
1999	$781	$228.3
2000	$681	$194.8
2001	$652	$205.4
2002	$649	$225.3
2003	$732	$265.2
2004	$824	$283.5
2005	$999	$319
2006	$1,301	$333
2007	$1,405	$387
2008	$1,636	$475
2009	$1,435	$461
2010	$1,660	$474
2011	$1,931	$511
2012	$1,859	$529
2013	$1,934	$552
2014	$1,713	$565
2015	$1,555	$486
2016	$1,566	$503
2017	$1,615	$522
2018	$1,723	$579
2019	$1,767	$562
2020	$1,796	$580
2021	$1,948	$609
2022	$1,960	$610
2023	$2,121	$638
2024	$2,083	$723

Mauritania vs. Niger life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Mauritania

Niger

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Mauritania	Niger
1950	38.4	35.9
1951	38.8	35.9
1952	39.2	35.9
1953	39.6	35.9
1954	40.1	36
1955	40.6	36
1956	41.1	36
1957	41.7	36.1
1958	42.3	36.1
1959	42.9	36.1
1960	43.6	36.2
1961	44.3	36.3
1962	45	36.3
1963	45.8	36.4
1964	46.6	36.5
1965	47.4	36.4
1966	48.1	36.3
1967	48.9	36.2
1968	49.5	36.1
1969	50.1	36
1970	50.5	35.9
1971	50.8	35.3
1972	51	35.8
1973	51.2	35.9
1974	51.4	36.2
1975	51.6	36.6
1976	51.8	37.1
1977	52	37.7
1978	52.3	38.3
1979	52.8	38.9
1980	53.2	39.3
1981	53.7	39.6
1982	54.2	39.8
1983	54.6	40
1984	55.2	40
1985	55.8	40.1
1986	56.3	40.3
1987	57	40.5
1988	57.5	40.8
1989	57.7	41.2
1990	58.1	41.7
1991	58.3	42.3
1992	58.6	43.1
1993	58.7	43.8
1994	58.8	44.6
1995	58.9	45.5
1996	58.9	46.3
1997	59.4	47.1
1998	59.9	47.8
1999	60.4	48.5
2000	61	49.2
2001	61.7	49.9
2002	62.2	50.6
2003	62.8	51.5
2004	63.4	52.4
2005	63.9	53.3
2006	64.5	54.2
2007	64.9	55.1
2008	65.2	55.9
2009	65.5	56.5
2010	65.7	57.1
2011	65.8	57.6
2012	65.8	58
2013	65.9	58.4
2014	66.2	58.7
2015	66.5	58.8
2016	66.8	59.2
2017	67.1	59.5
2018	67.4	59.8
2019	67.6	60
2020	66.8	59.9
2021	66.8	59.5
2022	68.3	60.4
2023	68.5	61.2
2024	68.7	61.4
2025	68.9	61.7

Mauritania and Niger population clocks and comparison

Population

Mauritania

Niger

Table

Year	Population
	Mauritania	Niger
1960	824,298	3,505,050
1961	846,167	3,608,162
1962	869,184	3,714,520
1963	893,423	3,823,873
1964	918,955	3,935,814
1965	945,838	4,049,695
1966	974,157	4,165,544
1967	1,003,843	4,283,590
1968	1,034,739	4,403,637
1969	1,066,754	4,525,725
1970	1,099,806	4,650,275
1971	1,133,702	4,776,225
1972	1,168,355	4,904,845
1973	1,203,838	5,037,865
1974	1,240,188	5,174,953
1975	1,277,330	5,317,019
1976	1,315,336	5,464,962
1977	1,353,768	5,619,716
1978	1,392,713	5,782,932
1979	1,432,758	5,955,556
1980	1,474,043	6,135,971
1981	1,516,877	6,322,006
1982	1,561,176	6,512,732
1983	1,606,746	6,708,644
1984	1,653,693	6,909,971
1985	1,702,107	7,118,457
1986	1,751,835	7,335,811
1987	1,803,014	7,561,150
1988	1,855,859	7,793,748
1989	1,903,048	8,034,780
1990	1,951,878	8,286,059
1991	2,009,738	8,546,900
1992	2,088,135	8,817,633
1993	2,174,328	9,100,789
1994	2,249,454	9,398,258
1995	2,312,017	9,714,529
1996	2,358,188	10,044,852
1997	2,411,306	10,383,969
1998	2,474,651	10,741,413
1999	2,541,698	11,117,411
2000	2,613,441	11,509,630
2001	2,678,760	11,920,647
2002	2,738,655	12,349,144
2003	2,802,046	12,796,984
2004	2,868,664	13,265,836
2005	2,939,059	13,756,192
2006	3,013,660	14,268,581
2007	3,093,059	14,803,610
2008	3,183,269	15,361,915
2009	3,284,448	15,943,675
2010	3,390,965	16,548,835
2011	3,502,811	17,176,283
2012	3,619,034	17,836,769
2013	3,734,318	18,519,898
2014	3,848,514	19,215,909
2015	3,965,959	19,939,498
2016	4,086,657	20,685,753
2017	4,210,600	21,435,446
2018	4,337,685	22,188,069
2019	4,467,708	22,947,757
2020	4,600,131	23,717,613
2021	4,734,874	24,502,140
2022	4,875,637	25,311,973
2023	5,022,441	26,159,867
2024	5,169,395	27,032,412

Fertility rates in Mauritania and Niger

Fertility rate

Mauritania

Niger

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Mauritania	Niger
1960	6.15	7.53
1961	6.2	7.51
1962	6.24	7.5
1963	6.31	7.49
1964	6.37	7.48
1965	6.44	7.47
1966	6.52	7.48
1967	6.57	7.49
1968	6.6	7.5
1969	6.64	7.51
1970	6.68	7.51
1971	6.7	7.52
1972	6.71	7.52
1973	6.72	7.53
1974	6.73	7.54
1975	6.71	7.54
1976	6.73	7.56
1977	6.74	7.6
1978	6.73	7.66
1979	6.7	7.72
1980	6.67	7.78
1981	6.64	7.82
1982	6.59	7.86
1983	6.54	7.9
1984	6.48	7.92
1985	6.42	7.93
1986	6.34	7.9
1987	6.27	7.87
1988	6.21	7.84
1989	6.2	7.82
1990	6.18	7.81
1991	6.16	7.8
1992	6.13	7.8
1993	6.09	7.79
1994	6.06	7.79
1995	5.96	7.78
1996	5.86	7.78
1997	5.74	7.8
1998	5.62	7.84
1999	5.52	7.84
2000	5.46	7.83
2001	5.41	7.81
2002	5.37	7.8
2003	5.36	7.79
2004	5.37	7.78
2005	5.38	7.77
2006	5.4	7.74
2007	5.43	7.73
2008	5.44	7.7
2009	5.41	7.68
2010	5.38	7.64
2011	5.38	7.59
2012	5.35	7.53
2013	5.32	7.45
2014	5.26	7.34
2015	5.21	7.22
2016	5.16	7.04
2017	5.11	6.87
2018	5.04	6.71
2019	4.98	6.54
2020	4.91	6.37
2021	4.85	6.2
2022	4.77	6.14
2023	4.7	6.06

Mauritania and Niger demographics compared

Median age

Mauritania

Niger

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Mauritania	Niger
1960	18.8	15.5
1961	18.8	15.5
1962	18.8	15.5
1963	18.8	15.5
1964	18.8	15.6
1965	18.7	15.6
1966	18.6	15.6
1967	18.5	15.7
1968	18.4	15.7
1969	18.3	15.8
1970	18.1	15.9
1971	17.9	15.9
1972	17.7	16
1973	17.6	16.1
1974	17.4	16.1
1975	17.3	16.2
1976	17.2	16.3
1977	17.1	16.3
1978	17.1	16.4
1979	17	16.4
1980	17	16.4
1981	17	16.4
1982	17	16.4
1983	17	16.4
1984	17	16.4
1985	17	16.4
1986	17	16.4
1987	17.1	16.4
1988	17.1	16.5
1989	17.1	16.5
1990	17.1	16.5
1991	17.2	16.6
1992	17.3	16.6
1993	17.6	16.6
1994	17.6	16.6
1995	17.6	16.6
1996	17.5	16.6
1997	17.5	16.5
1998	17.5	16.5
1999	17.6	16.4
2000	17.7	16.3
2001	17.7	16.2
2002	17.7	16.1
2003	17.7	16
2004	17.7	15.9
2005	17.7	15.8
2006	17.6	15.7
2007	17.6	15.5
2008	17.7	15.5
2009	17.8	15.4
2010	17.8	15.3
2011	17.9	15.3
2012	17.8	15.3
2013	17.8	15.3
2014	17.8	15.3
2015	17.8	15.4
2016	17.8	15.5
2017	17.8	15.6
2018	17.8	15.7
2019	17.9	15.8
2020	17.9	15.9
2021	18	16
2022	18.1	16.2
2023	18.2	16.3
2024	18.4	16.5

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