Mauritania vs Nigeria statistics compared

Mauritania has a population of 5.17M (ranked 125/197), compared with 233M in Nigeria (ranked 6/197). Mauritania's land area is 397,955 sq mi versus 351,650 sq mi for Nigeria (ranked 28th vs. 30th).

By GDP, Mauritania ranks 152/197 ($10.8B) and Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B). By GDP per capita, Mauritania ranks 157/197 ($2,083), while Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807).

Mauritania and Nigeria: Comparison Charts

Mauritania and Nigeria economies compared

GDP

Mauritania

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP
	Mauritania	Nigeria
1960	-	$4,196,174,502
1961	$159,213,430	$4,467,287,893
1962	$164,271,558	$4,909,399,176
1963	$168,186,297	$5,165,590,254
1964	$224,495,744	$5,552,931,319
1965	$255,340,475	$5,874,537,650
1966	$266,533,605	$6,366,917,453
1967	$282,615,310	$5,203,237,919
1968	$311,395,937	$5,200,997,920
1969	$295,062,308	$6,634,317,346
1970	$309,405,316	$12,546,094,982
1971	$335,568,907	$9,181,769,912
1972	$391,669,449	$12,274,416,018
1973	$493,237,876	$15,162,871,287
1974	$613,010,553	$24,846,641,318
1975	$703,377,837	$27,778,934,625
1976	$775,045,517	$36,308,883,249
1977	$799,030,017	$36,035,407,725
1978	$804,629,877	$36,527,862,209
1979	$951,900,945	$47,259,911,894
1980	$1,047,925,106	$64,201,788,123
1981	$1,105,494,682	$164,475,209,516
1982	$1,108,776,653	$142,769,363,314
1983	$1,165,171,263	$97,094,911,792
1984	$1,074,373,230	$73,484,359,521
1985	$1,009,723,326	$73,745,821,158
1986	$1,186,628,778	$54,805,852,581
1987	$1,344,664,725	$52,676,041,931
1988	$1,414,951,290	$49,648,470,440
1989	$1,450,647,019	$44,003,061,108
1990	$1,506,914,408	$54,035,795,388
1991	$2,133,692,697	$59,526,833,412
1992	$2,164,298,425	$52,058,181,854
1993	$1,847,353,211	$56,721,051,402
1994	$1,944,876,755	$80,399,613,064
1995	$2,091,726,101	$140,919,776,986
1996	$2,132,087,009	$185,730,236,700
1997	$2,071,996,564	$200,850,397,618
1998	$2,032,347,665	$218,416,200,673
1999	$1,985,922,776	$59,145,077,039
2000	$1,779,520,886	$69,171,451,627
2001	$1,746,063,558	$73,557,840,064
2002	$1,777,057,481	$95,054,059,303
2003	$2,051,147,607	$104,738,954,264
2004	$2,362,501,023	$135,764,731,646
2005	$2,936,019,526	$175,670,569,969
2006	$3,919,577,286	$238,454,997,161
2007	$4,346,212,355	$278,260,846,800
2008	$5,206,437,194	$339,476,276,258
2009	$4,714,595,548	$295,008,835,381
2010	$5,628,878,798	$366,990,417,129
2011	$6,764,627,746	$414,466,676,831
2012	$6,728,208,836	$463,971,018,239
2013	$7,223,071,097	$520,117,180,314
2014	$6,592,537,782	$574,183,763,412
2015	$6,166,863,897	$493,026,682,801
2016	$6,398,747,592	$404,649,125,252
2017	$6,800,135,898	$375,745,731,053
2018	$7,473,550,557	$421,739,251,509
2019	$7,894,764,886	$474,517,490,844
2020	$8,260,752,385	$432,198,898,468
2021	$9,222,536,364	$440,833,635,874
2022	$9,557,966,698	$477,403,400,101
2023	$10,651,709,314	$363,846,332,835
2024	$10,766,731,874	$187,759,703,100

Mauritania and Nigeria economies compared

GDP per capita

Mauritania

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Mauritania	Nigeria
1960	-	$93.1
1961	$188.2	$97.1
1962	$189	$104.5
1963	$188.2	$107.7
1964	$244.3	$113.3
1965	$270	$117.3
1966	$273.6	$124.4
1967	$281.5	$99.5
1968	$301	$97.3
1969	$276.6	$121.4
1970	$281.3	$224.5
1971	$296	$160.5
1972	$335	$209.5
1973	$410	$252.4
1974	$494	$403
1975	$551	$438
1976	$589	$556
1977	$590	$536
1978	$578	$527
1979	$664	$661
1980	$711	$870
1981	$729	$2,162
1982	$710	$1,822
1983	$725	$1,207
1984	$650	$890
1985	$593	$869
1986	$677	$628
1987	$746	$588
1988	$762	$540
1989	$762	$465
1990	$772	$556
1991	$1,062	$597
1992	$1,036	$509
1993	$850	$540
1994	$865	$745
1995	$905	$1,272
1996	$904	$1,633
1997	$859	$1,720
1998	$821	$1,822
1999	$781	$481
2000	$681	$547
2001	$652	$566
2002	$649	$712
2003	$732	$763
2004	$824	$962
2005	$999	$1,211
2006	$1,301	$1,600
2007	$1,405	$1,816
2008	$1,636	$2,154
2009	$1,435	$1,820
2010	$1,660	$2,202
2011	$1,931	$2,418
2012	$1,859	$2,633
2013	$1,934	$2,873
2014	$1,713	$3,089
2015	$1,555	$2,586
2016	$1,566	$2,070
2017	$1,615	$1,876
2018	$1,723	$2,058
2019	$1,767	$2,265
2020	$1,796	$2,020
2021	$1,948	$2,017
2022	$1,960	$2,139
2023	$2,121	$1,597
2024	$2,083	$807

Mauritania vs. Nigeria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Mauritania

Nigeria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Mauritania	Nigeria
1950	38.4	35.5
1951	38.8	35.7
1952	39.2	35.9
1953	39.6	36
1954	40.1	36.2
1955	40.6	36.3
1956	41.1	36.5
1957	41.7	36.6
1958	42.3	36.8
1959	42.9	37
1960	43.6	37.2
1961	44.3	37.4
1962	45	37.6
1963	45.8	37.8
1964	46.6	38
1965	47.4	38.2
1966	48.1	38.4
1967	48.9	37.5
1968	49.5	38.6
1969	50.1	38.9
1970	50.5	40
1971	50.8	40.6
1972	51	41.3
1973	51.2	41.8
1974	51.4	42.5
1975	51.6	43.1
1976	51.8	44.2
1977	52	44.8
1978	52.3	45.3
1979	52.8	45.7
1980	53.2	46
1981	53.7	46.3
1982	54.2	46.4
1983	54.6	46.4
1984	55.2	46.3
1985	55.8	46.2
1986	56.3	46
1987	57	45.9
1988	57.5	45.8
1989	57.7	45.8
1990	58.1	45.7
1991	58.3	45.5
1992	58.6	45.6
1993	58.7	45.8
1994	58.8	45.7
1995	58.9	45.9
1996	58.9	45.8
1997	59.4	46
1998	59.9	46.1
1999	60.4	46.6
2000	61	47.1
2001	61.7	47.5
2002	62.2	48
2003	62.8	48.6
2004	63.4	49.1
2005	63.9	49.5
2006	64.5	49.9
2007	64.9	50.4
2008	65.2	50.7
2009	65.5	51.1
2010	65.7	51.3
2011	65.8	51.5
2012	65.8	51.7
2013	65.9	51.8
2014	66.2	51.9
2015	66.5	51.9
2016	66.8	52.2
2017	67.1	52.4
2018	67.4	52.7
2019	67.6	53
2020	66.8	53.1
2021	66.8	53.5
2022	68.3	54.1
2023	68.5	54.5
2024	68.7	54.6
2025	68.9	54.8

Mauritania and Nigeria population clocks and comparison

Population

Mauritania

Nigeria

Table

Year	Population
	Mauritania	Nigeria
1960	824,298	45,053,782
1961	846,167	45,989,310
1962	869,184	46,965,292
1963	893,423	47,973,575
1964	918,955	49,012,016
1965	945,838	50,086,764
1966	974,157	51,188,234
1967	1,003,843	52,293,065
1968	1,034,739	53,432,783
1969	1,066,754	54,631,914
1970	1,099,806	55,893,838
1971	1,133,702	57,214,684
1972	1,168,355	58,601,748
1973	1,203,838	60,082,139
1974	1,240,188	61,679,144
1975	1,277,330	63,410,815
1976	1,315,336	65,258,009
1977	1,353,768	67,234,590
1978	1,392,713	69,326,532
1979	1,432,758	71,498,242
1980	1,474,043	73,764,641
1981	1,516,877	76,068,103
1982	1,561,176	78,378,701
1983	1,606,746	80,438,260
1984	1,653,693	82,526,443
1985	1,702,107	84,897,973
1986	1,751,835	87,235,953
1987	1,803,014	89,591,716
1988	1,855,859	92,020,090
1989	1,903,048	94,531,014
1990	1,951,878	97,120,925
1991	2,009,738	99,720,162
1992	2,088,135	102,372,770
1993	2,174,328	105,122,069
1994	2,249,454	107,935,714
1995	2,312,017	110,819,428
1996	2,358,188	113,754,779
1997	2,411,306	116,754,792
1998	2,474,651	119,846,254
1999	2,541,698	123,047,320
2000	2,613,441	126,382,494
2001	2,678,760	129,862,595
2002	2,738,655	133,471,989
2003	2,802,046	137,202,644
2004	2,868,664	141,057,045
2005	2,939,059	145,017,253
2006	3,013,660	149,077,334
2007	3,093,059	153,267,261
2008	3,183,269	157,595,014
2009	3,284,448	162,049,464
2010	3,390,965	166,642,886
2011	3,502,811	171,379,598
2012	3,619,034	176,200,625
2013	3,734,318	181,049,443
2014	3,848,514	185,896,915
2015	3,965,959	190,671,878
2016	4,086,657	195,443,700
2017	4,210,600	200,254,579
2018	4,337,685	204,938,755
2019	4,467,708	209,485,641
2020	4,600,131	213,996,181
2021	4,734,874	218,529,286
2022	4,875,637	223,150,896
2023	5,022,441	227,882,945
2024	5,169,395	232,679,478

Fertility rates in Mauritania and Nigeria

Fertility rate

Mauritania

Nigeria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Mauritania	Nigeria
1960	6.15	6.36
1961	6.2	6.35
1962	6.24	6.36
1963	6.31	6.35
1964	6.37	6.36
1965	6.44	6.37
1966	6.52	6.39
1967	6.57	6.4
1968	6.6	6.42
1969	6.64	6.44
1970	6.68	6.47
1971	6.7	6.53
1972	6.71	6.58
1973	6.72	6.63
1974	6.73	6.7
1975	6.71	6.77
1976	6.73	6.81
1977	6.74	6.86
1978	6.73	6.92
1979	6.7	6.89
1980	6.67	6.85
1981	6.64	6.82
1982	6.59	6.8
1983	6.54	6.78
1984	6.48	6.7
1985	6.42	6.62
1986	6.34	6.56
1987	6.27	6.5
1988	6.21	6.5
1989	6.2	6.49
1990	6.18	6.46
1991	6.16	6.43
1992	6.13	6.39
1993	6.09	6.35
1994	6.06	6.32
1995	5.96	6.27
1996	5.86	6.22
1997	5.74	6.14
1998	5.62	6.07
1999	5.52	6.08
2000	5.46	6.12
2001	5.41	6.13
2002	5.37	6.12
2003	5.36	6.1
2004	5.37	6.09
2005	5.38	6.06
2006	5.4	6.05
2007	5.43	6.03
2008	5.44	6.02
2009	5.41	5.99
2010	5.38	5.95
2011	5.38	5.89
2012	5.35	5.8
2013	5.32	5.69
2014	5.26	5.62
2015	5.21	5.5
2016	5.16	5.34
2017	5.11	5.18
2018	5.04	5.02
2019	4.98	4.86
2020	4.91	4.7
2021	4.85	4.64
2022	4.77	4.55
2023	4.7	4.48

Mauritania and Nigeria demographics compared

Median age

Mauritania

Nigeria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Mauritania	Nigeria
1960	18.8	19.3
1961	18.8	19.3
1962	18.8	19.3
1963	18.8	19.3
1964	18.8	19.3
1965	18.7	19.3
1966	18.6	19.3
1967	18.5	19.2
1968	18.4	19.2
1969	18.3	19.1
1970	18.1	18.9
1971	17.9	18.8
1972	17.7	18.7
1973	17.6	18.6
1974	17.4	18.5
1975	17.3	18.4
1976	17.2	18.3
1977	17.1	18.2
1978	17.1	18
1979	17	17.9
1980	17	17.8
1981	17	17.7
1982	17	17.6
1983	17	17.5
1984	17	17.4
1985	17	17.3
1986	17	17.3
1987	17.1	17.3
1988	17.1	17.3
1989	17.1	17.3
1990	17.1	17.3
1991	17.2	17.3
1992	17.3	17.4
1993	17.6	17.4
1994	17.6	17.5
1995	17.6	17.6
1996	17.5	17.6
1997	17.5	17.7
1998	17.5	17.8
1999	17.6	17.9
2000	17.7	17.9
2001	17.7	17.9
2002	17.7	17.9
2003	17.7	17.9
2004	17.7	17.9
2005	17.7	17.9
2006	17.6	17.9
2007	17.6	17.9
2008	17.7	17.8
2009	17.8	17.8
2010	17.8	17.8
2011	17.9	17.7
2012	17.8	17.7
2013	17.8	17.7
2014	17.8	17.7
2015	17.8	17.8
2016	17.8	17.8
2017	17.8	17.9
2018	17.8	18
2019	17.9	18.2
2020	17.9	18.3
2021	18	18.5
2022	18.1	18.7
2023	18.2	18.8
2024	18.4	19

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