Mauritania vs Papua New Guinea statistics compared

Mauritania has a population of 5.17M (ranked 125/197), compared with 10.6M in Papua New Guinea (ranked 92/197). Mauritania's land area is 397,955 sq mi versus 174,850 sq mi for Papua New Guinea (ranked 28th vs. 54th).

By GDP, Mauritania ranks 152/197 ($10.8B) and Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B). By GDP per capita, Mauritania ranks 157/197 ($2,083), while Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076).

Mauritania and Papua New Guinea: Comparison Charts

Mauritania and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP

Mauritania

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP
	Mauritania	Papua New Guinea
1960	-	$230,496,037
1961	$159,213,430	$244,832,039
1962	$164,271,558	$261,184,042
1963	$168,186,297	$275,968,044
1964	$224,495,744	$305,312,049
1965	$255,340,475	$344,176,055
1966	$266,533,605	$390,992,063
1967	$282,615,310	$441,728,183
1968	$311,395,937	$485,184,190
1969	$295,062,308	$551,263,864
1970	$309,405,316	$645,568,215
1971	$335,568,907	$717,750,278
1972	$391,669,449	$858,761,926
1973	$493,237,876	$1,299,079,410
1974	$613,010,553	$1,467,417,672
1975	$703,377,837	$1,356,603,608
1976	$775,045,517	$1,511,843,235
1977	$799,030,017	$1,640,746,619
1978	$804,629,877	$1,947,878,831
1979	$951,900,945	$2,293,760,511
1980	$1,047,925,106	$2,545,808,456
1981	$1,105,494,682	$2,498,190,847
1982	$1,108,776,653	$2,368,719,683
1983	$1,165,171,263	$2,562,351,551
1984	$1,074,373,230	$2,552,662,617
1985	$1,009,723,326	$2,423,339,172
1986	$1,186,628,778	$2,647,995,602
1987	$1,344,664,725	$3,143,851,794
1988	$1,414,951,290	$3,656,177,881
1989	$1,450,647,019	$3,546,472,566
1990	$1,506,914,408	$3,219,729,083
1991	$2,133,692,697	$3,787,394,958
1992	$2,164,298,425	$4,377,980,510
1993	$1,847,353,211	$4,974,550,286
1994	$1,944,876,755	$5,502,786,070
1995	$2,091,726,101	$4,636,057,476
1996	$2,132,087,009	$5,155,311,077
1997	$2,071,996,564	$4,936,615,299
1998	$2,032,347,665	$3,789,443,015
1999	$1,985,922,776	$3,477,038,204
2000	$1,779,520,886	$3,521,339,699
2001	$1,746,063,558	$3,081,024,212
2002	$1,777,057,481	$2,999,511,040
2003	$2,051,147,607	$3,536,411,824
2004	$2,362,501,023	$3,927,157,867
2005	$2,936,019,526	$4,865,892,972
2006	$3,919,577,286	$8,354,911,041
2007	$4,346,212,355	$9,545,028,944
2008	$5,206,437,194	$11,670,892,801
2009	$4,714,595,548	$11,619,456,449
2010	$5,628,878,798	$14,250,786,675
2011	$6,764,627,746	$17,985,138,066
2012	$6,728,208,836	$21,295,168,666
2013	$7,223,071,097	$21,261,338,065
2014	$6,592,537,782	$23,210,823,987
2015	$6,166,863,897	$21,723,437,010
2016	$6,398,747,592	$20,758,876,953
2017	$6,800,135,898	$22,742,699,138
2018	$7,473,550,557	$24,109,780,708
2019	$7,894,764,886	$24,750,626,030
2020	$8,260,752,385	$23,848,447,850
2021	$9,222,536,364	$26,109,413,521
2022	$9,557,966,698	$31,653,185,953
2023	$10,651,709,314	$30,816,367,067
2024	$10,766,731,874	$32,538,480,024

Mauritania and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP per capita

Mauritania

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Mauritania	Papua New Guinea
1960	-	$115.5
1961	$188.2	$119.7
1962	$189	$124.7
1963	$188.2	$128.9
1964	$244.3	$139.5
1965	$270	$153.9
1966	$273.6	$171.1
1967	$281.5	$189
1968	$301	$202.9
1969	$276.6	$225.3
1970	$281.3	$257.6
1971	$296	$279.7
1972	$335	$327
1973	$410	$483
1974	$494	$533
1975	$551	$482
1976	$589	$525
1977	$590	$558
1978	$578	$648
1979	$664	$748
1980	$711	$813
1981	$729	$781
1982	$710	$726
1983	$725	$769
1984	$650	$750
1985	$593	$697
1986	$677	$745
1987	$746	$865
1988	$762	$985
1989	$762	$934
1990	$772	$826
1991	$1,062	$942
1992	$1,036	$1,051
1993	$850	$1,151
1994	$865	$1,228
1995	$905	$998
1996	$904	$1,071
1997	$859	$990
1998	$821	$733
1999	$781	$650
2000	$681	$636
2001	$652	$538
2002	$649	$506
2003	$732	$577
2004	$824	$621
2005	$999	$744
2006	$1,301	$1,238
2007	$1,405	$1,371
2008	$1,636	$1,625
2009	$1,435	$1,569
2010	$1,660	$1,867
2011	$1,931	$2,288
2012	$1,859	$2,635
2013	$1,934	$2,561
2014	$1,713	$2,723
2015	$1,555	$2,485
2016	$1,566	$2,316
2017	$1,615	$2,478
2018	$1,723	$2,566
2019	$1,767	$2,576
2020	$1,796	$2,430
2021	$1,948	$2,608
2022	$1,960	$3,102
2023	$2,121	$2,966
2024	$2,083	$3,076

Mauritania vs. Papua New Guinea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Mauritania

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Mauritania	Papua New Guinea
1950	38.4	39.4
1951	38.8	35.5
1952	39.2	40.7
1953	39.6	41.3
1954	40.1	42
1955	40.6	42.6
1956	41.1	43.3
1957	41.7	43.9
1958	42.3	44.6
1959	42.9	45.1
1960	43.6	45.8
1961	44.3	46.4
1962	45	46.7
1963	45.8	47.7
1964	46.6	48.3
1965	47.4	48.9
1966	48.1	49.6
1967	48.9	50.2
1968	49.5	50.9
1969	50.1	51.5
1970	50.5	52.1
1971	50.8	52.6
1972	51	53.3
1973	51.2	53.9
1974	51.4	54.4
1975	51.6	55
1976	51.8	55.5
1977	52	56
1978	52.3	56.5
1979	52.8	57
1980	53.2	57.4
1981	53.7	57.8
1982	54.2	58.1
1983	54.6	58.3
1984	55.2	58.6
1985	55.8	58.8
1986	56.3	59
1987	57	59.2
1988	57.5	59.4
1989	57.7	59.6
1990	58.1	59.8
1991	58.3	59.9
1992	58.6	60.3
1993	58.7	60.5
1994	58.8	60.7
1995	58.9	60.9
1996	58.9	61.1
1997	59.4	61.3
1998	59.9	60.4
1999	60.4	61.5
2000	61	61.6
2001	61.7	61.6
2002	62.2	61.6
2003	62.8	61.7
2004	63.4	61.8
2005	63.9	61.9
2006	64.5	62
2007	64.9	62.2
2008	65.2	62.5
2009	65.5	62.8
2010	65.7	63.1
2011	65.8	63.4
2012	65.8	63.6
2013	65.9	63.9
2014	66.2	64.2
2015	66.5	64.5
2016	66.8	64.7
2017	67.1	64.9
2018	67.4	65.1
2019	67.6	65.3
2020	66.8	65.1
2021	66.8	64.4
2022	68.3	65.3
2023	68.5	66.1
2024	68.7	66.3
2025	68.9	66.4

Mauritania and Papua New Guinea population clocks and comparison

Population

Mauritania

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Population
	Mauritania	Papua New Guinea
1960	824,298	1,995,110
1961	846,167	2,046,127
1962	869,184	2,093,919
1963	893,423	2,141,376
1964	918,955	2,188,325
1965	945,838	2,235,820
1966	974,157	2,285,774
1967	1,003,843	2,337,532
1968	1,034,739	2,390,803
1969	1,066,754	2,446,927
1970	1,099,806	2,505,628
1971	1,133,702	2,566,421
1972	1,168,355	2,628,432
1973	1,203,838	2,690,629
1974	1,240,188	2,752,671
1975	1,277,330	2,814,820
1976	1,315,336	2,877,327
1977	1,353,768	2,940,327
1978	1,392,713	3,003,714
1979	1,432,758	3,067,341
1980	1,474,043	3,131,512
1981	1,516,877	3,197,019
1982	1,561,176	3,264,291
1983	1,606,746	3,333,633
1984	1,653,693	3,405,198
1985	1,702,107	3,478,936
1986	1,751,835	3,554,793
1987	1,803,014	3,632,543
1988	1,855,859	3,711,880
1989	1,903,048	3,796,078
1990	1,951,878	3,896,481
1991	2,009,738	4,021,837
1992	2,088,135	4,166,699
1993	2,174,328	4,320,872
1994	2,249,454	4,480,208
1995	2,312,017	4,644,278
1996	2,358,188	4,813,361
1997	2,411,306	4,987,883
1998	2,474,651	5,166,390
1999	2,541,698	5,349,333
2000	2,613,441	5,537,064
2001	2,678,760	5,728,435
2002	2,738,655	5,924,003
2003	2,802,046	6,123,997
2004	2,868,664	6,328,041
2005	2,939,059	6,535,905
2006	3,013,660	6,747,720
2007	3,093,059	6,963,345
2008	3,183,269	7,183,002
2009	3,284,448	7,406,438
2010	3,390,965	7,633,523
2011	3,502,811	7,859,346
2012	3,619,034	8,081,390
2013	3,734,318	8,302,698
2014	3,848,514	8,523,441
2015	3,965,959	8,743,246
2016	4,086,657	8,961,718
2017	4,210,600	9,178,714
2018	4,337,685	9,394,513
2019	4,467,708	9,609,010
2020	4,600,131	9,815,746
2021	4,734,874	10,012,896
2022	4,875,637	10,203,169
2023	5,022,441	10,389,635
2024	5,169,395	10,576,502

Fertility rates in Mauritania and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate

Mauritania

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Mauritania	Papua New Guinea
1960	6.15	6.02
1961	6.2	6.07
1962	6.24	6.14
1963	6.31	6.15
1964	6.37	6.19
1965	6.44	6.2
1966	6.52	6.23
1967	6.57	6.24
1968	6.6	6.25
1969	6.64	6.26
1970	6.68	6.25
1971	6.7	6.23
1972	6.71	6.2
1973	6.72	6.16
1974	6.73	6.11
1975	6.71	6.07
1976	6.73	6.02
1977	6.74	5.96
1978	6.73	5.88
1979	6.7	5.79
1980	6.67	5.71
1981	6.64	5.65
1982	6.59	5.59
1983	6.54	5.56
1984	6.48	5.51
1985	6.42	5.47
1986	6.34	5.42
1987	6.27	5.36
1988	6.21	5.3
1989	6.2	5.24
1990	6.18	5.18
1991	6.16	5.11
1992	6.13	5.03
1993	6.09	4.96
1994	6.06	4.87
1995	5.96	4.78
1996	5.86	4.73
1997	5.74	4.68
1998	5.62	4.63
1999	5.52	4.59
2000	5.46	4.53
2001	5.41	4.47
2002	5.37	4.42
2003	5.36	4.36
2004	5.37	4.28
2005	5.38	4.22
2006	5.4	4.15
2007	5.43	4.08
2008	5.44	4.01
2009	5.41	3.94
2010	5.38	3.88
2011	5.38	3.82
2012	5.35	3.75
2013	5.32	3.68
2014	5.26	3.63
2015	5.21	3.56
2016	5.16	3.5
2017	5.11	3.43
2018	5.04	3.38
2019	4.98	3.32
2020	4.91	3.27
2021	4.85	3.22
2022	4.77	3.17
2023	4.7	3.1

Mauritania and Papua New Guinea demographics compared

Median age

Mauritania

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Mauritania	Papua New Guinea
1960	18.8	18.5
1961	18.8	18.4
1962	18.8	18.3
1963	18.8	18.1
1964	18.8	18
1965	18.7	17.9
1966	18.6	17.8
1967	18.5	17.6
1968	18.4	17.5
1969	18.3	17.4
1970	18.1	17.3
1971	17.9	17.2
1972	17.7	17.1
1973	17.6	17.2
1974	17.4	17.2
1975	17.3	17.3
1976	17.2	17.4
1977	17.1	17.5
1978	17.1	17.7
1979	17	17.8
1980	17	18
1981	17	18.1
1982	17	18.2
1983	17	18.3
1984	17	18.3
1985	17	18.4
1986	17	18.5
1987	17.1	18.5
1988	17.1	18.6
1989	17.1	18.6
1990	17.1	18.7
1991	17.2	18.8
1992	17.3	18.9
1993	17.6	19
1994	17.6	19.1
1995	17.6	19.2
1996	17.5	19.4
1997	17.5	19.5
1998	17.5	19.6
1999	17.6	19.7
2000	17.7	19.8
2001	17.7	19.9
2002	17.7	19.9
2003	17.7	20
2004	17.7	20.2
2005	17.7	20.3
2006	17.6	20.4
2007	17.6	20.6
2008	17.7	20.7
2009	17.8	20.9
2010	17.8	21
2011	17.9	21.2
2012	17.8	21.3
2013	17.8	21.5
2014	17.8	21.7
2015	17.8	21.9
2016	17.8	22
2017	17.8	22.2
2018	17.8	22.4
2019	17.9	22.6
2020	17.9	22.8
2021	18	23
2022	18.1	23.2
2023	18.2	23.4
2024	18.4	23.6

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