Mauritania vs Portugal statistics compared

Mauritania has a population of 5.17M (ranked 125/197), compared with 10.7M in Portugal (ranked 90/197). Mauritania's land area is 397,955 sq mi versus 35,369 sq mi for Portugal (ranked 28th vs. 108th).

By GDP, Mauritania ranks 152/197 ($10.8B) and Portugal ranks 47/197 ($309B). By GDP per capita, Mauritania ranks 157/197 ($2,083), while Portugal ranks 44/197 ($28,844).

Mauritania and Portugal: Comparison Charts

Mauritania and Portugal economies compared

GDP

Mauritania

Portugal

Table

Year	GDP
	Mauritania	Portugal
1960	-	$3,339,150,158
1961	$159,213,430	$3,573,719,085
1962	$164,271,558	$3,835,883,663
1963	$168,186,297	$4,084,251,593
1964	$224,495,744	$4,429,202,657
1965	$255,340,475	$4,901,711,248
1966	$266,533,605	$5,370,108,031
1967	$282,615,310	$6,002,607,030
1968	$311,395,937	$6,644,693,214
1969	$295,062,308	$7,287,555,035
1970	$309,405,316	$8,108,235,704
1971	$335,568,907	$9,201,604,240
1972	$391,669,449	$11,239,117,865
1973	$493,237,876	$15,090,564,186
1974	$613,010,553	$17,512,391,476
1975	$703,377,837	$19,347,607,843
1976	$775,045,517	$20,332,831,565
1977	$799,030,017	$21,439,523,311
1978	$804,629,877	$23,487,614,051
1979	$951,900,945	$26,622,819,672
1980	$1,047,925,106	$32,896,519,824
1981	$1,105,494,682	$31,977,276,873
1982	$1,108,776,653	$30,527,754,793
1983	$1,165,171,263	$27,239,650,742
1984	$1,074,373,230	$25,217,969,050
1985	$1,009,723,326	$27,115,807,742
1986	$1,186,628,778	$38,745,901,354
1987	$1,344,664,725	$48,182,925,857
1988	$1,414,951,290	$56,347,250,696
1989	$1,450,647,019	$60,594,092,182
1990	$1,506,914,408	$78,713,860,217
1991	$2,133,692,697	$89,233,599,278
1992	$2,164,298,425	$107,592,098,307
1993	$1,847,353,211	$95,009,751,901
1994	$1,944,876,755	$99,688,641,304
1995	$2,091,726,101	$118,122,007,430
1996	$2,132,087,009	$122,630,089,680
1997	$2,071,996,564	$117,016,535,163
1998	$2,032,347,665	$123,946,327,916
1999	$1,985,922,776	$127,470,385,557
2000	$1,779,520,886	$118,605,192,877
2001	$1,746,063,558	$121,604,107,165
2002	$1,777,057,481	$134,795,565,549
2003	$2,051,147,607	$165,226,175,537
2004	$2,362,501,023	$189,382,122,532
2005	$2,936,019,526	$197,253,876,705
2006	$3,919,577,286	$208,756,449,276
2007	$4,346,212,355	$240,496,147,317
2008	$5,206,437,194	$263,416,394,624
2009	$4,714,595,548	$244,667,762,836
2010	$5,628,878,798	$238,443,864,993
2011	$6,764,627,746	$245,426,767,676
2012	$6,728,208,836	$216,536,676,772
2013	$7,223,071,097	$226,677,408,292
2014	$6,592,537,782	$230,078,616,300
2015	$6,166,863,897	$199,038,523,120
2016	$6,398,747,592	$206,305,431,242
2017	$6,800,135,898	$220,862,990,767
2018	$7,473,550,557	$242,092,894,543
2019	$7,894,764,886	$240,115,970,063
2020	$8,260,752,385	$229,618,773,423
2021	$9,222,536,364	$256,055,879,091
2022	$9,557,966,698	$256,898,675,069
2023	$10,651,709,314	$289,696,962,620
2024	$10,766,731,874	$308,683,317,393

Mauritania and Portugal economies compared

GDP per capita

Mauritania

Portugal

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Mauritania	Portugal
1960	-	$377
1961	$188.2	$400
1962	$189	$426
1963	$188.2	$452
1964	$244.3	$490
1965	$270	$545
1966	$273.6	$601
1967	$281.5	$676
1968	$301	$752
1969	$276.6	$832
1970	$281.3	$934
1971	$296	$1,065
1972	$335	$1,302
1973	$410	$1,748
1974	$494	$2,000
1975	$551	$2,128
1976	$589	$2,173
1977	$590	$2,267
1978	$578	$2,457
1979	$664	$2,756
1980	$711	$3,368
1981	$729	$3,246
1982	$710	$3,080
1983	$725	$2,735
1984	$650	$2,523
1985	$593	$2,705
1986	$677	$3,862
1987	$746	$4,804
1988	$762	$5,624
1989	$762	$6,056
1990	$772	$7,885
1991	$1,062	$8,959
1992	$1,036	$10,811
1993	$850	$9,535
1994	$865	$9,977
1995	$905	$11,781
1996	$904	$12,185
1997	$859	$11,576
1998	$821	$12,199
1999	$781	$12,475
2000	$681	$11,526
2001	$652	$11,735
2002	$649	$12,937
2003	$732	$15,798
2004	$824	$18,064
2005	$999	$18,780
2006	$1,301	$19,839
2007	$1,405	$22,811
2008	$1,636	$24,949
2009	$1,435	$23,151
2010	$1,660	$22,552
2011	$1,931	$23,247
2012	$1,859	$20,593
2013	$1,934	$21,676
2014	$1,713	$22,121
2015	$1,555	$19,216
2016	$1,566	$19,980
2017	$1,615	$21,442
2018	$1,723	$23,541
2019	$1,767	$23,343
2020	$1,796	$22,299
2021	$1,948	$24,711
2022	$1,960	$24,621
2023	$2,121	$27,386
2024	$2,083	$28,844

Mauritania vs. Portugal life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Mauritania

Portugal

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Mauritania	Portugal
1950	38.4	58.5
1951	38.8	58.7
1952	39.2	59.8
1953	39.6	61.1
1954	40.1	62.2
1955	40.6	61.4
1956	41.1	61.2
1957	41.7	61.4
1958	42.3	63.7
1959	42.9	62.9
1960	43.6	64.1
1961	44.3	62.8
1962	45	64.3
1963	45.8	64.9
1964	46.6	65.1
1965	47.4	66.1
1966	48.1	65.6
1967	48.9	66.5
1968	49.5	66.8
1969	50.1	66.4
1970	50.5	67.1
1971	50.8	66.8
1972	51	69.2
1973	51.2	68.6
1974	51.4	69.1
1975	51.6	68.8
1976	51.8	69.1
1977	52	70.3
1978	52.3	70.8
1979	52.8	71.6
1980	53.2	71.7
1981	53.7	71.9
1982	54.2	72.7
1983	54.6	72.7
1984	55.2	72.9
1985	55.8	73.2
1986	56.3	73.6
1987	57	74.1
1988	57.5	74.1
1989	57.7	74.7
1990	58.1	74.3
1991	58.3	74.2
1992	58.6	74.9
1993	58.7	74.8
1994	58.8	75.7
1995	58.9	75.5
1996	58.9	75.5
1997	59.4	75.9
1998	59.9	76.1
1999	60.4	76.3
2000	61	76.8
2001	61.7	77.2
2002	62.2	77.4
2003	62.8	77.6
2004	63.4	78.4
2005	63.9	78.3
2006	64.5	79.1
2007	64.9	79.3
2008	65.2	79.6
2009	65.5	79.8
2010	65.7	80.1
2011	65.8	80.6
2012	65.8	80.6
2013	65.9	80.9
2014	66.2	81.3
2015	66.5	81.3
2016	66.8	81.4
2017	67.1	81.7
2018	67.4	81.6
2019	67.6	82
2020	66.8	81.4
2021	66.8	81.4
2022	68.3	81.2
2023	68.5	82.4
2024	68.7	82.6
2025	68.9	82.7

Mauritania and Portugal population clocks and comparison

Population

Mauritania

Portugal

Table

Year	Population
	Mauritania	Portugal
1960	824,298	8,857,716
1961	846,167	8,929,316
1962	869,184	8,993,985
1963	893,423	9,030,355
1964	918,955	9,035,365
1965	945,838	8,998,595
1966	974,157	8,930,990
1967	1,003,843	8,874,520
1968	1,034,739	8,836,650
1969	1,066,754	8,757,705
1970	1,099,806	8,680,431
1971	1,133,702	8,643,756
1972	1,168,355	8,630,430
1973	1,203,838	8,633,100
1974	1,240,188	8,754,365
1975	1,277,330	9,093,470
1976	1,315,336	9,355,810
1977	1,353,768	9,455,675
1978	1,392,713	9,558,250
1979	1,432,758	9,661,265
1980	1,474,043	9,766,312
1981	1,516,877	9,851,362
1982	1,561,176	9,911,771
1983	1,606,746	9,957,865
1984	1,653,693	9,996,232
1985	1,702,107	10,023,613
1986	1,751,835	10,032,734
1987	1,803,014	10,030,031
1988	1,855,859	10,019,610
1989	1,903,048	10,005,000
1990	1,951,878	9,983,218
1991	2,009,738	9,960,235
1992	2,088,135	9,952,494
1993	2,174,328	9,964,675
1994	2,249,454	9,991,525
1995	2,312,017	10,026,176
1996	2,358,188	10,063,945
1997	2,411,306	10,108,977
1998	2,474,651	10,160,196
1999	2,541,698	10,217,828
2000	2,613,441	10,289,898
2001	2,678,760	10,362,722
2002	2,738,655	10,419,631
2003	2,802,046	10,458,821
2004	2,868,664	10,483,861
2005	2,939,059	10,503,330
2006	3,013,660	10,522,288
2007	3,093,059	10,542,964
2008	3,183,269	10,558,177
2009	3,284,448	10,568,247
2010	3,390,965	10,573,100
2011	3,502,811	10,557,560
2012	3,619,034	10,514,844
2013	3,734,318	10,457,295
2014	3,848,514	10,401,062
2015	3,965,959	10,358,076
2016	4,086,657	10,325,452
2017	4,210,600	10,300,300
2018	4,337,685	10,283,822
2019	4,467,708	10,286,263
2020	4,600,131	10,297,081
2021	4,734,874	10,361,831
2022	4,875,637	10,434,332
2023	5,022,441	10,578,174
2024	5,169,395	10,701,636

Fertility rates in Mauritania and Portugal

Fertility rate

Mauritania

Portugal

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Mauritania	Portugal
1960	6.15	3.16
1961	6.2	3.21
1962	6.24	3.23
1963	6.31	3.12
1964	6.37	3.21
1965	6.44	3.15
1966	6.52	3.16
1967	6.57	3.16
1968	6.6	3.12
1969	6.64	3.12
1970	6.68	3.01
1971	6.7	3
1972	6.71	2.86
1973	6.72	2.77
1974	6.73	2.7
1975	6.71	2.75
1976	6.73	2.82
1977	6.74	2.69
1978	6.73	2.45
1979	6.7	2.31
1980	6.67	2.25
1981	6.64	2.13
1982	6.59	2.07
1983	6.54	1.95
1984	6.48	1.9
1985	6.42	1.72
1986	6.34	1.66
1987	6.27	1.62
1988	6.21	1.61
1989	6.2	1.57
1990	6.18	1.56
1991	6.16	1.56
1992	6.13	1.54
1993	6.09	1.52
1994	6.06	1.45
1995	5.96	1.41
1996	5.86	1.44
1997	5.74	1.47
1998	5.62	1.47
1999	5.52	1.5
2000	5.46	1.55
2001	5.41	1.45
2002	5.37	1.46
2003	5.36	1.44
2004	5.37	1.4
2005	5.38	1.41
2006	5.4	1.37
2007	5.43	1.35
2008	5.44	1.39
2009	5.41	1.34
2010	5.38	1.39
2011	5.38	1.35
2012	5.35	1.28
2013	5.32	1.21
2014	5.26	1.24
2015	5.21	1.31
2016	5.16	1.37
2017	5.11	1.38
2018	5.04	1.42
2019	4.98	1.44
2020	4.91	1.42
2021	4.85	1.35
2022	4.77	1.43
2023	4.7	1.44

Mauritania and Portugal demographics compared

Median age

Mauritania

Portugal

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Mauritania	Portugal
1960	18.8	27.9
1961	18.8	28.1
1962	18.8	28.3
1963	18.8	28.5
1964	18.8	28.7
1965	18.7	28.8
1966	18.6	29
1967	18.5	29.1
1968	18.4	29.2
1969	18.3	29.4
1970	18.1	29.6
1971	17.9	29.7
1972	17.7	29.6
1973	17.6	29.6
1974	17.4	29.7
1975	17.3	29.7
1976	17.2	29.8
1977	17.1	29.9
1978	17.1	30
1979	17	30.3
1980	17	30.6
1981	17	30.8
1982	17	31.1
1983	17	31.4
1984	17	31.7
1985	17	32.1
1986	17	32.5
1987	17.1	32.9
1988	17.1	33.3
1989	17.1	33.7
1990	17.1	34.2
1991	17.2	34.6
1992	17.3	35
1993	17.6	35.4
1994	17.6	35.7
1995	17.6	36.1
1996	17.5	36.4
1997	17.5	36.8
1998	17.5	37.1
1999	17.6	37.4
2000	17.7	37.7
2001	17.7	38
2002	17.7	38.3
2003	17.7	38.6
2004	17.7	39
2005	17.7	39.4
2006	17.6	39.8
2007	17.6	40.2
2008	17.7	40.6
2009	17.8	41
2010	17.8	41.5
2011	17.9	41.9
2012	17.8	42.4
2013	17.8	42.9
2014	17.8	43.4
2015	17.8	43.8
2016	17.8	44.3
2017	17.8	44.7
2018	17.8	45.2
2019	17.9	45.6
2020	17.9	46.1
2021	18	46.5
2022	18.1	46.8
2023	18.2	47.2
2024	18.4	47.5

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