Mauritania vs Senegal statistics compared

Mauritania has a population of 5.17M (ranked 125/197), compared with 18.5M in Senegal (ranked 69/197). Mauritania's land area is 397,955 sq mi versus 74,336 sq mi for Senegal (ranked 28th vs. 85th).

By GDP, Mauritania ranks 152/197 ($10.8B) and Senegal ranks 110/197 ($32.3B). By GDP per capita, Mauritania ranks 157/197 ($2,083), while Senegal ranks 160/197 ($1,744).

Mauritania and Senegal: Comparison Charts

Mauritania and Senegal economies compared

GDP

Mauritania

Senegal

Table

Year	GDP
	Mauritania	Senegal
1960	-	$1,003,692,370
1961	$159,213,430	$1,058,975,257
1962	$164,271,558	$1,085,475,791
1963	$168,186,297	$1,122,139,862
1964	$224,495,744	$1,188,930,645
1965	$255,340,475	$1,210,058,228
1966	$266,533,605	$1,246,908,186
1967	$282,615,310	$1,246,480,766
1968	$311,395,937	$1,309,384,862
1969	$295,062,308	$1,245,234,931
1970	$309,405,316	$1,297,407,655
1971	$335,568,907	$1,339,549,033
1972	$391,669,449	$1,620,857,104
1973	$493,237,876	$1,863,398,590
1974	$613,010,553	$2,099,325,229
1975	$703,377,837	$2,830,388,405
1976	$775,045,517	$2,869,777,884
1977	$799,030,017	$2,938,046,463
1978	$804,629,877	$3,280,354,921
1979	$951,900,945	$4,084,877,823
1980	$1,047,925,106	$4,510,108,291
1981	$1,105,494,682	$4,095,892,781
1982	$1,108,776,653	$4,013,951,443
1983	$1,165,171,263	$3,569,356,125
1984	$1,074,373,230	$3,485,165,432
1985	$1,009,723,326	$3,818,944,918
1986	$1,186,628,778	$5,392,093,446
1987	$1,344,664,725	$6,487,353,103
1988	$1,414,951,290	$6,418,419,389
1989	$1,450,647,019	$6,366,039,373
1990	$1,506,914,408	$7,390,967,360
1991	$2,133,692,697	$7,255,210,470
1992	$2,164,298,425	$7,769,817,840
1993	$1,847,353,211	$7,367,986,241
1994	$1,944,876,755	$5,034,588,196
1995	$2,091,726,101	$6,326,342,633
1996	$2,132,087,009	$6,559,712,166
1997	$2,071,996,564	$6,041,478,726
1998	$2,032,347,665	$6,505,607,909
1999	$1,985,922,776	$6,592,834,933
2000	$1,779,520,886	$6,013,185,004
2001	$1,746,063,558	$6,507,824,829
2002	$1,777,057,481	$7,006,402,320
2003	$2,051,147,607	$8,768,721,563
2004	$2,362,501,023	$10,076,816,667
2005	$2,936,019,526	$11,009,033,438
2006	$3,919,577,286	$11,697,918,243
2007	$4,346,212,355	$13,994,218,413
2008	$5,206,437,194	$16,853,989,628
2009	$4,714,595,548	$16,145,867,495
2010	$5,628,878,798	$16,121,315,909
2011	$6,764,627,746	$17,814,283,639
2012	$6,728,208,836	$17,660,870,412
2013	$7,223,071,097	$18,918,667,725
2014	$6,592,537,782	$19,797,253,440
2015	$6,166,863,897	$17,774,766,696
2016	$6,398,747,592	$19,040,312,333
2017	$6,800,135,898	$20,996,562,944
2018	$7,473,550,557	$23,116,701,556
2019	$7,894,764,886	$23,403,995,992
2020	$8,260,752,385	$24,530,513,038
2021	$9,222,536,364	$27,520,784,130
2022	$9,557,966,698	$27,783,332,223
2023	$10,651,709,314	$30,696,331,296
2024	$10,766,731,874	$32,267,254,425

Mauritania and Senegal economies compared

GDP per capita

Mauritania

Senegal

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Mauritania	Senegal
1960	-	$300
1961	$188.2	$308
1962	$189	$307
1963	$188.2	$309
1964	$244.3	$318
1965	$270	$314
1966	$273.6	$315
1967	$281.5	$305
1968	$301	$311
1969	$276.6	$287.3
1970	$281.3	$290.5
1971	$296	$291.1
1972	$335	$342
1973	$410	$381
1974	$494	$417
1975	$551	$547
1976	$589	$541
1977	$590	$540
1978	$578	$589
1979	$664	$716
1980	$711	$772
1981	$729	$683
1982	$710	$652
1983	$725	$564
1984	$650	$536
1985	$593	$571
1986	$677	$784
1987	$746	$916
1988	$762	$880
1989	$762	$849
1990	$772	$957
1991	$1,062	$913
1992	$1,036	$951
1993	$850	$878
1994	$865	$584
1995	$905	$715
1996	$904	$723
1997	$859	$651
1998	$821	$685
1999	$781	$678
2000	$681	$603
2001	$652	$637
2002	$649	$669
2003	$732	$818
2004	$824	$918
2005	$999	$980
2006	$1,301	$1,017
2007	$1,405	$1,189
2008	$1,636	$1,399
2009	$1,435	$1,309
2010	$1,660	$1,276
2011	$1,931	$1,375
2012	$1,859	$1,327
2013	$1,934	$1,380
2014	$1,713	$1,399
2015	$1,555	$1,218
2016	$1,566	$1,266
2017	$1,615	$1,357
2018	$1,723	$1,453
2019	$1,767	$1,431
2020	$1,796	$1,461
2021	$1,948	$1,598
2022	$1,960	$1,574
2023	$2,121	$1,698
2024	$2,083	$1,744

Mauritania vs. Senegal life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Mauritania

Senegal

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Mauritania	Senegal
1950	38.4	36.5
1951	38.8	36.9
1952	39.2	37.4
1953	39.6	37.8
1954	40.1	38.2
1955	40.6	38.5
1956	41.1	38.9
1957	41.7	39.1
1958	42.3	39.4
1959	42.9	39.5
1960	43.6	39.7
1961	44.3	39.7
1962	45	39.7
1963	45.8	39.7
1964	46.6	39.8
1965	47.4	39.8
1966	48.1	39.8
1967	48.9	40
1968	49.5	40.1
1969	50.1	40.4
1970	50.5	40.8
1971	50.8	41.2
1972	51	41.8
1973	51.2	42.4
1974	51.4	43.1
1975	51.6	43.9
1976	51.8	44.8
1977	52	45.7
1978	52.3	46.6
1979	52.8	47.5
1980	53.2	48.3
1981	53.7	49.1
1982	54.2	49.9
1983	54.6	50.8
1984	55.2	51.7
1985	55.8	52.6
1986	56.3	53.7
1987	57	54.6
1988	57.5	55.5
1989	57.7	56.2
1990	58.1	56.7
1991	58.3	57
1992	58.6	57.3
1993	58.7	57.3
1994	58.8	57.5
1995	58.9	57.3
1996	58.9	57.1
1997	59.4	57.1
1998	59.9	57.1
1999	60.4	57.3
2000	61	57.6
2001	61.7	58.2
2002	62.2	58.9
2003	62.8	59.5
2004	63.4	60.3
2005	63.9	61
2006	64.5	61.8
2007	64.9	62.7
2008	65.2	63.2
2009	65.5	63.8
2010	65.7	64.2
2011	65.8	64.8
2012	65.8	65.2
2013	65.9	65.6
2014	66.2	66
2015	66.5	66.5
2016	66.8	66.7
2017	67.1	67.1
2018	67.4	67.4
2019	67.6	67.7
2020	66.8	67.5
2021	66.8	66.9
2022	68.3	67.8
2023	68.5	68.7
2024	68.7	68.9
2025	68.9	69.2

Mauritania and Senegal population clocks and comparison

Population

Mauritania

Senegal

Table

Year	Population
	Mauritania	Senegal
1960	824,298	3,340,907
1961	846,167	3,436,375
1962	869,184	3,534,686
1963	893,423	3,635,876
1964	918,955	3,740,535
1965	945,838	3,849,788
1966	974,157	3,964,299
1967	1,003,843	4,083,870
1968	1,034,739	4,207,587
1969	1,066,754	4,334,974
1970	1,099,806	4,466,328
1971	1,133,702	4,601,864
1972	1,168,355	4,741,631
1973	1,203,838	4,885,181
1974	1,240,188	5,029,437
1975	1,277,330	5,170,810
1976	1,315,336	5,308,564
1977	1,353,768	5,439,549
1978	1,392,713	5,568,096
1979	1,432,758	5,702,895
1980	1,474,043	5,845,638
1981	1,516,877	5,997,160
1982	1,561,176	6,156,961
1983	1,606,746	6,324,504
1984	1,653,693	6,499,364
1985	1,702,107	6,683,287
1986	1,751,835	6,878,192
1987	1,803,014	7,081,530
1988	1,855,859	7,289,618
1989	1,903,048	7,502,207
1990	1,951,878	7,720,523
1991	2,009,738	7,943,085
1992	2,088,135	8,168,395
1993	2,174,328	8,396,288
1994	2,249,454	8,624,078
1995	2,312,017	8,848,101
1996	2,358,188	9,067,014
1997	2,411,306	9,283,495
1998	2,474,651	9,502,952
1999	2,541,698	9,730,887
2000	2,613,441	9,968,260
2001	2,678,760	10,212,942
2002	2,738,655	10,466,214
2003	2,802,046	10,721,176
2004	2,868,664	10,975,704
2005	2,939,059	11,235,472
2006	3,013,660	11,500,094
2007	3,093,059	11,770,344
2008	3,183,269	12,048,959
2009	3,284,448	12,337,389
2010	3,390,965	12,635,413
2011	3,502,811	12,958,897
2012	3,619,034	13,310,495
2013	3,734,318	13,710,849
2014	3,848,514	14,152,102
2015	3,965,959	14,593,331
2016	4,086,657	15,034,521
2017	4,210,600	15,475,002
2018	4,337,685	15,914,498
2019	4,467,708	16,352,922
2020	4,600,131	16,789,219
2021	4,734,874	17,220,867
2022	4,875,637	17,651,103
2023	5,022,441	18,077,573
2024	5,169,395	18,501,984

Fertility rates in Mauritania and Senegal

Fertility rate

Mauritania

Senegal

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Mauritania	Senegal
1960	6.15	7
1961	6.2	7.04
1962	6.24	7.08
1963	6.31	7.12
1964	6.37	7.16
1965	6.44	7.19
1966	6.52	7.22
1967	6.57	7.24
1968	6.6	7.25
1969	6.64	7.26
1970	6.68	7.26
1971	6.7	7.26
1972	6.71	7.26
1973	6.72	7.26
1974	6.73	7.25
1975	6.71	7.25
1976	6.73	7.26
1977	6.74	7.27
1978	6.73	7.28
1979	6.7	7.29
1980	6.67	7.29
1981	6.64	7.28
1982	6.59	7.25
1983	6.54	7.19
1984	6.48	7.11
1985	6.42	7.01
1986	6.34	6.9
1987	6.27	6.79
1988	6.21	6.58
1989	6.2	6.48
1990	6.18	6.4
1991	6.16	6.27
1992	6.13	6.15
1993	6.09	6.05
1994	6.06	5.92
1995	5.96	5.82
1996	5.86	5.72
1997	5.74	5.64
1998	5.62	5.58
1999	5.52	5.57
2000	5.46	5.5
2001	5.41	5.4
2002	5.37	5.3
2003	5.36	5.25
2004	5.37	5.19
2005	5.38	5.13
2006	5.4	5.06
2007	5.43	5.02
2008	5.44	5.02
2009	5.41	5.03
2010	5.38	5.06
2011	5.38	5.1
2012	5.35	5.13
2013	5.32	5.05
2014	5.26	4.88
2015	5.21	4.75
2016	5.16	4.65
2017	5.11	4.49
2018	5.04	4.29
2019	4.98	4.1
2020	4.91	4
2021	4.85	3.94
2022	4.77	3.86
2023	4.7	3.82

Mauritania and Senegal demographics compared

Median age

Mauritania

Senegal

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Mauritania	Senegal
1960	18.8	18.1
1961	18.8	18
1962	18.8	18
1963	18.8	17.9
1964	18.8	17.9
1965	18.7	17.9
1966	18.6	17.8
1967	18.5	17.9
1968	18.4	17.9
1969	18.3	17.9
1970	18.1	17.9
1971	17.9	17.9
1972	17.7	17.9
1973	17.6	17.9
1974	17.4	17.8
1975	17.3	17.7
1976	17.2	17.6
1977	17.1	17.4
1978	17.1	17.2
1979	17	17
1980	17	16.8
1981	17	16.7
1982	17	16.5
1983	17	16.4
1984	17	16.3
1985	17	16.3
1986	17	16.3
1987	17.1	16.3
1988	17.1	16.4
1989	17.1	16.5
1990	17.1	16.6
1991	17.2	16.7
1992	17.3	16.8
1993	17.6	16.9
1994	17.6	17
1995	17.6	17.1
1996	17.5	17.2
1997	17.5	17.3
1998	17.5	17.4
1999	17.6	17.5
2000	17.7	17.6
2001	17.7	17.7
2002	17.7	17.8
2003	17.7	18
2004	17.7	18.1
2005	17.7	18.2
2006	17.6	18.2
2007	17.6	18.3
2008	17.7	18.4
2009	17.8	18.4
2010	17.8	18.5
2011	17.9	18.5
2012	17.8	18.5
2013	17.8	18.5
2014	17.8	18.6
2015	17.8	18.6
2016	17.8	18.7
2017	17.8	18.9
2018	17.8	19
2019	17.9	19.2
2020	17.9	19.4
2021	18	19.7
2022	18.1	19.9
2023	18.2	20.1
2024	18.4	20.4

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