Mauritania vs Sudan statistics compared

Mauritania has a population of 5.17M (ranked 125/197), compared with 50.4M in Sudan (ranked 30/197). Mauritania's land area is 397,955 sq mi versus 721,239 sq mi for Sudan (ranked 28th vs. 15th).

By GDP, Mauritania ranks 152/197 ($10.8B) and Sudan ranks 93/197 ($49.9B). By GDP per capita, Mauritania ranks 157/197 ($2,083), while Sudan ranks 178/197 ($989).

Mauritania and Sudan: Comparison Charts

Mauritania and Sudan economies compared

GDP

Mauritania

Sudan

Table

Year	GDP
	Mauritania	Sudan
1960	-	$1,126,364,162
1961	$159,213,430	$1,222,860,429
1962	$164,271,558	$1,328,259,625
1963	$168,186,297	$1,351,234,926
1964	$224,495,744	$1,388,282,600
1965	$255,340,475	$1,446,869,619
1966	$266,533,605	$1,484,491,676
1967	$282,615,310	$1,607,409,539
1968	$311,395,937	$1,677,771,401
1969	$295,062,308	$1,847,501,441
1970	$309,405,316	$2,100,229,759
1971	$335,568,907	$2,288,340,041
1972	$391,669,449	$2,483,055,722
1973	$493,237,876	$3,077,254,460
1974	$613,010,553	$3,958,931,660
1975	$703,377,837	$4,823,090,192
1976	$775,045,517	$6,013,210,816
1977	$799,030,017	$7,499,005,639
1978	$804,629,877	$8,128,719,315
1979	$951,900,945	$8,418,407,787
1980	$1,047,925,106	$8,951,800,000
1981	$1,105,494,682	$10,753,888,154
1982	$1,108,776,653	$8,732,542,274
1983	$1,165,171,263	$8,230,153,846
1984	$1,074,373,230	$10,447,615,385
1985	$1,009,723,326	$8,075,259,600
1986	$1,186,628,778	$10,092,200,000
1987	$1,344,664,725	$12,093,333,333
1988	$1,414,951,290	$14,372,555,556
1989	$1,450,647,019	$21,408,111,111
1990	$1,506,914,408	$33,641,222,222
1991	$2,133,692,697	$44,171,194,366
1992	$2,164,298,425	$7,031,933,492
1993	$1,847,353,211	$8,881,005,436
1994	$1,944,876,755	$12,793,794,737
1995	$2,091,726,101	$13,830,363,900
1996	$2,132,087,009	$9,018,300,725
1997	$2,071,996,564	$11,681,175,864
1998	$2,032,347,665	$11,250,221,537
1999	$1,985,922,776	$10,682,028,340
2000	$1,779,520,886	$12,257,299,147
2001	$1,746,063,558	$15,716,361,792
2002	$1,777,057,481	$18,137,128,388
2003	$2,051,147,607	$21,355,298,460
2004	$2,362,501,023	$26,646,007,251
2005	$2,936,019,526	$35,182,711,988
2006	$3,919,577,286	$45,263,831,634
2007	$4,346,212,355	$59,440,139,775
2008	$5,206,437,194	$64,833,083,257
2009	$4,714,595,548	$51,621,044,077
2010	$5,628,878,798	$58,962,978,034
2011	$6,764,627,746	$55,018,567,211
2012	$6,728,208,836	$37,632,919,967
2013	$7,223,071,097	$43,024,018,082
2014	$6,592,537,782	$49,516,748,618
2015	$6,166,863,897	$51,726,758,677
2016	$6,398,747,592	$42,630,376,000
2017	$6,800,135,898	$41,283,617,976
2018	$7,473,550,557	$32,333,780,383
2019	$7,894,764,886	$32,338,079,165
2020	$8,260,752,385	$27,034,593,750
2021	$9,222,536,364	$34,229,513,775
2022	$9,557,966,698	$51,666,875,363
2023	$10,651,709,314	$39,898,289,821
2024	$10,766,731,874	$49,909,807,030

Mauritania and Sudan economies compared

GDP per capita

Mauritania

Sudan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Mauritania	Sudan
1960	-	$134.7
1961	$188.2	$141.6
1962	$189	$148.9
1963	$188.2	$146.6
1964	$244.3	$145.7
1965	$270	$146.8
1966	$273.6	$145.6
1967	$281.5	$152.4
1968	$301	$153.7
1969	$276.6	$163.5
1970	$281.3	$179.6
1971	$296	$189
1972	$335	$198.2
1973	$410	$235.8
1974	$494	$291.5
1975	$551	$343
1976	$589	$413
1977	$590	$497
1978	$578	$518
1979	$664	$515
1980	$711	$525
1981	$729	$605
1982	$710	$472
1983	$725	$431
1984	$650	$534
1985	$593	$406
1986	$677	$497
1987	$746	$584
1988	$762	$680
1989	$762	$992
1990	$772	$1,528
1991	$1,062	$1,966
1992	$1,036	$307
1993	$850	$379
1994	$865	$532
1995	$905	$561
1996	$904	$357
1997	$859	$453
1998	$821	$425
1999	$781	$394
2000	$681	$441
2001	$652	$551
2002	$649	$621
2003	$732	$714
2004	$824	$872
2005	$999	$1,125
2006	$1,301	$1,415
2007	$1,405	$1,814
2008	$1,636	$1,928
2009	$1,435	$1,493
2010	$1,660	$1,665
2011	$1,931	$1,522
2012	$1,859	$1,019
2013	$1,934	$1,139
2014	$1,713	$1,275
2015	$1,555	$1,292
2016	$1,566	$1,033
2017	$1,615	$967
2018	$1,723	$731
2019	$1,767	$710
2020	$1,796	$578
2021	$1,948	$712
2022	$1,960	$1,046
2023	$2,121	$797
2024	$2,083	$989

Mauritania vs. Sudan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Mauritania

Sudan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Mauritania	Sudan
1950	38.4	45.8
1951	38.8	46.2
1952	39.2	46.5
1953	39.6	46.9
1954	40.1	47.3
1955	40.6	47.7
1956	41.1	48.1
1957	41.7	48.5
1958	42.3	48.9
1959	42.9	49.2
1960	43.6	49.6
1961	44.3	50
1962	45	50.4
1963	45.8	50.8
1964	46.6	50.9
1965	47.4	51
1966	48.1	51.3
1967	48.9	51.5
1968	49.5	51.8
1969	50.1	52
1970	50.5	52.3
1971	50.8	52.5
1972	51	52.8
1973	51.2	53
1974	51.4	53.2
1975	51.6	53.3
1976	51.8	53.3
1977	52	53.5
1978	52.3	53.3
1979	52.8	53.4
1980	53.2	54.1
1981	53.7	54.4
1982	54.2	54.4
1983	54.6	49.6
1984	55.2	49.8
1985	55.8	50
1986	56.3	54.6
1987	57	54.7
1988	57.5	55
1989	57.7	54.9
1990	58.1	55.5
1991	58.3	55.6
1992	58.6	56
1993	58.7	56.1
1994	58.8	57
1995	58.9	57.4
1996	58.9	57.6
1997	59.4	58.1
1998	59.9	58.3
1999	60.4	58.6
2000	61	58.9
2001	61.7	59.3
2002	62.2	59.3
2003	62.8	58.3
2004	63.4	56.8
2005	63.9	57.2
2006	64.5	60.4
2007	64.9	61.4
2008	65.2	61.3
2009	65.5	62.7
2010	65.7	63
2011	65.8	63.2
2012	65.8	63.4
2013	65.9	63.4
2014	66.2	64
2015	66.5	64.4
2016	66.8	64.7
2017	67.1	65.1
2018	67.4	65.5
2019	67.6	65.8
2020	66.8	65.1
2021	66.8	64.5
2022	68.3	65.7
2023	68.5	66.3
2024	68.7	66.5
2025	68.9	66.7

Mauritania and Sudan population clocks and comparison

Population

Mauritania

Sudan

Table

Year	Population
	Mauritania	Sudan
1960	824,298	8,364,489
1961	846,167	8,634,941
1962	869,184	8,919,028
1963	893,423	9,218,077
1964	918,955	9,531,109
1965	945,838	9,858,030
1966	974,157	10,197,578
1967	1,003,843	10,550,597
1968	1,034,739	10,917,999
1969	1,066,754	11,298,936
1970	1,099,806	11,695,771
1971	1,133,702	12,105,539
1972	1,168,355	12,527,856
1973	1,203,838	13,049,315
1974	1,240,188	13,580,723
1975	1,277,330	14,064,798
1976	1,315,336	14,569,716
1977	1,353,768	15,086,614
1978	1,392,713	15,695,003
1979	1,432,758	16,355,352
1980	1,474,043	17,058,905
1981	1,516,877	17,780,572
1982	1,561,176	18,486,645
1983	1,606,746	19,109,770
1984	1,653,693	19,546,528
1985	1,702,107	19,905,872
1986	1,751,835	20,288,238
1987	1,803,014	20,704,904
1988	1,855,859	21,138,431
1989	1,903,048	21,578,022
1990	1,951,878	22,021,481
1991	2,009,738	22,470,676
1992	2,088,135	22,927,355
1993	2,174,328	23,445,592
1994	2,249,454	24,043,948
1995	2,312,017	24,672,143
1996	2,358,188	25,231,528
1997	2,411,306	25,799,821
1998	2,474,651	26,458,999
1999	2,541,698	27,130,613
2000	2,613,441	27,816,745
2001	2,678,760	28,516,770
2002	2,738,655	29,228,727
2003	2,802,046	29,896,035
2004	2,868,664	30,556,637
2005	2,939,059	31,262,444
2006	3,013,660	31,992,435
2007	3,093,059	32,764,135
2008	3,183,269	33,623,980
2009	3,284,448	34,569,113
2010	3,390,965	35,414,399
2011	3,502,811	36,140,806
2012	3,619,034	36,923,178
2013	3,734,318	37,785,849
2014	3,848,514	38,823,318
2015	3,965,959	40,024,431
2016	4,086,657	41,259,892
2017	4,210,600	42,714,306
2018	4,337,685	44,230,596
2019	4,467,708	45,548,175
2020	4,600,131	46,789,231
2021	4,734,874	48,066,924
2022	4,875,637	49,383,346
2023	5,022,441	50,042,791
2024	5,169,395	50,448,963

Fertility rates in Mauritania and Sudan

Fertility rate

Mauritania

Sudan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Mauritania	Sudan
1960	6.15	6.66
1961	6.2	6.66
1962	6.24	6.7
1963	6.31	6.76
1964	6.37	6.8
1965	6.44	6.84
1966	6.52	6.88
1967	6.57	6.91
1968	6.6	6.95
1969	6.64	6.97
1970	6.68	6.99
1971	6.7	7.02
1972	6.71	6.98
1973	6.72	6.94
1974	6.73	6.91
1975	6.71	6.87
1976	6.73	6.82
1977	6.74	6.78
1978	6.73	6.72
1979	6.7	6.65
1980	6.67	6.59
1981	6.64	6.53
1982	6.59	6.47
1983	6.54	6.41
1984	6.48	6.34
1985	6.42	6.28
1986	6.34	6.23
1987	6.27	6.18
1988	6.21	6.13
1989	6.2	6.11
1990	6.18	6.07
1991	6.16	6.05
1992	6.13	6.02
1993	6.09	5.97
1994	6.06	5.91
1995	5.96	5.86
1996	5.86	5.79
1997	5.74	5.72
1998	5.62	5.65
1999	5.52	5.62
2000	5.46	5.6
2001	5.41	5.56
2002	5.37	5.53
2003	5.36	5.49
2004	5.37	5.46
2005	5.38	5.4
2006	5.4	5.33
2007	5.43	5.27
2008	5.44	5.21
2009	5.41	5.17
2010	5.38	5.14
2011	5.38	5.09
2012	5.35	5.03
2013	5.32	4.97
2014	5.26	4.91
2015	5.21	4.9
2016	5.16	4.83
2017	5.11	4.76
2018	5.04	4.68
2019	4.98	4.62
2020	4.91	4.54
2021	4.85	4.46
2022	4.77	4.38
2023	4.7	4.32

Mauritania and Sudan demographics compared

Median age

Mauritania

Sudan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Mauritania	Sudan
1960	18.8	16.7
1961	18.8	16.7
1962	18.8	16.7
1963	18.8	16.6
1964	18.8	16.5
1965	18.7	16.5
1966	18.6	16.4
1967	18.5	16.4
1968	18.4	16.3
1969	18.3	16.3
1970	18.1	16.2
1971	17.9	16.2
1972	17.7	16.1
1973	17.6	16
1974	17.4	15.9
1975	17.3	16
1976	17.2	16
1977	17.1	16.1
1978	17.1	16.2
1979	17	16.4
1980	17	16.5
1981	17	16.6
1982	17	16.7
1983	17	16.7
1984	17	16.8
1985	17	16.8
1986	17	16.8
1987	17.1	16.9
1988	17.1	16.9
1989	17.1	16.8
1990	17.1	16.8
1991	17.2	16.8
1992	17.3	16.8
1993	17.6	16.8
1994	17.6	16.8
1995	17.6	16.8
1996	17.5	16.8
1997	17.5	16.8
1998	17.5	16.8
1999	17.6	16.9
2000	17.7	16.9
2001	17.7	17
2002	17.7	17
2003	17.7	17.1
2004	17.7	17.1
2005	17.7	17.1
2006	17.6	17.2
2007	17.6	17.3
2008	17.7	17.3
2009	17.8	17.4
2010	17.8	17.5
2011	17.9	17.4
2012	17.8	17.5
2013	17.8	17.5
2014	17.8	17.7
2015	17.8	17.9
2016	17.8	18.1
2017	17.8	18.3
2018	17.8	18.6
2019	17.9	18.7
2020	17.9	18.9
2021	18	19
2022	18.1	19.2
2023	18.2	19.3
2024	18.4	19.4

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