Mauritania vs Tunisia statistics compared

Mauritania has a population of 5.17M (ranked 125/197), compared with 12.3M in Tunisia (ranked 80/197). Mauritania's land area is 397,955 sq mi versus 59,985 sq mi for Tunisia (ranked 28th vs. 91st).

By GDP, Mauritania ranks 152/197 ($10.8B) and Tunisia ranks 90/197 ($53.4B). By GDP per capita, Mauritania ranks 157/197 ($2,083), while Tunisia ranks 127/197 ($4,350).

Mauritania and Tunisia: Comparison Charts

Mauritania and Tunisia economies compared

GDP

Mauritania

Tunisia

Table

Year	GDP
	Mauritania	Tunisia
1961	$159,213,430	$866,155,429
1962	$164,271,558	$880,027,733
1963	$168,186,297	$1,026,737,600
1964	$224,495,744	$1,025,866,792
1965	$255,340,475	$991,047,619
1966	$266,533,605	$1,040,952,381
1967	$282,615,310	$1,085,714,286
1968	$311,395,937	$1,214,666,667
1969	$295,062,308	$1,289,904,762
1970	$309,405,316	$1,439,238,095
1971	$335,568,907	$1,685,162,272
1972	$391,669,449	$2,237,556,149
1973	$493,237,876	$2,730,813,385
1974	$613,010,553	$3,545,868,575
1975	$703,377,837	$4,328,965,588
1976	$775,045,517	$4,508,191,942
1977	$799,030,017	$5,109,324,009
1978	$804,629,877	$5,968,460,080
1979	$951,900,945	$7,188,863,904
1980	$1,047,925,106	$8,744,134,354
1981	$1,105,494,682	$8,428,445,294
1982	$1,108,776,653	$8,133,580,052
1983	$1,165,171,263	$8,350,582,748
1984	$1,074,373,230	$8,254,541,195
1985	$1,009,723,326	$8,410,226,053
1986	$1,186,628,778	$9,017,806,654
1987	$1,344,664,725	$9,696,715,911
1988	$1,414,951,290	$10,096,245,762
1989	$1,450,647,019	$10,101,851,745
1990	$1,506,914,408	$12,290,568,182
1991	$2,133,692,697	$13,074,782,609
1992	$2,164,298,425	$15,496,708,060
1993	$1,847,353,211	$14,608,335,608
1994	$1,944,876,755	$15,633,174,304
1995	$2,091,726,101	$18,030,876,599
1996	$2,132,087,009	$19,587,161,807
1997	$2,071,996,564	$20,746,210,354
1998	$2,032,347,665	$21,802,893,587
1999	$1,985,922,776	$22,943,202,175
2000	$1,779,520,886	$21,473,528,161
2001	$1,746,063,558	$22,065,832,449
2002	$1,777,057,481	$23,141,616,605
2003	$2,051,147,607	$27,453,902,261
2004	$2,362,501,023	$31,183,885,241
2005	$2,936,019,526	$32,272,186,695
2006	$3,919,577,286	$34,376,664,601
2007	$4,346,212,355	$38,915,353,867
2008	$5,206,437,194	$44,859,439,902
2009	$4,714,595,548	$43,455,740,497
2010	$5,628,878,798	$46,206,091,938
2011	$6,764,627,746	$48,123,325,825
2012	$6,728,208,836	$47,311,401,813
2013	$7,223,071,097	$48,685,446,414
2014	$6,592,537,782	$50,271,812,921
2015	$6,166,863,897	$45,779,494,042
2016	$6,398,747,592	$44,360,072,680
2017	$6,800,135,898	$42,163,530,591
2018	$7,473,550,557	$42,686,504,460
2019	$7,894,764,886	$41,905,642,419
2020	$8,260,752,385	$42,491,780,918
2021	$9,222,536,364	$47,073,234,359
2022	$9,557,966,698	$44,948,769,171
2023	$10,651,709,314	$48,196,281,784
2024	$10,766,731,874	$53,409,988,745

Mauritania and Tunisia economies compared

GDP per capita

Mauritania

Tunisia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Mauritania	Tunisia
1961	$188.2	$200.7
1962	$189	$201.4
1963	$188.2	$231.9
1964	$244.3	$228.5
1965	$270	$217.3
1966	$273.6	$223.8
1967	$281.5	$228
1968	$301	$248.9
1969	$276.6	$257.7
1970	$281.3	$280.5
1971	$296	$320
1972	$335	$415
1973	$410	$493
1974	$494	$624
1975	$551	$741
1976	$589	$752
1977	$590	$830
1978	$578	$946
1979	$664	$1,113
1980	$711	$1,324
1981	$729	$1,247
1982	$710	$1,177
1983	$725	$1,184
1984	$650	$1,143
1985	$593	$1,135
1986	$677	$1,187
1987	$746	$1,245
1988	$762	$1,266
1989	$762	$1,239
1990	$772	$1,476
1991	$1,062	$1,538
1992	$1,036	$1,785
1993	$850	$1,649
1994	$865	$1,733
1995	$905	$1,968
1996	$904	$2,107
1997	$859	$2,202
1998	$821	$2,285
1999	$781	$2,376
2000	$681	$2,199
2001	$652	$2,236
2002	$649	$2,321
2003	$732	$2,726
2004	$824	$3,067
2005	$999	$3,147
2006	$1,301	$3,323
2007	$1,405	$3,727
2008	$1,636	$4,255
2009	$1,435	$4,080
2010	$1,660	$4,292
2011	$1,931	$4,421
2012	$1,859	$4,297
2013	$1,934	$4,370
2014	$1,713	$4,459
2015	$1,555	$4,015
2016	$1,566	$3,848
2017	$1,615	$3,619
2018	$1,723	$3,628
2019	$1,767	$3,529
2020	$1,796	$3,549
2021	$1,948	$3,907
2022	$1,960	$3,709
2023	$2,121	$3,950
2024	$2,083	$4,350

Mauritania vs. Tunisia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Mauritania

Tunisia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Mauritania	Tunisia
1950	38.4	38.2
1951	38.8	38.7
1952	39.2	39.3
1953	39.6	39.7
1954	40.1	40
1955	40.6	40.8
1956	41.1	41.3
1957	41.7	42.1
1958	42.3	42.7
1959	42.9	43.4
1960	43.6	44
1961	44.3	44.3
1962	45	45.6
1963	45.8	46.4
1964	46.6	47.3
1965	47.4	48.2
1966	48.1	49.2
1967	48.9	50.2
1968	49.5	51.3
1969	50.1	52.3
1970	50.5	53.8
1971	50.8	54.9
1972	51	56.1
1973	51.2	57.1
1974	51.4	58.3
1975	51.6	59.3
1976	51.8	60.3
1977	52	61.3
1978	52.3	62.1
1979	52.8	62.9
1980	53.2	63.7
1981	53.7	64.4
1982	54.2	65
1983	54.6	65.7
1984	55.2	66.3
1985	55.8	66.9
1986	56.3	67.4
1987	57	68
1988	57.5	68.5
1989	57.7	68.8
1990	58.1	69.1
1991	58.3	69.4
1992	58.6	69.7
1993	58.7	70
1994	58.8	70.4
1995	58.9	70.8
1996	58.9	71.2
1997	59.4	71.7
1998	59.9	72.1
1999	60.4	72.3
2000	61	72.6
2001	61.7	72.8
2002	62.2	73.1
2003	62.8	73.3
2004	63.4	73.5
2005	63.9	73.7
2006	64.5	73.9
2007	64.9	74
2008	65.2	74.2
2009	65.5	74.3
2010	65.7	74.4
2011	65.8	74.5
2012	65.8	74.6
2013	65.9	74.7
2014	66.2	74.8
2015	66.5	74.9
2016	66.8	75
2017	67.1	75.2
2018	67.4	75.4
2019	67.6	75.6
2020	66.8	75
2021	66.8	72.9
2022	68.3	76.1
2023	68.5	76.5
2024	68.7	76.7
2025	68.9	76.9

Mauritania and Tunisia population clocks and comparison

Population

Mauritania

Tunisia

Table

Year	Population
	Mauritania	Tunisia
1960	824,298	4,267,288
1961	846,167	4,316,278
1962	869,184	4,369,136
1963	893,423	4,427,131
1964	918,955	4,489,869
1965	945,838	4,561,385
1966	974,157	4,652,287
1967	1,003,843	4,760,970
1968	1,034,739	4,879,899
1969	1,066,754	5,004,697
1970	1,099,806	5,131,396
1971	1,133,702	5,261,658
1972	1,168,355	5,396,557
1973	1,203,838	5,537,242
1974	1,240,188	5,684,674
1975	1,277,330	5,839,262
1976	1,315,336	5,996,994
1977	1,353,768	6,155,931
1978	1,392,713	6,309,390
1979	1,432,758	6,456,419
1980	1,474,043	6,606,195
1981	1,516,877	6,758,284
1982	1,561,176	6,908,642
1983	1,606,746	7,053,800
1984	1,653,693	7,220,044
1985	1,702,107	7,409,903
1986	1,751,835	7,600,301
1987	1,803,014	7,789,987
1988	1,855,859	7,974,440
1989	1,903,048	8,151,660
1990	1,951,878	8,324,509
1991	2,009,738	8,501,827
1992	2,088,135	8,682,512
1993	2,174,328	8,857,910
1994	2,249,454	9,018,448
1995	2,312,017	9,161,258
1996	2,358,188	9,294,432
1997	2,411,306	9,421,270
1998	2,474,651	9,541,667
1999	2,541,698	9,655,963
2000	2,613,441	9,764,935
2001	2,678,760	9,869,677
2002	2,738,655	9,971,515
2003	2,802,046	10,071,632
2004	2,868,664	10,166,163
2005	2,939,059	10,255,472
2006	3,013,660	10,346,410
2007	3,093,059	10,441,702
2008	3,183,269	10,542,635
2009	3,284,448	10,650,681
2010	3,390,965	10,765,980
2011	3,502,811	10,886,035
2012	3,619,034	11,009,647
2013	3,734,318	11,141,361
2014	3,848,514	11,274,288
2015	3,965,959	11,402,264
2016	4,086,657	11,528,674
2017	4,210,600	11,650,498
2018	4,337,685	11,765,514
2019	4,467,708	11,875,081
2020	4,600,131	11,974,057
2021	4,734,874	12,048,622
2022	4,875,637	12,119,334
2023	5,022,441	12,200,431
2024	5,169,395	12,277,109

Fertility rates in Mauritania and Tunisia

Fertility rate

Mauritania

Tunisia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Mauritania	Tunisia
1960	6.15	7.16
1961	6.2	7.16
1962	6.24	7.17
1963	6.31	7.17
1964	6.37	7.17
1965	6.44	7.11
1966	6.52	7.06
1967	6.57	6.95
1968	6.6	6.81
1969	6.64	6.62
1970	6.68	6.43
1971	6.7	6.29
1972	6.71	6.19
1973	6.72	6.12
1974	6.73	6.05
1975	6.71	5.97
1976	6.73	5.87
1977	6.74	5.68
1978	6.73	5.4
1979	6.7	5.18
1980	6.67	5.03
1981	6.64	5.02
1982	6.59	4.89
1983	6.54	4.77
1984	6.48	4.66
1985	6.42	4.52
1986	6.34	4.36
1987	6.27	4.1
1988	6.21	3.83
1989	6.2	3.57
1990	6.18	3.44
1991	6.16	3.31
1992	6.13	3.19
1993	6.09	3.06
1994	6.06	2.87
1995	5.96	2.67
1996	5.86	2.49
1997	5.74	2.34
1998	5.62	2.2
1999	5.52	2.08
2000	5.46	2.03
2001	5.41	1.98
2002	5.37	1.94
2003	5.36	1.96
2004	5.37	1.95
2005	5.38	1.95
2006	5.4	1.95
2007	5.43	1.96
2008	5.44	1.98
2009	5.41	2
2010	5.38	2.08
2011	5.38	2.19
2012	5.35	2.28
2013	5.32	2.31
2014	5.26	2.32
2015	5.21	2.31
2016	5.16	2.28
2017	5.11	2.21
2018	5.04	2.13
2019	4.98	2.1
2020	4.91	2
2021	4.85	1.8
2022	4.77	1.85
2023	4.7	1.83

Mauritania and Tunisia demographics compared

Median age

Mauritania

Tunisia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Mauritania	Tunisia
1960	18.8	18.4
1961	18.8	18.3
1962	18.8	18.2
1963	18.8	18.1
1964	18.8	18
1965	18.7	17.9
1966	18.6	17.8
1967	18.5	17.7
1968	18.4	17.6
1969	18.3	17.5
1970	18.1	17.6
1971	17.9	17.6
1972	17.7	17.6
1973	17.6	17.7
1974	17.4	17.8
1975	17.3	17.8
1976	17.2	17.9
1977	17.1	18
1978	17.1	18.1
1979	17	18.3
1980	17	18.5
1981	17	18.7
1982	17	19
1983	17	19.2
1984	17	19.5
1985	17	19.7
1986	17	19.9
1987	17.1	20.2
1988	17.1	20.4
1989	17.1	20.7
1990	17.1	21
1991	17.2	21.2
1992	17.3	21.5
1993	17.6	21.8
1994	17.6	22.1
1995	17.6	22.5
1996	17.5	22.9
1997	17.5	23.2
1998	17.5	23.6
1999	17.6	24
2000	17.7	24.4
2001	17.7	24.8
2002	17.7	25.3
2003	17.7	25.7
2004	17.7	26.2
2005	17.7	26.7
2006	17.6	27.2
2007	17.6	27.6
2008	17.7	28.1
2009	17.8	28.5
2010	17.8	28.9
2011	17.9	29.2
2012	17.8	29.5
2013	17.8	29.8
2014	17.8	30.1
2015	17.8	30.4
2016	17.8	30.8
2017	17.8	31.1
2018	17.8	31.4
2019	17.9	31.7
2020	17.9	32
2021	18	32.4
2022	18.1	32.8
2023	18.2	33.2
2024	18.4	33.5

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