Population in Algeria compared to Mauritania: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Algeria and Mauritania: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Algeria	Mauritania	Algeria	Mauritania
1960	11,424,922	824,298	-	-
1961	11,628,883	846,167	1.79%	2.65%
1962	11,800,771	869,184	1.48%	2.72%
1963	11,982,118	893,423	1.54%	2.79%
1964	12,179,813	918,955	1.65%	2.86%
1965	12,365,976	945,838	1.53%	2.93%
1966	12,590,069	974,157	1.81%	2.99%
1967	12,876,118	1,003,843	2.27%	3.05%
1968	13,172,614	1,034,739	2.3%	3.08%
1969	13,475,960	1,066,754	2.3%	3.09%
1970	13,783,719	1,099,806	2.28%	3.1%
1971	14,098,936	1,133,702	2.29%	3.08%
1972	14,427,072	1,168,355	2.33%	3.06%
1973	14,771,147	1,203,838	2.38%	3.04%
1974	15,133,502	1,240,188	2.45%	3.02%
1975	15,678,596	1,277,330	3.6%	2.99%
1976	16,409,170	1,315,336	4.66%	2.98%
1977	17,015,994	1,353,768	3.7%	2.92%
1978	17,506,974	1,392,713	2.89%	2.88%
1979	18,036,655	1,432,758	3.03%	2.88%
1980	18,607,174	1,474,043	3.16%	2.88%
1981	19,220,704	1,516,877	3.3%	2.91%
1982	19,872,348	1,561,176	3.39%	2.92%
1983	20,558,115	1,606,746	3.45%	2.92%
1984	21,271,969	1,653,693	3.47%	2.92%
1985	22,008,544	1,702,107	3.46%	2.93%
1986	22,745,499	1,751,835	3.35%	2.92%
1987	23,443,624	1,803,014	3.07%	2.92%
1988	24,109,536	1,855,859	2.84%	2.93%
1989	24,754,485	1,903,048	2.68%	2.54%
1990	25,375,810	1,951,878	2.51%	2.57%
1991	25,987,928	2,009,738	2.41%	2.96%
1992	26,628,568	2,088,135	2.47%	3.9%
1993	27,277,048	2,174,328	2.44%	4.13%
1994	27,887,279	2,249,454	2.24%	3.46%
1995	28,470,191	2,312,017	2.09%	2.78%
1996	29,033,044	2,358,188	1.98%	2%
1997	29,579,301	2,411,306	1.88%	2.25%
1998	30,054,133	2,474,651	1.61%	2.63%
1999	30,474,354	2,541,698	1.4%	2.71%
2000	30,903,893	2,613,441	1.41%	2.82%
2001	31,331,221	2,678,760	1.38%	2.5%
2002	31,750,835	2,738,655	1.34%	2.24%
2003	32,175,818	2,802,046	1.34%	2.31%
2004	32,628,286	2,868,664	1.41%	2.38%
2005	33,109,249	2,939,059	1.47%	2.45%
2006	33,623,506	3,013,660	1.55%	2.54%
2007	34,189,416	3,093,059	1.68%	2.63%
2008	34,816,961	3,183,269	1.84%	2.92%
2009	35,490,445	3,284,448	1.93%	3.18%
2010	36,188,236	3,390,965	1.97%	3.24%
2011	36,903,376	3,502,811	1.98%	3.3%
2012	37,646,166	3,619,034	2.01%	3.32%
2013	38,414,171	3,734,318	2.04%	3.19%
2014	39,205,031	3,848,514	2.06%	3.06%
2015	40,019,529	3,965,959	2.08%	3.05%
2016	40,850,721	4,086,657	2.08%	3.04%
2017	41,689,299	4,210,600	2.05%	3.03%
2018	42,505,035	4,337,685	1.96%	3.02%
2019	43,294,546	4,467,708	1.86%	3%
2020	44,042,091	4,600,131	1.73%	2.96%
2021	44,761,099	4,734,874	1.63%	2.93%
2022	45,477,389	4,875,637	1.6%	2.97%
2023	46,164,219	5,022,441	1.51%	3.01%
2024	46,814,308	5,169,395	1.41%	2.93%
2025	47,435,316	5,315,063	1.33%	2.82%
2026	48,028,344	5,461,313	1.25%	2.75%
2027	48,593,419	5,608,785	1.18%	2.7%
2028	49,135,532	5,757,952	1.12%	2.66%
2029	49,655,386	5,909,186	1.06%	2.63%
2030	50,154,168	6,062,523	1%	2.59%
2031	50,637,369	6,217,791	0.96%	2.56%
2032	51,113,505	6,374,839	0.94%	2.53%
2033	51,584,249	6,533,828	0.92%	2.49%
2034	52,048,009	6,694,445	0.9%	2.46%
2035	52,516,794	6,856,314	0.9%	2.42%
2036	52,986,277	7,019,227	0.89%	2.38%
2037	53,452,788	7,183,105	0.88%	2.33%
2038	53,921,847	7,348,357	0.88%	2.3%
2039	54,396,263	7,514,734	0.88%	2.26%
2040	54,873,482	7,681,907	0.88%	2.22%
2041	55,351,998	7,850,210	0.87%	2.19%
2042	55,834,554	8,020,480	0.87%	2.17%
2043	56,319,606	8,192,542	0.87%	2.15%
2044	56,806,185	8,365,171	0.86%	2.11%
2045	57,290,162	8,538,521	0.85%	2.07%
2046	57,767,681	8,713,247	0.83%	2.05%
2047	58,234,183	8,888,466	0.81%	2.01%
2048	58,690,893	9,064,207	0.78%	1.98%
2049	59,136,165	9,240,169	0.76%	1.94%
2050	59,565,558	9,415,589	0.73%	1.9%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Algeria increased by 7,227,215 people (a 21.5% growth), while Mauritania gained 1,072,997 people (a 35.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Algeria gained 7,183,798 (a 17.6% growth), while Mauritania's population increased by 1,376,267 (a 33.7% growth).

Algeria was ranked 34th most populous country in 2006 and is 33rd in 2026. Mauritania was ranked 132nd in 2006 and ranked 123rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Algeria's population will grow by 24% to 59,565,558 people and will still be ranked 33rd. The population of Mauritania will increase by 72.4% to 9,415,589 people and rank change from 123rd to 103rd.