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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Angola	Mauritania	Angola	Mauritania
1960	5,231,654	824,298	-	-
1961	5,301,583	846,167	1.34%	2.65%
1962	5,354,310	869,184	0.99%	2.72%
1963	5,408,320	893,423	1.01%	2.79%
1964	5,464,187	918,955	1.03%	2.86%
1965	5,521,981	945,838	1.06%	2.93%
1966	5,581,386	974,157	1.08%	2.99%
1967	5,641,807	1,003,843	1.08%	3.05%
1968	5,702,699	1,034,739	1.08%	3.08%
1969	5,763,685	1,066,754	1.07%	3.09%
1970	5,852,788	1,099,806	1.55%	3.1%
1971	5,991,102	1,133,702	2.36%	3.08%
1972	6,174,262	1,168,355	3.06%	3.06%
1973	6,388,528	1,203,838	3.47%	3.04%
1974	6,613,367	1,240,188	3.52%	3.02%
1975	6,842,947	1,277,330	3.47%	2.99%
1976	7,074,664	1,315,336	3.39%	2.98%
1977	7,317,829	1,353,768	3.44%	2.92%
1978	7,576,734	1,392,713	3.54%	2.88%
1979	7,847,207	1,432,758	3.57%	2.88%
1980	8,133,872	1,474,043	3.65%	2.88%
1981	8,435,607	1,516,877	3.71%	2.91%
1982	8,751,648	1,561,176	3.75%	2.92%
1983	9,082,983	1,606,746	3.79%	2.92%
1984	9,425,917	1,653,693	3.78%	2.92%
1985	9,779,120	1,702,107	3.75%	2.93%
1986	10,139,450	1,751,835	3.68%	2.92%
1987	10,497,858	1,803,014	3.53%	2.92%
1988	10,861,291	1,855,859	3.46%	2.93%
1989	11,238,562	1,903,048	3.47%	2.54%
1990	11,626,360	1,951,878	3.45%	2.57%
1991	12,023,529	2,009,738	3.42%	2.96%
1992	12,423,712	2,088,135	3.33%	3.9%
1993	12,827,135	2,174,328	3.25%	4.13%
1994	13,249,764	2,249,454	3.29%	3.46%
1995	13,699,778	2,312,017	3.4%	2.78%
1996	14,170,973	2,358,188	3.44%	2%
1997	14,660,413	2,411,306	3.45%	2.25%
1998	15,159,370	2,474,651	3.4%	2.63%
1999	15,667,235	2,541,698	3.35%	2.71%
2000	16,194,869	2,613,441	3.37%	2.82%
2001	16,747,208	2,678,760	3.41%	2.5%
2002	17,327,699	2,738,655	3.47%	2.24%
2003	17,943,712	2,802,046	3.56%	2.31%
2004	18,600,423	2,868,664	3.66%	2.38%
2005	19,291,161	2,939,059	3.71%	2.45%
2006	20,015,279	3,013,660	3.75%	2.54%
2007	20,778,561	3,093,059	3.81%	2.63%
2008	21,578,655	3,183,269	3.85%	2.92%
2009	22,414,773	3,284,448	3.87%	3.18%
2010	23,294,825	3,390,965	3.93%	3.24%
2011	24,218,352	3,502,811	3.96%	3.3%
2012	25,177,394	3,619,034	3.96%	3.32%
2013	26,165,620	3,734,318	3.93%	3.19%
2014	27,160,769	3,848,514	3.8%	3.06%
2015	28,157,798	3,965,959	3.67%	3.05%
2016	29,183,070	4,086,657	3.64%	3.04%
2017	30,234,839	4,210,600	3.6%	3.03%
2018	31,297,155	4,337,685	3.51%	3.02%
2019	32,375,632	4,467,708	3.45%	3%
2020	33,451,132	4,600,131	3.32%	2.96%
2021	34,532,429	4,734,874	3.23%	2.93%
2022	35,635,029	4,875,637	3.19%	2.97%
2023	36,749,906	5,022,441	3.13%	3.01%
2024	37,885,849	5,169,395	3.09%	2.93%
2025	39,040,029	5,315,063	3.05%	2.82%
2026	40,215,174	5,461,313	3.01%	2.75%
2027	41,415,119	5,608,785	2.98%	2.7%
2028	42,641,677	5,757,952	2.96%	2.66%
2029	43,891,847	5,909,186	2.93%	2.63%
2030	45,160,453	6,062,523	2.89%	2.59%
2031	46,449,962	6,217,791	2.86%	2.56%
2032	47,759,505	6,374,839	2.82%	2.53%
2033	49,091,470	6,533,828	2.79%	2.49%
2034	50,447,449	6,694,445	2.76%	2.46%
2035	51,821,711	6,856,314	2.72%	2.42%
2036	53,215,935	7,019,227	2.69%	2.38%
2037	54,625,858	7,183,105	2.65%	2.33%
2038	56,053,776	7,348,357	2.61%	2.3%
2039	57,501,906	7,514,734	2.58%	2.26%
2040	58,965,319	7,681,907	2.54%	2.22%
2041	60,441,178	7,850,210	2.5%	2.19%
2042	61,927,899	8,020,480	2.46%	2.17%
2043	63,430,872	8,192,542	2.43%	2.15%
2044	64,945,294	8,365,171	2.39%	2.11%
2045	66,464,320	8,538,521	2.34%	2.07%
2046	68,000,587	8,713,247	2.31%	2.05%
2047	69,554,157	8,888,466	2.28%	2.01%
2048	71,118,776	9,064,207	2.25%	1.98%
2049	72,701,379	9,240,169	2.23%	1.94%
2050	74,295,387	9,415,589	2.19%	1.9%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Angola increased by 9,167,791 people (a 45.8% growth), while Mauritania gained 1,072,997 people (a 35.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Angola gained 11,045,218 (a 37.8% growth), while Mauritania's population increased by 1,376,267 (a 33.7% growth).

Angola was ranked 56th most populous country in 2006 and is 39th 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) Angola's population will grow by 84.7% to 74,295,387 people with a rank change from 39th to 27th. The population of Mauritania will increase by 72.4% to 9,415,589 people and rank change from 123rd to 103rd.