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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Chad	Mauritania	Chad	Mauritania
1960	3,049,838	824,298	-	-
1961	3,111,947	846,167	2.04%	2.65%
1962	3,175,598	869,184	2.05%	2.72%
1963	3,240,905	893,423	2.06%	2.79%
1964	3,307,479	918,955	2.05%	2.86%
1965	3,374,220	945,838	2.02%	2.93%
1966	3,440,903	974,157	1.98%	2.99%
1967	3,508,512	1,003,843	1.96%	3.05%
1968	3,578,231	1,034,739	1.99%	3.08%
1969	3,651,113	1,066,754	2.04%	3.09%
1970	3,727,828	1,099,806	2.1%	3.1%
1971	3,807,316	1,133,702	2.13%	3.08%
1972	3,893,252	1,168,355	2.26%	3.06%
1973	3,985,909	1,203,838	2.38%	3.04%
1974	4,078,356	1,240,188	2.32%	3.02%
1975	4,167,234	1,277,330	2.18%	2.99%
1976	4,251,297	1,315,336	2.02%	2.98%
1977	4,331,667	1,353,768	1.89%	2.92%
1978	4,411,366	1,392,713	1.84%	2.88%
1979	4,505,384	1,432,758	2.13%	2.88%
1980	4,515,453	1,474,043	0.22%	2.88%
1981	4,520,959	1,516,877	0.12%	2.91%
1982	4,738,483	1,561,176	4.81%	2.92%
1983	4,979,130	1,606,746	5.08%	2.92%
1984	5,045,145	1,653,693	1.33%	2.92%
1985	5,096,269	1,702,107	1.01%	2.93%
1986	5,251,069	1,751,835	3.04%	2.92%
1987	5,438,309	1,803,014	3.57%	2.92%
1988	5,625,602	1,855,859	3.44%	2.93%
1989	5,819,586	1,903,048	3.45%	2.54%
1990	5,982,833	1,951,878	2.81%	2.57%
1991	6,205,676	2,009,738	3.72%	2.96%
1992	6,474,656	2,088,135	4.33%	3.9%
1993	6,629,146	2,174,328	2.39%	4.13%
1994	6,783,450	2,249,454	2.33%	3.46%
1995	7,089,064	2,312,017	4.51%	2.78%
1996	7,410,108	2,358,188	4.53%	2%
1997	7,670,366	2,411,306	3.51%	2.25%
1998	7,938,840	2,474,651	3.5%	2.63%
1999	8,222,705	2,541,698	3.58%	2.71%
2000	8,512,093	2,613,441	3.52%	2.82%
2001	8,804,124	2,678,760	3.43%	2.5%
2002	9,116,192	2,738,655	3.54%	2.24%
2003	9,487,833	2,802,046	4.08%	2.31%
2004	9,920,036	2,868,664	4.56%	2.38%
2005	10,328,092	2,939,059	4.11%	2.45%
2006	10,706,424	3,013,660	3.66%	2.54%
2007	11,081,660	3,093,059	3.5%	2.63%
2008	11,476,296	3,183,269	3.56%	2.92%
2009	11,893,754	3,284,448	3.64%	3.18%
2010	12,312,575	3,390,965	3.52%	3.24%
2011	12,754,997	3,502,811	3.59%	3.3%
2012	13,210,998	3,619,034	3.58%	3.32%
2013	13,691,079	3,734,318	3.63%	3.19%
2014	14,188,678	3,848,514	3.63%	3.06%
2015	14,647,621	3,965,959	3.23%	3.05%
2016	15,114,655	4,086,657	3.19%	3.04%
2017	15,622,759	4,210,600	3.36%	3.03%
2018	16,156,531	4,337,685	3.42%	3.02%
2019	16,685,223	4,467,708	3.27%	3%
2020	17,224,679	4,600,131	3.23%	2.96%
2021	17,828,273	4,734,874	3.5%	2.93%
2022	18,455,316	4,875,637	3.52%	2.97%
2023	19,319,064	5,022,441	4.68%	3.01%
2024	20,299,123	5,169,395	5.07%	2.93%
2025	21,003,694	5,315,063	3.47%	2.82%
2026	21,560,377	5,461,313	2.65%	2.75%
2027	22,175,373	5,608,785	2.85%	2.7%
2028	22,847,740	5,757,952	3.03%	2.66%
2029	23,526,035	5,909,186	2.97%	2.63%
2030	24,207,481	6,062,523	2.9%	2.59%
2031	24,897,231	6,217,791	2.85%	2.56%
2032	25,596,224	6,374,839	2.81%	2.53%
2033	26,297,830	6,533,828	2.74%	2.49%
2034	26,997,395	6,694,445	2.66%	2.46%
2035	27,697,268	6,856,314	2.59%	2.42%
2036	28,410,489	7,019,227	2.58%	2.38%
2037	29,132,961	7,183,105	2.54%	2.33%
2038	29,856,451	7,348,357	2.48%	2.3%
2039	30,584,696	7,514,734	2.44%	2.26%
2040	31,307,329	7,681,907	2.36%	2.22%
2041	32,035,111	7,850,210	2.32%	2.19%
2042	32,777,662	8,020,480	2.32%	2.17%
2043	33,525,238	8,192,542	2.28%	2.15%
2044	34,272,313	8,365,171	2.23%	2.11%
2045	35,026,384	8,538,521	2.2%	2.07%
2046	35,788,056	8,713,247	2.17%	2.05%
2047	36,546,910	8,888,466	2.12%	2.01%
2048	37,317,460	9,064,207	2.11%	1.98%
2049	38,088,916	9,240,169	2.07%	1.94%
2050	38,857,671	9,415,589	2.02%	1.9%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Chad increased by 4,408,231 people (a 41.2% growth), while Mauritania gained 1,072,997 people (a 35.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Chad gained 6,452,443 (a 42.7% growth), while Mauritania's population increased by 1,376,267 (a 33.7% growth).

Chad was ranked 76th most populous country in 2006 and is 64th 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) Chad's population will grow by 80.2% to 38,857,671 people with a rank change from 64th to 52nd. The population of Mauritania will increase by 72.4% to 9,415,589 people and rank change from 123rd to 103rd.