Population in the Congo compared to Mauritania: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Congo and Mauritania: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Mauritania	Congo	Mauritania
1960	1,056,732	824,298	-	-
1961	1,084,389	846,167	2.62%	2.65%
1962	1,113,175	869,184	2.65%	2.72%
1963	1,143,263	893,423	2.7%	2.79%
1964	1,174,816	918,955	2.76%	2.86%
1965	1,207,880	945,838	2.81%	2.93%
1966	1,242,534	974,157	2.87%	2.99%
1967	1,278,691	1,003,843	2.91%	3.05%
1968	1,316,519	1,034,739	2.96%	3.08%
1969	1,356,182	1,066,754	3.01%	3.09%
1970	1,397,638	1,099,806	3.06%	3.1%
1971	1,441,039	1,133,702	3.11%	3.08%
1972	1,486,468	1,168,355	3.15%	3.06%
1973	1,533,680	1,203,838	3.18%	3.04%
1974	1,582,301	1,240,188	3.17%	3.02%
1975	1,627,032	1,277,330	2.83%	2.99%
1976	1,667,225	1,315,336	2.47%	2.98%
1977	1,707,568	1,353,768	2.42%	2.92%
1978	1,748,089	1,392,713	2.37%	2.88%
1979	1,788,524	1,432,758	2.31%	2.88%
1980	1,828,985	1,474,043	2.26%	2.88%
1981	1,869,759	1,516,877	2.23%	2.91%
1982	1,910,430	1,561,176	2.18%	2.92%
1983	1,950,321	1,606,746	2.09%	2.92%
1984	1,999,528	1,653,693	2.52%	2.92%
1985	2,059,311	1,702,107	2.99%	2.93%
1986	2,120,602	1,751,835	2.98%	2.92%
1987	2,183,473	1,803,014	2.96%	2.92%
1988	2,247,653	1,855,859	2.94%	2.93%
1989	2,313,558	1,903,048	2.93%	2.54%
1990	2,380,560	1,951,878	2.9%	2.57%
1991	2,449,229	2,009,738	2.88%	2.96%
1992	2,519,465	2,088,135	2.87%	3.9%
1993	2,595,124	2,174,328	3%	4.13%
1994	2,673,144	2,249,454	3.01%	3.46%
1995	2,749,461	2,312,017	2.85%	2.78%
1996	2,826,785	2,358,188	2.81%	2%
1997	2,887,862	2,411,306	2.16%	2.25%
1998	2,952,061	2,474,651	2.22%	2.63%
1999	3,032,874	2,541,698	2.74%	2.71%
2000	3,151,345	2,613,441	3.91%	2.82%
2001	3,272,537	2,678,760	3.85%	2.5%
2002	3,350,771	2,738,655	2.39%	2.24%
2003	3,445,753	2,802,046	2.83%	2.31%
2004	3,565,554	2,868,664	3.48%	2.38%
2005	3,696,393	2,939,059	3.67%	2.45%
2006	3,837,409	3,013,660	3.81%	2.54%
2007	3,980,430	3,093,059	3.73%	2.63%
2008	4,113,517	3,183,269	3.34%	2.92%
2009	4,281,219	3,284,448	4.08%	3.18%
2010	4,462,290	3,390,965	4.23%	3.24%
2011	4,609,724	3,502,811	3.3%	3.3%
2012	4,740,450	3,619,034	2.84%	3.32%
2013	4,857,099	3,734,318	2.46%	3.19%
2014	4,975,880	3,848,514	2.45%	3.06%
2015	5,097,581	3,965,959	2.45%	3.05%
2016	5,222,536	4,086,657	2.45%	3.04%
2017	5,351,011	4,210,600	2.46%	3.03%
2018	5,483,118	4,337,685	2.47%	3.02%
2019	5,616,661	4,467,708	2.44%	3%
2020	5,752,791	4,600,131	2.42%	2.96%
2021	5,892,183	4,734,874	2.42%	2.93%
2022	6,035,104	4,875,637	2.43%	2.97%
2023	6,182,885	5,022,441	2.45%	3.01%
2024	6,332,961	5,169,395	2.43%	2.93%
2025	6,484,427	5,315,063	2.39%	2.82%
2026	6,637,777	5,461,313	2.36%	2.75%
2027	6,794,288	5,608,785	2.36%	2.7%
2028	6,953,966	5,757,952	2.35%	2.66%
2029	7,116,456	5,909,186	2.34%	2.63%
2030	7,282,261	6,062,523	2.33%	2.59%
2031	7,452,405	6,217,791	2.34%	2.56%
2032	7,626,474	6,374,839	2.34%	2.53%
2033	7,802,988	6,533,828	2.31%	2.49%
2034	7,981,338	6,694,445	2.29%	2.46%
2035	8,160,723	6,856,314	2.25%	2.42%
2036	8,341,706	7,019,227	2.22%	2.38%
2037	8,524,798	7,183,105	2.19%	2.33%
2038	8,709,719	7,348,357	2.17%	2.3%
2039	8,896,164	7,514,734	2.14%	2.26%
2040	9,083,959	7,681,907	2.11%	2.22%
2041	9,274,654	7,850,210	2.1%	2.19%
2042	9,466,745	8,020,480	2.07%	2.17%
2043	9,658,834	8,192,542	2.03%	2.15%
2044	9,850,493	8,365,171	1.98%	2.11%
2045	10,041,891	8,538,521	1.94%	2.07%
2046	10,234,360	8,713,247	1.92%	2.05%
2047	10,427,899	8,888,466	1.89%	2.01%
2048	10,621,379	9,064,207	1.86%	1.98%
2049	10,813,639	9,240,169	1.81%	1.94%
2050	11,006,454	9,415,589	1.78%	1.9%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Mauritania gained 1,026,900 people (a 34.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Mauritania's population increased by 1,466,583 (a 37% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th in 2025. Mauritania was ranked 133rd in 2005 and ranked 123rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) the Congo's population will grow by 66.6% to 11,006,454 people with a rank change from 109th to 95th. The population of Mauritania will increase by 73.3% to 9,415,589 people and rank change from 123rd to 103rd.