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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Mauritania	Eritrea	Mauritania
1960	972,547	824,298	-	-
1961	995,573	846,167	2.37%	2.65%
1962	1,019,788	869,184	2.43%	2.72%
1963	1,045,092	893,423	2.48%	2.79%
1964	1,071,287	918,955	2.51%	2.86%
1965	1,098,335	945,838	2.52%	2.93%
1966	1,124,957	974,157	2.42%	2.99%
1967	1,152,339	1,003,843	2.43%	3.05%
1968	1,181,737	1,034,739	2.55%	3.08%
1969	1,212,005	1,066,754	2.56%	3.09%
1970	1,243,453	1,099,806	2.59%	3.1%
1971	1,276,154	1,133,702	2.63%	3.08%
1972	1,309,235	1,168,355	2.59%	3.06%
1973	1,342,669	1,203,838	2.55%	3.04%
1974	1,375,688	1,240,188	2.46%	3.02%
1975	1,408,210	1,277,330	2.36%	2.99%
1976	1,443,807	1,315,336	2.53%	2.98%
1977	1,482,565	1,353,768	2.68%	2.92%
1978	1,522,378	1,392,713	2.69%	2.88%
1979	1,563,332	1,432,758	2.69%	2.88%
1980	1,605,797	1,474,043	2.72%	2.88%
1981	1,649,939	1,516,877	2.75%	2.91%
1982	1,695,461	1,561,176	2.76%	2.92%
1983	1,736,160	1,606,746	2.4%	2.92%
1984	1,771,730	1,653,693	2.05%	2.92%
1985	1,807,816	1,702,107	2.04%	2.93%
1986	1,845,164	1,751,835	2.07%	2.92%
1987	1,888,669	1,803,014	2.36%	2.92%
1988	1,938,255	1,855,859	2.63%	2.93%
1989	1,987,017	1,903,048	2.52%	2.54%
1990	2,032,737	1,951,878	2.3%	2.57%
1991	1,919,571	2,009,738	-5.57%	2.96%
1992	1,798,748	2,088,135	-6.29%	3.9%
1993	1,856,006	2,174,328	3.18%	4.13%
1994	1,913,915	2,249,454	3.12%	3.46%
1995	2,025,267	2,312,017	5.82%	2.78%
1996	2,128,464	2,358,188	5.1%	2%
1997	2,152,135	2,411,306	1.11%	2.25%
1998	2,180,419	2,474,651	1.31%	2.63%
1999	2,212,780	2,541,698	1.48%	2.71%
2000	2,247,031	2,613,441	1.55%	2.82%
2001	2,312,079	2,678,760	2.89%	2.5%
2002	2,392,978	2,738,655	3.5%	2.24%
2003	2,493,903	2,802,046	4.22%	2.31%
2004	2,598,284	2,868,664	4.19%	2.38%
2005	2,661,215	2,939,059	2.42%	2.45%
2006	2,703,502	3,013,660	1.59%	2.54%
2007	2,743,222	3,093,059	1.47%	2.63%
2008	2,816,327	3,183,269	2.66%	2.92%
2009	2,887,885	3,284,448	2.54%	3.18%
2010	2,945,186	3,390,965	1.98%	3.24%
2011	2,998,485	3,502,811	1.81%	3.3%
2012	3,036,988	3,619,034	1.28%	3.32%
2013	3,074,360	3,734,318	1.23%	3.19%
2014	3,095,173	3,848,514	0.68%	3.06%
2015	3,105,546	3,965,959	0.34%	3.05%
2016	3,124,698	4,086,657	0.62%	3.04%
2017	3,150,347	4,210,600	0.82%	3.03%
2018	3,192,760	4,337,685	1.35%	3.02%
2019	3,240,194	4,467,708	1.49%	3%
2020	3,291,271	4,600,131	1.58%	2.96%
2021	3,350,183	4,734,874	1.79%	2.93%
2022	3,409,447	4,875,637	1.77%	2.97%
2023	3,470,390	5,022,441	1.79%	3.01%
2024	3,535,603	5,169,395	1.88%	2.93%
2025	3,606,996	5,315,063	2.02%	2.82%
2026	3,682,659	5,461,313	2.1%	2.75%
2027	3,760,368	5,608,785	2.11%	2.7%
2028	3,840,135	5,757,952	2.12%	2.66%
2029	3,920,467	5,909,186	2.09%	2.63%
2030	4,002,671	6,062,523	2.1%	2.59%
2031	4,085,037	6,217,791	2.06%	2.56%
2032	4,166,507	6,374,839	1.99%	2.53%
2033	4,249,501	6,533,828	1.99%	2.49%
2034	4,334,727	6,694,445	2.01%	2.46%
2035	4,420,915	6,856,314	1.99%	2.42%
2036	4,509,755	7,019,227	2.01%	2.38%
2037	4,601,933	7,183,105	2.04%	2.33%
2038	4,692,340	7,348,357	1.96%	2.3%
2039	4,780,469	7,514,734	1.88%	2.26%
2040	4,868,668	7,681,907	1.84%	2.22%
2041	4,954,481	7,850,210	1.76%	2.19%
2042	5,039,298	8,020,480	1.71%	2.17%
2043	5,124,256	8,192,542	1.69%	2.15%
2044	5,207,858	8,365,171	1.63%	2.11%
2045	5,292,756	8,538,521	1.63%	2.07%
2046	5,375,963	8,713,247	1.57%	2.05%
2047	5,456,488	8,888,466	1.5%	2.01%
2048	5,537,538	9,064,207	1.49%	1.98%
2049	5,617,348	9,240,169	1.44%	1.94%
2050	5,696,052	9,415,589	1.4%	1.9%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Eritrea increased by 421,196 people (a 15.6% growth), while Mauritania gained 1,072,997 people (a 35.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Eritrea gained 558,810 (a 17.9% growth), while Mauritania's population increased by 1,376,267 (a 33.7% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 135th most populous country in 2006 and is 131st 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) Eritrea's population will grow by 54.6% to 5,696,052 people with a rank change from 131st to 123rd. The population of Mauritania will increase by 72.4% to 9,415,589 people and rank change from 123rd to 103rd.