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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Gambia	Mauritania	Gambia	Mauritania
1960	398,060	824,298	-	-
1961	408,930	846,167	2.73%	2.65%
1962	420,163	869,184	2.75%	2.72%
1963	431,757	893,423	2.76%	2.79%
1964	443,687	918,955	2.76%	2.86%
1965	455,952	945,838	2.76%	2.93%
1966	468,516	974,157	2.76%	2.99%
1967	481,588	1,003,843	2.79%	3.05%
1968	495,269	1,034,739	2.84%	3.08%
1969	509,440	1,066,754	2.86%	3.09%
1970	524,105	1,099,806	2.88%	3.1%
1971	539,388	1,133,702	2.92%	3.08%
1972	555,370	1,168,355	2.96%	3.06%
1973	571,991	1,203,838	2.99%	3.04%
1974	589,085	1,240,188	2.99%	3.02%
1975	606,821	1,277,330	3.01%	2.99%
1976	625,667	1,315,336	3.11%	2.98%
1977	645,770	1,353,768	3.21%	2.92%
1978	667,103	1,392,713	3.3%	2.88%
1979	689,781	1,432,758	3.4%	2.88%
1980	713,913	1,474,043	3.5%	2.88%
1981	739,125	1,516,877	3.53%	2.91%
1982	765,753	1,561,176	3.6%	2.92%
1983	794,525	1,606,746	3.76%	2.92%
1984	825,631	1,653,693	3.92%	2.92%
1985	858,874	1,702,107	4.03%	2.93%
1986	894,019	1,751,835	4.09%	2.92%
1987	931,091	1,803,014	4.15%	2.92%
1988	970,160	1,855,859	4.2%	2.93%
1989	1,011,357	1,903,048	4.25%	2.54%
1990	1,054,696	1,951,878	4.29%	2.57%
1991	1,099,959	2,009,738	4.29%	2.96%
1992	1,145,582	2,088,135	4.15%	3.9%
1993	1,188,365	2,174,328	3.73%	4.13%
1994	1,227,226	2,249,454	3.27%	3.46%
1995	1,264,313	2,312,017	3.02%	2.78%
1996	1,301,410	2,358,188	2.93%	2%
1997	1,338,889	2,411,306	2.88%	2.25%
1998	1,376,987	2,474,651	2.85%	2.63%
1999	1,415,779	2,541,698	2.82%	2.71%
2000	1,455,084	2,613,441	2.78%	2.82%
2001	1,495,011	2,678,760	2.74%	2.5%
2002	1,535,691	2,738,655	2.72%	2.24%
2003	1,577,611	2,802,046	2.73%	2.31%
2004	1,621,312	2,868,664	2.77%	2.38%
2005	1,667,037	2,939,059	2.82%	2.45%
2006	1,715,275	3,013,660	2.89%	2.54%
2007	1,765,774	3,093,059	2.94%	2.63%
2008	1,817,852	3,183,269	2.95%	2.92%
2009	1,871,422	3,284,448	2.95%	3.18%
2010	1,926,630	3,390,965	2.95%	3.24%
2011	1,983,784	3,502,811	2.97%	3.3%
2012	2,043,094	3,619,034	2.99%	3.32%
2013	2,103,820	3,734,318	2.97%	3.19%
2014	2,164,528	3,848,514	2.89%	3.06%
2015	2,224,529	3,965,959	2.77%	3.05%
2016	2,283,769	4,086,657	2.66%	3.04%
2017	2,342,189	4,210,600	2.56%	3.03%
2018	2,399,632	4,337,685	2.45%	3.02%
2019	2,456,844	4,467,708	2.38%	3%
2020	2,515,733	4,600,131	2.4%	2.96%
2021	2,576,010	4,734,874	2.4%	2.93%
2022	2,636,470	4,875,637	2.35%	2.97%
2023	2,697,845	5,022,441	2.33%	3.01%
2024	2,759,988	5,169,395	2.3%	2.93%
2025	2,822,083	5,315,063	2.25%	2.82%
2026	2,884,075	5,461,313	2.2%	2.75%
2027	2,945,874	5,608,785	2.14%	2.7%
2028	3,007,541	5,757,952	2.09%	2.66%
2029	3,069,012	5,909,186	2.04%	2.63%
2030	3,130,117	6,062,523	1.99%	2.59%
2031	3,190,986	6,217,791	1.94%	2.56%
2032	3,251,816	6,374,839	1.91%	2.53%
2033	3,312,585	6,533,828	1.87%	2.49%
2034	3,373,117	6,694,445	1.83%	2.46%
2035	3,433,418	6,856,314	1.79%	2.42%
2036	3,493,569	7,019,227	1.75%	2.38%
2037	3,553,521	7,183,105	1.72%	2.33%
2038	3,613,489	7,348,357	1.69%	2.3%
2039	3,673,332	7,514,734	1.66%	2.26%
2040	3,732,793	7,681,907	1.62%	2.22%
2041	3,791,791	7,850,210	1.58%	2.19%
2042	3,850,526	8,020,480	1.55%	2.17%
2043	3,909,016	8,192,542	1.52%	2.15%
2044	3,966,899	8,365,171	1.48%	2.11%
2045	4,024,221	8,538,521	1.45%	2.07%
2046	4,080,955	8,713,247	1.41%	2.05%
2047	4,137,188	8,888,466	1.38%	2.01%
2048	4,192,836	9,064,207	1.35%	1.98%
2049	4,247,701	9,240,169	1.31%	1.94%
2050	4,301,881	9,415,589	1.28%	1.9%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Gambia increased by 557,492 people (a 33.4% growth), while Mauritania gained 1,026,900 people (a 34.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Gambia gained 647,350 (a 29.1% growth), while Mauritania's population increased by 1,466,583 (a 37% growth).

The Gambia was ranked 146th most populous country in 2005 and is 138th 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 Gambia's population will grow by 49.8% to 4,301,881 people with a rank change from 138th to 132nd. The population of Mauritania will increase by 73.3% to 9,415,589 people and rank change from 123rd to 103rd.