The latest officially reported population of Germany was 83,516,593 in 2024 vs 5,169,395 people in Mauritania in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Germany's population is 82,619,736 people compared to 5,462,924 in Mauritania.
Population statistics:
- Germany's population is 15.1 times bigger than Mauritania's.
- Germany is ranked the 19th most populous country in the world, while Mauritania is the 123rd.
- The countries together account for 1.06% of the world: 1% for Germany vs 0.07% for Mauritania.
- For the last 10 years, Germany has had an average growth rate of +0.32% per year vs +3% in Mauritania.
- Since 2006, the population of Germany has increased from 82.4M people to 82.6M (0.3% growth), while Mauritania has grown from 3.01M to 5.46M (81.3% growth).
- Mauritania is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 17.1M people, while Germany's population already peaked in 2024 at 83.5M people and is projected to decrease to 70M people by 2100.
Germany vs Mauritania: live population counter
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| Current population |
82619736
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5462924
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| Population rank | 19/197 | 123/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
2.29 minutes
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3.58 minutes
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| One birth every |
45.6 seconds
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3.04 minutes
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| One death every |
30.8 seconds
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19 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
14.2 minutes
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4.01 hours
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| Annual migration change | +36,954 | -2,185 |
| Daily growth/decline | +628 | +403 |
| Annual growth/decline | +229,320 | +146,954 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.28% | +2.93% |
| Population growth rate rank | 152/197 | 17/197 |
Germany and Mauritania: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 72,814,900 | 824,298 | - | - |
| 1961 | 73,377,632 | 846,167 | 0.77% | 2.65% |
| 1962 | 74,025,784 | 869,184 | 0.88% | 2.72% |
| 1963 | 74,714,353 | 893,423 | 0.93% | 2.79% |
| 1964 | 75,318,337 | 918,955 | 0.81% | 2.86% |
| 1965 | 75,963,695 | 945,838 | 0.86% | 2.93% |
| 1966 | 76,600,311 | 974,157 | 0.84% | 2.99% |
| 1967 | 76,951,336 | 1,003,843 | 0.46% | 3.05% |
| 1968 | 77,294,314 | 1,034,739 | 0.45% | 3.08% |
| 1969 | 77,909,682 | 1,066,754 | 0.8% | 3.09% |
| 1970 | 78,169,289 | 1,099,806 | 0.33% | 3.1% |
| 1971 | 78,312,842 | 1,133,702 | 0.18% | 3.08% |
| 1972 | 78,688,452 | 1,168,355 | 0.48% | 3.06% |
| 1973 | 78,936,666 | 1,203,838 | 0.32% | 3.04% |
| 1974 | 78,967,433 | 1,240,188 | 0.04% | 3.02% |
| 1975 | 78,673,554 | 1,277,330 | -0.37% | 2.99% |
| 1976 | 78,336,950 | 1,315,336 | -0.43% | 2.98% |
| 1977 | 78,159,814 | 1,353,768 | -0.23% | 2.92% |
| 1978 | 78,091,820 | 1,392,713 | -0.09% | 2.88% |
| 1979 | 78,126,350 | 1,432,758 | 0.04% | 2.88% |
| 1980 | 78,288,576 | 1,474,043 | 0.21% | 2.88% |
| 1981 | 78,407,907 | 1,516,877 | 0.15% | 2.91% |
| 1982 | 78,333,366 | 1,561,176 | -0.1% | 2.92% |
| 1983 | 78,128,282 | 1,606,746 | -0.26% | 2.92% |
| 1984 | 77,858,685 | 1,653,693 | -0.35% | 2.92% |
| 1985 | 77,684,873 | 1,702,107 | -0.22% | 2.93% |
| 1986 | 77,720,436 | 1,751,835 | 0.05% | 2.92% |
| 1987 | 77,839,920 | 1,803,014 | 0.15% | 2.92% |
| 1988 | 78,144,619 | 1,855,859 | 0.39% | 2.93% |
| 1989 | 78,751,283 | 1,903,048 | 0.78% | 2.54% |
| 1990 | 79,433,029 | 1,951,878 | 0.87% | 2.57% |
| 1991 | 80,013,896 | 2,009,738 | 0.73% | 2.96% |
| 1992 | 80,624,598 | 2,088,135 | 0.76% | 3.9% |
| 1993 | 81,156,363 | 2,174,328 | 0.66% | 4.13% |
| 1994 | 81,438,348 | 2,249,454 | 0.35% | 3.46% |
| 1995 | 81,678,051 | 2,312,017 | 0.29% | 2.78% |
| 1996 | 81,914,831 | 2,358,188 | 0.29% | 2% |
| 1997 | 82,034,771 | 2,411,306 | 0.15% | 2.25% |
| 1998 | 82,047,195 | 2,474,651 | 0.02% | 2.63% |
| 1999 | 82,100,243 | 2,541,698 | 0.06% | 2.71% |
| 2000 | 82,211,508 | 2,613,441 | 0.14% | 2.82% |
| 2001 | 82,349,925 | 2,678,760 | 0.17% | 2.5% |
| 2002 | 82,488,495 | 2,738,655 | 0.17% | 2.24% |
| 2003 | 82,534,176 | 2,802,046 | 0.06% | 2.31% |
| 2004 | 82,516,260 | 2,868,664 | -0.02% | 2.38% |
| 2005 | 82,469,422 | 2,939,059 | -0.06% | 2.45% |
| 2006 | 82,376,451 | 3,013,660 | -0.11% | 2.54% |
| 2007 | 82,266,372 | 3,093,059 | -0.13% | 2.63% |
| 2008 | 82,110,097 | 3,183,269 | -0.19% | 2.92% |
| 2009 | 81,902,307 | 3,284,448 | -0.25% | 3.18% |
| 2010 | 81,776,930 | 3,390,965 | -0.15% | 3.24% |
| 2011 | 80,274,983 | 3,502,811 | -1.84% | 3.3% |
| 2012 | 80,425,823 | 3,619,034 | 0.19% | 3.32% |
| 2013 | 80,645,605 | 3,734,318 | 0.27% | 3.19% |
| 2014 | 80,982,500 | 3,848,514 | 0.42% | 3.06% |
| 2015 | 81,686,611 | 3,965,959 | 0.87% | 3.05% |
| 2016 | 82,348,669 | 4,086,657 | 0.81% | 3.04% |
| 2017 | 82,657,002 | 4,210,600 | 0.37% | 3.03% |
| 2018 | 82,905,782 | 4,337,685 | 0.3% | 3.02% |
| 2019 | 83,092,962 | 4,467,708 | 0.23% | 3% |
| 2020 | 83,160,871 | 4,600,131 | 0.08% | 2.96% |
| 2021 | 83,196,078 | 4,734,874 | 0.04% | 2.93% |
| 2022 | 83,177,813 | 4,875,637 | -0.02% | 2.97% |
| 2023 | 83,287,273 | 5,022,441 | 0.13% | 3.01% |
| 2024 | 83,516,593 | 5,169,395 | 0.28% | 2.93% |
| 2025 | 83,045,276 | 5,315,063 | -0.56% | 2.82% |
| 2026 | 82,619,736 | 5,461,313 | -0.51% | 2.75% |
| 2027 | 82,420,656 | 5,608,785 | -0.24% | 2.7% |
| 2028 | 82,209,650 | 5,757,952 | -0.26% | 2.66% |
| 2029 | 81,988,746 | 5,909,186 | -0.27% | 2.63% |
| 2030 | 81,767,011 | 6,062,523 | -0.27% | 2.59% |
| 2031 | 81,541,291 | 6,217,791 | -0.28% | 2.56% |
| 2032 | 81,315,327 | 6,374,839 | -0.28% | 2.53% |
| 2033 | 81,094,150 | 6,533,828 | -0.27% | 2.49% |
| 2034 | 80,879,704 | 6,694,445 | -0.26% | 2.46% |
| 2035 | 80,669,570 | 6,856,314 | -0.26% | 2.42% |
| 2036 | 80,445,835 | 7,019,227 | -0.28% | 2.38% |
| 2037 | 80,222,108 | 7,183,105 | -0.28% | 2.33% |
| 2038 | 80,001,936 | 7,348,357 | -0.27% | 2.3% |
| 2039 | 79,780,699 | 7,514,734 | -0.28% | 2.26% |
| 2040 | 79,565,092 | 7,681,907 | -0.27% | 2.22% |
| 2041 | 79,361,541 | 7,850,210 | -0.26% | 2.19% |
| 2042 | 79,167,400 | 8,020,480 | -0.24% | 2.17% |
| 2043 | 78,962,964 | 8,192,542 | -0.26% | 2.15% |
| 2044 | 78,743,160 | 8,365,171 | -0.28% | 2.11% |
| 2045 | 78,518,131 | 8,538,521 | -0.29% | 2.07% |
| 2046 | 78,293,579 | 8,713,247 | -0.29% | 2.05% |
| 2047 | 78,066,226 | 8,888,466 | -0.29% | 2.01% |
| 2048 | 77,826,011 | 9,064,207 | -0.31% | 1.98% |
| 2049 | 77,578,876 | 9,240,169 | -0.32% | 1.94% |
| 2050 | 77,335,610 | 9,415,589 | -0.31% | 1.9% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Germany decreased by 27,782 people (a 0.03% decline), while Mauritania gained 1,072,997 people (a 35.6% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Germany gained 271,067 (a 0.33% growth), while Mauritania's population increased by 1,376,267 (a 33.7% growth).
Germany was ranked 14th most populous country in 2006 and is 19th 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) Germany's population will shrink by 6.4% to 77,335,610 people with a rank change from 19th to 24th. The population of Mauritania will increase by 72.4% to 9,415,589 people and rank change from 123rd to 103rd.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Berlin | 3.78M |
| Hamburg | 1.91M |
| Munich | 1.51M |
| Cologne | 1.09M |
| Frankfurt | 776K |
| Stuttgart | 633K |
| Dusseldorf | 631K |
| Leipzig | 620K |
| Dortmund | 595K |
| Essen | 587K |
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| City | Population |
| Nouakchott | 1.08M |
| Rosso | 33.5K |
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Population differences between Germany and Mauritania
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| Life expectancy | 81.9 years | 69.2 years |
| Average age | 45 years | 23 years |
| Median age | 46.3 years | 18.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 49.1:50.9 |
| Fertility rate | 1.39 births per woman | 4.7 births per woman |
| Population density | 619 ppl/mi² | 13 ppl/mi² |
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