Population in Guinea-Bissau compared to Mauritania: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guinea-Bissau	Mauritania	Guinea-Bissau	Mauritania
1960	577,633	824,298	-	-
1961	582,532	846,167	0.85%	2.65%
1962	589,474	869,184	1.19%	2.72%
1963	594,418	893,423	0.84%	2.79%
1964	588,543	918,955	-0.99%	2.86%
1965	575,005	945,838	-2.3%	2.93%
1966	566,908	974,157	-1.41%	2.99%
1967	569,011	1,003,843	0.37%	3.05%
1968	578,170	1,034,739	1.61%	3.08%
1969	581,610	1,066,754	0.59%	3.09%
1970	584,403	1,099,806	0.48%	3.1%
1971	586,221	1,133,702	0.31%	3.08%
1972	586,620	1,168,355	0.07%	3.06%
1973	592,808	1,203,838	1.05%	3.04%
1974	613,338	1,240,188	3.46%	3.02%
1975	650,966	1,277,330	6.13%	2.99%
1976	694,191	1,315,336	6.64%	2.98%
1977	741,789	1,353,768	6.86%	2.92%
1978	791,694	1,392,713	6.73%	2.88%
1979	819,867	1,432,758	3.56%	2.88%
1980	829,303	1,474,043	1.15%	2.88%
1981	842,432	1,516,877	1.58%	2.91%
1982	855,891	1,561,176	1.6%	2.92%
1983	869,592	1,606,746	1.6%	2.92%
1984	883,519	1,653,693	1.6%	2.92%
1985	897,697	1,702,107	1.6%	2.93%
1986	912,126	1,751,835	1.61%	2.92%
1987	926,862	1,803,014	1.62%	2.92%
1988	942,061	1,855,859	1.64%	2.93%
1989	957,789	1,903,048	1.67%	2.54%
1990	973,669	1,951,878	1.66%	2.57%
1991	994,639	2,009,738	2.15%	2.96%
1992	1,024,356	2,088,135	2.99%	3.9%
1993	1,058,745	2,174,328	3.36%	4.13%
1994	1,092,031	2,249,454	3.14%	3.46%
1995	1,119,949	2,312,017	2.56%	2.78%
1996	1,143,535	2,358,188	2.11%	2%
1997	1,165,545	2,411,306	1.92%	2.25%
1998	1,187,473	2,474,651	1.88%	2.63%
1999	1,210,206	2,541,698	1.91%	2.71%
2000	1,234,741	2,613,441	2.03%	2.82%
2001	1,261,273	2,678,760	2.15%	2.5%
2002	1,289,307	2,738,655	2.22%	2.24%
2003	1,318,806	2,802,046	2.29%	2.31%
2004	1,349,563	2,868,664	2.33%	2.38%
2005	1,381,585	2,939,059	2.37%	2.45%
2006	1,415,303	3,013,660	2.44%	2.54%
2007	1,450,986	3,093,059	2.52%	2.63%
2008	1,488,054	3,183,269	2.55%	2.92%
2009	1,526,377	3,284,448	2.58%	3.18%
2010	1,566,347	3,390,965	2.62%	3.24%
2011	1,608,076	3,502,811	2.66%	3.3%
2012	1,651,417	3,619,034	2.7%	3.32%
2013	1,695,973	3,734,318	2.7%	3.19%
2014	1,741,122	3,848,514	2.66%	3.06%
2015	1,786,457	3,965,959	2.6%	3.05%
2016	1,831,893	4,086,657	2.54%	3.04%
2017	1,877,072	4,210,600	2.47%	3.03%
2018	1,922,168	4,337,685	2.4%	3.02%
2019	1,967,696	4,467,708	2.37%	3%
2020	2,013,255	4,600,131	2.32%	2.96%
2021	2,058,841	4,734,874	2.26%	2.93%
2022	2,105,529	4,875,637	2.27%	2.97%
2023	2,153,339	5,022,441	2.27%	3.01%
2024	2,201,352	5,169,395	2.23%	2.93%
2025	2,249,512	5,315,063	2.19%	2.82%
2026	2,297,807	5,461,313	2.15%	2.75%
2027	2,346,190	5,608,785	2.11%	2.7%
2028	2,394,226	5,757,952	2.05%	2.66%
2029	2,441,574	5,909,186	1.98%	2.63%
2030	2,488,931	6,062,523	1.94%	2.59%
2031	2,536,893	6,217,791	1.93%	2.56%
2032	2,585,565	6,374,839	1.92%	2.53%
2033	2,634,701	6,533,828	1.9%	2.49%
2034	2,683,078	6,694,445	1.84%	2.46%
2035	2,730,136	6,856,314	1.75%	2.42%
2036	2,777,887	7,019,227	1.75%	2.38%
2037	2,826,159	7,183,105	1.74%	2.33%
2038	2,873,929	7,348,357	1.69%	2.3%
2039	2,921,973	7,514,734	1.67%	2.26%
2040	2,969,699	7,681,907	1.63%	2.22%
2041	3,016,537	7,850,210	1.58%	2.19%
2042	3,063,161	8,020,480	1.55%	2.17%
2043	3,109,927	8,192,542	1.53%	2.15%
2044	3,156,704	8,365,171	1.5%	2.11%
2045	3,204,242	8,538,521	1.51%	2.07%
2046	3,251,465	8,713,247	1.47%	2.05%
2047	3,298,563	8,888,466	1.45%	2.01%
2048	3,345,853	9,064,207	1.43%	1.98%
2049	3,392,557	9,240,169	1.4%	1.94%
2050	3,438,597	9,415,589	1.36%	1.9%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guinea-Bissau increased by 404,872 people (a 29.3% growth), while Mauritania gained 1,026,900 people (a 34.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guinea-Bissau gained 501,849 (a 28.1% growth), while Mauritania's population increased by 1,466,583 (a 37% growth).

Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th most populous country in 2005 and is 146th 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) Guinea-Bissau's population will grow by 50.3% to 3,438,597 people with a rank change from 146th to 136th. The population of Mauritania will increase by 73.3% to 9,415,589 people and rank change from 123rd to 103rd.