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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ireland	Mauritania	Ireland	Mauritania
1960	2,828,600	824,298	-	-
1961	2,824,400	846,167	-0.15%	2.65%
1962	2,836,050	869,184	0.41%	2.72%
1963	2,852,650	893,423	0.59%	2.79%
1964	2,866,550	918,955	0.49%	2.86%
1965	2,877,300	945,838	0.38%	2.93%
1966	2,888,800	974,157	0.4%	2.99%
1967	2,902,450	1,003,843	0.47%	3.05%
1968	2,915,550	1,034,739	0.45%	3.08%
1969	2,932,650	1,066,754	0.59%	3.09%
1970	2,957,250	1,099,806	0.84%	3.1%
1971	2,992,050	1,133,702	1.18%	3.08%
1972	3,036,850	1,168,355	1.5%	3.06%
1973	3,085,950	1,203,838	1.62%	3.04%
1974	3,137,500	1,240,188	1.67%	3.02%
1975	3,189,550	1,277,330	1.66%	2.99%
1976	3,238,050	1,315,336	1.52%	2.98%
1977	3,282,200	1,353,768	1.36%	2.92%
1978	3,329,100	1,392,713	1.43%	2.88%
1979	3,373,750	1,432,758	1.34%	2.88%
1980	3,412,800	1,474,043	1.16%	2.88%
1981	3,453,000	1,516,877	1.18%	2.91%
1982	3,485,800	1,561,176	0.95%	2.92%
1983	3,510,600	1,606,746	0.71%	2.92%
1984	3,532,423	1,653,693	0.62%	2.92%
1985	3,538,082	1,702,107	0.16%	2.93%
1986	3,539,690	1,751,835	0.05%	2.92%
1987	3,540,057	1,803,014	0.01%	2.92%
1988	3,524,949	1,855,859	-0.43%	2.93%
1989	3,511,009	1,903,048	-0.4%	2.54%
1990	3,513,974	1,951,878	0.08%	2.57%
1991	3,534,235	2,009,738	0.58%	2.96%
1992	3,558,430	2,088,135	0.68%	3.9%
1993	3,576,261	2,174,328	0.5%	4.13%
1994	3,590,386	2,249,454	0.39%	3.46%
1995	3,608,841	2,312,017	0.51%	2.78%
1996	3,637,510	2,358,188	0.79%	2%
1997	3,674,171	2,411,306	1.01%	2.25%
1998	3,712,696	2,474,651	1.05%	2.63%
1999	3,754,786	2,541,698	1.13%	2.71%
2000	3,805,174	2,613,441	1.34%	2.82%
2001	3,866,243	2,678,760	1.6%	2.5%
2002	3,931,947	2,738,655	1.7%	2.24%
2003	3,996,521	2,802,046	1.64%	2.31%
2004	4,070,262	2,868,664	1.85%	2.38%
2005	4,159,914	2,939,059	2.2%	2.45%
2006	4,273,591	3,013,660	2.73%	2.54%
2007	4,398,942	3,093,059	2.93%	2.63%
2008	4,489,544	3,183,269	2.06%	2.92%
2009	4,535,375	3,284,448	1.02%	3.18%
2010	4,560,155	3,390,965	0.55%	3.24%
2011	4,580,084	3,502,811	0.44%	3.3%
2012	4,599,533	3,619,034	0.42%	3.32%
2013	4,623,816	3,734,318	0.53%	3.19%
2014	4,657,740	3,848,514	0.73%	3.06%
2015	4,701,957	3,965,959	0.95%	3.05%
2016	4,762,722	4,086,657	1.29%	3.04%
2017	4,827,445	4,210,600	1.36%	3.03%
2018	4,898,022	4,337,685	1.46%	3.02%
2019	4,976,456	4,467,708	1.6%	3%
2020	5,039,747	4,600,131	1.27%	2.96%
2021	5,110,585	4,734,874	1.41%	2.93%
2022	5,212,836	4,875,637	2%	2.97%
2023	5,307,600	5,022,441	1.82%	3.01%
2024	5,380,257	5,169,395	1.37%	2.93%
2025	5,434,538	5,315,063	1.01%	2.82%
2026	5,484,615	5,461,313	0.92%	2.75%
2027	5,531,657	5,608,785	0.86%	2.7%
2028	5,576,425	5,757,952	0.81%	2.66%
2029	5,618,258	5,909,186	0.75%	2.63%
2030	5,656,768	6,062,523	0.69%	2.59%
2031	5,693,185	6,217,791	0.64%	2.56%
2032	5,728,435	6,374,839	0.62%	2.53%
2033	5,761,833	6,533,828	0.58%	2.49%
2034	5,793,145	6,694,445	0.54%	2.46%
2035	5,822,398	6,856,314	0.5%	2.42%
2036	5,850,388	7,019,227	0.48%	2.38%
2037	5,878,309	7,183,105	0.48%	2.33%
2038	5,905,728	7,348,357	0.47%	2.3%
2039	5,931,438	7,514,734	0.44%	2.26%
2040	5,956,212	7,681,907	0.42%	2.22%
2041	5,980,704	7,850,210	0.41%	2.19%
2042	6,002,968	8,020,480	0.37%	2.17%
2043	6,022,662	8,192,542	0.33%	2.15%
2044	6,041,053	8,365,171	0.31%	2.11%
2045	6,057,952	8,538,521	0.28%	2.07%
2046	6,072,174	8,713,247	0.23%	2.05%
2047	6,084,484	8,888,466	0.2%	2.01%
2048	6,096,077	9,064,207	0.19%	1.98%
2049	6,105,740	9,240,169	0.16%	1.94%
2050	6,112,322	9,415,589	0.11%	1.9%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ireland increased by 542,043 people (a 13% growth), while Mauritania gained 1,026,900 people (a 34.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ireland gained 772,806 (a 16.4% growth), while Mauritania's population increased by 1,466,583 (a 37% growth).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2005 and is still 121st 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) Ireland's population will grow by 11.6% to 6,112,322 people with a rank change from 121st to 120th. The population of Mauritania will increase by 73.3% to 9,415,589 people and rank change from 123rd to 103rd.