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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Liberia	Mauritania	Liberia	Mauritania
1960	1,139,522	824,298	-	-
1961	1,167,717	846,167	2.47%	2.65%
1962	1,197,039	869,184	2.51%	2.72%
1963	1,227,414	893,423	2.54%	2.79%
1964	1,258,745	918,955	2.55%	2.86%
1965	1,291,156	945,838	2.57%	2.93%
1966	1,324,383	974,157	2.57%	2.99%
1967	1,358,435	1,003,843	2.57%	3.05%
1968	1,393,530	1,034,739	2.58%	3.08%
1969	1,429,605	1,066,754	2.59%	3.09%
1970	1,466,676	1,099,806	2.59%	3.1%
1971	1,504,077	1,133,702	2.55%	3.08%
1972	1,542,670	1,168,355	2.57%	3.06%
1973	1,583,588	1,203,838	2.65%	3.04%
1974	1,626,362	1,240,188	2.7%	3.02%
1975	1,670,913	1,277,330	2.74%	2.99%
1976	1,717,060	1,315,336	2.76%	2.98%
1977	1,766,019	1,353,768	2.85%	2.92%
1978	1,818,247	1,392,713	2.96%	2.88%
1979	1,872,713	1,432,758	3%	2.88%
1980	1,929,253	1,474,043	3.02%	2.88%
1981	1,986,867	1,516,877	2.99%	2.91%
1982	2,045,073	1,561,176	2.93%	2.92%
1983	2,107,113	1,606,746	3.03%	2.92%
1984	2,173,312	1,653,693	3.14%	2.92%
1985	2,240,539	1,702,107	3.09%	2.93%
1986	2,308,511	1,751,835	3.03%	2.92%
1987	2,377,229	1,803,014	2.98%	2.92%
1988	2,446,941	1,855,859	2.93%	2.93%
1989	2,517,858	1,903,048	2.9%	2.54%
1990	2,223,667	1,951,878	-11.7%	2.57%
1991	1,956,518	2,009,738	-12%	2.96%
1992	2,072,461	2,088,135	5.93%	3.9%
1993	2,155,126	2,174,328	3.99%	4.13%
1994	2,149,928	2,249,454	-0.24%	3.46%
1995	2,169,162	2,312,017	0.89%	2.78%
1996	2,232,289	2,358,188	2.91%	2%
1997	2,412,989	2,411,306	8.09%	2.25%
1998	2,670,124	2,474,651	10.7%	2.63%
1999	2,821,684	2,541,698	5.68%	2.71%
2000	2,928,117	2,613,441	3.77%	2.82%
2001	3,015,338	2,678,760	2.98%	2.5%
2002	3,094,782	2,738,655	2.63%	2.24%
2003	3,119,532	2,802,046	0.8%	2.31%
2004	3,156,892	2,868,664	1.2%	2.38%
2005	3,301,015	2,939,059	4.57%	2.45%
2006	3,490,787	3,013,660	5.75%	2.54%
2007	3,669,050	3,093,059	5.11%	2.63%
2008	3,821,003	3,183,269	4.14%	2.92%
2009	3,943,028	3,284,448	3.19%	3.18%
2010	4,058,890	3,390,965	2.94%	3.24%
2011	4,221,178	3,502,811	4%	3.3%
2012	4,373,043	3,619,034	3.6%	3.32%
2013	4,470,239	3,734,318	2.22%	3.19%
2014	4,564,293	3,848,514	2.1%	3.06%
2015	4,659,431	3,965,959	2.08%	3.05%
2016	4,755,608	4,086,657	2.06%	3.04%
2017	4,848,925	4,210,600	1.96%	3.03%
2018	4,944,726	4,337,685	1.98%	3.02%
2019	5,043,721	4,467,708	2%	3%
2020	5,149,463	4,600,131	2.1%	2.96%
2021	5,259,323	4,734,874	2.13%	2.93%
2022	5,373,294	4,875,637	2.17%	2.97%
2023	5,493,031	5,022,441	2.23%	3.01%
2024	5,612,817	5,169,395	2.18%	2.93%
2025	5,731,211	5,315,063	2.11%	2.82%
2026	5,853,958	5,461,313	2.14%	2.75%
2027	5,986,805	5,608,785	2.27%	2.7%
2028	6,118,769	5,757,952	2.2%	2.66%
2029	6,245,093	5,909,186	2.06%	2.63%
2030	6,366,293	6,062,523	1.94%	2.59%
2031	6,486,749	6,217,791	1.89%	2.56%
2032	6,614,257	6,374,839	1.97%	2.53%
2033	6,744,927	6,533,828	1.98%	2.49%
2034	6,873,688	6,694,445	1.91%	2.46%
2035	7,003,567	6,856,314	1.89%	2.42%
2036	7,142,326	7,019,227	1.98%	2.38%
2037	7,278,759	7,183,105	1.91%	2.33%
2038	7,408,720	7,348,357	1.79%	2.3%
2039	7,545,510	7,514,734	1.85%	2.26%
2040	7,681,693	7,681,907	1.8%	2.22%
2041	7,817,089	7,850,210	1.76%	2.19%
2042	7,954,182	8,020,480	1.75%	2.17%
2043	8,077,173	8,192,542	1.55%	2.15%
2044	8,194,136	8,365,171	1.45%	2.11%
2045	8,310,657	8,538,521	1.42%	2.07%
2046	8,428,924	8,713,247	1.42%	2.05%
2047	8,552,033	8,888,466	1.46%	2.01%
2048	8,673,963	9,064,207	1.43%	1.98%
2049	8,795,838	9,240,169	1.41%	1.94%
2050	8,910,539	9,415,589	1.3%	1.9%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Liberia increased by 1,264,821 people (a 36.2% growth), while Mauritania gained 1,072,997 people (a 35.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Liberia gained 1,099,801 (a 23.1% growth), while Mauritania's population increased by 1,376,267 (a 33.7% growth).

Liberia was ranked 126th most populous country in 2006 and is 116th 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) Liberia's population will grow by 52.2% to 8,910,539 people with a rank change from 116th to 107th. The population of Mauritania will increase by 72.4% to 9,415,589 people and rank change from 123rd to 103rd.