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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mali	Mauritania	Mali	Mauritania
1960	5,402,550	824,298	-	-
1961	5,482,283	846,167	1.48%	2.65%
1962	5,563,917	869,184	1.49%	2.72%
1963	5,646,605	893,423	1.49%	2.79%
1964	5,730,125	918,955	1.48%	2.86%
1965	5,815,487	945,838	1.49%	2.93%
1966	5,902,204	974,157	1.49%	2.99%
1967	5,990,906	1,003,843	1.5%	3.05%
1968	6,082,979	1,034,739	1.54%	3.08%
1969	6,177,704	1,066,754	1.56%	3.09%
1970	6,276,472	1,099,806	1.6%	3.1%
1971	6,377,944	1,133,702	1.62%	3.08%
1972	6,483,726	1,168,355	1.66%	3.06%
1973	6,597,106	1,203,838	1.75%	3.04%
1974	6,715,436	1,240,188	1.79%	3.02%
1975	6,837,261	1,277,330	1.81%	2.99%
1976	6,960,979	1,315,336	1.81%	2.98%
1977	7,090,979	1,353,768	1.87%	2.92%
1978	7,229,651	1,392,713	1.96%	2.88%
1979	7,375,266	1,432,758	2.01%	2.88%
1980	7,530,515	1,474,043	2.1%	2.88%
1981	7,692,766	1,516,877	2.15%	2.91%
1982	7,860,194	1,561,176	2.18%	2.92%
1983	8,034,400	1,606,746	2.22%	2.92%
1984	8,208,599	1,653,693	2.17%	2.92%
1985	8,374,663	1,702,107	2.02%	2.93%
1986	8,531,277	1,751,835	1.87%	2.92%
1987	8,681,164	1,803,014	1.76%	2.92%
1988	8,833,996	1,855,859	1.76%	2.93%
1989	8,999,938	1,903,048	1.88%	2.54%
1990	9,178,830	1,951,878	1.99%	2.57%
1991	9,362,888	2,009,738	2.01%	2.96%
1992	9,553,540	2,088,135	2.04%	3.9%
1993	9,754,786	2,174,328	2.11%	4.13%
1994	9,967,031	2,249,454	2.18%	3.46%
1995	10,185,365	2,312,017	2.19%	2.78%
1996	10,407,278	2,358,188	2.18%	2%
1997	10,646,495	2,411,306	2.3%	2.25%
1998	10,919,573	2,474,651	2.56%	2.63%
1999	11,227,415	2,541,698	2.82%	2.71%
2000	11,559,290	2,613,441	2.96%	2.82%
2001	11,912,158	2,678,760	3.05%	2.5%
2002	12,288,050	2,738,655	3.16%	2.24%
2003	12,684,955	2,802,046	3.23%	2.31%
2004	13,102,409	2,868,664	3.29%	2.38%
2005	13,538,647	2,939,059	3.33%	2.45%
2006	13,990,139	3,013,660	3.33%	2.54%
2007	14,457,775	3,093,059	3.34%	2.63%
2008	14,940,782	3,183,269	3.34%	2.92%
2009	15,435,539	3,284,448	3.31%	3.18%
2010	15,945,198	3,390,965	3.3%	3.24%
2011	16,469,049	3,502,811	3.29%	3.3%
2012	16,957,033	3,619,034	2.96%	3.32%
2013	17,459,615	3,734,318	2.96%	3.19%
2014	18,020,267	3,848,514	3.21%	3.06%
2015	18,593,022	3,965,959	3.18%	3.05%
2016	19,191,289	4,086,657	3.22%	3.04%
2017	19,813,011	4,210,600	3.24%	3.03%
2018	20,442,030	4,337,685	3.17%	3.02%
2019	21,068,405	4,467,708	3.06%	3%
2020	21,713,836	4,600,131	3.06%	2.96%
2021	22,388,630	4,734,874	3.11%	2.93%
2022	23,072,640	4,875,637	3.06%	2.97%
2023	23,769,127	5,022,441	3.02%	3.01%
2024	24,478,595	5,169,395	2.98%	2.93%
2025	25,198,817	5,315,063	2.94%	2.82%
2026	25,932,275	5,461,313	2.91%	2.75%
2027	26,679,171	5,608,785	2.88%	2.7%
2028	27,440,613	5,757,952	2.85%	2.66%
2029	28,215,513	5,909,186	2.82%	2.63%
2030	29,002,864	6,062,523	2.79%	2.59%
2031	29,804,545	6,217,791	2.76%	2.56%
2032	30,618,893	6,374,839	2.73%	2.53%
2033	31,442,801	6,533,828	2.69%	2.49%
2034	32,276,672	6,694,445	2.65%	2.46%
2035	33,118,344	6,856,314	2.61%	2.42%
2036	33,967,889	7,019,227	2.57%	2.38%
2037	34,823,450	7,183,105	2.52%	2.33%
2038	35,685,576	7,348,357	2.48%	2.3%
2039	36,549,487	7,514,734	2.42%	2.26%
2040	37,413,641	7,681,907	2.36%	2.22%
2041	38,280,868	7,850,210	2.32%	2.19%
2042	39,151,280	8,020,480	2.27%	2.17%
2043	40,026,317	8,192,542	2.24%	2.15%
2044	40,902,500	8,365,171	2.19%	2.11%
2045	41,778,984	8,538,521	2.14%	2.07%
2046	42,655,642	8,713,247	2.1%	2.05%
2047	43,530,852	8,888,466	2.05%	2.01%
2048	44,405,715	9,064,207	2.01%	1.98%
2049	45,279,772	9,240,169	1.97%	1.94%
2050	46,154,079	9,415,589	1.93%	1.9%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mali increased by 5,201,150 people (a 37.2% growth), while Mauritania gained 1,072,997 people (a 35.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mali gained 6,749,148 (a 35.2% growth), while Mauritania's population increased by 1,376,267 (a 33.7% growth).

Mali was ranked 66th most populous country in 2006 and is 58th 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) Mali's population will grow by 77.9% to 46,154,079 people with a rank change from 58th to 46th. The population of Mauritania will increase by 72.4% to 9,415,589 people and rank change from 123rd to 103rd.