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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritania	Mauritius	Mauritania	Mauritius
1960	824,298	680,331	-	-
1961	846,167	680,757	2.65%	0.06%
1962	869,184	700,349	2.72%	2.88%
1963	893,423	718,861	2.79%	2.64%
1964	918,955	736,381	2.86%	2.44%
1965	945,838	753,000	2.93%	2.26%
1966	974,157	768,813	2.99%	2.1%
1967	1,003,843	783,917	3.05%	1.96%
1968	1,034,739	798,413	3.08%	1.85%
1969	1,066,754	812,405	3.09%	1.75%
1970	1,099,806	826,000	3.1%	1.67%
1971	1,133,702	839,230	3.08%	1.6%
1972	1,168,355	852,053	3.06%	1.53%
1973	1,203,838	864,819	3.04%	1.5%
1974	1,240,188	878,042	3.02%	1.53%
1975	1,277,330	892,000	2.99%	1.59%
1976	1,315,336	906,507	2.98%	1.63%
1977	1,353,768	921,379	2.92%	1.64%
1978	1,392,713	933,499	2.88%	1.32%
1979	1,432,758	949,888	2.88%	1.76%
1980	1,474,043	966,039	2.88%	1.7%
1981	1,516,877	980,462	2.91%	1.49%
1982	1,561,176	992,521	2.92%	1.23%
1983	1,606,746	1,001,691	2.92%	0.92%
1984	1,653,693	1,012,221	2.92%	1.05%
1985	1,702,107	1,020,528	2.93%	0.82%
1986	1,751,835	1,028,360	2.92%	0.77%
1987	1,803,014	1,036,082	2.92%	0.75%
1988	1,855,859	1,043,239	2.93%	0.69%
1989	1,903,048	1,051,260	2.54%	0.77%
1990	1,951,878	1,058,775	2.57%	0.71%
1991	2,009,738	1,070,266	2.96%	1.09%
1992	2,088,135	1,084,441	3.9%	1.32%
1993	2,174,328	1,097,374	4.13%	1.19%
1994	2,249,454	1,112,846	3.46%	1.41%
1995	2,312,017	1,122,457	2.78%	0.86%
1996	2,358,188	1,133,996	2%	1.03%
1997	2,411,306	1,148,284	2.25%	1.26%
1998	2,474,651	1,160,421	2.63%	1.06%
1999	2,541,698	1,175,267	2.71%	1.28%
2000	2,613,441	1,186,873	2.82%	0.99%
2001	2,678,760	1,196,287	2.5%	0.79%
2002	2,738,655	1,204,621	2.24%	0.7%
2003	2,802,046	1,213,370	2.31%	0.73%
2004	2,868,664	1,221,003	2.38%	0.63%
2005	2,939,059	1,228,254	2.45%	0.59%
2006	3,013,660	1,233,996	2.54%	0.47%
2007	3,093,059	1,239,630	2.63%	0.46%
2008	3,183,269	1,244,121	2.92%	0.36%
2009	3,284,448	1,247,429	3.18%	0.27%
2010	3,390,965	1,250,400	3.24%	0.24%
2011	3,502,811	1,252,404	3.3%	0.16%
2012	3,619,034	1,255,882	3.32%	0.28%
2013	3,734,318	1,258,927	3.19%	0.24%
2014	3,848,514	1,261,208	3.06%	0.18%
2015	3,965,959	1,262,879	3.05%	0.13%
2016	4,086,657	1,263,747	3.04%	0.07%
2017	4,210,600	1,264,887	3.03%	0.09%
2018	4,337,685	1,265,577	3.02%	0.05%
2019	4,467,708	1,265,985	3%	0.03%
2020	4,600,131	1,266,014	2.96%	0.002%
2021	4,734,874	1,266,334	2.93%	0.03%
2022	4,875,637	1,262,523	2.97%	-0.3%
2023	5,022,441	1,261,041	3.01%	-0.12%
2024	5,169,395	1,259,509	2.93%	-0.12%
2025	5,315,063	1,256,649	2.82%	-0.23%
2026	5,461,313	1,253,457	2.75%	-0.25%
2027	5,608,785	1,250,062	2.7%	-0.27%
2028	5,757,952	1,246,502	2.66%	-0.28%
2029	5,909,186	1,242,774	2.63%	-0.3%
2030	6,062,523	1,238,963	2.59%	-0.31%
2031	6,217,791	1,234,965	2.56%	-0.32%
2032	6,374,839	1,230,623	2.53%	-0.35%
2033	6,533,828	1,225,970	2.49%	-0.38%
2034	6,694,445	1,220,995	2.46%	-0.41%
2035	6,856,314	1,215,701	2.42%	-0.43%
2036	7,019,227	1,210,085	2.38%	-0.46%
2037	7,183,105	1,204,158	2.33%	-0.49%
2038	7,348,357	1,197,926	2.3%	-0.52%
2039	7,514,734	1,191,299	2.26%	-0.55%
2040	7,681,907	1,184,262	2.22%	-0.59%
2041	7,850,210	1,176,870	2.19%	-0.62%
2042	8,020,480	1,169,165	2.17%	-0.65%
2043	8,192,542	1,161,119	2.15%	-0.69%
2044	8,365,171	1,152,733	2.11%	-0.72%
2045	8,538,521	1,144,071	2.07%	-0.75%
2046	8,713,247	1,135,101	2.05%	-0.78%
2047	8,888,466	1,125,881	2.01%	-0.81%
2048	9,064,207	1,116,431	1.98%	-0.84%
2049	9,240,169	1,106,794	1.94%	-0.86%
2050	9,415,589	1,097,042	1.9%	-0.88%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritania increased by 1,026,900 people (a 34.9% growth), while Mauritius gained 34,625 people (a 2.82% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritania gained 1,466,583 (a 37% growth), while Mauritius' population decreased by -6,230 (a 0.49% decline).

Mauritania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2005 and is 123rd in 2025. Mauritius was ranked 151st in 2005 and ranked 157th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Mauritania's population will grow by 73.3% to 9,415,589 people with a rank change from 123rd to 103rd. The population of Mauritius will decrease by 12.7% to 1,097,042 people and rank change from 157th to 160th.