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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Mauritania was 5,169,395 in 2024 vs 130,861,007 people in Mexico in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Mauritania's population is 5,432,542 people compared to 132,790,957 in Mexico.

Population statistics:

  • Mexico's population is 24.4 times bigger than Mauritania's.
  • Mauritania is ranked the 123rd most populous country in the world, while Mexico is the 11th.
  • The countries together account for 1.67% of the world: 0.07% for Mauritania vs 1.61% for Mexico.
  • For the last 10 years, Mauritania has had an average growth rate of +3% per year vs +0.92% in Mexico.
  • Since 2005, the population of Mauritania has increased from 2.94M people to 5.43M (84.8% growth), while Mexico has grown from 106M to 133M (25.5% growth).
  • Mauritania is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 17.1M people compared to the peak of 150M people in 2058 for Mexico.

Mauritania vs Mexico: live population counter

Mauritania Mexico
Current population
5432542
132790957
Population rank 123/197 11/197
Percent of world population 0.07% 1.61%
One net population change
3.58 minutes
28.1 seconds
One birth every
3.04 minutes
15.5 seconds
One death every
19 minutes
39.5 seconds
One migration net change every
4.01 hours
5.03 minutes
Annual migration change -2,185 -104,581
Daily growth/decline +403 +3,072
Annual growth/decline +146,954 +1,121,248
Annual growth/decline rate +2.93% +0.86%
Population growth rate rank 18/197 113/197

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

Mauritania
Population

Growth rate
Mexico
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Mauritania Mexico Mauritania Mexico
1960 824,298 36,724,615 - -
1961 846,167 37,890,118 2.65% 3.17%
1962 869,184 39,129,200 2.72% 3.27%
1963 893,423 40,424,065 2.79% 3.31%
1964 918,955 41,772,049 2.86% 3.33%
1965 945,838 43,174,477 2.93% 3.36%
1966 974,157 44,629,106 2.99% 3.37%
1967 1,003,843 46,129,608 3.05% 3.36%
1968 1,034,739 47,668,303 3.08% 3.34%
1969 1,066,754 49,233,194 3.09% 3.28%
1970 1,099,806 50,814,953 3.1% 3.21%
1971 1,133,702 52,412,558 3.08% 3.14%
1972 1,168,355 54,030,168 3.06% 3.09%
1973 1,203,838 55,667,284 3.04% 3.03%
1974 1,240,188 57,320,149 3.02% 2.97%
1975 1,277,330 58,982,400 2.99% 2.9%
1976 1,315,336 60,645,512 2.98% 2.82%
1977 1,353,768 62,308,493 2.92% 2.74%
1978 1,392,713 63,979,046 2.88% 2.68%
1979 1,432,758 65,648,865 2.88% 2.61%
1980 1,474,043 67,300,334 2.88% 2.52%
1981 1,516,877 68,892,108 2.91% 2.37%
1982 1,561,176 70,433,260 2.92% 2.24%
1983 1,606,746 71,971,240 2.92% 2.18%
1984 1,653,693 73,506,846 2.92% 2.13%
1985 1,702,107 75,043,414 2.93% 2.09%
1986 1,751,835 76,585,637 2.92% 2.06%
1987 1,803,014 78,136,651 2.92% 2.03%
1988 1,855,859 79,695,531 2.93% 2%
1989 1,903,048 81,247,182 2.54% 1.95%
1990 1,951,878 82,820,170 2.57% 1.94%
1991 2,009,738 84,430,572 2.96% 1.94%
1992 2,088,135 86,044,809 3.9% 1.91%
1993 2,174,328 87,653,807 4.13% 1.87%
1994 2,249,454 89,259,205 3.46% 1.83%
1995 2,312,017 90,862,455 2.78% 1.8%
1996 2,358,188 92,452,702 2% 1.75%
1997 2,411,306 94,021,207 2.25% 1.7%
1998 2,474,651 95,575,245 2.63% 1.65%
1999 2,541,698 97,115,707 2.71% 1.61%
2000 2,613,441 98,625,552 2.82% 1.55%
2001 2,678,760 100,099,099 2.5% 1.49%
2002 2,738,655 101,548,624 2.24% 1.45%
2003 2,802,046 102,978,515 2.31% 1.41%
2004 2,868,664 104,394,131 2.38% 1.37%
2005 2,939,059 105,811,504 2.45% 1.36%
2006 3,013,660 107,253,666 2.54% 1.36%
2007 3,093,059 108,774,360 2.63% 1.42%
2008 3,183,269 110,374,288 2.92% 1.47%
2009 3,284,448 111,999,721 3.18% 1.47%
2010 3,390,965 113,623,895 3.24% 1.45%
2011 3,502,811 115,243,504 3.3% 1.43%
2012 3,619,034 116,818,208 3.32% 1.37%
2013 3,734,318 118,343,573 3.19% 1.31%
2014 3,848,514 119,784,261 3.06% 1.22%
2015 3,965,959 121,072,306 3.05% 1.08%
2016 4,086,657 122,251,351 3.04% 0.97%
2017 4,210,600 123,400,057 3.03% 0.94%
2018 4,337,685 124,573,711 3.02% 0.95%
2019 4,467,708 125,762,982 3% 0.95%
2020 4,600,131 126,799,054 2.96% 0.82%
2021 4,734,874 127,648,148 2.93% 0.67%
2022 4,875,637 128,613,117 2.97% 0.76%
2023 5,022,441 129,739,759 3.01% 0.88%
2024 5,169,395 130,861,007 2.93% 0.86%
2025 5,315,063 131,946,905 2.82% 0.83%
2026 5,461,313 132,997,664 2.75% 0.8%
2027 5,608,785 134,017,711 2.7% 0.77%
2028 5,757,952 135,008,697 2.66% 0.74%
2029 5,909,186 135,970,893 2.63% 0.71%
2030 6,062,523 136,904,747 2.59% 0.69%
2031 6,217,791 137,811,068 2.56% 0.66%
2032 6,374,839 138,690,189 2.53% 0.64%
2033 6,533,828 139,542,087 2.49% 0.61%
2034 6,694,445 140,362,026 2.46% 0.59%
2035 6,856,314 141,150,818 2.42% 0.56%
2036 7,019,227 141,909,168 2.38% 0.54%
2037 7,183,105 142,637,546 2.33% 0.51%
2038 7,348,357 143,336,222 2.3% 0.49%
2039 7,514,734 143,998,296 2.26% 0.46%
2040 7,681,907 144,624,328 2.22% 0.43%
2041 7,850,210 145,217,780 2.19% 0.41%
2042 8,020,480 145,777,459 2.17% 0.39%
2043 8,192,542 146,300,011 2.15% 0.36%
2044 8,365,171 146,787,722 2.11% 0.33%
2045 8,538,521 147,240,096 2.07% 0.31%
2046 8,713,247 147,654,160 2.05% 0.28%
2047 8,888,466 148,030,153 2.01% 0.25%
2048 9,064,207 148,372,233 1.98% 0.23%
2049 9,240,169 148,677,894 1.94% 0.21%
2050 9,415,589 148,946,272 1.9% 0.18%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritania increased by 1,026,900 people (a 34.9% growth), while Mexico gained 15,260,802 people (a 14.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritania gained 1,466,583 (a 37% growth), while Mexico's population increased by 11,718,651 (a 9.68% growth).

Mauritania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2005 and is 123rd in 2025. Mexico was ranked 11th in 2005 and still ranked 11th 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 Mexico will increase by 12.2% to 148,946,272 people and rank change from 11th to 12th.

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