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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritania	Moldova	Mauritania	Moldova
1960	824,298	2,058,020	-	-
1961	846,167	2,103,327	2.65%	2.2%
1962	869,184	2,147,227	2.72%	2.09%
1963	893,423	2,188,895	2.79%	1.94%
1964	918,955	2,228,000	2.86%	1.79%
1965	945,838	2,265,287	2.93%	1.67%
1966	974,157	2,301,871	2.99%	1.61%
1967	1,003,843	2,337,695	3.05%	1.56%
1968	1,034,739	2,373,073	3.08%	1.51%
1969	1,066,754	2,408,469	3.09%	1.49%
1970	1,099,806	2,437,590	3.1%	1.21%
1971	1,133,702	2,460,611	3.08%	0.94%
1972	1,168,355	2,484,742	3.06%	0.98%
1973	1,203,838	2,510,584	3.04%	1.04%
1974	1,240,188	2,538,164	3.02%	1.1%
1975	1,277,330	2,566,998	2.99%	1.14%
1976	1,315,336	2,596,491	2.98%	1.15%
1977	1,353,768	2,626,298	2.92%	1.15%
1978	1,392,713	2,656,211	2.88%	1.14%
1979	1,432,758	2,683,035	2.88%	1.01%
1980	1,474,043	2,708,675	2.88%	0.96%
1981	1,516,877	2,735,987	2.91%	1.01%
1982	1,561,176	2,763,101	2.92%	0.99%
1983	1,606,746	2,791,207	2.92%	1.02%
1984	1,653,693	2,820,518	2.92%	1.05%
1985	1,702,107	2,850,787	2.93%	1.07%
1986	1,751,835	2,883,057	2.92%	1.13%
1987	1,803,014	2,916,306	2.92%	1.15%
1988	1,855,859	2,948,891	2.93%	1.12%
1989	1,903,048	2,970,039	2.54%	0.72%
1990	1,951,878	2,977,912	2.57%	0.27%
1991	2,009,738	2,981,566	2.96%	0.12%
1992	2,088,135	2,980,965	3.9%	-0.02%
1993	2,174,328	2,975,966	4.13%	-0.17%
1994	2,249,454	2,966,745	3.46%	-0.31%
1995	2,312,017	2,953,200	2.78%	-0.46%
1996	2,358,188	2,947,293	2%	-0.2%
1997	2,411,306	2,936,413	2.25%	-0.37%
1998	2,474,651	2,935,227	2.63%	-0.04%
1999	2,541,698	2,930,622	2.71%	-0.16%
2000	2,613,441	2,924,668	2.82%	-0.2%
2001	2,678,760	2,918,135	2.5%	-0.22%
2002	2,738,655	2,911,385	2.24%	-0.23%
2003	2,802,046	2,903,198	2.31%	-0.28%
2004	2,868,664	2,896,023	2.38%	-0.25%
2005	2,939,059	2,888,985	2.45%	-0.24%
2006	3,013,660	2,880,967	2.54%	-0.28%
2007	3,093,059	2,874,299	2.63%	-0.23%
2008	3,183,269	2,868,833	2.92%	-0.19%
2009	3,284,448	2,865,213	3.18%	-0.13%
2010	3,390,965	2,862,354	3.24%	-0.1%
2011	3,502,811	2,860,699	3.3%	-0.06%
2012	3,619,034	2,860,324	3.32%	-0.01%
2013	3,734,318	2,859,558	3.19%	-0.03%
2014	3,848,514	2,857,815	3.06%	-0.06%
2015	3,965,959	2,835,978	3.05%	-0.76%
2016	4,086,657	2,803,186	3.04%	-1.16%
2017	4,210,600	2,755,189	3.03%	-1.71%
2018	4,337,685	2,707,203	3.02%	-1.74%
2019	4,467,708	2,664,224	3%	-1.59%
2020	4,600,131	2,635,130	2.96%	-1.09%
2021	4,734,874	2,595,809	2.93%	-1.49%
2022	4,875,637	2,528,654	2.97%	-2.59%
2023	5,022,441	2,457,783	3.01%	-2.8%
2024	5,169,395	2,402,306	2.93%	-2.26%
2025	5,315,063	2,371,543	2.82%	-1.28%
2026	5,461,313	2,343,963	2.75%	-1.16%
2027	5,608,785	2,321,110	2.7%	-0.97%
2028	5,757,952	2,298,239	2.66%	-0.99%
2029	5,909,186	2,275,251	2.63%	-1%
2030	6,062,523	2,252,131	2.59%	-1.02%
2031	6,217,791	2,229,191	2.56%	-1.02%
2032	6,374,839	2,206,559	2.53%	-1.02%
2033	6,533,828	2,183,929	2.49%	-1.03%
2034	6,694,445	2,161,282	2.46%	-1.04%
2035	6,856,314	2,138,754	2.42%	-1.04%
2036	7,019,227	2,116,659	2.38%	-1.03%
2037	7,183,105	2,095,127	2.33%	-1.02%
2038	7,348,357	2,074,054	2.3%	-1.01%
2039	7,514,734	2,053,352	2.26%	-1%
2040	7,681,907	2,033,323	2.22%	-0.98%
2041	7,850,210	2,014,222	2.19%	-0.94%
2042	8,020,480	1,995,750	2.17%	-0.92%
2043	8,192,542	1,977,688	2.15%	-0.9%
2044	8,365,171	1,960,241	2.11%	-0.88%
2045	8,538,521	1,943,187	2.07%	-0.87%
2046	8,713,247	1,926,432	2.05%	-0.86%
2047	8,888,466	1,910,142	2.01%	-0.85%
2048	9,064,207	1,894,069	1.98%	-0.84%
2049	9,240,169	1,877,822	1.94%	-0.86%
2050	9,415,589	1,861,554	1.9%	-0.87%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mauritania increased by 1,072,997 people (a 35.6% growth), while Moldova lost 77,781 people (a 2.7% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mauritania gained 1,376,267 (a 33.7% growth), while Moldova's population decreased by -459,223 (a 16.4% decline).

Mauritania was ranked 132nd most populous country in 2006 and is 123rd in 2026. Moldova was ranked 134th in 2006 and ranked 144th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Mauritania's population will grow by 72.4% to 9,415,589 people with a rank change from 123rd to 103rd. The population of Moldova will decrease by 20.6% to 1,861,554 people and rank change from 144th to 150th.