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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritania	Morocco	Mauritania	Morocco
1960	824,298	11,624,933	-	-
1961	846,167	11,931,085	2.65%	2.63%
1962	869,184	12,253,092	2.72%	2.7%
1963	893,423	12,577,502	2.79%	2.65%
1964	918,955	12,898,886	2.86%	2.56%
1965	945,838	13,239,171	2.93%	2.64%
1966	974,157	13,597,065	2.99%	2.7%
1967	1,003,843	13,968,175	3.05%	2.73%
1968	1,034,739	14,347,899	3.08%	2.72%
1969	1,066,754	14,734,255	3.09%	2.69%
1970	1,099,806	15,129,449	3.1%	2.68%
1971	1,133,702	15,527,225	3.08%	2.63%
1972	1,168,355	15,924,692	3.06%	2.56%
1973	1,203,838	16,326,269	3.04%	2.52%
1974	1,240,188	16,733,842	3.02%	2.5%
1975	1,277,330	17,150,786	2.99%	2.49%
1976	1,315,336	17,574,182	2.98%	2.47%
1977	1,353,768	18,014,756	2.92%	2.51%
1978	1,392,713	18,477,385	2.88%	2.57%
1979	1,432,758	18,955,589	2.88%	2.59%
1980	1,474,043	19,459,943	2.88%	2.66%
1981	1,516,877	19,985,401	2.91%	2.7%
1982	1,561,176	20,520,318	2.92%	2.68%
1983	1,606,746	21,060,696	2.92%	2.63%
1984	1,653,693	21,593,778	2.92%	2.53%
1985	1,702,107	22,113,953	2.93%	2.41%
1986	1,751,835	22,600,803	2.92%	2.2%
1987	1,803,014	23,054,392	2.92%	2.01%
1988	1,855,859	23,500,524	2.93%	1.94%
1989	1,903,048	23,939,414	2.54%	1.87%
1990	1,951,878	24,375,551	2.57%	1.82%
1991	2,009,738	24,799,014	2.96%	1.74%
1992	2,088,135	25,212,468	3.9%	1.67%
1993	2,174,328	25,614,586	4.13%	1.59%
1994	2,249,454	26,000,822	3.46%	1.51%
1995	2,312,017	26,399,429	2.78%	1.53%
1996	2,358,188	26,808,107	2%	1.55%
1997	2,411,306	27,213,337	2.25%	1.51%
1998	2,474,651	27,621,648	2.63%	1.5%
1999	2,541,698	28,027,179	2.71%	1.47%
2000	2,613,441	28,423,435	2.82%	1.41%
2001	2,678,760	28,814,643	2.5%	1.38%
2002	2,738,655	29,198,142	2.24%	1.33%
2003	2,802,046	29,571,415	2.31%	1.28%
2004	2,868,664	29,953,018	2.38%	1.29%
2005	2,939,059	30,358,144	2.45%	1.35%
2006	3,013,660	30,771,178	2.54%	1.36%
2007	3,093,059	31,186,468	2.63%	1.35%
2008	3,183,269	31,606,767	2.92%	1.35%
2009	3,284,448	32,030,778	3.18%	1.34%
2010	3,390,965	32,467,016	3.24%	1.36%
2011	3,502,811	32,912,588	3.3%	1.37%
2012	3,619,034	33,355,241	3.32%	1.34%
2013	3,734,318	33,787,571	3.19%	1.3%
2014	3,848,514	34,204,780	3.06%	1.23%
2015	3,965,959	34,607,588	3.05%	1.18%
2016	4,086,657	35,023,457	3.04%	1.2%
2017	4,210,600	35,446,392	3.03%	1.21%
2018	4,337,685	35,839,760	3.02%	1.11%
2019	4,467,708	36,210,898	3%	1.04%
2020	4,600,131	36,584,208	2.96%	1.03%
2021	4,734,874	36,954,442	2.93%	1.01%
2022	4,875,637	37,329,064	2.97%	1.01%
2023	5,022,441	37,712,505	3.01%	1.03%
2024	5,169,395	38,081,173	2.93%	0.98%
2025	5,315,063	38,430,771	2.82%	0.92%
2026	5,461,313	38,762,439	2.75%	0.86%
2027	5,608,785	39,080,092	2.7%	0.82%
2028	5,757,952	39,384,122	2.66%	0.78%
2029	5,909,186	39,674,554	2.63%	0.74%
2030	6,062,523	39,953,461	2.59%	0.7%
2031	6,217,791	40,221,736	2.56%	0.67%
2032	6,374,839	40,477,986	2.53%	0.64%
2033	6,533,828	40,722,975	2.49%	0.61%
2034	6,694,445	40,957,241	2.46%	0.58%
2035	6,856,314	41,182,092	2.42%	0.55%
2036	7,019,227	41,398,224	2.38%	0.52%
2037	7,183,105	41,604,025	2.33%	0.5%
2038	7,348,357	41,802,267	2.3%	0.48%
2039	7,514,734	41,990,437	2.26%	0.45%
2040	7,681,907	42,168,202	2.22%	0.42%
2041	7,850,210	42,339,039	2.19%	0.41%
2042	8,020,480	42,500,324	2.17%	0.38%
2043	8,192,542	42,650,491	2.15%	0.35%
2044	8,365,171	42,792,499	2.11%	0.33%
2045	8,538,521	42,925,305	2.07%	0.31%
2046	8,713,247	43,046,175	2.05%	0.28%
2047	8,888,466	43,158,165	2.01%	0.26%
2048	9,064,207	43,262,402	1.98%	0.24%
2049	9,240,169	43,355,724	1.94%	0.22%
2050	9,415,589	43,440,428	1.9%	0.2%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritania increased by 1,026,900 people (a 34.9% growth), while Morocco gained 4,249,444 people (a 14% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritania gained 1,466,583 (a 37% growth), while Morocco's population increased by 4,089,604 (a 11.8% growth).

Mauritania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2005 and is 123rd in 2025. Morocco was ranked 37th in 2005 and ranked 41st 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 Morocco will increase by 12.3% to 43,440,428 people and rank change from 41st to 50th.