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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritania	Mozambique	Mauritania	Mozambique
1960	824,298	6,713,695	-	-
1961	846,167	6,834,936	2.65%	1.81%
1962	869,184	6,969,364	2.72%	1.97%
1963	893,423	7,109,828	2.79%	2.02%
1964	918,955	7,255,061	2.86%	2.04%
1965	945,838	7,406,421	2.93%	2.09%
1966	974,157	7,562,990	2.99%	2.11%
1967	1,003,843	7,724,550	3.05%	2.14%
1968	1,034,739	7,892,613	3.08%	2.18%
1969	1,066,754	8,066,951	3.09%	2.21%
1970	1,099,806	8,250,506	3.1%	2.28%
1971	1,133,702	8,456,317	3.08%	2.49%
1972	1,168,355	8,692,935	3.06%	2.8%
1973	1,203,838	8,954,242	3.04%	3.01%
1974	1,240,188	9,236,093	3.02%	3.15%
1975	1,277,330	9,540,817	2.99%	3.3%
1976	1,315,336	9,867,209	2.98%	3.42%
1977	1,353,768	10,224,975	2.92%	3.63%
1978	1,392,713	10,618,250	2.88%	3.85%
1979	1,432,758	11,028,809	2.88%	3.87%
1980	1,474,043	11,336,221	2.88%	2.79%
1981	1,516,877	11,568,127	2.91%	2.05%
1982	1,561,176	11,824,370	2.92%	2.22%
1983	1,606,746	12,073,822	2.92%	2.11%
1984	1,653,693	12,315,954	2.92%	2.01%
1985	1,702,107	12,548,949	2.93%	1.89%
1986	1,751,835	12,770,578	2.92%	1.77%
1987	1,803,014	12,822,574	2.92%	0.41%
1988	1,855,859	12,800,558	2.93%	-0.17%
1989	1,903,048	12,906,842	2.54%	0.83%
1990	1,951,878	13,094,537	2.57%	1.45%
1991	2,009,738	13,352,090	2.96%	1.97%
1992	2,088,135	13,613,316	3.9%	1.96%
1993	2,174,328	14,051,192	4.13%	3.22%
1994	2,249,454	15,033,853	3.46%	6.99%
1995	2,312,017	15,960,530	2.78%	6.16%
1996	2,358,188	16,492,480	2%	3.33%
1997	2,411,306	16,949,982	2.25%	2.77%
1998	2,474,651	17,340,464	2.63%	2.3%
1999	2,541,698	17,734,506	2.71%	2.27%
2000	2,613,441	18,129,653	2.82%	2.23%
2001	2,678,760	18,537,729	2.5%	2.25%
2002	2,738,655	18,958,338	2.24%	2.27%
2003	2,802,046	19,392,475	2.31%	2.29%
2004	2,868,664	19,840,313	2.38%	2.31%
2005	2,939,059	20,304,569	2.45%	2.34%
2006	3,013,660	20,787,087	2.54%	2.38%
2007	3,093,059	21,287,635	2.63%	2.41%
2008	3,183,269	21,819,036	2.92%	2.5%
2009	3,284,448	22,391,745	3.18%	2.62%
2010	3,390,965	22,999,235	3.24%	2.71%
2011	3,502,811	23,649,039	3.3%	2.83%
2012	3,619,034	24,337,846	3.32%	2.91%
2013	3,734,318	25,051,611	3.19%	2.93%
2014	3,848,514	25,788,475	3.06%	2.94%
2015	3,965,959	26,547,572	3.05%	2.94%
2016	4,086,657	27,337,105	3.04%	2.97%
2017	4,210,600	28,166,393	3.03%	3.03%
2018	4,337,685	29,018,644	3.02%	3.03%
2019	4,467,708	29,884,380	3%	2.98%
2020	4,600,131	30,783,688	2.96%	3.01%
2021	4,734,874	31,707,800	2.93%	3%
2022	4,875,637	32,656,246	2.97%	2.99%
2023	5,022,441	33,635,160	3.01%	3%
2024	5,169,395	34,631,766	2.93%	2.96%
2025	5,315,063	35,631,656	2.82%	2.89%
2026	5,461,313	36,639,853	2.75%	2.83%
2027	5,608,785	37,668,656	2.7%	2.81%
2028	5,757,952	38,714,097	2.66%	2.78%
2029	5,909,186	39,774,947	2.63%	2.74%
2030	6,062,523	40,846,749	2.59%	2.69%
2031	6,217,791	41,931,250	2.56%	2.66%
2032	6,374,839	43,032,887	2.53%	2.63%
2033	6,533,828	44,144,533	2.49%	2.58%
2034	6,694,445	45,273,522	2.46%	2.56%
2035	6,856,314	46,411,774	2.42%	2.51%
2036	7,019,227	47,548,671	2.38%	2.45%
2037	7,183,105	48,684,563	2.33%	2.39%
2038	7,348,357	49,822,039	2.3%	2.34%
2039	7,514,734	50,971,124	2.26%	2.31%
2040	7,681,907	52,124,215	2.22%	2.26%
2041	7,850,210	53,271,004	2.19%	2.2%
2042	8,020,480	54,423,407	2.17%	2.16%
2043	8,192,542	55,574,711	2.15%	2.12%
2044	8,365,171	56,716,585	2.11%	2.05%
2045	8,538,521	57,851,787	2.07%	2%
2046	8,713,247	58,981,102	2.05%	1.95%
2047	8,888,466	60,117,587	2.01%	1.93%
2048	9,064,207	61,254,584	1.98%	1.89%
2049	9,240,169	62,397,018	1.94%	1.87%
2050	9,415,589	63,530,955	1.9%	1.82%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritania increased by 1,026,900 people (a 34.9% growth), while Mozambique gained 6,243,003 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritania gained 1,466,583 (a 37% growth), while Mozambique's population increased by 9,893,947 (a 37.3% growth).

Mauritania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2005 and is 123rd in 2025. Mozambique was ranked 52nd in 2005 and ranked 43rd 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 Mozambique will increase by 74.3% to 63,530,955 people and rank change from 43rd to 32nd.