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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritania	Namibia	Mauritania	Namibia
1960	824,298	591,465	-	-
1961	846,167	603,067	2.65%	1.96%
1962	869,184	615,759	2.72%	2.1%
1963	893,423	629,589	2.79%	2.25%
1964	918,955	644,530	2.86%	2.37%
1965	945,838	660,558	2.93%	2.49%
1966	974,157	677,655	2.99%	2.59%
1967	1,003,843	696,045	3.05%	2.71%
1968	1,034,739	715,542	3.08%	2.8%
1969	1,066,754	736,120	3.09%	2.88%
1970	1,099,806	757,868	3.1%	2.95%
1971	1,133,702	780,584	3.08%	3%
1972	1,168,355	804,399	3.06%	3.05%
1973	1,203,838	828,928	3.04%	3.05%
1974	1,240,188	854,320	3.02%	3.06%
1975	1,277,330	881,032	2.99%	3.13%
1976	1,315,336	906,566	2.98%	2.9%
1977	1,353,768	931,104	2.92%	2.71%
1978	1,392,713	947,269	2.88%	1.74%
1979	1,432,758	962,825	2.88%	1.64%
1980	1,474,043	981,434	2.88%	1.93%
1981	1,516,877	992,500	2.91%	1.13%
1982	1,561,176	1,010,308	2.92%	1.79%
1983	1,606,746	1,037,511	2.92%	2.69%
1984	1,653,693	1,065,989	2.92%	2.74%
1985	1,702,107	1,096,890	2.93%	2.9%
1986	1,751,835	1,131,081	2.92%	3.12%
1987	1,803,014	1,167,889	2.92%	3.25%
1988	1,855,859	1,209,696	2.93%	3.58%
1989	1,903,048	1,288,947	2.54%	6.55%
1990	1,951,878	1,369,303	2.57%	6.23%
1991	2,009,738	1,415,684	2.96%	3.39%
1992	2,088,135	1,461,322	3.9%	3.22%
1993	2,174,328	1,508,697	4.13%	3.24%
1994	2,249,454	1,556,304	3.46%	3.16%
1995	2,312,017	1,602,170	2.78%	2.95%
1996	2,358,188	1,646,103	2%	2.74%
1997	2,411,306	1,689,264	2.25%	2.62%
1998	2,474,651	1,732,745	2.63%	2.57%
1999	2,541,698	1,776,368	2.71%	2.52%
2000	2,613,441	1,818,647	2.82%	2.38%
2001	2,678,760	1,857,048	2.5%	2.11%
2002	2,738,655	1,889,970	2.24%	1.77%
2003	2,802,046	1,917,464	2.31%	1.45%
2004	2,868,664	1,942,082	2.38%	1.28%
2005	2,939,059	1,966,582	2.45%	1.26%
2006	3,013,660	1,991,888	2.54%	1.29%
2007	3,093,059	2,018,600	2.63%	1.34%
2008	3,183,269	2,047,056	2.92%	1.41%
2009	3,284,448	2,077,394	3.18%	1.48%
2010	3,390,965	2,109,811	3.24%	1.56%
2011	3,502,811	2,146,325	3.3%	1.73%
2012	3,619,034	2,194,654	3.32%	2.25%
2013	3,734,318	2,252,508	3.19%	2.64%
2014	3,848,514	2,312,139	3.06%	2.65%
2015	3,965,959	2,374,300	3.05%	2.69%
2016	4,086,657	2,439,213	3.04%	2.73%
2017	4,210,600	2,506,853	3.03%	2.77%
2018	4,337,685	2,577,327	3.02%	2.81%
2019	4,467,708	2,650,494	3%	2.84%
2020	4,600,131	2,728,762	2.96%	2.95%
2021	4,734,874	2,810,548	2.93%	3%
2022	4,875,637	2,889,662	2.97%	2.81%
2023	5,022,441	2,963,095	3.01%	2.54%
2024	5,169,395	3,030,131	2.93%	2.26%
2025	5,315,063	3,092,826	2.82%	2.07%
2026	5,461,313	3,153,252	2.75%	1.95%
2027	5,608,785	3,212,910	2.7%	1.89%
2028	5,757,952	3,272,166	2.66%	1.84%
2029	5,909,186	3,330,819	2.63%	1.79%
2030	6,062,523	3,389,961	2.59%	1.78%
2031	6,217,791	3,449,508	2.56%	1.76%
2032	6,374,839	3,508,245	2.53%	1.7%
2033	6,533,828	3,565,349	2.49%	1.63%
2034	6,694,445	3,621,829	2.46%	1.58%
2035	6,856,314	3,678,888	2.42%	1.58%
2036	7,019,227	3,735,939	2.38%	1.55%
2037	7,183,105	3,792,807	2.33%	1.52%
2038	7,348,357	3,850,310	2.3%	1.52%
2039	7,514,734	3,907,182	2.26%	1.48%
2040	7,681,907	3,962,414	2.22%	1.41%
2041	7,850,210	4,017,690	2.19%	1.4%
2042	8,020,480	4,073,359	2.17%	1.39%
2043	8,192,542	4,129,577	2.15%	1.38%
2044	8,365,171	4,186,114	2.11%	1.37%
2045	8,538,521	4,243,359	2.07%	1.37%
2046	8,713,247	4,299,969	2.05%	1.33%
2047	8,888,466	4,355,507	2.01%	1.29%
2048	9,064,207	4,409,459	1.98%	1.24%
2049	9,240,169	4,460,507	1.94%	1.16%
2050	9,415,589	4,512,307	1.9%	1.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritania increased by 1,026,900 people (a 34.9% growth), while Namibia gained 407,718 people (a 20.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritania gained 1,466,583 (a 37% growth), while Namibia's population increased by 767,064 (a 32.3% growth).

Mauritania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2005 and is 123rd in 2025. Namibia was ranked 143rd in 2005 and ranked 134th 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 Namibia will increase by 43.6% to 4,512,307 people and rank change from 134th to 131st.