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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritania	Nicaragua	Mauritania	Nicaragua
1960	824,298	1,782,370	-	-
1961	846,167	1,836,451	2.65%	3.03%
1962	869,184	1,892,320	2.72%	3.04%
1963	893,423	1,950,159	2.79%	3.06%
1964	918,955	2,010,176	2.86%	3.08%
1965	945,838	2,072,681	2.93%	3.11%
1966	974,157	2,137,820	2.99%	3.14%
1967	1,003,843	2,205,567	3.05%	3.17%
1968	1,034,739	2,275,836	3.08%	3.19%
1969	1,066,754	2,348,398	3.09%	3.19%
1970	1,099,806	2,423,065	3.1%	3.18%
1971	1,133,702	2,499,825	3.08%	3.17%
1972	1,168,355	2,573,578	3.06%	2.95%
1973	1,203,838	2,649,278	3.04%	2.94%
1974	1,240,188	2,732,075	3.02%	3.13%
1975	1,277,330	2,816,943	2.99%	3.11%
1976	1,315,336	2,903,851	2.98%	3.09%
1977	1,353,768	2,992,534	2.92%	3.05%
1978	1,392,713	3,080,314	2.88%	2.93%
1979	1,432,758	3,164,525	2.88%	2.73%
1980	1,474,043	3,252,403	2.88%	2.78%
1981	1,516,877	3,345,674	2.91%	2.87%
1982	1,561,176	3,438,745	2.92%	2.78%
1983	1,606,746	3,530,282	2.92%	2.66%
1984	1,653,693	3,619,104	2.92%	2.52%
1985	1,702,107	3,706,479	2.93%	2.41%
1986	1,751,835	3,794,157	2.92%	2.37%
1987	1,803,014	3,882,164	2.92%	2.32%
1988	1,855,859	3,972,320	2.93%	2.32%
1989	1,903,048	4,066,476	2.54%	2.37%
1990	1,951,878	4,162,559	2.57%	2.36%
1991	2,009,738	4,259,637	2.96%	2.33%
1992	2,088,135	4,357,026	3.9%	2.29%
1993	2,174,328	4,453,732	4.13%	2.22%
1994	2,249,454	4,549,316	3.46%	2.15%
1995	2,312,017	4,642,931	2.78%	2.06%
1996	2,358,188	4,729,974	2%	1.87%
1997	2,411,306	4,809,573	2.25%	1.68%
1998	2,474,651	4,883,655	2.63%	1.54%
1999	2,541,698	4,954,018	2.71%	1.44%
2000	2,613,441	5,022,633	2.82%	1.39%
2001	2,678,760	5,087,825	2.5%	1.3%
2002	2,738,655	5,149,909	2.24%	1.22%
2003	2,802,046	5,210,963	2.31%	1.19%
2004	2,868,664	5,272,912	2.38%	1.19%
2005	2,939,059	5,342,105	2.45%	1.31%
2006	3,013,660	5,418,855	2.54%	1.44%
2007	3,093,059	5,497,243	2.63%	1.45%
2008	3,183,269	5,576,593	2.92%	1.44%
2009	3,284,448	5,656,601	3.18%	1.43%
2010	3,390,965	5,737,450	3.24%	1.43%
2011	3,502,811	5,819,051	3.3%	1.42%
2012	3,619,034	5,901,287	3.32%	1.41%
2013	3,734,318	5,983,845	3.19%	1.4%
2014	3,848,514	6,066,492	3.06%	1.38%
2015	3,965,959	6,149,417	3.05%	1.37%
2016	4,086,657	6,232,666	3.04%	1.35%
2017	4,210,600	6,316,231	3.03%	1.34%
2018	4,337,685	6,400,080	3.02%	1.33%
2019	4,467,708	6,483,657	3%	1.31%
2020	4,600,131	6,565,267	2.96%	1.26%
2021	4,734,874	6,644,741	2.93%	1.21%
2022	4,875,637	6,730,654	2.97%	1.29%
2023	5,022,441	6,823,613	3.01%	1.38%
2024	5,169,395	6,916,140	2.93%	1.36%
2025	5,315,063	7,007,511	2.82%	1.32%
2026	5,461,313	7,097,335	2.75%	1.28%
2027	5,608,785	7,185,724	2.7%	1.25%
2028	5,757,952	7,272,691	2.66%	1.21%
2029	5,909,186	7,358,003	2.63%	1.17%
2030	6,062,523	7,441,612	2.59%	1.14%
2031	6,217,791	7,523,773	2.56%	1.1%
2032	6,374,839	7,604,398	2.53%	1.07%
2033	6,533,828	7,683,391	2.49%	1.04%
2034	6,694,445	7,760,901	2.46%	1.01%
2035	6,856,314	7,836,706	2.42%	0.98%
2036	7,019,227	7,910,787	2.38%	0.95%
2037	7,183,105	7,983,295	2.33%	0.92%
2038	7,348,357	8,054,140	2.3%	0.89%
2039	7,514,734	8,122,959	2.26%	0.85%
2040	7,681,907	8,189,916	2.22%	0.82%
2041	7,850,210	8,255,163	2.19%	0.8%
2042	8,020,480	8,318,515	2.17%	0.77%
2043	8,192,542	8,380,014	2.15%	0.74%
2044	8,365,171	8,439,720	2.11%	0.71%
2045	8,538,521	8,497,618	2.07%	0.69%
2046	8,713,247	8,553,413	2.05%	0.66%
2047	8,888,466	8,607,283	2.01%	0.63%
2048	9,064,207	8,659,292	1.98%	0.6%
2049	9,240,169	8,708,929	1.94%	0.57%
2050	9,415,589	8,756,439	1.9%	0.55%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritania increased by 1,026,900 people (a 34.9% growth), while Nicaragua gained 807,312 people (a 15.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritania gained 1,466,583 (a 37% growth), while Nicaragua's population increased by 930,247 (a 15.1% growth).

Mauritania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2005 and is 123rd in 2025. Nicaragua was ranked 110th in 2005 and ranked 107th 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 Nicaragua will increase by 23.7% to 8,756,439 people and rank change from 107th to 109th.