The latest officially reported population of Mauritania was 5,169,395 in 2024 vs 1,792,179 people in North Macedonia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Mauritania's population is 5,432,542 people compared to 1,783,115 in North Macedonia.
Population statistics:
- Mauritania's population is 3.05 times bigger than North Macedonia's.
- Mauritania is ranked the 123rd most populous country in the world, while North Macedonia is the 150th.
- The countries together account for 0.09% of the world: 0.07% for Mauritania vs 0.02% for North Macedonia.
- For the last 10 years, Mauritania has had an average growth rate of +3% per year vs -0.64% in North Macedonia.
- Since 2005, the population of Mauritania has increased from 2.94M people to 5.43M (84.8% growth), while North Macedonia has declined from 2.01M to 1.78M (11.1% decline).
- Mauritania is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 17.1M people, while North Macedonia's population already peaked in 1990 at 2.06M people and is projected to decrease to 848K people by 2100.
Mauritania vs North Macedonia: live population counter
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| Current population |
5432542
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1783115
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| Population rank | 123/197 | 150/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.07% | 0.02% |
| One net population change |
3.58 minutes
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14.7 minutes
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| One birth every |
3.04 minutes
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31.3 minutes
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| One death every |
19 minutes
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26.1 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
4.01 hours
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1.53 hours
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| Annual migration change | -2,185 | -5,728 |
| Daily growth/decline | +403 | -98 |
| Annual growth/decline | +146,954 | -35,637 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.93% | -1.95% |
| Population growth rate rank | 18/197 | 195/197 |
Mauritania and North Macedonia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 824,298 | 1,435,059 | - | - |
| 1961 | 846,167 | 1,455,171 | 2.65% | 1.4% |
| 1962 | 869,184 | 1,471,745 | 2.72% | 1.14% |
| 1963 | 893,423 | 1,488,737 | 2.79% | 1.15% |
| 1964 | 918,955 | 1,510,900 | 2.86% | 1.49% |
| 1965 | 945,838 | 1,533,466 | 2.93% | 1.49% |
| 1966 | 974,157 | 1,557,349 | 2.99% | 1.56% |
| 1967 | 1,003,843 | 1,582,492 | 3.05% | 1.61% |
| 1968 | 1,034,739 | 1,608,930 | 3.08% | 1.67% |
| 1969 | 1,066,754 | 1,636,345 | 3.09% | 1.7% |
| 1970 | 1,099,806 | 1,664,208 | 3.1% | 1.7% |
| 1971 | 1,133,702 | 1,691,216 | 3.08% | 1.62% |
| 1972 | 1,168,355 | 1,717,395 | 3.06% | 1.55% |
| 1973 | 1,203,838 | 1,743,816 | 3.04% | 1.54% |
| 1974 | 1,240,188 | 1,770,545 | 3.02% | 1.53% |
| 1975 | 1,277,330 | 1,797,972 | 2.99% | 1.55% |
| 1976 | 1,315,336 | 1,825,830 | 2.98% | 1.55% |
| 1977 | 1,353,768 | 1,853,138 | 2.92% | 1.5% |
| 1978 | 1,392,713 | 1,879,847 | 2.88% | 1.44% |
| 1979 | 1,432,758 | 1,906,523 | 2.88% | 1.42% |
| 1980 | 1,474,043 | 1,933,038 | 2.88% | 1.39% |
| 1981 | 1,516,877 | 1,959,065 | 2.91% | 1.35% |
| 1982 | 1,561,176 | 1,978,956 | 2.92% | 1.02% |
| 1983 | 1,606,746 | 1,991,901 | 2.92% | 0.65% |
| 1984 | 1,653,693 | 2,003,399 | 2.92% | 0.58% |
| 1985 | 1,702,107 | 2,014,331 | 2.93% | 0.55% |
| 1986 | 1,751,835 | 2,024,732 | 2.92% | 0.52% |
| 1987 | 1,803,014 | 2,035,157 | 2.92% | 0.51% |
| 1988 | 1,855,859 | 2,045,737 | 2.93% | 0.52% |
| 1989 | 1,903,048 | 2,055,649 | 2.54% | 0.48% |
| 1990 | 1,951,878 | 2,063,689 | 2.57% | 0.39% |
| 1991 | 2,009,738 | 2,055,994 | 2.96% | -0.37% |
| 1992 | 2,088,135 | 2,032,523 | 3.9% | -1.14% |
| 1993 | 2,174,328 | 2,006,854 | 4.13% | -1.26% |
| 1994 | 2,249,454 | 1,992,666 | 3.46% | -0.71% |
| 1995 | 2,312,017 | 1,998,534 | 2.78% | 0.29% |
| 1996 | 2,358,188 | 2,012,553 | 2% | 0.7% |
| 1997 | 2,411,306 | 1,996,869 | 2.25% | -0.78% |
| 1998 | 2,474,651 | 2,007,523 | 2.63% | 0.53% |
| 1999 | 2,541,698 | 2,017,142 | 2.71% | 0.48% |
| 2000 | 2,613,441 | 2,026,350 | 2.82% | 0.46% |
| 2001 | 2,678,760 | 2,034,882 | 2.5% | 0.42% |
| 2002 | 2,738,655 | 2,020,157 | 2.24% | -0.72% |
| 2003 | 2,802,046 | 2,022,725 | 2.31% | 0.13% |
| 2004 | 2,868,664 | 2,016,186 | 2.38% | -0.32% |
| 2005 | 2,939,059 | 2,005,330 | 2.45% | -0.54% |
| 2006 | 3,013,660 | 1,994,287 | 2.54% | -0.55% |
| 2007 | 3,093,059 | 1,982,933 | 2.63% | -0.57% |
| 2008 | 3,183,269 | 1,971,493 | 2.92% | -0.58% |
| 2009 | 3,284,448 | 1,958,782 | 3.18% | -0.64% |
| 2010 | 3,390,965 | 1,946,298 | 3.24% | -0.64% |
| 2011 | 3,502,811 | 1,937,398 | 3.3% | -0.46% |
| 2012 | 3,619,034 | 1,929,821 | 3.32% | -0.39% |
| 2013 | 3,734,318 | 1,922,716 | 3.19% | -0.37% |
| 2014 | 3,848,514 | 1,917,557 | 3.06% | -0.27% |
| 2015 | 3,965,959 | 1,912,430 | 3.05% | -0.27% |
| 2016 | 4,086,657 | 1,906,313 | 3.04% | -0.32% |
| 2017 | 4,210,600 | 1,898,657 | 3.03% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 4,337,685 | 1,889,051 | 3.02% | -0.51% |
| 2019 | 4,467,708 | 1,876,262 | 3% | -0.68% |
| 2020 | 4,600,131 | 1,856,124 | 2.96% | -1.07% |
| 2021 | 4,734,874 | 1,837,114 | 2.93% | -1.02% |
| 2022 | 4,875,637 | 1,831,712 | 2.97% | -0.29% |
| 2023 | 5,022,441 | 1,827,816 | 3.01% | -0.21% |
| 2024 | 5,169,395 | 1,792,179 | 2.93% | -1.95% |
| 2025 | 5,315,063 | 1,783,115 | 2.82% | -0.51% |
| 2026 | 5,461,313 | 1,773,550 | 2.75% | -0.54% |
| 2027 | 5,608,785 | 1,763,753 | 2.7% | -0.55% |
| 2028 | 5,757,952 | 1,753,839 | 2.66% | -0.56% |
| 2029 | 5,909,186 | 1,743,553 | 2.63% | -0.59% |
| 2030 | 6,062,523 | 1,732,679 | 2.59% | -0.62% |
| 2031 | 6,217,791 | 1,721,421 | 2.56% | -0.65% |
| 2032 | 6,374,839 | 1,710,089 | 2.53% | -0.66% |
| 2033 | 6,533,828 | 1,698,723 | 2.49% | -0.66% |
| 2034 | 6,694,445 | 1,687,185 | 2.46% | -0.68% |
| 2035 | 6,856,314 | 1,675,373 | 2.42% | -0.7% |
| 2036 | 7,019,227 | 1,663,329 | 2.38% | -0.72% |
| 2037 | 7,183,105 | 1,651,095 | 2.33% | -0.74% |
| 2038 | 7,348,357 | 1,638,881 | 2.3% | -0.74% |
| 2039 | 7,514,734 | 1,626,617 | 2.26% | -0.75% |
| 2040 | 7,681,907 | 1,614,140 | 2.22% | -0.77% |
| 2041 | 7,850,210 | 1,601,579 | 2.19% | -0.78% |
| 2042 | 8,020,480 | 1,588,898 | 2.17% | -0.79% |
| 2043 | 8,192,542 | 1,576,060 | 2.15% | -0.81% |
| 2044 | 8,365,171 | 1,563,352 | 2.11% | -0.81% |
| 2045 | 8,538,521 | 1,550,675 | 2.07% | -0.81% |
| 2046 | 8,713,247 | 1,537,866 | 2.05% | -0.83% |
| 2047 | 8,888,466 | 1,525,180 | 2.01% | -0.82% |
| 2048 | 9,064,207 | 1,512,637 | 1.98% | -0.82% |
| 2049 | 9,240,169 | 1,499,950 | 1.94% | -0.84% |
| 2050 | 9,415,589 | 1,487,102 | 1.9% | -0.86% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritania increased by 1,026,900 people (a 34.9% growth), while North Macedonia lost 92,900 people (a 4.63% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritania gained 1,466,583 (a 37% growth), while North Macedonia's population decreased by -129,315 (a 6.76% decline).
Mauritania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2005 and is 123rd in 2025. North Macedonia was ranked 141st in 2005 and ranked 150th 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 North Macedonia will decrease by 16.6% to 1,487,102 people and rank change from 150th to 155th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Nouakchott | 1.08M |
| Rosso | 33.5K |
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Population differences between Mauritania and North Macedonia
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| Life expectancy | 68.9 years | 77.7 years |
| Average age | 23 years | 41.2 years |
| Median age | 18.4 years | 41.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.1:50.9 | 48.6:51.4 |
| Fertility rate | 4.7 births per woman | 1.5 births per woman |
| Population density | 13 ppl/mi² | 184 ppl/mi² |
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