Population in Mauritania compared to Papua New Guinea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Mauritania and Papua New Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritania	Papua New Guinea	Mauritania	Papua New Guinea
1960	824,298	1,995,110	-	-
1961	846,167	2,046,127	2.65%	2.56%
1962	869,184	2,093,919	2.72%	2.34%
1963	893,423	2,141,376	2.79%	2.27%
1964	918,955	2,188,325	2.86%	2.19%
1965	945,838	2,235,820	2.93%	2.17%
1966	974,157	2,285,774	2.99%	2.23%
1967	1,003,843	2,337,532	3.05%	2.26%
1968	1,034,739	2,390,803	3.08%	2.28%
1969	1,066,754	2,446,927	3.09%	2.35%
1970	1,099,806	2,505,628	3.1%	2.4%
1971	1,133,702	2,566,421	3.08%	2.43%
1972	1,168,355	2,628,432	3.06%	2.42%
1973	1,203,838	2,690,629	3.04%	2.37%
1974	1,240,188	2,752,671	3.02%	2.31%
1975	1,277,330	2,814,820	2.99%	2.26%
1976	1,315,336	2,877,327	2.98%	2.22%
1977	1,353,768	2,940,327	2.92%	2.19%
1978	1,392,713	3,003,714	2.88%	2.16%
1979	1,432,758	3,067,341	2.88%	2.12%
1980	1,474,043	3,131,512	2.88%	2.09%
1981	1,516,877	3,197,019	2.91%	2.09%
1982	1,561,176	3,264,291	2.92%	2.1%
1983	1,606,746	3,333,633	2.92%	2.12%
1984	1,653,693	3,405,198	2.92%	2.15%
1985	1,702,107	3,478,936	2.93%	2.17%
1986	1,751,835	3,554,793	2.92%	2.18%
1987	1,803,014	3,632,543	2.92%	2.19%
1988	1,855,859	3,711,880	2.93%	2.18%
1989	1,903,048	3,796,078	2.54%	2.27%
1990	1,951,878	3,896,481	2.57%	2.64%
1991	2,009,738	4,021,837	2.96%	3.22%
1992	2,088,135	4,166,699	3.9%	3.6%
1993	2,174,328	4,320,872	4.13%	3.7%
1994	2,249,454	4,480,208	3.46%	3.69%
1995	2,312,017	4,644,278	2.78%	3.66%
1996	2,358,188	4,813,361	2%	3.64%
1997	2,411,306	4,987,883	2.25%	3.63%
1998	2,474,651	5,166,390	2.63%	3.58%
1999	2,541,698	5,349,333	2.71%	3.54%
2000	2,613,441	5,537,064	2.82%	3.51%
2001	2,678,760	5,728,435	2.5%	3.46%
2002	2,738,655	5,924,003	2.24%	3.41%
2003	2,802,046	6,123,997	2.31%	3.38%
2004	2,868,664	6,328,041	2.38%	3.33%
2005	2,939,059	6,535,905	2.45%	3.28%
2006	3,013,660	6,747,720	2.54%	3.24%
2007	3,093,059	6,963,345	2.63%	3.2%
2008	3,183,269	7,183,002	2.92%	3.15%
2009	3,284,448	7,406,438	3.18%	3.11%
2010	3,390,965	7,633,523	3.24%	3.07%
2011	3,502,811	7,859,346	3.3%	2.96%
2012	3,619,034	8,081,390	3.32%	2.83%
2013	3,734,318	8,302,698	3.19%	2.74%
2014	3,848,514	8,523,441	3.06%	2.66%
2015	3,965,959	8,743,246	3.05%	2.58%
2016	4,086,657	8,961,718	3.04%	2.5%
2017	4,210,600	9,178,714	3.03%	2.42%
2018	4,337,685	9,394,513	3.02%	2.35%
2019	4,467,708	9,609,010	3%	2.28%
2020	4,600,131	9,815,746	2.96%	2.15%
2021	4,734,874	10,012,896	2.93%	2.01%
2022	4,875,637	10,203,169	2.97%	1.9%
2023	5,022,441	10,389,635	3.01%	1.83%
2024	5,169,395	10,576,502	2.93%	1.8%
2025	5,315,063	10,762,813	2.82%	1.76%
2026	5,461,313	10,947,845	2.75%	1.72%
2027	5,608,785	11,131,268	2.7%	1.68%
2028	5,757,952	11,312,895	2.66%	1.63%
2029	5,909,186	11,492,799	2.63%	1.59%
2030	6,062,523	11,671,420	2.59%	1.55%
2031	6,217,791	11,848,221	2.56%	1.51%
2032	6,374,839	12,023,121	2.53%	1.48%
2033	6,533,828	12,196,639	2.49%	1.44%
2034	6,694,445	12,369,248	2.46%	1.42%
2035	6,856,314	12,540,596	2.42%	1.39%
2036	7,019,227	12,710,682	2.38%	1.36%
2037	7,183,105	12,879,737	2.33%	1.33%
2038	7,348,357	13,047,122	2.3%	1.3%
2039	7,514,734	13,212,668	2.26%	1.27%
2040	7,681,907	13,376,156	2.22%	1.24%
2041	7,850,210	13,537,361	2.19%	1.21%
2042	8,020,480	13,696,139	2.17%	1.17%
2043	8,192,542	13,853,410	2.15%	1.15%
2044	8,365,171	14,009,926	2.11%	1.13%
2045	8,538,521	14,165,578	2.07%	1.11%
2046	8,713,247	14,318,889	2.05%	1.08%
2047	8,888,466	14,469,210	2.01%	1.05%
2048	9,064,207	14,617,364	1.98%	1.02%
2049	9,240,169	14,763,600	1.94%	1%
2050	9,415,589	14,906,584	1.9%	0.97%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mauritania increased by 1,072,997 people (a 35.6% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mauritania gained 1,376,267 (a 33.7% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth).

Mauritania was ranked 132nd most populous country in 2006 and is 123rd in 2026. Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th in 2006 and ranked 89th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Mauritania's population will grow by 72.4% to 9,415,589 people with a rank change from 123rd to 103rd. The population of Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.1% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 89th to 85th.