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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritania	Peru	Mauritania	Peru
1960	824,298	10,174,127	-	-
1961	846,167	10,475,123	2.65%	2.96%
1962	869,184	10,784,612	2.72%	2.95%
1963	893,423	11,102,099	2.79%	2.94%
1964	918,955	11,427,978	2.86%	2.94%
1965	945,838	11,761,085	2.93%	2.91%
1966	974,157	12,101,297	2.99%	2.89%
1967	1,003,843	12,448,814	3.05%	2.87%
1968	1,034,739	12,803,993	3.08%	2.85%
1969	1,066,754	13,166,767	3.09%	2.83%
1970	1,099,806	13,501,237	3.1%	2.54%
1971	1,133,702	13,838,067	3.08%	2.49%
1972	1,168,355	14,210,147	3.06%	2.69%
1973	1,203,838	14,582,867	3.04%	2.62%
1974	1,240,188	14,956,552	3.02%	2.56%
1975	1,277,330	15,333,957	2.99%	2.52%
1976	1,315,336	15,716,809	2.98%	2.5%
1977	1,353,768	16,109,806	2.92%	2.5%
1978	1,392,713	16,516,059	2.88%	2.52%
1979	1,432,758	16,933,139	2.88%	2.53%
1980	1,474,043	17,360,949	2.88%	2.53%
1981	1,516,877	17,798,805	2.91%	2.52%
1982	1,561,176	18,246,503	2.92%	2.52%
1983	1,606,746	18,705,957	2.92%	2.52%
1984	1,653,693	19,174,716	2.92%	2.51%
1985	1,702,107	19,648,204	2.93%	2.47%
1986	1,751,835	20,117,122	2.92%	2.39%
1987	1,803,014	20,582,320	2.92%	2.31%
1988	1,855,859	21,054,702	2.93%	2.3%
1989	1,903,048	21,532,589	2.54%	2.27%
1990	1,951,878	22,014,771	2.57%	2.24%
1991	2,009,738	22,483,775	2.96%	2.13%
1992	2,088,135	22,946,340	3.9%	2.06%
1993	2,174,328	23,413,783	4.13%	2.04%
1994	2,249,454	23,881,493	3.46%	2%
1995	2,312,017	24,348,919	2.78%	1.96%
1996	2,358,188	24,811,171	2%	1.9%
1997	2,411,306	25,274,147	2.25%	1.87%
1998	2,474,651	25,738,095	2.63%	1.84%
1999	2,541,698	26,186,504	2.71%	1.74%
2000	2,613,441	26,598,331	2.82%	1.57%
2001	2,678,760	26,964,601	2.5%	1.38%
2002	2,738,655	27,288,217	2.24%	1.2%
2003	2,802,046	27,580,490	2.31%	1.07%
2004	2,868,664	27,852,190	2.38%	0.99%
2005	2,939,059	28,101,180	2.45%	0.89%
2006	3,013,660	28,324,491	2.54%	0.79%
2007	3,093,059	28,530,699	2.63%	0.73%
2008	3,183,269	28,719,041	2.92%	0.66%
2009	3,284,448	28,896,811	3.18%	0.62%
2010	3,390,965	29,086,019	3.24%	0.65%
2011	3,502,811	29,304,086	3.3%	0.75%
2012	3,619,034	29,550,366	3.32%	0.84%
2013	3,734,318	29,817,919	3.19%	0.91%
2014	3,848,514	30,115,826	3.06%	1%
2015	3,965,959	30,457,600	3.05%	1.13%
2016	4,086,657	30,866,494	3.04%	1.34%
2017	4,210,600	31,324,637	3.03%	1.48%
2018	4,337,685	31,897,584	3.02%	1.83%
2019	4,467,708	32,449,303	3%	1.73%
2020	4,600,131	32,838,579	2.96%	1.2%
2021	4,734,874	33,155,882	2.93%	0.97%
2022	4,875,637	33,475,438	2.97%	0.96%
2023	5,022,441	33,845,617	3.01%	1.11%
2024	5,169,395	34,217,848	2.93%	1.1%
2025	5,315,063	34,576,670	2.82%	1.05%
2026	5,461,313	34,922,144	2.75%	1%
2027	5,608,785	35,255,683	2.7%	0.96%
2028	5,757,952	35,578,281	2.66%	0.92%
2029	5,909,186	35,890,705	2.63%	0.88%
2030	6,062,523	36,193,882	2.59%	0.84%
2031	6,217,791	36,488,437	2.56%	0.81%
2032	6,374,839	36,774,937	2.53%	0.79%
2033	6,533,828	37,054,380	2.49%	0.76%
2034	6,694,445	37,326,798	2.46%	0.74%
2035	6,856,314	37,591,420	2.42%	0.71%
2036	7,019,227	37,848,147	2.38%	0.68%
2037	7,183,105	38,096,898	2.33%	0.66%
2038	7,348,357	38,337,328	2.3%	0.63%
2039	7,514,734	38,569,891	2.26%	0.61%
2040	7,681,907	38,794,647	2.22%	0.58%
2041	7,850,210	39,011,537	2.19%	0.56%
2042	8,020,480	39,220,371	2.17%	0.54%
2043	8,192,542	39,420,647	2.15%	0.51%
2044	8,365,171	39,612,847	2.11%	0.49%
2045	8,538,521	39,796,723	2.07%	0.46%
2046	8,713,247	39,971,719	2.05%	0.44%
2047	8,888,466	40,137,869	2.01%	0.42%
2048	9,064,207	40,294,857	1.98%	0.39%
2049	9,240,169	40,443,273	1.94%	0.37%
2050	9,415,589	40,583,875	1.9%	0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritania increased by 1,026,900 people (a 34.9% growth), while Peru gained 2,356,420 people (a 8.39% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritania gained 1,466,583 (a 37% growth), while Peru's population increased by 4,396,581 (a 14.4% growth).

Mauritania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2005 and is 123rd in 2025. Peru was ranked 39th in 2005 and ranked 48th 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 Peru will increase by 16.4% to 40,583,875 people and rank change from 48th to 51st.