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Population in Mauritania compared to the Philippines: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Mauritania was 5,169,395 in 2024 vs 115,843,670 people in the Philippines in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Mauritania's population is 5,432,542 people compared to 117,540,050 in the Philippines.

Population statistics:

  • The Philippines' population is 21.6 times bigger than Mauritania's.
  • Mauritania is ranked the 123rd most populous country in the world, while the Philippines is the 14th.
  • The countries together account for 1.49% of the world: 0.07% for Mauritania vs 1.42% for the Philippines.
  • For the last 10 years, Mauritania has had an average growth rate of +3% per year vs +1.16% in the Philippines.
  • Since 2005, the population of Mauritania has increased from 2.94M people to 5.43M (84.8% growth), while the Philippines has grown from 88M to 118M (33.5% growth).
  • Mauritania is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 17.1M people compared to the peak of 135M people in 2057 for the Philippines.

Mauritania vs Philippines: live population counter

Mauritania Philippines
Current population
5432542
117540050
Population rank 123/197 14/197
Percent of world population 0.07% 1.42%
One net population change
3.58 minutes
33.1 seconds
One birth every
3.04 minutes
17.1 seconds
One death every
19 minutes
44 seconds
One migration net change every
4.01 hours
3.28 minutes
Annual migration change -2,185 -160,373
Daily growth/decline +403 +2,610
Annual growth/decline +146,954 +952,471
Annual growth/decline rate +2.93% +0.83%
Population growth rate rank 18/197 115/197

Mauritania and the Philippines: population history and growth rate by year chart

Mauritania
Population

Growth rate
Philippines
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Mauritania Philippines Mauritania Philippines
1960 824,298 27,891,897 - -
1961 846,167 28,792,621 2.65% 3.23%
1962 869,184 29,723,536 2.72% 3.23%
1963 893,423 30,674,731 2.79% 3.2%
1964 918,955 31,643,032 2.86% 3.16%
1965 945,838 32,625,316 2.93% 3.1%
1966 974,157 33,617,170 2.99% 3.04%
1967 1,003,843 34,621,320 3.05% 2.99%
1968 1,034,739 35,638,342 3.08% 2.94%
1969 1,066,754 36,660,799 3.09% 2.87%
1970 1,099,806 37,622,204 3.1% 2.62%
1971 1,133,702 38,518,659 3.08% 2.38%
1972 1,168,355 39,408,560 3.06% 2.31%
1973 1,203,838 40,294,130 3.04% 2.25%
1974 1,240,188 41,174,341 3.02% 2.18%
1975 1,277,330 42,120,826 2.99% 2.3%
1976 1,315,336 43,201,488 2.98% 2.57%
1977 1,353,768 44,367,962 2.92% 2.7%
1978 1,392,713 45,575,281 2.88% 2.72%
1979 1,432,758 46,807,103 2.88% 2.7%
1980 1,474,043 48,043,740 2.88% 2.64%
1981 1,516,877 49,311,727 2.91% 2.64%
1982 1,561,176 50,695,707 2.92% 2.81%
1983 1,606,746 52,194,620 2.92% 2.96%
1984 1,653,693 53,726,181 2.92% 2.93%
1985 1,702,107 55,213,006 2.93% 2.77%
1986 1,751,835 56,645,077 2.92% 2.59%
1987 1,803,014 58,157,496 2.92% 2.67%
1988 1,855,859 59,739,052 2.93% 2.72%
1989 1,903,048 61,265,260 2.54% 2.55%
1990 1,951,878 62,854,666 2.57% 2.59%
1991 2,009,738 64,382,249 2.96% 2.43%
1992 2,088,135 65,926,125 3.9% 2.4%
1993 2,174,328 67,530,621 4.13% 2.43%
1994 2,249,454 69,019,291 3.46% 2.2%
1995 2,312,017 70,546,246 2.78% 2.21%
1996 2,358,188 72,190,242 2% 2.33%
1997 2,411,306 73,908,810 2.25% 2.38%
1998 2,474,651 75,791,024 2.63% 2.55%
1999 2,541,698 77,753,257 2.71% 2.59%
2000 2,613,441 79,625,397 2.82% 2.41%
2001 2,678,760 81,401,488 2.5% 2.23%
2002 2,738,655 83,068,889 2.24% 2.05%
2003 2,802,046 84,731,835 2.31% 2%
2004 2,868,664 86,394,504 2.38% 1.96%
2005 2,939,059 88,015,962 2.45% 1.88%
2006 3,013,660 89,508,986 2.54% 1.7%
2007 3,093,059 91,075,184 2.63% 1.75%
2008 3,183,269 92,699,095 2.92% 1.78%
2009 3,284,448 94,384,250 3.18% 1.82%
2010 3,390,965 96,337,125 3.24% 2.07%
2011 3,502,811 98,248,614 3.3% 1.98%
2012 3,619,034 100,175,512 3.32% 1.96%
2013 3,734,318 102,076,336 3.19% 1.9%
2014 3,848,514 103,767,130 3.06% 1.66%
2015 3,965,959 105,312,992 3.05% 1.49%
2016 4,086,657 106,735,719 3.04% 1.35%
2017 4,210,600 108,119,693 3.03% 1.3%
2018 4,337,685 109,465,287 3.02% 1.24%
2019 4,467,708 110,804,683 3% 1.22%
2020 4,600,131 112,081,264 2.96% 1.15%
2021 4,734,874 113,100,950 2.93% 0.91%
2022 4,875,637 113,964,338 2.97% 0.76%
2023 5,022,441 114,891,199 3.01% 0.81%
2024 5,169,395 115,843,670 2.93% 0.83%
2025 5,315,063 116,786,968 2.82% 0.81%
2026 5,461,313 117,724,479 2.75% 0.8%
2027 5,608,785 118,656,426 2.7% 0.79%
2028 5,757,952 119,583,984 2.66% 0.78%
2029 5,909,186 120,502,132 2.63% 0.77%
2030 6,062,523 121,408,897 2.59% 0.75%
2031 6,217,791 122,301,606 2.56% 0.74%
2032 6,374,839 123,180,341 2.53% 0.72%
2033 6,533,828 124,049,036 2.49% 0.71%
2034 6,694,445 124,904,124 2.46% 0.69%
2035 6,856,314 125,740,977 2.42% 0.67%
2036 7,019,227 126,558,232 2.38% 0.65%
2037 7,183,105 127,352,607 2.33% 0.63%
2038 7,348,357 128,118,535 2.3% 0.6%
2039 7,514,734 128,850,047 2.26% 0.57%
2040 7,681,907 129,546,666 2.22% 0.54%
2041 7,850,210 130,209,810 2.19% 0.51%
2042 8,020,480 130,837,005 2.17% 0.48%
2043 8,192,542 131,427,404 2.15% 0.45%
2044 8,365,171 131,979,673 2.11% 0.42%
2045 8,538,521 132,492,038 2.07% 0.39%
2046 8,713,247 132,962,001 2.05% 0.35%
2047 8,888,466 133,385,290 2.01% 0.32%
2048 9,064,207 133,759,436 1.98% 0.28%
2049 9,240,169 134,089,011 1.94% 0.25%
2050 9,415,589 134,373,439 1.9% 0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritania increased by 1,026,900 people (a 34.9% growth), while the Philippines gained 17,297,030 people (a 19.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritania gained 1,466,583 (a 37% growth), while the Philippines' population increased by 12,227,058 (a 11.6% growth).

Mauritania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2005 and is 123rd in 2025. The Philippines was ranked 12th in 2005 and ranked 14th 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 the Philippines will increase by 14.3% to 134,373,439 people and will still be ranked 14th.

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