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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritania	Portugal	Mauritania	Portugal
1960	824,298	8,857,716	-	-
1961	846,167	8,929,316	2.65%	0.81%
1962	869,184	8,993,985	2.72%	0.72%
1963	893,423	9,030,355	2.79%	0.4%
1964	918,955	9,035,365	2.86%	0.06%
1965	945,838	8,998,595	2.93%	-0.41%
1966	974,157	8,930,990	2.99%	-0.75%
1967	1,003,843	8,874,520	3.05%	-0.63%
1968	1,034,739	8,836,650	3.08%	-0.43%
1969	1,066,754	8,757,705	3.09%	-0.89%
1970	1,099,806	8,680,431	3.1%	-0.88%
1971	1,133,702	8,643,756	3.08%	-0.42%
1972	1,168,355	8,630,430	3.06%	-0.15%
1973	1,203,838	8,633,100	3.04%	0.03%
1974	1,240,188	8,754,365	3.02%	1.4%
1975	1,277,330	9,093,470	2.99%	3.87%
1976	1,315,336	9,355,810	2.98%	2.88%
1977	1,353,768	9,455,675	2.92%	1.07%
1978	1,392,713	9,558,250	2.88%	1.08%
1979	1,432,758	9,661,265	2.88%	1.08%
1980	1,474,043	9,766,312	2.88%	1.09%
1981	1,516,877	9,851,362	2.91%	0.87%
1982	1,561,176	9,911,771	2.92%	0.61%
1983	1,606,746	9,957,865	2.92%	0.47%
1984	1,653,693	9,996,232	2.92%	0.39%
1985	1,702,107	10,023,613	2.93%	0.27%
1986	1,751,835	10,032,734	2.92%	0.09%
1987	1,803,014	10,030,031	2.92%	-0.03%
1988	1,855,859	10,019,610	2.93%	-0.1%
1989	1,903,048	10,005,000	2.54%	-0.15%
1990	1,951,878	9,983,218	2.57%	-0.22%
1991	2,009,738	9,960,235	2.96%	-0.23%
1992	2,088,135	9,952,494	3.9%	-0.08%
1993	2,174,328	9,964,675	4.13%	0.12%
1994	2,249,454	9,991,525	3.46%	0.27%
1995	2,312,017	10,026,176	2.78%	0.35%
1996	2,358,188	10,063,945	2%	0.38%
1997	2,411,306	10,108,977	2.25%	0.45%
1998	2,474,651	10,160,196	2.63%	0.51%
1999	2,541,698	10,217,828	2.71%	0.57%
2000	2,613,441	10,289,898	2.82%	0.71%
2001	2,678,760	10,362,722	2.5%	0.71%
2002	2,738,655	10,419,631	2.24%	0.55%
2003	2,802,046	10,458,821	2.31%	0.38%
2004	2,868,664	10,483,861	2.38%	0.24%
2005	2,939,059	10,503,330	2.45%	0.19%
2006	3,013,660	10,522,288	2.54%	0.18%
2007	3,093,059	10,542,964	2.63%	0.2%
2008	3,183,269	10,558,177	2.92%	0.14%
2009	3,284,448	10,568,247	3.18%	0.1%
2010	3,390,965	10,573,100	3.24%	0.05%
2011	3,502,811	10,557,560	3.3%	-0.15%
2012	3,619,034	10,514,844	3.32%	-0.4%
2013	3,734,318	10,457,295	3.19%	-0.55%
2014	3,848,514	10,401,062	3.06%	-0.54%
2015	3,965,959	10,358,076	3.05%	-0.41%
2016	4,086,657	10,325,452	3.04%	-0.31%
2017	4,210,600	10,300,300	3.03%	-0.24%
2018	4,337,685	10,283,822	3.02%	-0.16%
2019	4,467,708	10,286,263	3%	0.02%
2020	4,600,131	10,297,081	2.96%	0.11%
2021	4,734,874	10,361,831	2.93%	0.63%
2022	4,875,637	10,434,332	2.97%	0.7%
2023	5,022,441	10,578,174	3.01%	1.38%
2024	5,169,395	10,694,681	2.93%	1.1%
2025	5,315,063	10,680,873	2.82%	-0.13%
2026	5,461,313	10,663,982	2.75%	-0.16%
2027	5,608,785	10,646,150	2.7%	-0.17%
2028	5,757,952	10,625,957	2.66%	-0.19%
2029	5,909,186	10,604,587	2.63%	-0.2%
2030	6,062,523	10,584,552	2.59%	-0.19%
2031	6,217,791	10,564,548	2.56%	-0.19%
2032	6,374,839	10,542,600	2.53%	-0.21%
2033	6,533,828	10,519,640	2.49%	-0.22%
2034	6,694,445	10,496,056	2.46%	-0.22%
2035	6,856,314	10,472,033	2.42%	-0.23%
2036	7,019,227	10,447,836	2.38%	-0.23%
2037	7,183,105	10,423,350	2.33%	-0.23%
2038	7,348,357	10,398,185	2.3%	-0.24%
2039	7,514,734	10,371,223	2.26%	-0.26%
2040	7,681,907	10,342,789	2.22%	-0.27%
2041	7,850,210	10,314,869	2.19%	-0.27%
2042	8,020,480	10,287,416	2.17%	-0.27%
2043	8,192,542	10,257,925	2.15%	-0.29%
2044	8,365,171	10,226,892	2.11%	-0.3%
2045	8,538,521	10,195,202	2.07%	-0.31%
2046	8,713,247	10,162,323	2.05%	-0.32%
2047	8,888,466	10,128,572	2.01%	-0.33%
2048	9,064,207	10,094,854	1.98%	-0.33%
2049	9,240,169	10,059,522	1.94%	-0.35%
2050	9,415,589	10,022,734	1.9%	-0.37%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mauritania increased by 1,072,997 people (a 35.6% growth), while Portugal lost 196,836 people (a 1.87% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mauritania gained 1,376,267 (a 33.7% growth), while Portugal's population increased by 338,530 (a 3.28% growth).

Mauritania was ranked 132nd most populous country in 2006 and is 123rd in 2026. Portugal was ranked 78th in 2006 and ranked 92nd 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 Portugal will decrease by 6.01% to 10,022,734 people and rank change from 92nd to 97th.