Population in Mauritania compared to Saudi Arabia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Mauritania and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritania	Saudi Arabia	Mauritania	Saudi Arabia
1960	824,298	2,435,403	-	-
1961	846,167	2,526,347	2.65%	3.73%
1962	869,184	2,620,910	2.72%	3.74%
1963	893,423	2,719,341	2.79%	3.76%
1964	918,955	2,821,968	2.86%	3.77%
1965	945,838	2,928,771	2.93%	3.78%
1966	974,157	3,039,887	2.99%	3.79%
1967	1,003,843	3,157,242	3.05%	3.86%
1968	1,034,739	3,282,711	3.08%	3.97%
1969	1,066,754	3,417,114	3.09%	4.09%
1970	1,099,806	3,562,470	3.1%	4.25%
1971	1,133,702	3,724,031	3.08%	4.54%
1972	1,168,355	3,905,722	3.06%	4.88%
1973	1,203,838	4,106,344	3.04%	5.14%
1974	1,240,188	4,323,632	3.02%	5.29%
1975	1,277,330	4,556,287	2.99%	5.38%
1976	1,315,336	4,807,933	2.98%	5.52%
1977	1,353,768	5,083,048	2.92%	5.72%
1978	1,392,713	5,381,902	2.88%	5.88%
1979	1,432,758	5,703,698	2.88%	5.98%
1980	1,474,043	6,047,997	2.88%	6.04%
1981	1,516,877	6,420,551	2.91%	6.16%
1982	1,561,176	6,824,486	2.92%	6.29%
1983	1,606,746	7,252,941	2.92%	6.28%
1984	1,653,693	7,697,307	2.92%	6.13%
1985	1,702,107	8,151,779	2.93%	5.9%
1986	1,751,835	8,628,639	2.92%	5.85%
1987	1,803,014	9,130,194	2.92%	5.81%
1988	1,855,859	9,629,165	2.93%	5.47%
1989	1,903,048	10,128,394	2.54%	5.18%
1990	1,951,878	10,640,691	2.57%	5.06%
1991	2,009,738	11,160,744	2.96%	4.89%
1992	2,088,135	11,686,676	3.9%	4.71%
1993	2,174,328	12,215,862	4.13%	4.53%
1994	2,249,454	12,750,040	3.46%	4.37%
1995	2,312,017	13,289,245	2.78%	4.23%
1996	2,358,188	13,831,009	2%	4.08%
1997	2,411,306	14,374,943	2.25%	3.93%
1998	2,474,651	14,922,185	2.63%	3.81%
1999	2,541,698	15,472,075	2.71%	3.69%
2000	2,613,441	16,177,722	2.82%	4.56%
2001	2,678,760	17,041,397	2.5%	5.34%
2002	2,738,655	17,910,910	2.24%	5.1%
2003	2,802,046	18,786,767	2.31%	4.89%
2004	2,868,664	19,669,480	2.38%	4.7%
2005	2,939,059	20,559,890	2.45%	4.53%
2006	3,013,660	21,459,144	2.54%	4.37%
2007	3,093,059	22,368,313	2.63%	4.24%
2008	3,183,269	23,287,877	2.92%	4.11%
2009	3,284,448	24,217,654	3.18%	3.99%
2010	3,390,965	23,978,487	3.24%	-0.99%
2011	3,502,811	25,091,867	3.3%	4.64%
2012	3,619,034	26,168,861	3.32%	4.29%
2013	3,734,318	27,624,004	3.19%	5.56%
2014	3,848,514	28,309,273	3.06%	2.48%
2015	3,965,959	29,816,382	3.05%	5.32%
2016	4,086,657	30,954,198	3.04%	3.82%
2017	4,210,600	30,977,355	3.03%	0.07%
2018	4,337,685	30,196,281	3.02%	-2.52%
2019	4,467,708	30,063,799	3%	-0.44%
2020	4,600,131	31,552,510	2.96%	4.95%
2021	4,734,874	30,784,383	2.93%	-2.43%
2022	4,875,637	32,175,224	2.97%	4.52%
2023	5,022,441	33,702,731	3.01%	4.75%
2024	5,169,395	35,300,280	2.93%	4.74%
2025	5,315,063	35,927,625	2.82%	1.78%
2026	5,461,313	36,550,694	2.75%	1.73%
2027	5,608,785	37,167,513	2.7%	1.69%
2028	5,757,952	37,775,810	2.66%	1.64%
2029	5,909,186	38,364,377	2.63%	1.56%
2030	6,062,523	38,918,375	2.59%	1.44%
2031	6,217,791	39,450,880	2.56%	1.37%
2032	6,374,839	39,983,934	2.53%	1.35%
2033	6,533,828	40,517,599	2.49%	1.33%
2034	6,694,445	41,052,423	2.46%	1.32%
2035	6,856,314	41,588,429	2.42%	1.31%
2036	7,019,227	42,125,184	2.38%	1.29%
2037	7,183,105	42,661,908	2.33%	1.27%
2038	7,348,357	43,198,420	2.3%	1.26%
2039	7,514,734	43,734,316	2.26%	1.24%
2040	7,681,907	44,269,571	2.22%	1.22%
2041	7,850,210	44,804,338	2.19%	1.21%
2042	8,020,480	45,338,111	2.17%	1.19%
2043	8,192,542	45,870,896	2.15%	1.18%
2044	8,365,171	46,403,116	2.11%	1.16%
2045	8,538,521	46,934,822	2.07%	1.15%
2046	8,713,247	47,465,267	2.05%	1.13%
2047	8,888,466	47,993,976	2.01%	1.11%
2048	9,064,207	48,521,364	1.98%	1.1%
2049	9,240,169	49,047,461	1.94%	1.08%
2050	9,415,589	49,572,202	1.9%	1.07%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritania increased by 1,026,900 people (a 34.9% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritania gained 1,466,583 (a 37% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth).

Mauritania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2005 and is 123rd in 2025. Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st in 2005 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.