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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritania	Seychelles	Mauritania	Seychelles
1960	824,298	41,700	-	-
1961	846,167	42,889	2.65%	2.85%
1962	869,184	44,042	2.72%	2.69%
1963	893,423	45,176	2.79%	2.57%
1964	918,955	46,322	2.86%	2.54%
1965	945,838	47,500	2.93%	2.54%
1966	974,157	48,699	2.99%	2.52%
1967	1,003,843	49,911	3.05%	2.49%
1968	1,034,739	51,134	3.08%	2.45%
1969	1,066,754	52,365	3.09%	2.41%
1970	1,099,806	53,600	3.1%	2.36%
1971	1,133,702	54,695	3.08%	2.04%
1972	1,168,355	56,029	3.06%	2.44%
1973	1,203,838	56,892	3.04%	1.54%
1974	1,240,188	57,937	3.02%	1.84%
1975	1,277,330	59,292	2.99%	2.34%
1976	1,315,336	60,504	2.98%	2.04%
1977	1,353,768	61,786	2.92%	2.12%
1978	1,392,713	62,150	2.88%	0.59%
1979	1,432,758	62,686	2.88%	0.86%
1980	1,474,043	63,261	2.88%	0.92%
1981	1,516,877	64,035	2.91%	1.22%
1982	1,561,176	64,413	2.92%	0.59%
1983	1,606,746	64,335	2.92%	-0.12%
1984	1,653,693	64,717	2.92%	0.59%
1985	1,702,107	65,244	2.93%	0.81%
1986	1,751,835	65,652	2.92%	0.63%
1987	1,803,014	68,499	2.92%	4.34%
1988	1,855,859	68,755	2.93%	0.37%
1989	1,903,048	69,167	2.54%	0.6%
1990	1,951,878	69,507	2.57%	0.49%
1991	2,009,738	70,439	2.96%	1.34%
1992	2,088,135	70,763	3.9%	0.46%
1993	2,174,328	72,253	4.13%	2.11%
1994	2,249,454	74,205	3.46%	2.7%
1995	2,312,017	75,304	2.78%	1.48%
1996	2,358,188	76,417	2%	1.48%
1997	2,411,306	77,319	2.25%	1.18%
1998	2,474,651	78,846	2.63%	1.97%
1999	2,541,698	80,410	2.71%	1.98%
2000	2,613,441	81,131	2.82%	0.9%
2001	2,678,760	81,202	2.5%	0.09%
2002	2,738,655	83,723	2.24%	3.1%
2003	2,802,046	82,781	2.31%	-1.13%
2004	2,868,664	82,475	2.38%	-0.37%
2005	2,939,059	82,858	2.45%	0.46%
2006	3,013,660	84,600	2.54%	2.1%
2007	3,093,059	85,033	2.63%	0.51%
2008	3,183,269	86,956	2.92%	2.26%
2009	3,284,448	87,298	3.18%	0.39%
2010	3,390,965	89,770	3.24%	2.83%
2011	3,502,811	87,441	3.3%	-2.59%
2012	3,619,034	88,303	3.32%	0.99%
2013	3,734,318	89,949	3.19%	1.86%
2014	3,848,514	91,359	3.06%	1.57%
2015	3,965,959	93,419	3.05%	2.25%
2016	4,086,657	94,677	3.04%	1.35%
2017	4,210,600	95,843	3.03%	1.23%
2018	4,337,685	96,762	3.02%	0.96%
2019	4,467,708	97,625	3%	0.89%
2020	4,600,131	98,462	2.96%	0.86%
2021	4,734,874	99,258	2.93%	0.81%
2022	4,875,637	119,878	2.97%	20.8%
2023	5,022,441	119,773	3.01%	-0.09%
2024	5,169,395	121,354	2.93%	1.32%
2025	5,315,063	123,549	2.82%	1.81%
2026	5,461,313	125,581	2.75%	1.64%
2027	5,608,785	127,380	2.7%	1.43%
2028	5,757,952	128,883	2.66%	1.18%
2029	5,909,186	130,011	2.63%	0.87%
2030	6,062,523	130,635	2.59%	0.48%
2031	6,217,791	130,989	2.56%	0.27%
2032	6,374,839	131,305	2.53%	0.24%
2033	6,533,828	131,578	2.49%	0.21%
2034	6,694,445	131,816	2.46%	0.18%
2035	6,856,314	132,027	2.42%	0.16%
2036	7,019,227	132,202	2.38%	0.13%
2037	7,183,105	132,348	2.33%	0.11%
2038	7,348,357	132,467	2.3%	0.09%
2039	7,514,734	132,552	2.26%	0.06%
2040	7,681,907	132,631	2.22%	0.06%
2041	7,850,210	132,681	2.19%	0.04%
2042	8,020,480	132,700	2.17%	0.01%
2043	8,192,542	132,698	2.15%	-0.001%
2044	8,365,171	132,665	2.11%	-0.03%
2045	8,538,521	132,613	2.07%	-0.04%
2046	8,713,247	132,531	2.05%	-0.06%
2047	8,888,466	132,415	2.01%	-0.09%
2048	9,064,207	132,264	1.98%	-0.11%
2049	9,240,169	132,085	1.94%	-0.14%
2050	9,415,589	131,885	1.9%	-0.15%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritania increased by 1,026,900 people (a 34.9% growth), while the Seychelles gained 10,561 people (a 12.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritania gained 1,466,583 (a 37% growth), while the Seychelles' population increased by 31,762 (a 34% growth).

Mauritania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2005 and is 123rd in 2025. The Seychelles was ranked 184th in 2005 and ranked 181st 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 Seychelles will increase by 5.36% to 131,885 people and will still be ranked 181st.