Population in Mauritania compared to Sierra Leone: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Mauritania and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritania	Sierra Leone	Mauritania	Sierra Leone
1960	824,298	2,268,356	-	-
1961	846,167	2,304,227	2.65%	1.58%
1962	869,184	2,342,242	2.72%	1.65%
1963	893,423	2,382,258	2.79%	1.71%
1964	918,955	2,424,390	2.86%	1.77%
1965	945,838	2,468,666	2.93%	1.83%
1966	974,157	2,514,638	2.99%	1.86%
1967	1,003,843	2,562,384	3.05%	1.9%
1968	1,034,739	2,611,532	3.08%	1.92%
1969	1,066,754	2,661,365	3.09%	1.91%
1970	1,099,806	2,712,286	3.1%	1.91%
1971	1,133,702	2,763,222	3.08%	1.88%
1972	1,168,355	2,814,388	3.06%	1.85%
1973	1,203,838	2,866,955	3.04%	1.87%
1974	1,240,188	2,920,459	3.02%	1.87%
1975	1,277,330	2,974,657	2.99%	1.86%
1976	1,315,336	3,028,820	2.98%	1.82%
1977	1,353,768	3,085,354	2.92%	1.87%
1978	1,392,713	3,145,517	2.88%	1.95%
1979	1,432,758	3,207,499	2.88%	1.97%
1980	1,474,043	3,272,089	2.88%	2.01%
1981	1,516,877	3,338,940	2.91%	2.04%
1982	1,561,176	3,408,183	2.92%	2.07%
1983	1,606,746	3,481,646	2.92%	2.16%
1984	1,653,693	3,558,758	2.92%	2.21%
1985	1,702,107	3,638,438	2.93%	2.24%
1986	1,751,835	3,728,380	2.92%	2.47%
1987	1,803,014	3,829,718	2.92%	2.72%
1988	1,855,859	3,934,517	2.93%	2.74%
1989	1,903,048	4,034,037	2.54%	2.53%
1990	1,951,878	4,196,828	2.57%	4.04%
1991	2,009,738	4,246,267	2.96%	1.18%
1992	2,088,135	4,166,366	3.9%	-1.88%
1993	2,174,328	4,157,130	4.13%	-0.22%
1994	2,249,454	4,173,105	3.46%	0.38%
1995	2,312,017	4,179,179	2.78%	0.15%
1996	2,358,188	4,199,210	2%	0.48%
1997	2,411,306	4,253,716	2.25%	1.3%
1998	2,474,651	4,295,785	2.63%	0.99%
1999	2,541,698	4,318,043	2.71%	0.52%
2000	2,613,441	4,423,611	2.82%	2.44%
2001	2,678,760	4,692,716	2.5%	6.08%
2002	2,738,655	4,971,435	2.24%	5.94%
2003	2,802,046	5,177,687	2.31%	4.15%
2004	2,868,664	5,355,717	2.38%	3.44%
2005	2,939,059	5,501,712	2.45%	2.73%
2006	3,013,660	5,624,466	2.54%	2.23%
2007	3,093,059	5,749,352	2.63%	2.22%
2008	3,183,269	5,894,722	2.92%	2.53%
2009	3,284,448	6,055,646	3.18%	2.73%
2010	3,390,965	6,222,714	3.24%	2.76%
2011	3,502,811	6,387,251	3.3%	2.64%
2012	3,619,034	6,551,080	3.32%	2.56%
2013	3,734,318	6,714,051	3.19%	2.49%
2014	3,848,514	6,876,385	3.06%	2.42%
2015	3,965,959	7,037,655	3.05%	2.35%
2016	4,086,657	7,205,328	3.04%	2.38%
2017	4,210,600	7,379,299	3.03%	2.41%
2018	4,337,685	7,554,563	3.02%	2.38%
2019	4,467,708	7,731,991	3%	2.35%
2020	4,600,131	7,912,558	2.96%	2.34%
2021	4,734,874	8,094,602	2.93%	2.3%
2022	4,875,637	8,276,807	2.97%	2.25%
2023	5,022,441	8,460,512	3.01%	2.22%
2024	5,169,395	8,642,022	2.93%	2.15%
2025	5,315,063	8,819,789	2.82%	2.06%
2026	5,461,313	8,996,743	2.75%	2.01%
2027	5,608,785	9,174,695	2.7%	1.98%
2028	5,757,952	9,349,021	2.66%	1.9%
2029	5,909,186	9,520,811	2.63%	1.84%
2030	6,062,523	9,694,851	2.59%	1.83%
2031	6,217,791	9,870,295	2.56%	1.81%
2032	6,374,839	10,047,193	2.53%	1.79%
2033	6,533,828	10,221,006	2.49%	1.73%
2034	6,694,445	10,391,485	2.46%	1.67%
2035	6,856,314	10,563,163	2.42%	1.65%
2036	7,019,227	10,734,341	2.38%	1.62%
2037	7,183,105	10,902,263	2.33%	1.56%
2038	7,348,357	11,066,143	2.3%	1.5%
2039	7,514,734	11,230,060	2.26%	1.48%
2040	7,681,907	11,398,391	2.22%	1.5%
2041	7,850,210	11,566,213	2.19%	1.47%
2042	8,020,480	11,728,787	2.17%	1.41%
2043	8,192,542	11,887,934	2.15%	1.36%
2044	8,365,171	12,049,424	2.11%	1.36%
2045	8,538,521	12,208,872	2.07%	1.32%
2046	8,713,247	12,363,446	2.05%	1.27%
2047	8,888,466	12,512,739	2.01%	1.21%
2048	9,064,207	12,659,609	1.98%	1.17%
2049	9,240,169	12,805,136	1.94%	1.15%
2050	9,415,589	12,948,320	1.9%	1.12%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mauritania increased by 1,072,997 people (a 35.6% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,580,862 people (a 28.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mauritania gained 1,376,267 (a 33.7% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,793,359 (a 24.9% growth).

Mauritania was ranked 132nd most populous country in 2006 and is 123rd in 2026. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2006 and ranked 102nd 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 Sierra Leone will increase by 43.9% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.