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Population in Mauritania compared to the Solomon Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Mauritania was 5,169,395 in 2024 vs 819,198 people in the Solomon Islands in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Mauritania's population is 5,432,542 people compared to 854,419 in the Solomon Islands.

Population statistics:

  • Mauritania's population is 6.36 times bigger than the Solomon Islands'.
  • Mauritania is ranked the 123rd most populous country in the world, while the Solomon Islands is the 161st.
  • The countries together account for 0.08% of the world: 0.07% for Mauritania vs 0.01% for the Solomon Islands.
  • For the last 10 years, Mauritania has had an average growth rate of +3% per year vs +2.95% in the Solomon Islands.
  • Since 2005, the population of Mauritania has increased from 2.94M people to 5.43M (84.8% growth), while the Solomon Islands has grown from 483K to 854K (76.9% growth).
  • Mauritania is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 17.1M people compared to the peak of 1.85M people in 2100 for the Solomon Islands.

Mauritania vs Solomon Islands: live population counter

Mauritania Solomon Islands
Current population
5432542
854419
Population rank 123/197 161/197
Percent of world population 0.07% 0.01%
One net population change
3.58 minutes
27.4 minutes
One birth every
3.04 minutes
24.4 minutes
One death every
19 minutes
2.13 hours
One migration net change every
4.01 hours
5.44 hours
Annual migration change -2,185 +1,610
Daily growth/decline +403 +53
Annual growth/decline +146,954 +19,193
Annual growth/decline rate +2.93% +2.4%
Population growth rate rank 18/197 35/197

Mauritania and the Solomon Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Mauritania
Population

Growth rate
Solomon Islands
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Mauritania Solomon Islands Mauritania Solomon Islands
1960 824,298 139,688 - -
1961 846,167 142,912 2.65% 2.31%
1962 869,184 146,201 2.72% 2.3%
1963 893,423 149,589 2.79% 2.32%
1964 918,955 153,085 2.86% 2.34%
1965 945,838 156,686 2.93% 2.35%
1966 974,157 160,393 2.99% 2.37%
1967 1,003,843 164,245 3.05% 2.4%
1968 1,034,739 168,282 3.08% 2.46%
1969 1,066,754 172,476 3.09% 2.49%
1970 1,099,806 176,579 3.1% 2.38%
1971 1,133,702 180,637 3.08% 2.3%
1972 1,168,355 184,994 3.06% 2.41%
1973 1,203,838 189,774 3.04% 2.58%
1974 1,240,188 195,041 3.02% 2.78%
1975 1,277,330 200,744 2.99% 2.92%
1976 1,315,336 207,194 2.98% 3.21%
1977 1,353,768 214,418 2.92% 3.49%
1978 1,392,713 222,029 2.88% 3.55%
1979 1,432,758 229,953 2.88% 3.57%
1980 1,474,043 238,135 2.88% 3.56%
1981 1,516,877 246,555 2.91% 3.54%
1982 1,561,176 255,200 2.92% 3.51%
1983 1,606,746 264,068 2.92% 3.47%
1984 1,653,693 273,163 2.92% 3.44%
1985 1,702,107 282,455 2.93% 3.4%
1986 1,751,835 291,842 2.92% 3.32%
1987 1,803,014 301,414 2.92% 3.28%
1988 1,855,859 311,265 2.93% 3.27%
1989 1,903,048 321,282 2.54% 3.22%
1990 1,951,878 331,435 2.57% 3.16%
1991 2,009,738 341,738 2.96% 3.11%
1992 2,088,135 352,205 3.9% 3.06%
1993 2,174,328 362,839 4.13% 3.02%
1994 2,249,454 373,675 3.46% 2.99%
1995 2,312,017 384,733 2.78% 2.96%
1996 2,358,188 396,009 2% 2.93%
1997 2,411,306 407,474 2.25% 2.9%
1998 2,474,651 419,071 2.63% 2.85%
1999 2,541,698 430,500 2.71% 2.73%
2000 2,613,441 440,469 2.82% 2.32%
2001 2,678,760 449,125 2.5% 1.97%
2002 2,738,655 457,671 2.24% 1.9%
2003 2,802,046 466,154 2.31% 1.85%
2004 2,868,664 474,611 2.38% 1.81%
2005 2,939,059 483,080 2.45% 1.78%
2006 3,013,660 491,594 2.54% 1.76%
2007 3,093,059 500,156 2.63% 1.74%
2008 3,183,269 508,790 2.92% 1.73%
2009 3,284,448 518,141 3.18% 1.84%
2010 3,390,965 532,968 3.24% 2.86%
2011 3,502,811 552,945 3.3% 3.75%
2012 3,619,034 573,606 3.32% 3.74%
2013 3,734,318 594,945 3.19% 3.72%
2014 3,848,514 616,908 3.06% 3.69%
2015 3,965,959 639,415 3.05% 3.65%
2016 4,086,657 662,379 3.04% 3.59%
2017 4,210,600 685,672 3.03% 3.52%
2018 4,337,685 709,101 3.02% 3.42%
2019 4,467,708 728,147 3% 2.69%
2020 4,600,131 744,498 2.96% 2.25%
2021 4,734,874 762,591 2.93% 2.43%
2022 4,875,637 781,066 2.97% 2.42%
2023 5,022,441 800,005 3.01% 2.42%
2024 5,169,395 819,198 2.93% 2.4%
2025 5,315,063 838,646 2.82% 2.37%
2026 5,461,313 858,283 2.75% 2.34%
2027 5,608,785 878,097 2.7% 2.31%
2028 5,757,952 898,073 2.66% 2.27%
2029 5,909,186 918,152 2.63% 2.24%
2030 6,062,523 938,340 2.59% 2.2%
2031 6,217,791 958,614 2.56% 2.16%
2032 6,374,839 978,977 2.53% 2.12%
2033 6,533,828 999,314 2.49% 2.08%
2034 6,694,445 1,019,534 2.46% 2.02%
2035 6,856,314 1,039,655 2.42% 1.97%
2036 7,019,227 1,059,521 2.38% 1.91%
2037 7,183,105 1,079,088 2.33% 1.85%
2038 7,348,357 1,098,284 2.3% 1.78%
2039 7,514,734 1,117,085 2.26% 1.71%
2040 7,681,907 1,135,445 2.22% 1.64%
2041 7,850,210 1,153,450 2.19% 1.59%
2042 8,020,480 1,171,334 2.17% 1.55%
2043 8,192,542 1,189,113 2.15% 1.52%
2044 8,365,171 1,206,729 2.11% 1.48%
2045 8,538,521 1,224,188 2.07% 1.45%
2046 8,713,247 1,241,491 2.05% 1.41%
2047 8,888,466 1,258,611 2.01% 1.38%
2048 9,064,207 1,275,579 1.98% 1.35%
2049 9,240,169 1,292,414 1.94% 1.32%
2050 9,415,589 1,309,098 1.9% 1.29%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritania increased by 1,026,900 people (a 34.9% growth), while the Solomon Islands gained 156,335 people (a 32.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritania gained 1,466,583 (a 37% growth), while the Solomon Islands' population increased by 215,004 (a 33.6% growth).

Mauritania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2005 and is 123rd in 2025. The Solomon Islands was ranked 166th in 2005 and ranked 161st 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 Solomon Islands will increase by 53.2% to 1,309,098 people and rank change from 161st to 156th.

Biggest cities by population

Mauritania
City Population
Nouakchott 1.08M
Rosso 33.5K
Solomon Islands
City Population
Honiara 84.5K
Auki 6.81K

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