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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritania	Somalia	Mauritania	Somalia
1960	824,298	2,876,331	-	-
1961	846,167	2,952,054	2.65%	2.63%
1962	869,184	3,030,091	2.72%	2.64%
1963	893,423	3,110,361	2.79%	2.65%
1964	918,955	3,192,796	2.86%	2.65%
1965	945,838	3,277,874	2.93%	2.66%
1966	974,157	3,365,106	2.99%	2.66%
1967	1,003,843	3,454,537	3.05%	2.66%
1968	1,034,739	3,546,590	3.08%	2.66%
1969	1,066,754	3,641,015	3.09%	2.66%
1970	1,099,806	3,738,448	3.1%	2.68%
1971	1,133,702	3,837,691	3.08%	2.65%
1972	1,168,355	3,939,436	3.06%	2.65%
1973	1,203,838	4,045,592	3.04%	2.69%
1974	1,240,188	4,151,842	3.02%	2.63%
1975	1,277,330	4,257,535	2.99%	2.55%
1976	1,315,336	4,365,812	2.98%	2.54%
1977	1,353,768	4,484,050	2.92%	2.71%
1978	1,392,713	4,814,892	2.88%	7.38%
1979	1,432,758	5,449,117	2.88%	13.2%
1980	1,474,043	5,936,154	2.88%	8.94%
1981	1,516,877	5,982,849	2.91%	0.79%
1982	1,561,176	6,003,840	2.92%	0.35%
1983	1,606,746	6,198,430	2.92%	3.24%
1984	1,653,693	6,428,389	2.92%	3.71%
1985	1,702,107	6,693,289	2.93%	4.12%
1986	1,751,835	6,974,788	2.92%	4.21%
1987	1,803,014	7,228,302	2.92%	3.63%
1988	1,855,859	7,235,360	2.93%	0.1%
1989	1,903,048	7,114,817	2.54%	-1.67%
1990	1,951,878	7,082,811	2.57%	-0.45%
1991	2,009,738	6,813,760	2.96%	-3.8%
1992	2,088,135	6,495,107	3.9%	-4.68%
1993	2,174,328	6,681,399	4.13%	2.87%
1994	2,249,454	7,026,797	3.46%	5.17%
1995	2,312,017	7,285,007	2.78%	3.67%
1996	2,358,188	7,554,474	2%	3.7%
1997	2,411,306	7,824,525	2.25%	3.57%
1998	2,474,651	8,155,417	2.63%	4.23%
1999	2,541,698	8,492,059	2.71%	4.13%
2000	2,613,441	8,838,713	2.82%	4.08%
2001	2,678,760	9,198,493	2.5%	4.07%
2002	2,738,655	9,550,063	2.24%	3.82%
2003	2,802,046	9,909,157	2.31%	3.76%
2004	2,868,664	10,280,998	2.38%	3.75%
2005	2,939,059	10,644,228	2.45%	3.53%
2006	3,013,660	10,975,502	2.54%	3.11%
2007	3,093,059	11,322,582	2.63%	3.16%
2008	3,183,269	11,663,084	2.92%	3.01%
2009	3,284,448	11,961,201	3.18%	2.56%
2010	3,390,965	12,261,756	3.24%	2.51%
2011	3,502,811	12,348,830	3.3%	0.71%
2012	3,619,034	12,461,160	3.32%	0.91%
2013	3,734,318	12,869,594	3.19%	3.28%
2014	3,848,514	13,339,491	3.06%	3.65%
2015	3,965,959	13,806,963	3.05%	3.5%
2016	4,086,657	14,348,740	3.04%	3.92%
2017	4,210,600	14,916,629	3.03%	3.96%
2018	4,337,685	15,452,487	3.02%	3.59%
2019	4,467,708	16,030,971	3%	3.74%
2020	4,600,131	16,651,191	2.96%	3.87%
2021	4,734,874	17,271,431	2.93%	3.72%
2022	4,875,637	17,801,897	2.97%	3.07%
2023	5,022,441	18,358,615	3.01%	3.13%
2024	5,169,395	19,009,151	2.93%	3.54%
2025	5,315,063	19,654,737	2.82%	3.4%
2026	5,461,313	20,305,905	2.75%	3.31%
2027	5,608,785	20,959,056	2.7%	3.22%
2028	5,757,952	21,601,810	2.66%	3.07%
2029	5,909,186	22,247,714	2.63%	2.99%
2030	6,062,523	22,915,042	2.59%	3%
2031	6,217,791	23,589,793	2.56%	2.94%
2032	6,374,839	24,258,789	2.53%	2.84%
2033	6,533,828	24,921,830	2.49%	2.73%
2034	6,694,445	25,593,666	2.46%	2.7%
2035	6,856,314	26,294,943	2.42%	2.74%
2036	7,019,227	27,009,199	2.38%	2.72%
2037	7,183,105	27,731,170	2.33%	2.67%
2038	7,348,357	28,455,755	2.3%	2.61%
2039	7,514,734	29,167,897	2.26%	2.5%
2040	7,681,907	29,896,286	2.22%	2.5%
2041	7,850,210	30,635,956	2.19%	2.47%
2042	8,020,480	31,350,028	2.17%	2.33%
2043	8,192,542	32,057,980	2.15%	2.26%
2044	8,365,171	32,780,417	2.11%	2.25%
2045	8,538,521	33,510,163	2.07%	2.23%
2046	8,713,247	34,248,030	2.05%	2.2%
2047	8,888,466	34,996,366	2.01%	2.19%
2048	9,064,207	35,743,960	1.98%	2.14%
2049	9,240,169	36,474,683	1.94%	2.04%
2050	9,415,589	37,206,497	1.9%	2.01%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritania increased by 1,026,900 people (a 34.9% growth), while Somalia gained 3,162,735 people (a 29.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritania gained 1,466,583 (a 37% growth), while Somalia's population increased by 6,370,843 (a 46.1% growth).

Mauritania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2005 and is 123rd in 2025. Somalia was ranked 75th in 2005 and ranked 66th 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 Somalia will increase by 84.4% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.