Population in Mauritania compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Mauritania and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritania	South Africa	Mauritania	South Africa
1960	824,298	16,440,172	-	-
1961	846,167	16,908,035	2.65%	2.85%
1962	869,184	17,418,522	2.72%	3.02%
1963	893,423	17,954,564	2.79%	3.08%
1964	918,955	18,511,361	2.86%	3.1%
1965	945,838	19,089,380	2.93%	3.12%
1966	974,157	19,690,087	2.99%	3.15%
1967	1,003,843	20,314,066	3.05%	3.17%
1968	1,034,739	20,957,287	3.08%	3.17%
1969	1,066,754	21,614,676	3.09%	3.14%
1970	1,099,806	22,279,984	3.1%	3.08%
1971	1,133,702	22,942,143	3.08%	2.97%
1972	1,168,355	23,609,456	3.06%	2.91%
1973	1,203,838	24,294,263	3.04%	2.9%
1974	1,240,188	24,989,108	3.02%	2.86%
1975	1,277,330	25,690,940	2.99%	2.81%
1976	1,315,336	26,395,450	2.98%	2.74%
1977	1,353,768	27,118,952	2.92%	2.74%
1978	1,392,713	27,869,507	2.88%	2.77%
1979	1,432,758	28,634,162	2.88%	2.74%
1980	1,474,043	29,518,857	2.88%	3.09%
1981	1,516,877	30,541,044	2.91%	3.46%
1982	1,561,176	31,615,339	2.92%	3.52%
1983	1,606,746	32,739,304	2.92%	3.56%
1984	1,653,693	33,892,788	2.92%	3.52%
1985	1,702,107	35,042,093	2.93%	3.39%
1986	1,751,835	36,180,515	2.92%	3.25%
1987	1,803,014	37,326,190	2.92%	3.17%
1988	1,855,859	38,480,649	2.93%	3.09%
1989	1,903,048	39,628,575	2.54%	2.98%
1990	1,951,878	40,746,268	2.57%	2.82%
1991	2,009,738	41,687,898	2.96%	2.31%
1992	2,088,135	42,443,509	3.9%	1.81%
1993	2,174,328	43,297,156	4.13%	2.01%
1994	2,249,454	44,004,139	3.46%	1.63%
1995	2,312,017	44,541,554	2.78%	1.22%
1996	2,358,188	45,123,018	2%	1.31%
1997	2,411,306	45,666,838	2.25%	1.21%
1998	2,474,651	46,223,880	2.63%	1.22%
1999	2,541,698	46,730,335	2.71%	1.1%
2000	2,613,441	47,159,719	2.82%	0.92%
2001	2,678,760	47,566,800	2.5%	0.86%
2002	2,738,655	48,019,415	2.24%	0.95%
2003	2,802,046	48,500,348	2.31%	1%
2004	2,868,664	48,991,421	2.38%	1.01%
2005	2,939,059	49,490,033	2.45%	1.02%
2006	3,013,660	49,998,277	2.54%	1.03%
2007	3,093,059	50,528,584	2.63%	1.06%
2008	3,183,269	51,114,599	2.92%	1.16%
2009	3,284,448	51,728,516	3.18%	1.2%
2010	3,390,965	52,344,051	3.24%	1.19%
2011	3,502,811	52,995,205	3.3%	1.24%
2012	3,619,034	53,782,567	3.32%	1.49%
2013	3,734,318	54,678,791	3.19%	1.67%
2014	3,848,514	55,594,838	3.06%	1.68%
2015	3,965,959	56,723,537	3.05%	2.03%
2016	4,086,657	57,259,551	3.04%	0.94%
2017	4,210,600	57,635,162	3.03%	0.66%
2018	4,337,685	58,613,001	3.02%	1.7%
2019	4,467,708	59,587,885	3%	1.66%
2020	4,600,131	60,562,381	2.96%	1.64%
2021	4,734,874	61,502,603	2.93%	1.55%
2022	4,875,637	62,378,410	2.97%	1.42%
2023	5,022,441	63,212,384	3.01%	1.34%
2024	5,169,395	64,007,187	2.93%	1.26%
2025	5,315,063	64,747,317	2.82%	1.16%
2026	5,461,313	65,453,086	2.75%	1.09%
2027	5,608,785	66,143,018	2.7%	1.05%
2028	5,757,952	66,830,384	2.66%	1.04%
2029	5,909,186	67,506,850	2.63%	1.01%
2030	6,062,523	68,161,357	2.59%	0.97%
2031	6,217,791	68,798,574	2.56%	0.93%
2032	6,374,839	69,426,441	2.53%	0.91%
2033	6,533,828	70,040,484	2.49%	0.88%
2034	6,694,445	70,641,572	2.46%	0.86%
2035	6,856,314	71,234,749	2.42%	0.84%
2036	7,019,227	71,816,372	2.38%	0.82%
2037	7,183,105	72,387,807	2.33%	0.8%
2038	7,348,357	72,949,611	2.3%	0.78%
2039	7,514,734	73,496,152	2.26%	0.75%
2040	7,681,907	74,035,615	2.22%	0.73%
2041	7,850,210	74,575,444	2.19%	0.73%
2042	8,020,480	75,111,899	2.17%	0.72%
2043	8,192,542	75,641,512	2.15%	0.71%
2044	8,365,171	76,164,461	2.11%	0.69%
2045	8,538,521	76,681,448	2.07%	0.68%
2046	8,713,247	77,199,542	2.05%	0.68%
2047	8,888,466	77,716,650	2.01%	0.67%
2048	9,064,207	78,215,323	1.98%	0.64%
2049	9,240,169	78,699,584	1.94%	0.62%
2050	9,415,589	79,177,329	1.9%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritania increased by 1,026,900 people (a 34.9% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritania gained 1,466,583 (a 37% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Mauritania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2005 and is 123rd in 2025. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2005 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.