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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritania	South Korea	Mauritania	South Korea
1960	824,298	25,012,374	-	-
1961	846,167	25,765,673	2.65%	3.01%
1962	869,184	26,513,030	2.72%	2.9%
1963	893,423	27,261,747	2.79%	2.82%
1964	918,955	27,984,155	2.86%	2.65%
1965	945,838	28,704,674	2.93%	2.57%
1966	974,157	29,435,571	2.99%	2.55%
1967	1,003,843	30,130,983	3.05%	2.36%
1968	1,034,739	30,838,302	3.08%	2.35%
1969	1,066,754	31,544,266	3.09%	2.29%
1970	1,099,806	32,240,827	3.1%	2.21%
1971	1,133,702	32,882,704	3.08%	1.99%
1972	1,168,355	33,505,406	3.06%	1.89%
1973	1,203,838	34,103,149	3.04%	1.78%
1974	1,240,188	34,692,266	3.02%	1.73%
1975	1,277,330	35,280,725	2.99%	1.7%
1976	1,315,336	35,848,523	2.98%	1.61%
1977	1,353,768	36,411,795	2.92%	1.57%
1978	1,392,713	36,969,185	2.88%	1.53%
1979	1,432,758	37,534,236	2.88%	1.53%
1980	1,474,043	38,123,775	2.88%	1.57%
1981	1,516,877	38,723,248	2.91%	1.57%
1982	1,561,176	39,326,352	2.92%	1.56%
1983	1,606,746	39,910,403	2.92%	1.49%
1984	1,653,693	40,405,956	2.92%	1.24%
1985	1,702,107	40,805,744	2.93%	0.99%
1986	1,751,835	41,213,674	2.92%	1%
1987	1,803,014	41,621,690	2.92%	0.99%
1988	1,855,859	42,031,247	2.93%	0.98%
1989	1,903,048	42,449,038	2.54%	0.99%
1990	1,951,878	42,869,283	2.57%	0.99%
1991	2,009,738	43,295,704	2.96%	0.99%
1992	2,088,135	43,747,962	3.9%	1.04%
1993	2,174,328	44,194,628	4.13%	1.02%
1994	2,249,454	44,641,540	3.46%	1.01%
1995	2,312,017	45,092,991	2.78%	1.01%
1996	2,358,188	45,524,681	2%	0.96%
1997	2,411,306	45,953,580	2.25%	0.94%
1998	2,474,651	46,286,503	2.63%	0.72%
1999	2,541,698	46,616,677	2.71%	0.71%
2000	2,613,441	47,008,111	2.82%	0.84%
2001	2,678,760	47,370,164	2.5%	0.77%
2002	2,738,655	47,644,736	2.24%	0.58%
2003	2,802,046	47,892,330	2.31%	0.52%
2004	2,868,664	48,082,519	2.38%	0.4%
2005	2,939,059	48,184,561	2.45%	0.21%
2006	3,013,660	48,438,292	2.54%	0.53%
2007	3,093,059	48,683,638	2.63%	0.51%
2008	3,183,269	49,054,708	2.92%	0.76%
2009	3,284,448	49,307,835	3.18%	0.52%
2010	3,390,965	49,554,112	3.24%	0.5%
2011	3,502,811	49,936,638	3.3%	0.77%
2012	3,619,034	50,199,853	3.32%	0.53%
2013	3,734,318	50,428,893	3.19%	0.46%
2014	3,848,514	50,746,659	3.06%	0.63%
2015	3,965,959	51,014,947	3.05%	0.53%
2016	4,086,657	51,217,803	3.04%	0.4%
2017	4,210,600	51,361,911	3.03%	0.28%
2018	4,337,685	51,585,058	3.02%	0.43%
2019	4,467,708	51,764,822	3%	0.35%
2020	4,600,131	51,836,239	2.96%	0.14%
2021	4,734,874	51,769,539	2.93%	-0.13%
2022	4,875,637	51,672,569	2.97%	-0.19%
2023	5,022,441	51,712,619	3.01%	0.08%
2024	5,169,395	51,751,065	2.93%	0.07%
2025	5,315,063	51,700,480	2.82%	-0.1%
2026	5,461,313	51,633,793	2.75%	-0.13%
2027	5,608,785	51,552,198	2.7%	-0.16%
2028	5,757,952	51,456,707	2.66%	-0.19%
2029	5,909,186	51,347,230	2.63%	-0.21%
2030	6,062,523	51,221,713	2.59%	-0.24%
2031	6,217,791	51,081,220	2.56%	-0.27%
2032	6,374,839	50,924,233	2.53%	-0.31%
2033	6,533,828	50,747,132	2.49%	-0.35%
2034	6,694,445	50,549,508	2.46%	-0.39%
2035	6,856,314	50,333,286	2.42%	-0.43%
2036	7,019,227	50,098,951	2.38%	-0.47%
2037	7,183,105	49,845,669	2.33%	-0.51%
2038	7,348,357	49,573,234	2.3%	-0.55%
2039	7,514,734	49,283,770	2.26%	-0.58%
2040	7,681,907	48,980,369	2.22%	-0.62%
2041	7,850,210	48,661,905	2.19%	-0.65%
2042	8,020,480	48,331,004	2.17%	-0.68%
2043	8,192,542	47,990,085	2.15%	-0.71%
2044	8,365,171	47,634,183	2.11%	-0.74%
2045	8,538,521	47,263,526	2.07%	-0.78%
2046	8,713,247	46,881,228	2.05%	-0.81%
2047	8,888,466	46,482,133	2.01%	-0.85%
2048	9,064,207	46,063,595	1.98%	-0.9%
2049	9,240,169	45,626,805	1.94%	-0.95%
2050	9,415,589	45,172,356	1.9%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritania increased by 1,026,900 people (a 34.9% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritania gained 1,466,583 (a 37% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Mauritania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2005 and is 123rd in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st 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 Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.