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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritania	South Sudan	Mauritania	South Sudan
1960	824,298	2,931,559	-	-
1961	846,167	2,976,724	2.65%	1.54%
1962	869,184	3,024,308	2.72%	1.6%
1963	893,423	3,072,669	2.79%	1.6%
1964	918,955	3,129,918	2.86%	1.86%
1965	945,838	3,189,835	2.93%	1.91%
1966	974,157	3,236,423	2.99%	1.46%
1967	1,003,843	3,277,648	3.05%	1.27%
1968	1,034,739	3,321,528	3.08%	1.34%
1969	1,066,754	3,365,533	3.09%	1.32%
1970	1,099,806	3,409,614	3.1%	1.31%
1971	1,133,702	3,468,646	3.08%	1.73%
1972	1,168,355	3,542,497	3.06%	2.13%
1973	1,203,838	3,627,383	3.04%	2.4%
1974	1,240,188	3,723,259	3.02%	2.64%
1975	1,277,330	3,821,494	2.99%	2.64%
1976	1,315,336	3,921,910	2.98%	2.63%
1977	1,353,768	4,024,032	2.92%	2.6%
1978	1,392,713	4,127,657	2.88%	2.58%
1979	1,432,758	4,232,605	2.88%	2.54%
1980	1,474,043	4,339,030	2.88%	2.51%
1981	1,516,877	4,447,272	2.91%	2.49%
1982	1,561,176	4,557,686	2.92%	2.48%
1983	1,606,746	4,661,574	2.92%	2.28%
1984	1,653,693	4,750,627	2.92%	1.91%
1985	1,702,107	4,834,296	2.93%	1.76%
1986	1,751,835	4,921,240	2.92%	1.8%
1987	1,803,014	4,962,395	2.92%	0.84%
1988	1,855,859	4,848,029	2.93%	-2.3%
1989	1,903,048	4,713,229	2.54%	-2.78%
1990	1,951,878	4,737,633	2.57%	0.52%
1991	2,009,738	4,836,677	2.96%	2.09%
1992	2,088,135	4,909,749	3.9%	1.51%
1993	2,174,328	4,956,002	4.13%	0.94%
1994	2,249,454	5,071,184	3.46%	2.32%
1995	2,312,017	5,225,836	2.78%	3.05%
1996	2,358,188	5,356,925	2%	2.51%
1997	2,411,306	5,509,136	2.25%	2.84%
1998	2,474,651	5,620,068	2.63%	2.01%
1999	2,541,698	5,771,628	2.71%	2.7%
2000	2,613,441	6,032,267	2.82%	4.52%
2001	2,678,760	6,308,391	2.5%	4.58%
2002	2,738,655	6,596,806	2.24%	4.57%
2003	2,802,046	6,903,127	2.31%	4.64%
2004	2,868,664	7,233,041	2.38%	4.78%
2005	2,939,059	7,590,143	2.45%	4.94%
2006	3,013,660	7,976,526	2.54%	5.09%
2007	3,093,059	8,388,788	2.63%	5.17%
2008	3,183,269	8,817,647	2.92%	5.11%
2009	3,284,448	9,243,556	3.18%	4.83%
2010	3,390,965	9,745,953	3.24%	5.44%
2011	3,502,811	10,288,109	3.3%	5.56%
2012	3,619,034	10,756,240	3.32%	4.55%
2013	3,734,318	11,166,275	3.19%	3.81%
2014	3,848,514	11,235,073	3.06%	0.62%
2015	3,965,959	11,107,561	3.05%	-1.13%
2016	4,086,657	10,830,102	3.04%	-2.5%
2017	4,210,600	10,259,154	3.03%	-5.27%
2018	4,337,685	10,122,977	3.02%	-1.33%
2019	4,467,708	10,423,384	3%	2.97%
2020	4,600,131	10,698,467	2.96%	2.64%
2021	4,734,874	10,865,780	2.93%	1.56%
2022	4,875,637	11,021,177	2.97%	1.43%
2023	5,022,441	11,483,374	3.01%	4.19%
2024	5,169,395	11,943,408	2.93%	4.01%
2025	5,315,063	12,188,793	2.82%	2.05%
2026	5,461,313	12,436,036	2.75%	2.03%
2027	5,608,785	12,687,301	2.7%	2.02%
2028	5,757,952	12,941,503	2.66%	2%
2029	5,909,186	13,198,080	2.63%	1.98%
2030	6,062,523	13,457,446	2.59%	1.97%
2031	6,217,791	13,725,413	2.56%	1.99%
2032	6,374,839	13,996,343	2.53%	1.97%
2033	6,533,828	14,261,762	2.49%	1.9%
2034	6,694,445	14,527,550	2.46%	1.86%
2035	6,856,314	14,798,602	2.42%	1.87%
2036	7,019,227	15,070,098	2.38%	1.83%
2037	7,183,105	15,335,700	2.33%	1.76%
2038	7,348,357	15,595,968	2.3%	1.7%
2039	7,514,734	15,850,696	2.26%	1.63%
2040	7,681,907	16,101,470	2.22%	1.58%
2041	7,850,210	16,350,149	2.19%	1.54%
2042	8,020,480	16,593,361	2.17%	1.49%
2043	8,192,542	16,829,209	2.15%	1.42%
2044	8,365,171	17,060,176	2.11%	1.37%
2045	8,538,521	17,286,412	2.07%	1.33%
2046	8,713,247	17,509,693	2.05%	1.29%
2047	8,888,466	17,728,331	2.01%	1.25%
2048	9,064,207	17,938,437	1.98%	1.19%
2049	9,240,169	18,142,893	1.94%	1.14%
2050	9,415,589	18,341,968	1.9%	1.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritania increased by 1,026,900 people (a 34.9% growth), while South Sudan gained 3,517,418 people (a 46.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritania gained 1,466,583 (a 37% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,279,837 (a 11.5% growth).

Mauritania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2005 and is 123rd in 2025. South Sudan was ranked 93rd in 2005 and ranked 81st 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 Sudan will increase by 48.1% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 81st to 78th.