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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritania	Spain	Mauritania	Spain
1960	824,298	30,455,000	-	-
1961	846,167	30,739,250	2.65%	0.93%
1962	869,184	31,023,366	2.72%	0.92%
1963	893,423	31,296,651	2.79%	0.88%
1964	918,955	31,609,195	2.86%	1%
1965	945,838	31,954,292	2.93%	1.09%
1966	974,157	32,283,194	2.99%	1.03%
1967	1,003,843	32,682,947	3.05%	1.24%
1968	1,034,739	33,113,134	3.08%	1.32%
1969	1,066,754	33,441,054	3.09%	0.99%
1970	1,099,806	33,814,531	3.1%	1.12%
1971	1,133,702	34,224,490	3.08%	1.21%
1972	1,168,355	34,604,469	3.06%	1.11%
1973	1,203,838	34,988,947	3.04%	1.11%
1974	1,240,188	35,373,335	3.02%	1.1%
1975	1,277,330	35,757,900	2.99%	1.09%
1976	1,315,336	36,137,812	2.98%	1.06%
1977	1,353,768	36,511,638	2.92%	1.03%
1978	1,392,713	36,864,898	2.88%	0.97%
1979	1,432,758	37,191,330	2.88%	0.89%
1980	1,474,043	37,491,165	2.88%	0.81%
1981	1,516,877	37,758,631	2.91%	0.71%
1982	1,561,176	37,986,012	2.92%	0.6%
1983	1,606,746	38,171,525	2.92%	0.49%
1984	1,653,693	38,330,364	2.92%	0.42%
1985	1,702,107	38,469,512	2.93%	0.36%
1986	1,751,835	38,584,624	2.92%	0.3%
1987	1,803,014	38,684,815	2.92%	0.26%
1988	1,855,859	38,766,939	2.93%	0.21%
1989	1,903,048	38,827,764	2.54%	0.16%
1990	1,951,878	38,867,322	2.57%	0.1%
1991	2,009,738	38,966,376	2.96%	0.25%
1992	2,088,135	39,157,685	3.9%	0.49%
1993	2,174,328	39,361,262	4.13%	0.52%
1994	2,249,454	39,549,108	3.46%	0.48%
1995	2,312,017	39,724,050	2.78%	0.44%
1996	2,358,188	39,889,852	2%	0.42%
1997	2,411,306	40,057,389	2.25%	0.42%
1998	2,474,651	40,223,509	2.63%	0.41%
1999	2,541,698	40,386,875	2.71%	0.41%
2000	2,613,441	40,567,864	2.82%	0.45%
2001	2,678,760	40,850,412	2.5%	0.7%
2002	2,738,655	41,431,558	2.24%	1.42%
2003	2,802,046	42,187,645	2.31%	1.82%
2004	2,868,664	42,921,895	2.38%	1.74%
2005	2,939,059	43,653,155	2.45%	1.7%
2006	3,013,660	44,397,319	2.54%	1.7%
2007	3,093,059	45,226,803	2.63%	1.87%
2008	3,183,269	45,954,106	2.92%	1.61%
2009	3,284,448	46,362,946	3.18%	0.89%
2010	3,390,965	46,576,897	3.24%	0.46%
2011	3,502,811	46,742,697	3.3%	0.36%
2012	3,619,034	46,773,055	3.32%	0.06%
2013	3,734,318	46,604,197	3.19%	-0.36%
2014	3,848,514	46,460,733	3.06%	-0.31%
2015	3,965,959	46,422,303	3.05%	-0.08%
2016	4,086,657	46,458,139	3.04%	0.08%
2017	4,210,600	46,571,232	3.03%	0.24%
2018	4,337,685	46,782,011	3.02%	0.45%
2019	4,467,708	47,118,501	3%	0.72%
2020	4,600,131	47,359,424	2.96%	0.51%
2021	4,734,874	47,443,821	2.93%	0.18%
2022	4,875,637	47,786,102	2.97%	0.72%
2023	5,022,441	48,352,528	3.01%	1.19%
2024	5,169,395	48,848,840	2.93%	1.03%
2025	5,315,063	48,827,866	2.82%	-0.04%
2026	5,461,313	48,787,930	2.75%	-0.08%
2027	5,608,785	48,738,456	2.7%	-0.1%
2028	5,757,952	48,683,694	2.66%	-0.11%
2029	5,909,186	48,619,674	2.63%	-0.13%
2030	6,062,523	48,542,955	2.59%	-0.16%
2031	6,217,791	48,454,221	2.56%	-0.18%
2032	6,374,839	48,362,482	2.53%	-0.19%
2033	6,533,828	48,271,264	2.49%	-0.19%
2034	6,694,445	48,177,551	2.46%	-0.19%
2035	6,856,314	48,077,695	2.42%	-0.21%
2036	7,019,227	47,970,911	2.38%	-0.22%
2037	7,183,105	47,860,116	2.33%	-0.23%
2038	7,348,357	47,747,343	2.3%	-0.24%
2039	7,514,734	47,629,540	2.26%	-0.25%
2040	7,681,907	47,504,152	2.22%	-0.26%
2041	7,850,210	47,373,061	2.19%	-0.28%
2042	8,020,480	47,234,914	2.17%	-0.29%
2043	8,192,542	47,092,497	2.15%	-0.3%
2044	8,365,171	46,942,712	2.11%	-0.32%
2045	8,538,521	46,778,501	2.07%	-0.35%
2046	8,713,247	46,604,170	2.05%	-0.37%
2047	8,888,466	46,421,312	2.01%	-0.39%
2048	9,064,207	46,230,109	1.98%	-0.41%
2049	9,240,169	46,024,720	1.94%	-0.44%
2050	9,415,589	45,808,469	1.9%	-0.47%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mauritania increased by 1,072,997 people (a 35.6% growth), while Spain gained 2,060,820 people (a 4.64% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mauritania gained 1,376,267 (a 33.7% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,329,791 (a 5.01% growth).

Mauritania was ranked 132nd most populous country in 2006 and is 123rd in 2026. Spain was ranked 28th in 2006 and ranked 32nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Mauritania's population will grow by 72.4% to 9,415,589 people with a rank change from 123rd to 103rd. The population of Spain will decrease by 6.11% to 45,808,469 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.