Population in Mauritania compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Mauritania and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritania	Sri Lanka	Mauritania	Sri Lanka
1960	824,298	9,661,389	-	-
1961	846,167	9,899,372	2.65%	2.46%
1962	869,184	10,143,754	2.72%	2.47%
1963	893,423	10,395,040	2.79%	2.48%
1964	918,955	10,653,397	2.86%	2.49%
1965	945,838	10,916,965	2.93%	2.47%
1966	974,157	11,183,928	2.99%	2.45%
1967	1,003,843	11,457,328	3.05%	2.44%
1968	1,034,739	11,736,088	3.08%	2.43%
1969	1,066,754	12,013,858	3.09%	2.37%
1970	1,099,806	12,287,110	3.1%	2.27%
1971	1,133,702	12,551,910	3.08%	2.16%
1972	1,168,355	12,809,205	3.06%	2.05%
1973	1,203,838	13,060,916	3.04%	1.97%
1974	1,240,188	13,305,693	3.02%	1.87%
1975	1,277,330	13,548,984	2.99%	1.83%
1976	1,315,336	13,796,770	2.98%	1.83%
1977	1,353,768	14,049,371	2.92%	1.83%
1978	1,392,713	14,310,128	2.88%	1.86%
1979	1,432,758	14,579,614	2.88%	1.88%
1980	1,474,043	14,847,974	2.88%	1.84%
1981	1,516,877	15,099,414	2.91%	1.69%
1982	1,561,176	15,286,567	2.92%	1.24%
1983	1,606,746	15,388,794	2.92%	0.67%
1984	1,653,693	15,441,860	2.92%	0.34%
1985	1,702,107	15,544,154	2.93%	0.66%
1986	1,751,835	15,731,256	2.92%	1.2%
1987	1,803,014	15,916,576	2.92%	1.18%
1988	1,855,859	16,078,621	2.93%	1.02%
1989	1,903,048	16,248,557	2.54%	1.06%
1990	1,951,878	16,352,458	2.57%	0.64%
1991	2,009,738	16,475,354	2.96%	0.75%
1992	2,088,135	16,739,284	3.9%	1.6%
1993	2,174,328	17,025,918	4.13%	1.71%
1994	2,249,454	17,275,773	3.46%	1.47%
1995	2,312,017	17,564,068	2.78%	1.67%
1996	2,358,188	17,905,018	2%	1.94%
1997	2,411,306	18,248,200	2.25%	1.92%
1998	2,474,651	18,596,003	2.63%	1.91%
1999	2,541,698	18,944,731	2.71%	1.88%
2000	2,613,441	19,293,054	2.82%	1.84%
2001	2,678,760	19,600,362	2.5%	1.59%
2002	2,738,655	19,805,752	2.24%	1.05%
2003	2,802,046	19,951,521	2.31%	0.74%
2004	2,868,664	20,087,605	2.38%	0.68%
2005	2,939,059	20,216,524	2.45%	0.64%
2006	3,013,660	20,352,411	2.54%	0.67%
2007	3,093,059	20,492,545	2.63%	0.69%
2008	3,183,269	20,629,378	2.92%	0.67%
2009	3,284,448	20,756,435	3.18%	0.62%
2010	3,390,965	20,879,089	3.24%	0.59%
2011	3,502,811	21,009,048	3.3%	0.62%
2012	3,619,034	21,169,458	3.32%	0.76%
2013	3,734,318	20,585,000	3.19%	-2.76%
2014	3,848,514	20,778,000	3.06%	0.94%
2015	3,965,959	20,970,000	3.05%	0.92%
2016	4,086,657	21,209,000	3.04%	1.14%
2017	4,210,600	21,453,000	3.03%	1.15%
2018	4,337,685	21,670,000	3.02%	1.01%
2019	4,467,708	21,803,000	3%	0.61%
2020	4,600,131	21,919,000	2.96%	0.53%
2021	4,734,874	22,156,000	2.93%	1.08%
2022	4,875,637	22,181,000	2.97%	0.11%
2023	5,022,441	22,037,000	3.01%	-0.65%
2024	5,169,395	21,916,000	2.93%	-0.55%
2025	5,315,063	22,035,440	2.82%	0.54%
2026	5,461,313	22,148,172	2.75%	0.51%
2027	5,608,785	22,255,601	2.7%	0.49%
2028	5,757,952	22,357,682	2.66%	0.46%
2029	5,909,186	22,453,922	2.63%	0.43%
2030	6,062,523	22,546,245	2.59%	0.41%
2031	6,217,791	22,635,106	2.56%	0.39%
2032	6,374,839	22,720,118	2.53%	0.38%
2033	6,533,828	22,802,043	2.49%	0.36%
2034	6,694,445	22,879,527	2.46%	0.34%
2035	6,856,314	22,952,739	2.42%	0.32%
2036	7,019,227	23,022,027	2.38%	0.3%
2037	7,183,105	23,088,877	2.33%	0.29%
2038	7,348,357	23,152,480	2.3%	0.28%
2039	7,514,734	23,211,633	2.26%	0.26%
2040	7,681,907	23,265,986	2.22%	0.23%
2041	7,850,210	23,315,260	2.19%	0.21%
2042	8,020,480	23,359,578	2.17%	0.19%
2043	8,192,542	23,398,752	2.15%	0.17%
2044	8,365,171	23,433,096	2.11%	0.15%
2045	8,538,521	23,464,943	2.07%	0.14%
2046	8,713,247	23,492,738	2.05%	0.12%
2047	8,888,466	23,512,629	2.01%	0.08%
2048	9,064,207	23,525,953	1.98%	0.06%
2049	9,240,169	23,533,940	1.94%	0.03%
2050	9,415,589	23,538,230	1.9%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritania increased by 1,026,900 people (a 34.9% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritania gained 1,466,583 (a 37% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Mauritania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2005 and is 123rd in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.