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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritania	Suriname	Mauritania	Suriname
1960	824,298	263,918	-	-
1961	846,167	272,791	2.65%	3.36%
1962	869,184	283,912	2.72%	4.08%
1963	893,423	297,034	2.79%	4.62%
1964	918,955	309,041	2.86%	4.04%
1965	945,838	320,000	2.93%	3.55%
1966	974,157	331,135	2.99%	3.48%
1967	1,003,843	342,679	3.05%	3.49%
1968	1,034,739	354,616	3.08%	3.48%
1969	1,066,754	366,906	3.09%	3.47%
1970	1,099,806	379,442	3.1%	3.42%
1971	1,133,702	391,932	3.08%	3.29%
1972	1,168,355	397,413	3.06%	1.4%
1973	1,203,838	395,772	3.04%	-0.41%
1974	1,240,188	393,676	3.02%	-0.53%
1975	1,277,330	391,170	2.99%	-0.64%
1976	1,315,336	388,289	2.98%	-0.74%
1977	1,353,768	385,067	2.92%	-0.83%
1978	1,392,713	381,502	2.88%	-0.93%
1979	1,432,758	377,602	2.88%	-1.02%
1980	1,474,043	375,377	2.88%	-0.59%
1981	1,516,877	375,459	2.91%	0.02%
1982	1,561,176	376,555	2.92%	0.29%
1983	1,606,746	378,746	2.92%	0.58%
1984	1,653,693	382,193	2.92%	0.91%
1985	1,702,107	386,972	2.93%	1.25%
1986	1,751,835	392,330	2.92%	1.38%
1987	1,803,014	396,911	2.92%	1.17%
1988	1,855,859	402,227	2.93%	1.34%
1989	1,903,048	408,409	2.54%	1.54%
1990	1,951,878	412,493	2.57%	1%
1991	2,009,738	415,013	2.96%	0.61%
1992	2,088,135	417,589	3.9%	0.62%
1993	2,174,328	419,352	4.13%	0.42%
1994	2,249,454	422,375	3.46%	0.72%
1995	2,312,017	429,606	2.78%	1.71%
1996	2,358,188	438,830	2%	2.15%
1997	2,411,306	448,067	2.25%	2.1%
1998	2,474,651	457,406	2.63%	2.08%
1999	2,541,698	466,916	2.71%	2.08%
2000	2,613,441	476,643	2.82%	2.08%
2001	2,678,760	486,560	2.5%	2.08%
2002	2,738,655	496,551	2.24%	2.05%
2003	2,802,046	506,414	2.31%	1.99%
2004	2,868,664	513,923	2.38%	1.48%
2005	2,939,059	519,313	2.45%	1.05%
2006	3,013,660	524,997	2.54%	1.09%
2007	3,093,059	531,016	2.63%	1.15%
2008	3,183,269	537,245	2.92%	1.17%
2009	3,284,448	543,568	3.18%	1.18%
2010	3,390,965	549,923	3.24%	1.17%
2011	3,502,811	556,269	3.3%	1.15%
2012	3,619,034	562,633	3.32%	1.14%
2013	3,734,318	569,020	3.19%	1.14%
2014	3,848,514	575,373	3.06%	1.12%
2015	3,965,959	581,627	3.05%	1.09%
2016	4,086,657	587,757	3.04%	1.05%
2017	4,210,600	593,713	3.03%	1.01%
2018	4,337,685	599,513	3.02%	0.98%
2019	4,467,708	605,768	3%	1.04%
2020	4,600,131	612,317	2.96%	1.08%
2021	4,734,874	617,896	2.93%	0.91%
2022	4,875,637	623,164	2.97%	0.85%
2023	5,022,441	628,886	3.01%	0.92%
2024	5,169,395	634,431	2.93%	0.88%
2025	5,315,063	639,852	2.82%	0.85%
2026	5,461,313	645,257	2.75%	0.84%
2027	5,608,785	650,564	2.7%	0.82%
2028	5,757,952	655,783	2.66%	0.8%
2029	5,909,186	660,793	2.63%	0.76%
2030	6,062,523	665,650	2.59%	0.74%
2031	6,217,791	670,421	2.56%	0.72%
2032	6,374,839	675,070	2.53%	0.69%
2033	6,533,828	679,573	2.49%	0.67%
2034	6,694,445	683,911	2.46%	0.64%
2035	6,856,314	688,189	2.42%	0.63%
2036	7,019,227	692,343	2.38%	0.6%
2037	7,183,105	696,213	2.33%	0.56%
2038	7,348,357	699,908	2.3%	0.53%
2039	7,514,734	703,569	2.26%	0.52%
2040	7,681,907	707,156	2.22%	0.51%
2041	7,850,210	710,619	2.19%	0.49%
2042	8,020,480	713,900	2.17%	0.46%
2043	8,192,542	716,999	2.15%	0.43%
2044	8,365,171	719,920	2.11%	0.41%
2045	8,538,521	722,759	2.07%	0.39%
2046	8,713,247	725,322	2.05%	0.35%
2047	8,888,466	727,726	2.01%	0.33%
2048	9,064,207	730,038	1.98%	0.32%
2049	9,240,169	732,021	1.94%	0.27%
2050	9,415,589	733,898	1.9%	0.26%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritania increased by 1,026,900 people (a 34.9% growth), while Suriname gained 62,314 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritania gained 1,466,583 (a 37% growth), while Suriname's population increased by 62,566 (a 10.8% growth).

Mauritania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2005 and is 123rd in 2025. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2005 and ranked 165th 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 Suriname will increase by 13.9% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.