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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritania	Syria	Mauritania	Syria
1960	824,298	4,673,500	-	-
1961	846,167	4,815,466	2.65%	3.04%
1962	869,184	4,959,340	2.72%	2.99%
1963	893,423	5,110,467	2.79%	3.05%
1964	918,955	5,269,087	2.86%	3.1%
1965	945,838	5,435,267	2.93%	3.15%
1966	974,157	5,609,047	2.99%	3.2%
1967	1,003,843	5,790,198	3.05%	3.23%
1968	1,034,739	5,978,742	3.08%	3.26%
1969	1,066,754	6,175,166	3.09%	3.29%
1970	1,099,806	6,380,609	3.1%	3.33%
1971	1,133,702	6,598,094	3.08%	3.41%
1972	1,168,355	6,826,024	3.06%	3.45%
1973	1,203,838	7,060,321	3.04%	3.43%
1974	1,240,188	7,302,160	3.02%	3.43%
1975	1,277,330	7,554,364	2.99%	3.45%
1976	1,315,336	7,817,320	2.98%	3.48%
1977	1,353,768	8,090,501	2.92%	3.49%
1978	1,392,713	8,372,759	2.88%	3.49%
1979	1,432,758	8,661,909	2.88%	3.45%
1980	1,474,043	8,957,663	2.88%	3.41%
1981	1,516,877	9,260,189	2.91%	3.38%
1982	1,561,176	9,572,511	2.92%	3.37%
1983	1,606,746	9,904,809	2.92%	3.47%
1984	1,653,693	10,258,398	2.92%	3.57%
1985	1,702,107	10,625,672	2.93%	3.58%
1986	1,751,835	11,002,844	2.92%	3.55%
1987	1,803,014	11,388,923	2.92%	3.51%
1988	1,855,859	11,782,264	2.93%	3.45%
1989	1,903,048	12,179,060	2.54%	3.37%
1990	1,951,878	12,579,208	2.57%	3.29%
1991	2,009,738	12,980,821	2.96%	3.19%
1992	2,088,135	13,385,571	3.9%	3.12%
1993	2,174,328	13,795,686	4.13%	3.06%
1994	2,249,454	14,208,583	3.46%	2.99%
1995	2,312,017	14,616,801	2.78%	2.87%
1996	2,358,188	15,018,104	2%	2.75%
1997	2,411,306	15,417,542	2.25%	2.66%
1998	2,474,651	15,820,413	2.63%	2.61%
1999	2,541,698	16,228,061	2.71%	2.58%
2000	2,613,441	16,637,888	2.82%	2.53%
2001	2,678,760	17,051,338	2.5%	2.48%
2002	2,738,655	17,468,332	2.24%	2.45%
2003	2,802,046	17,889,296	2.31%	2.41%
2004	2,868,664	18,336,875	2.38%	2.5%
2005	2,939,059	18,814,091	2.45%	2.6%
2006	3,013,660	19,637,022	2.54%	4.37%
2007	3,093,059	20,884,125	2.63%	6.35%
2008	3,183,269	21,636,564	2.92%	3.6%
2009	3,284,448	21,976,969	3.18%	1.57%
2010	3,390,965	22,482,421	3.24%	2.3%
2011	3,502,811	22,878,098	3.3%	1.76%
2012	3,619,034	22,759,763	3.32%	-0.52%
2013	3,734,318	21,666,917	3.19%	-4.8%
2014	3,848,514	20,273,659	3.06%	-6.43%
2015	3,965,959	19,424,618	3.05%	-4.19%
2016	4,086,657	19,193,834	3.04%	-1.19%
2017	4,210,600	19,224,668	3.03%	0.16%
2018	4,337,685	19,577,845	3.02%	1.84%
2019	4,467,708	20,353,534	3%	3.96%
2020	4,600,131	21,049,429	2.96%	3.42%
2021	4,734,874	21,628,839	2.93%	2.75%
2022	4,875,637	22,462,173	2.97%	3.85%
2023	5,022,441	23,594,623	3.01%	5.04%
2024	5,169,395	24,672,760	2.93%	4.57%
2025	5,315,063	25,620,422	2.82%	3.84%
2026	5,461,313	26,472,499	2.75%	3.33%
2027	5,608,785	27,261,544	2.7%	2.98%
2028	5,757,952	28,006,558	2.66%	2.73%
2029	5,909,186	28,719,309	2.63%	2.54%
2030	6,062,523	29,395,545	2.59%	2.35%
2031	6,217,791	30,029,824	2.56%	2.16%
2032	6,374,839	30,633,661	2.53%	2.01%
2033	6,533,828	31,212,478	2.49%	1.89%
2034	6,694,445	31,768,138	2.46%	1.78%
2035	6,856,314	32,294,792	2.42%	1.66%
2036	7,019,227	32,788,153	2.38%	1.53%
2037	7,183,105	33,258,407	2.33%	1.43%
2038	7,348,357	33,710,718	2.3%	1.36%
2039	7,514,734	34,131,238	2.26%	1.25%
2040	7,681,907	34,533,185	2.22%	1.18%
2041	7,850,210	34,916,936	2.19%	1.11%
2042	8,020,480	35,279,863	2.17%	1.04%
2043	8,192,542	35,623,325	2.15%	0.97%
2044	8,365,171	35,944,394	2.11%	0.9%
2045	8,538,521	36,265,295	2.07%	0.89%
2046	8,713,247	36,583,260	2.05%	0.88%
2047	8,888,466	36,878,640	2.01%	0.81%
2048	9,064,207	37,171,029	1.98%	0.79%
2049	9,240,169	37,477,690	1.94%	0.83%
2050	9,415,589	37,793,378	1.9%	0.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritania increased by 1,026,900 people (a 34.9% growth), while Syria gained 610,527 people (a 3.25% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritania gained 1,466,583 (a 37% growth), while Syria's population increased by 6,880,259 (a 35.4% growth).

Mauritania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2005 and is 123rd in 2025. Syria was ranked 58th in 2005 and ranked 57th 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 Syria will increase by 43.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.