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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritania	Tunisia	Mauritania	Tunisia
1960	824,298	4,267,288	-	-
1961	846,167	4,316,278	2.65%	1.15%
1962	869,184	4,369,136	2.72%	1.22%
1963	893,423	4,427,131	2.79%	1.33%
1964	918,955	4,489,869	2.86%	1.42%
1965	945,838	4,561,385	2.93%	1.59%
1966	974,157	4,652,287	2.99%	1.99%
1967	1,003,843	4,760,970	3.05%	2.34%
1968	1,034,739	4,879,899	3.08%	2.5%
1969	1,066,754	5,004,697	3.09%	2.56%
1970	1,099,806	5,131,396	3.1%	2.53%
1971	1,133,702	5,261,658	3.08%	2.54%
1972	1,168,355	5,396,557	3.06%	2.56%
1973	1,203,838	5,537,242	3.04%	2.61%
1974	1,240,188	5,684,674	3.02%	2.66%
1975	1,277,330	5,839,262	2.99%	2.72%
1976	1,315,336	5,996,994	2.98%	2.7%
1977	1,353,768	6,155,931	2.92%	2.65%
1978	1,392,713	6,309,390	2.88%	2.49%
1979	1,432,758	6,456,419	2.88%	2.33%
1980	1,474,043	6,606,195	2.88%	2.32%
1981	1,516,877	6,758,284	2.91%	2.3%
1982	1,561,176	6,908,642	2.92%	2.22%
1983	1,606,746	7,053,800	2.92%	2.1%
1984	1,653,693	7,220,044	2.92%	2.36%
1985	1,702,107	7,409,903	2.93%	2.63%
1986	1,751,835	7,600,301	2.92%	2.57%
1987	1,803,014	7,789,987	2.92%	2.5%
1988	1,855,859	7,974,440	2.93%	2.37%
1989	1,903,048	8,151,660	2.54%	2.22%
1990	1,951,878	8,324,509	2.57%	2.12%
1991	2,009,738	8,501,827	2.96%	2.13%
1992	2,088,135	8,682,512	3.9%	2.13%
1993	2,174,328	8,857,910	4.13%	2.02%
1994	2,249,454	9,018,448	3.46%	1.81%
1995	2,312,017	9,161,258	2.78%	1.58%
1996	2,358,188	9,294,432	2%	1.45%
1997	2,411,306	9,421,270	2.25%	1.36%
1998	2,474,651	9,541,667	2.63%	1.28%
1999	2,541,698	9,655,963	2.71%	1.2%
2000	2,613,441	9,764,935	2.82%	1.13%
2001	2,678,760	9,869,677	2.5%	1.07%
2002	2,738,655	9,971,515	2.24%	1.03%
2003	2,802,046	10,071,632	2.31%	1%
2004	2,868,664	10,166,163	2.38%	0.94%
2005	2,939,059	10,255,472	2.45%	0.88%
2006	3,013,660	10,346,410	2.54%	0.89%
2007	3,093,059	10,441,702	2.63%	0.92%
2008	3,183,269	10,542,635	2.92%	0.97%
2009	3,284,448	10,650,681	3.18%	1.02%
2010	3,390,965	10,765,980	3.24%	1.08%
2011	3,502,811	10,886,035	3.3%	1.12%
2012	3,619,034	11,009,647	3.32%	1.14%
2013	3,734,318	11,141,361	3.19%	1.2%
2014	3,848,514	11,274,288	3.06%	1.19%
2015	3,965,959	11,402,264	3.05%	1.14%
2016	4,086,657	11,528,674	3.04%	1.11%
2017	4,210,600	11,650,498	3.03%	1.06%
2018	4,337,685	11,765,514	3.02%	0.99%
2019	4,467,708	11,875,081	3%	0.93%
2020	4,600,131	11,974,057	2.96%	0.83%
2021	4,734,874	12,048,622	2.93%	0.62%
2022	4,875,637	12,119,334	2.97%	0.59%
2023	5,022,441	12,200,431	3.01%	0.67%
2024	5,169,395	12,277,109	2.93%	0.63%
2025	5,315,063	12,348,580	2.82%	0.58%
2026	5,461,313	12,415,147	2.75%	0.54%
2027	5,608,785	12,476,105	2.7%	0.49%
2028	5,757,952	12,531,994	2.66%	0.45%
2029	5,909,186	12,582,709	2.63%	0.4%
2030	6,062,523	12,628,154	2.59%	0.36%
2031	6,217,791	12,669,925	2.56%	0.33%
2032	6,374,839	12,709,155	2.53%	0.31%
2033	6,533,828	12,746,538	2.49%	0.29%
2034	6,694,445	12,781,017	2.46%	0.27%
2035	6,856,314	12,812,275	2.42%	0.24%
2036	7,019,227	12,842,495	2.38%	0.24%
2037	7,183,105	12,872,063	2.33%	0.23%
2038	7,348,357	12,900,190	2.3%	0.22%
2039	7,514,734	12,927,314	2.26%	0.21%
2040	7,681,907	12,953,871	2.22%	0.21%
2041	7,850,210	12,979,696	2.19%	0.2%
2042	8,020,480	13,005,242	2.17%	0.2%
2043	8,192,542	13,030,307	2.15%	0.19%
2044	8,365,171	13,054,103	2.11%	0.18%
2045	8,538,521	13,076,097	2.07%	0.17%
2046	8,713,247	13,095,748	2.05%	0.15%
2047	8,888,466	13,113,228	2.01%	0.13%
2048	9,064,207	13,127,662	1.98%	0.11%
2049	9,240,169	13,138,151	1.94%	0.08%
2050	9,415,589	13,145,144	1.9%	0.05%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mauritania increased by 1,072,997 people (a 35.6% growth), while Tunisia gained 1,182,264 people (a 11.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mauritania gained 1,376,267 (a 33.7% growth), while Tunisia's population increased by 887,139 (a 7.7% growth).

Mauritania was ranked 132nd most populous country in 2006 and is 123rd in 2026. Tunisia was ranked 79th in 2006 and ranked 81st 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 Tunisia will increase by 5.87% to 13,145,144 people and rank change from 81st to 89th.