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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritania	Turkmenistan	Mauritania	Turkmenistan
1960	824,298	1,643,457	-	-
1961	846,167	1,695,400	2.65%	3.16%
1962	869,184	1,749,214	2.72%	3.17%
1963	893,423	1,804,272	2.79%	3.15%
1964	918,955	1,859,997	2.86%	3.09%
1965	945,838	1,915,916	2.93%	3.01%
1966	974,157	1,971,737	2.99%	2.91%
1967	1,003,843	2,027,403	3.05%	2.82%
1968	1,034,739	2,083,069	3.08%	2.75%
1969	1,066,754	2,139,024	3.09%	2.69%
1970	1,099,806	2,195,616	3.1%	2.65%
1971	1,133,702	2,253,119	3.08%	2.62%
1972	1,168,355	2,311,430	3.06%	2.59%
1973	1,203,838	2,370,919	3.04%	2.57%
1974	1,240,188	2,432,028	3.02%	2.58%
1975	1,277,330	2,494,570	2.99%	2.57%
1976	1,315,336	2,558,521	2.98%	2.56%
1977	1,353,768	2,623,948	2.92%	2.56%
1978	1,392,713	2,691,088	2.88%	2.56%
1979	1,432,758	2,760,358	2.88%	2.57%
1980	1,474,043	2,832,203	2.88%	2.6%
1981	1,516,877	2,907,187	2.91%	2.65%
1982	1,561,176	2,985,557	2.92%	2.7%
1983	1,606,746	3,067,534	2.92%	2.75%
1984	1,653,693	3,154,079	2.92%	2.82%
1985	1,702,107	3,247,534	2.93%	2.96%
1986	1,751,835	3,347,809	2.92%	3.09%
1987	1,803,014	3,452,731	2.92%	3.13%
1988	1,855,859	3,559,363	2.93%	3.09%
1989	1,903,048	3,662,459	2.54%	2.9%
1990	1,951,878	3,760,562	2.57%	2.68%
1991	2,009,738	3,855,894	2.96%	2.54%
1992	2,088,135	3,944,689	3.9%	2.3%
1993	2,174,328	4,032,407	4.13%	2.22%
1994	2,249,454	4,116,662	3.46%	2.09%
1995	2,312,017	4,191,203	2.78%	1.81%
1996	2,358,188	4,263,819	2%	1.73%
1997	2,411,306	4,336,730	2.25%	1.71%
1998	2,474,651	4,410,507	2.63%	1.7%
1999	2,541,698	4,492,170	2.71%	1.85%
2000	2,613,441	4,582,677	2.82%	2.01%
2001	2,678,760	4,675,409	2.5%	2.02%
2002	2,738,655	4,769,465	2.24%	2.01%
2003	2,802,046	4,863,865	2.31%	1.98%
2004	2,868,664	4,958,093	2.38%	1.94%
2005	2,939,059	5,052,257	2.45%	1.9%
2006	3,013,660	5,147,105	2.54%	1.88%
2007	3,093,059	5,244,046	2.63%	1.88%
2008	3,183,269	5,345,029	2.92%	1.93%
2009	3,284,448	5,451,592	3.18%	1.99%
2010	3,390,965	5,564,356	3.24%	2.07%
2011	3,502,811	5,683,417	3.3%	2.14%
2012	3,619,034	5,808,546	3.32%	2.2%
2013	3,734,318	5,939,341	3.19%	2.25%
2014	3,848,514	6,075,283	3.06%	2.29%
2015	3,965,959	6,215,770	3.05%	2.31%
2016	4,086,657	6,360,041	3.04%	2.32%
2017	4,210,600	6,507,061	3.03%	2.31%
2018	4,337,685	6,655,524	3.02%	2.28%
2019	4,467,708	6,803,944	3%	2.23%
2020	4,600,131	6,949,912	2.96%	2.15%
2021	4,734,874	7,092,043	2.93%	2.05%
2022	4,875,637	7,230,193	2.97%	1.95%
2023	5,022,441	7,364,438	3.01%	1.86%
2024	5,169,395	7,494,498	2.93%	1.77%
2025	5,315,063	7,618,855	2.82%	1.66%
2026	5,461,313	7,736,635	2.75%	1.55%
2027	5,608,785	7,847,563	2.7%	1.43%
2028	5,757,952	7,951,300	2.66%	1.32%
2029	5,909,186	8,047,445	2.63%	1.21%
2030	6,062,523	8,135,732	2.59%	1.1%
2031	6,217,791	8,218,959	2.56%	1.02%
2032	6,374,839	8,300,260	2.53%	0.99%
2033	6,533,828	8,380,356	2.49%	0.96%
2034	6,694,445	8,459,731	2.46%	0.95%
2035	6,856,314	8,538,678	2.42%	0.93%
2036	7,019,227	8,617,567	2.38%	0.92%
2037	7,183,105	8,696,458	2.33%	0.92%
2038	7,348,357	8,775,204	2.3%	0.91%
2039	7,514,734	8,853,842	2.26%	0.9%
2040	7,681,907	8,932,237	2.22%	0.89%
2041	7,850,210	9,010,272	2.19%	0.87%
2042	8,020,480	9,087,668	2.17%	0.86%
2043	8,192,542	9,164,056	2.15%	0.84%
2044	8,365,171	9,239,278	2.11%	0.82%
2045	8,538,521	9,312,825	2.07%	0.8%
2046	8,713,247	9,384,188	2.05%	0.77%
2047	8,888,466	9,452,893	2.01%	0.73%
2048	9,064,207	9,518,558	1.98%	0.69%
2049	9,240,169	9,580,906	1.94%	0.66%
2050	9,415,589	9,639,711	1.9%	0.61%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mauritania increased by 1,072,997 people (a 35.6% growth), while Turkmenistan gained 1,212,936 people (a 23.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mauritania gained 1,376,267 (a 33.7% growth), while Turkmenistan's population increased by 1,377,806 (a 21.7% growth).

Mauritania was ranked 132nd most populous country in 2006 and is 123rd in 2026. Turkmenistan was ranked 113th in 2006 and ranked 104th 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 Turkmenistan will increase by 24.6% to 9,639,711 people and rank change from 104th to 101st.