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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritania	Uganda	Mauritania	Uganda
1960	824,298	7,640,973	-	-
1961	846,167	7,862,217	2.65%	2.9%
1962	869,184	8,092,231	2.72%	2.93%
1963	893,423	8,333,663	2.79%	2.98%
1964	918,955	8,586,363	2.86%	3.03%
1965	945,838	8,849,203	2.93%	3.06%
1966	974,157	9,122,864	2.99%	3.09%
1967	1,003,843	9,408,924	3.05%	3.14%
1968	1,034,739	9,708,632	3.08%	3.19%
1969	1,066,754	10,014,858	3.09%	3.15%
1970	1,099,806	10,321,603	3.1%	3.06%
1971	1,133,702	10,618,206	3.08%	2.87%
1972	1,168,355	10,885,796	3.06%	2.52%
1973	1,203,838	11,144,236	3.04%	2.37%
1974	1,240,188	11,424,846	3.02%	2.52%
1975	1,277,330	11,725,240	2.99%	2.63%
1976	1,315,336	12,037,294	2.98%	2.66%
1977	1,353,768	12,359,669	2.92%	2.68%
1978	1,392,713	12,692,113	2.88%	2.69%
1979	1,432,758	13,002,163	2.88%	2.44%
1980	1,474,043	13,275,741	2.88%	2.1%
1981	1,516,877	13,556,452	2.91%	2.11%
1982	1,561,176	13,873,631	2.92%	2.34%
1983	1,606,746	14,221,881	2.92%	2.51%
1984	1,653,693	14,607,677	2.92%	2.71%
1985	1,702,107	15,023,681	2.93%	2.85%
1986	1,751,835	15,467,579	2.92%	2.95%
1987	1,803,014	15,954,170	2.92%	3.15%
1988	1,855,859	16,470,483	2.93%	3.24%
1989	1,903,048	17,010,698	2.54%	3.28%
1990	1,951,878	17,569,897	2.57%	3.29%
1991	2,009,738	18,155,901	2.96%	3.34%
1992	2,088,135	18,785,032	3.9%	3.47%
1993	2,174,328	19,445,161	4.13%	3.51%
1994	2,249,454	20,108,801	3.46%	3.41%
1995	2,312,017	20,665,667	2.78%	2.77%
1996	2,358,188	21,231,550	2%	2.74%
1997	2,411,306	21,856,046	2.25%	2.94%
1998	2,474,651	22,515,806	2.63%	3.02%
1999	2,541,698	23,257,281	2.71%	3.29%
2000	2,613,441	24,000,150	2.82%	3.19%
2001	2,678,760	24,745,676	2.5%	3.11%
2002	2,738,655	25,532,870	2.24%	3.18%
2003	2,802,046	26,352,124	2.31%	3.21%
2004	2,868,664	27,154,515	2.38%	3.04%
2005	2,939,059	27,963,289	2.45%	2.98%
2006	3,013,660	28,794,003	2.54%	2.97%
2007	3,093,059	29,653,430	2.63%	2.98%
2008	3,183,269	30,539,553	2.92%	2.99%
2009	3,284,448	31,451,151	3.18%	2.98%
2010	3,390,965	32,390,802	3.24%	2.99%
2011	3,502,811	33,354,543	3.3%	2.98%
2012	3,619,034	34,337,438	3.32%	2.95%
2013	3,734,318	35,337,042	3.19%	2.91%
2014	3,848,514	36,395,539	3.06%	3%
2015	3,965,959	37,531,446	3.05%	3.12%
2016	4,086,657	38,799,152	3.04%	3.38%
2017	4,210,600	40,177,388	3.03%	3.55%
2018	4,337,685	41,565,831	3.02%	3.46%
2019	4,467,708	42,999,637	3%	3.45%
2020	4,600,131	44,457,152	2.96%	3.39%
2021	4,734,874	45,910,930	2.93%	3.27%
2022	4,875,637	47,312,719	2.97%	3.05%
2023	5,022,441	48,656,601	3.01%	2.84%
2024	5,169,395	50,015,092	2.93%	2.79%
2025	5,315,063	51,384,895	2.82%	2.74%
2026	5,461,313	52,761,471	2.75%	2.68%
2027	5,608,785	54,144,274	2.7%	2.62%
2028	5,757,952	55,532,564	2.66%	2.56%
2029	5,909,186	56,922,797	2.63%	2.5%
2030	6,062,523	58,312,944	2.59%	2.44%
2031	6,217,791	59,703,537	2.56%	2.38%
2032	6,374,839	61,089,060	2.53%	2.32%
2033	6,533,828	62,464,116	2.49%	2.25%
2034	6,694,445	63,833,872	2.46%	2.19%
2035	6,856,314	65,205,570	2.42%	2.15%
2036	7,019,227	66,573,737	2.38%	2.1%
2037	7,183,105	67,942,634	2.33%	2.06%
2038	7,348,357	69,312,210	2.3%	2.02%
2039	7,514,734	70,669,875	2.26%	1.96%
2040	7,681,907	72,020,414	2.22%	1.91%
2041	7,850,210	73,372,658	2.19%	1.88%
2042	8,020,480	74,730,004	2.17%	1.85%
2043	8,192,542	76,090,991	2.15%	1.82%
2044	8,365,171	77,449,517	2.11%	1.79%
2045	8,538,521	78,797,995	2.07%	1.74%
2046	8,713,247	80,139,174	2.05%	1.7%
2047	8,888,466	81,478,503	2.01%	1.67%
2048	9,064,207	82,812,102	1.98%	1.64%
2049	9,240,169	84,130,056	1.94%	1.59%
2050	9,415,589	85,431,202	1.9%	1.55%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mauritania increased by 1,072,997 people (a 35.6% growth), while Uganda gained 10,005,149 people (a 34.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mauritania gained 1,376,267 (a 33.7% growth), while Uganda's population increased by 13,977,431 (a 36% growth).

Mauritania was ranked 132nd most populous country in 2006 and is 123rd in 2026. Uganda was ranked 38th in 2006 and ranked 30th 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 Uganda will increase by 61.9% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.