Population in Mauritania compared to the United Arab Emirates: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Mauritania and the United Arab Emirates: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritania	UAE	Mauritania	UAE
1960	824,298	131,334	-	-
1961	846,167	137,989	2.65%	5.07%
1962	869,184	144,946	2.72%	5.04%
1963	893,423	152,211	2.79%	5.01%
1964	918,955	159,692	2.86%	4.91%
1965	945,838	167,103	2.93%	4.64%
1966	974,157	173,976	2.99%	4.11%
1967	1,003,843	179,700	3.05%	3.29%
1968	1,034,739	199,416	3.08%	11%
1969	1,066,754	239,660	3.09%	20.2%
1970	1,099,806	286,536	3.1%	19.6%
1971	1,133,702	335,027	3.08%	16.9%
1972	1,168,355	385,014	3.06%	14.9%
1973	1,203,838	436,399	3.04%	13.3%
1974	1,240,188	489,087	3.02%	12.1%
1975	1,277,330	542,856	2.99%	11%
1976	1,315,336	615,866	2.98%	13.4%
1977	1,353,768	710,209	2.92%	15.3%
1978	1,392,713	809,274	2.88%	13.9%
1979	1,432,758	912,010	2.88%	12.7%
1980	1,474,043	1,015,700	2.88%	11.4%
1981	1,516,877	1,099,855	2.91%	8.29%
1982	1,561,176	1,166,370	2.92%	6.05%
1983	1,606,746	1,235,305	2.92%	5.91%
1984	1,653,693	1,305,996	2.92%	5.72%
1985	1,702,107	1,377,911	2.93%	5.51%
1986	1,751,835	1,467,383	2.92%	6.49%
1987	1,803,014	1,574,244	2.92%	7.28%
1988	1,855,859	1,681,788	2.93%	6.83%
1989	1,903,048	1,789,851	2.54%	6.43%
1990	1,951,878	1,898,220	2.57%	6.05%
1991	2,009,738	2,006,626	2.96%	5.71%
1992	2,088,135	2,114,730	3.9%	5.39%
1993	2,174,328	2,222,093	4.13%	5.08%
1994	2,249,454	2,328,188	3.46%	4.77%
1995	2,312,017	2,434,662	2.78%	4.57%
1996	2,358,188	2,597,564	2%	6.69%
1997	2,411,306	2,817,410	2.25%	8.46%
1998	2,474,651	3,040,421	2.63%	7.92%
1999	2,541,698	3,266,009	2.71%	7.42%
2000	2,613,441	3,493,575	2.82%	6.97%
2001	2,678,760	3,723,590	2.5%	6.58%
2002	2,738,655	3,956,826	2.24%	6.26%
2003	2,802,046	4,192,457	2.31%	5.96%
2004	2,868,664	4,428,967	2.38%	5.64%
2005	2,939,059	4,664,790	2.45%	5.32%
2006	3,013,660	5,009,100	2.54%	7.38%
2007	3,093,059	5,624,635	2.63%	12.3%
2008	3,183,269	6,302,664	2.92%	12.1%
2009	3,284,448	6,707,058	3.18%	6.42%
2010	3,390,965	6,869,838	3.24%	2.43%
2011	3,502,811	7,104,538	3.3%	3.42%
2012	3,619,034	7,391,448	3.32%	4.04%
2013	3,734,318	7,693,031	3.19%	4.08%
2014	3,848,514	8,059,440	3.06%	4.76%
2015	3,965,959	8,505,237	3.05%	5.53%
2016	4,086,657	8,935,095	3.04%	5.05%
2017	4,210,600	9,223,225	3.03%	3.22%
2018	4,337,685	9,346,701	3.02%	1.34%
2019	4,467,708	9,445,785	3%	1.06%
2020	4,600,131	9,401,038	2.96%	-0.47%
2021	4,734,874	9,575,152	2.93%	1.85%
2022	4,875,637	10,074,977	2.97%	5.22%
2023	5,022,441	10,483,751	3.01%	4.06%
2024	5,169,395	10,986,400	2.93%	4.79%
2025	5,315,063	11,304,093	2.82%	2.89%
2026	5,461,313	11,531,926	2.75%	2.02%
2027	5,608,785	11,712,175	2.7%	1.56%
2028	5,757,952	11,868,257	2.66%	1.33%
2029	5,909,186	12,010,111	2.63%	1.2%
2030	6,062,523	12,145,577	2.59%	1.13%
2031	6,217,791	12,281,573	2.56%	1.12%
2032	6,374,839	12,421,758	2.53%	1.14%
2033	6,533,828	12,565,679	2.49%	1.16%
2034	6,694,445	12,712,942	2.46%	1.17%
2035	6,856,314	12,863,015	2.42%	1.18%
2036	7,019,227	13,015,458	2.38%	1.19%
2037	7,183,105	13,169,969	2.33%	1.19%
2038	7,348,357	13,326,337	2.3%	1.19%
2039	7,514,734	13,484,193	2.26%	1.18%
2040	7,681,907	13,643,197	2.22%	1.18%
2041	7,850,210	13,803,349	2.19%	1.17%
2042	8,020,480	13,964,553	2.17%	1.17%
2043	8,192,542	14,126,724	2.15%	1.16%
2044	8,365,171	14,289,828	2.11%	1.15%
2045	8,538,521	14,453,775	2.07%	1.15%
2046	8,713,247	14,619,554	2.05%	1.15%
2047	8,888,466	14,788,991	2.01%	1.16%
2048	9,064,207	14,961,419	1.98%	1.17%
2049	9,240,169	15,135,496	1.94%	1.16%
2050	9,415,589	15,310,628	1.9%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mauritania increased by 1,072,997 people (a 35.6% growth), while the United Arab Emirates gained 3,925,995 people (a 78.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mauritania gained 1,376,267 (a 33.7% growth), while the United Arab Emirates' population increased by 2,598,800 (a 29.1% growth).

Mauritania was ranked 132nd most populous country in 2006 and is 123rd in 2026. The United Arab Emirates was ranked 114th in 2006 and ranked 86th 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 the United Arab Emirates will increase by 32.7% to 15,310,628 people and rank change from 86th to 84th.