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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritania	United States	Mauritania	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	824,298	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	846,167	183,691,481	2.65%	1.67%
1962	869,184	186,537,737	2.72%	1.55%
1963	893,423	189,241,798	2.79%	1.45%
1964	918,955	191,888,791	2.86%	1.4%
1965	945,838	194,302,963	2.93%	1.26%
1966	974,157	196,560,338	2.99%	1.16%
1967	1,003,843	198,712,056	3.05%	1.09%
1968	1,034,739	200,706,052	3.08%	1%
1969	1,066,754	202,676,946	3.09%	0.98%
1970	1,099,806	205,052,174	3.1%	1.17%
1971	1,133,702	207,660,677	3.08%	1.27%
1972	1,168,355	209,896,021	3.06%	1.08%
1973	1,203,838	211,908,788	3.04%	0.96%
1974	1,240,188	213,853,928	3.02%	0.92%
1975	1,277,330	215,973,199	2.99%	0.99%
1976	1,315,336	218,035,164	2.98%	0.95%
1977	1,353,768	220,239,425	2.92%	1.01%
1978	1,392,713	222,584,545	2.88%	1.06%
1979	1,432,758	225,055,487	2.88%	1.11%
1980	1,474,043	226,542,250	2.88%	0.66%
1981	1,516,877	229,465,744	2.91%	1.29%
1982	1,561,176	231,664,432	2.92%	0.96%
1983	1,606,746	233,792,014	2.92%	0.92%
1984	1,653,693	235,824,908	2.92%	0.87%
1985	1,702,107	237,923,734	2.93%	0.89%
1986	1,751,835	240,132,831	2.92%	0.93%
1987	1,803,014	242,288,936	2.92%	0.9%
1988	1,855,859	244,499,004	2.93%	0.91%
1989	1,903,048	246,819,222	2.54%	0.95%
1990	1,951,878	250,131,894	2.57%	1.34%
1991	2,009,738	253,492,503	2.96%	1.34%
1992	2,088,135	256,894,189	3.9%	1.34%
1993	2,174,328	260,255,352	4.13%	1.31%
1994	2,249,454	263,435,673	3.46%	1.22%
1995	2,312,017	266,557,091	2.78%	1.18%
1996	2,358,188	269,667,391	2%	1.17%
1997	2,411,306	272,911,760	2.25%	1.2%
1998	2,474,651	276,115,288	2.63%	1.17%
1999	2,541,698	279,294,713	2.71%	1.15%
2000	2,613,441	282,162,411	2.82%	1.03%
2001	2,678,760	284,968,955	2.5%	0.99%
2002	2,738,655	287,625,193	2.24%	0.93%
2003	2,802,046	290,107,933	2.31%	0.86%
2004	2,868,664	292,805,298	2.38%	0.93%
2005	2,939,059	295,516,599	2.45%	0.93%
2006	3,013,660	298,379,912	2.54%	0.97%
2007	3,093,059	301,231,207	2.63%	0.96%
2008	3,183,269	304,093,966	2.92%	0.95%
2009	3,284,448	306,771,529	3.18%	0.88%
2010	3,390,965	309,327,143	3.24%	0.83%
2011	3,502,811	311,583,481	3.3%	0.73%
2012	3,619,034	313,877,662	3.32%	0.74%
2013	3,734,318	316,059,947	3.19%	0.7%
2014	3,848,514	318,386,329	3.06%	0.74%
2015	3,965,959	320,738,994	3.05%	0.74%
2016	4,086,657	323,071,755	3.04%	0.73%
2017	4,210,600	325,122,128	3.03%	0.63%
2018	4,337,685	326,838,199	3.02%	0.53%
2019	4,467,708	328,329,953	3%	0.46%
2020	4,600,131	331,526,933	2.96%	0.97%
2021	4,734,874	331,893,745	2.93%	0.11%
2022	4,875,637	333,271,411	2.97%	0.42%
2023	5,022,441	334,914,895	3.01%	0.49%
2024	5,169,395	340,110,988	2.93%	1.55%
2025	5,315,063	341,931,772	2.82%	0.54%
2026	5,461,313	343,664,369	2.75%	0.51%
2027	5,608,785	345,331,185	2.7%	0.49%
2028	5,757,952	346,981,137	2.66%	0.48%
2029	5,909,186	348,601,982	2.63%	0.47%
2030	6,062,523	350,176,974	2.59%	0.45%
2031	6,217,791	351,725,612	2.56%	0.44%
2032	6,374,839	353,249,060	2.53%	0.43%
2033	6,533,828	354,749,644	2.49%	0.42%
2034	6,694,445	356,234,239	2.46%	0.42%
2035	6,856,314	357,694,316	2.42%	0.41%
2036	7,019,227	359,119,002	2.38%	0.4%
2037	7,183,105	360,517,853	2.33%	0.39%
2038	7,348,357	361,895,407	2.3%	0.38%
2039	7,514,734	363,229,908	2.26%	0.37%
2040	7,681,907	364,512,364	2.22%	0.35%
2041	7,850,210	365,753,139	2.19%	0.34%
2042	8,020,480	366,969,419	2.17%	0.33%
2043	8,192,542	368,146,925	2.15%	0.32%
2044	8,365,171	369,258,123	2.11%	0.3%
2045	8,538,521	370,318,770	2.07%	0.29%
2046	8,713,247	371,328,255	2.05%	0.27%
2047	8,888,466	372,299,116	2.01%	0.26%
2048	9,064,207	373,230,539	1.98%	0.25%
2049	9,240,169	374,119,803	1.94%	0.24%
2050	9,415,589	374,986,259	1.9%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritania increased by 1,026,900 people (a 34.9% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritania gained 1,466,583 (a 37% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Mauritania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2005 and is 123rd in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.