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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritania	Yemen	Mauritania	Yemen
1960	824,298	5,532,301	-	-
1961	846,167	5,655,232	2.65%	2.22%
1962	869,184	5,782,221	2.72%	2.25%
1963	893,423	5,911,135	2.79%	2.23%
1964	918,955	6,048,006	2.86%	2.32%
1965	945,838	6,195,593	2.93%	2.44%
1966	974,157	6,351,494	2.99%	2.52%
1967	1,003,843	6,516,444	3.05%	2.6%
1968	1,034,739	6,690,524	3.08%	2.67%
1969	1,066,754	6,875,859	3.09%	2.77%
1970	1,099,806	7,065,279	3.1%	2.75%
1971	1,133,702	7,257,462	3.08%	2.72%
1972	1,168,355	7,460,068	3.06%	2.79%
1973	1,203,838	7,672,796	3.04%	2.85%
1974	1,240,188	7,896,783	3.02%	2.92%
1975	1,277,330	8,133,598	2.99%	3%
1976	1,315,336	8,384,113	2.98%	3.08%
1977	1,353,768	8,648,222	2.92%	3.15%
1978	1,392,713	8,926,586	2.88%	3.22%
1979	1,432,758	9,224,194	2.88%	3.33%
1980	1,474,043	9,543,358	2.88%	3.46%
1981	1,516,877	9,882,362	2.91%	3.55%
1982	1,561,176	10,241,006	2.92%	3.63%
1983	1,606,746	10,621,499	2.92%	3.72%
1984	1,653,693	11,025,597	2.92%	3.8%
1985	1,702,107	11,453,825	2.93%	3.88%
1986	1,751,835	11,901,040	2.92%	3.9%
1987	1,803,014	12,369,912	2.92%	3.94%
1988	1,855,859	12,859,708	2.93%	3.96%
1989	1,903,048	13,364,174	2.54%	3.92%
1990	1,951,878	13,887,862	2.57%	3.92%
1991	2,009,738	14,430,201	2.96%	3.91%
1992	2,088,135	14,989,494	3.9%	3.88%
1993	2,174,328	15,563,914	4.13%	3.83%
1994	2,249,454	16,149,147	3.46%	3.76%
1995	2,312,017	16,740,058	2.78%	3.66%
1996	2,358,188	17,313,177	2%	3.42%
1997	2,411,306	17,873,936	2.25%	3.24%
1998	2,474,651	18,446,013	2.63%	3.2%
1999	2,541,698	19,029,420	2.71%	3.16%
2000	2,613,441	19,624,141	2.82%	3.13%
2001	2,678,760	20,226,147	2.5%	3.07%
2002	2,738,655	20,835,086	2.24%	3.01%
2003	2,802,046	21,456,379	2.31%	2.98%
2004	2,868,664	22,095,167	2.38%	2.98%
2005	2,939,059	22,790,085	2.45%	3.15%
2006	3,013,660	23,543,083	2.54%	3.3%
2007	3,093,059	24,318,082	2.63%	3.29%
2008	3,183,269	25,111,941	2.92%	3.26%
2009	3,284,448	25,927,724	3.18%	3.25%
2010	3,390,965	26,754,387	3.24%	3.19%
2011	3,502,811	27,582,897	3.3%	3.1%
2012	3,619,034	28,433,647	3.32%	3.08%
2013	3,734,318	29,312,952	3.19%	3.09%
2014	3,848,514	30,226,309	3.06%	3.12%
2015	3,965,959	31,159,379	3.05%	3.09%
2016	4,086,657	32,109,010	3.04%	3.05%
2017	4,210,600	33,090,921	3.03%	3.06%
2018	4,337,685	34,085,182	3.02%	3%
2019	4,467,708	35,111,408	3%	3.01%
2020	4,600,131	36,134,863	2.96%	2.91%
2021	4,734,874	37,140,230	2.93%	2.78%
2022	4,875,637	38,222,876	2.97%	2.92%
2023	5,022,441	39,390,799	3.01%	3.06%
2024	5,169,395	40,583,164	2.93%	3.03%
2025	5,315,063	41,773,871	2.82%	2.93%
2026	5,461,313	42,961,650	2.75%	2.84%
2027	5,608,785	44,145,620	2.7%	2.76%
2028	5,757,952	45,323,685	2.66%	2.67%
2029	5,909,186	46,497,573	2.63%	2.59%
2030	6,062,523	47,667,649	2.59%	2.52%
2031	6,217,791	48,827,503	2.56%	2.43%
2032	6,374,839	49,979,089	2.53%	2.36%
2033	6,533,828	51,129,867	2.49%	2.3%
2034	6,694,445	52,279,989	2.46%	2.25%
2035	6,856,314	53,429,308	2.42%	2.2%
2036	7,019,227	54,578,046	2.38%	2.15%
2037	7,183,105	55,724,259	2.33%	2.1%
2038	7,348,357	56,872,152	2.3%	2.06%
2039	7,514,734	58,024,713	2.26%	2.03%
2040	7,681,907	59,181,514	2.22%	1.99%
2041	7,850,210	60,345,667	2.19%	1.97%
2042	8,020,480	61,517,965	2.17%	1.94%
2043	8,192,542	62,696,517	2.15%	1.92%
2044	8,365,171	63,880,172	2.11%	1.89%
2045	8,538,521	65,066,344	2.07%	1.86%
2046	8,713,247	66,253,578	2.05%	1.82%
2047	8,888,466	67,438,796	2.01%	1.79%
2048	9,064,207	68,620,844	1.98%	1.75%
2049	9,240,169	69,799,794	1.94%	1.72%
2050	9,415,589	70,976,389	1.9%	1.69%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mauritania increased by 1,072,997 people (a 35.6% growth), while Yemen gained 8,565,927 people (a 36.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mauritania gained 1,376,267 (a 33.7% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 10,865,579 (a 33.8% growth).

Mauritania was ranked 132nd most populous country in 2006 and is 123rd in 2026. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2006 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 65.2% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.