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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritania	Zambia	Mauritania	Zambia
1960	824,298	3,153,729	-	-
1961	846,167	3,254,086	2.65%	3.18%
1962	869,184	3,358,099	2.72%	3.2%
1963	893,423	3,465,907	2.79%	3.21%
1964	918,955	3,577,017	2.86%	3.21%
1965	945,838	3,692,086	2.93%	3.22%
1966	974,157	3,812,003	2.99%	3.25%
1967	1,003,843	3,936,343	3.05%	3.26%
1968	1,034,739	4,065,593	3.08%	3.28%
1969	1,066,754	4,197,116	3.09%	3.24%
1970	1,099,806	4,321,718	3.1%	2.97%
1971	1,133,702	4,442,525	3.08%	2.8%
1972	1,168,355	4,569,309	3.06%	2.85%
1973	1,203,838	4,702,693	3.04%	2.92%
1974	1,240,188	4,842,746	3.02%	2.98%
1975	1,277,330	4,990,086	2.99%	3.04%
1976	1,315,336	5,143,842	2.98%	3.08%
1977	1,353,768	5,302,480	2.92%	3.08%
1978	1,392,713	5,465,374	2.88%	3.07%
1979	1,432,758	5,631,728	2.88%	3.04%
1980	1,474,043	5,802,833	2.88%	3.04%
1981	1,516,877	5,983,289	2.91%	3.11%
1982	1,561,176	6,178,637	2.92%	3.26%
1983	1,606,746	6,381,038	2.92%	3.28%
1984	1,653,693	6,580,490	2.92%	3.13%
1985	1,702,107	6,780,953	2.93%	3.05%
1986	1,751,835	6,986,471	2.92%	3.03%
1987	1,803,014	7,191,282	2.92%	2.93%
1988	1,855,859	7,391,440	2.93%	2.78%
1989	1,903,048	7,589,216	2.54%	2.68%
1990	1,951,878	7,786,169	2.57%	2.6%
1991	2,009,738	7,981,650	2.96%	2.51%
1992	2,088,135	8,176,680	3.9%	2.44%
1993	2,174,328	8,373,921	4.13%	2.41%
1994	2,249,454	8,576,269	3.46%	2.42%
1995	2,312,017	8,785,763	2.78%	2.44%
1996	2,358,188	9,004,053	2%	2.48%
1997	2,411,306	9,237,063	2.25%	2.59%
1998	2,474,651	9,482,408	2.63%	2.66%
1999	2,541,698	9,740,005	2.71%	2.72%
2000	2,613,441	10,017,631	2.82%	2.85%
2001	2,678,760	10,325,185	2.5%	3.07%
2002	2,738,655	10,647,949	2.24%	3.13%
2003	2,802,046	10,983,595	2.31%	3.15%
2004	2,868,664	11,338,198	2.38%	3.23%
2005	2,939,059	11,718,819	2.45%	3.36%
2006	3,013,660	12,129,553	2.54%	3.5%
2007	3,093,059	12,565,085	2.63%	3.59%
2008	3,183,269	13,021,324	2.92%	3.63%
2009	3,284,448	13,490,389	3.18%	3.6%
2010	3,390,965	13,965,594	3.24%	3.52%
2011	3,502,811	14,437,796	3.3%	3.38%
2012	3,619,034	14,913,629	3.32%	3.3%
2013	3,734,318	15,398,997	3.19%	3.25%
2014	3,848,514	15,895,315	3.06%	3.22%
2015	3,965,959	16,399,089	3.05%	3.17%
2016	4,086,657	16,914,423	3.04%	3.14%
2017	4,210,600	17,441,320	3.03%	3.12%
2018	4,337,685	17,973,569	3.02%	3.05%
2019	4,467,708	18,513,839	3%	3.01%
2020	4,600,131	19,059,395	2.96%	2.95%
2021	4,734,874	19,603,607	2.93%	2.86%
2022	4,875,637	20,152,938	2.97%	2.8%
2023	5,022,441	20,723,965	3.01%	2.83%
2024	5,169,395	21,314,956	2.93%	2.85%
2025	5,315,063	21,913,869	2.82%	2.81%
2026	5,461,313	22,521,905	2.75%	2.77%
2027	5,608,785	23,138,716	2.7%	2.74%
2028	5,757,952	23,761,368	2.66%	2.69%
2029	5,909,186	24,389,681	2.63%	2.64%
2030	6,062,523	25,024,887	2.59%	2.6%
2031	6,217,791	25,666,496	2.56%	2.56%
2032	6,374,839	26,311,946	2.53%	2.51%
2033	6,533,828	26,960,073	2.49%	2.46%
2034	6,694,445	27,611,621	2.46%	2.42%
2035	6,856,314	28,266,887	2.42%	2.37%
2036	7,019,227	28,925,103	2.38%	2.33%
2037	7,183,105	29,583,482	2.33%	2.28%
2038	7,348,357	30,240,549	2.3%	2.22%
2039	7,514,734	30,895,586	2.26%	2.17%
2040	7,681,907	31,550,394	2.22%	2.12%
2041	7,850,210	32,204,340	2.19%	2.07%
2042	8,020,480	32,856,596	2.17%	2.03%
2043	8,192,542	33,510,500	2.15%	1.99%
2044	8,365,171	34,165,920	2.11%	1.96%
2045	8,538,521	34,821,101	2.07%	1.92%
2046	8,713,247	35,475,795	2.05%	1.88%
2047	8,888,466	36,129,270	2.01%	1.84%
2048	9,064,207	36,782,260	1.98%	1.81%
2049	9,240,169	37,434,667	1.94%	1.77%
2050	9,415,589	38,083,369	1.9%	1.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mauritania increased by 1,072,997 people (a 35.6% growth), while Zambia gained 4,784,870 people (a 39.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mauritania gained 1,376,267 (a 33.7% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 5,614,223 (a 33.2% growth).

Mauritania was ranked 132nd most populous country in 2006 and is 123rd in 2026. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2006 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 69% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.