Population in Mozambique compared to Senegal: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Mozambique and Senegal: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mozambique	Senegal	Mozambique	Senegal
1960	6,713,695	3,340,907	-	-
1961	6,834,936	3,436,375	1.81%	2.86%
1962	6,969,364	3,534,686	1.97%	2.86%
1963	7,109,828	3,635,876	2.02%	2.86%
1964	7,255,061	3,740,535	2.04%	2.88%
1965	7,406,421	3,849,788	2.09%	2.92%
1966	7,562,990	3,964,299	2.11%	2.97%
1967	7,724,550	4,083,870	2.14%	3.02%
1968	7,892,613	4,207,587	2.18%	3.03%
1969	8,066,951	4,334,974	2.21%	3.03%
1970	8,250,506	4,466,328	2.28%	3.03%
1971	8,456,317	4,601,864	2.49%	3.03%
1972	8,692,935	4,741,631	2.8%	3.04%
1973	8,954,242	4,885,181	3.01%	3.03%
1974	9,236,093	5,029,437	3.15%	2.95%
1975	9,540,817	5,170,810	3.3%	2.81%
1976	9,867,209	5,308,564	3.42%	2.66%
1977	10,224,975	5,439,549	3.63%	2.47%
1978	10,618,250	5,568,096	3.85%	2.36%
1979	11,028,809	5,702,895	3.87%	2.42%
1980	11,336,221	5,845,638	2.79%	2.5%
1981	11,568,127	5,997,160	2.05%	2.59%
1982	11,824,370	6,156,961	2.22%	2.66%
1983	12,073,822	6,324,504	2.11%	2.72%
1984	12,315,954	6,499,364	2.01%	2.76%
1985	12,548,949	6,683,287	1.89%	2.83%
1986	12,770,578	6,878,192	1.77%	2.92%
1987	12,822,574	7,081,530	0.41%	2.96%
1988	12,800,558	7,289,618	-0.17%	2.94%
1989	12,906,842	7,502,207	0.83%	2.92%
1990	13,094,537	7,720,523	1.45%	2.91%
1991	13,352,090	7,943,085	1.97%	2.88%
1992	13,613,316	8,168,395	1.96%	2.84%
1993	14,051,192	8,396,288	3.22%	2.79%
1994	15,033,853	8,624,078	6.99%	2.71%
1995	15,960,530	8,848,101	6.16%	2.6%
1996	16,492,480	9,067,014	3.33%	2.47%
1997	16,949,982	9,283,495	2.77%	2.39%
1998	17,340,464	9,502,952	2.3%	2.36%
1999	17,734,506	9,730,887	2.27%	2.4%
2000	18,129,653	9,968,260	2.23%	2.44%
2001	18,537,729	10,212,942	2.25%	2.45%
2002	18,958,338	10,466,214	2.27%	2.48%
2003	19,392,475	10,721,176	2.29%	2.44%
2004	19,840,313	10,975,704	2.31%	2.37%
2005	20,304,569	11,235,472	2.34%	2.37%
2006	20,787,087	11,500,094	2.38%	2.36%
2007	21,287,635	11,770,344	2.41%	2.35%
2008	21,819,036	12,048,959	2.5%	2.37%
2009	22,391,745	12,337,389	2.62%	2.39%
2010	22,999,235	12,635,413	2.71%	2.42%
2011	23,649,039	12,958,897	2.83%	2.56%
2012	24,337,846	13,310,495	2.91%	2.71%
2013	25,051,611	13,710,849	2.93%	3.01%
2014	25,788,475	14,152,102	2.94%	3.22%
2015	26,547,572	14,593,331	2.94%	3.12%
2016	27,337,105	15,034,521	2.97%	3.02%
2017	28,166,393	15,475,002	3.03%	2.93%
2018	29,018,644	15,914,498	3.03%	2.84%
2019	29,884,380	16,352,922	2.98%	2.75%
2020	30,783,688	16,789,219	3.01%	2.67%
2021	31,707,800	17,220,867	3%	2.57%
2022	32,656,246	17,651,103	2.99%	2.5%
2023	33,635,160	18,077,573	3%	2.42%
2024	34,631,766	18,501,984	2.96%	2.35%
2025	35,631,656	18,931,964	2.89%	2.32%
2026	36,639,853	19,366,546	2.83%	2.3%
2027	37,668,656	19,807,242	2.81%	2.28%
2028	38,714,097	20,254,562	2.78%	2.26%
2029	39,774,947	20,706,628	2.74%	2.23%
2030	40,846,749	21,163,189	2.69%	2.2%
2031	41,931,250	21,623,709	2.66%	2.18%
2032	43,032,887	22,085,928	2.63%	2.14%
2033	44,144,533	22,548,831	2.58%	2.1%
2034	45,273,522	23,012,018	2.56%	2.05%
2035	46,411,774	23,476,591	2.51%	2.02%
2036	47,548,671	23,942,221	2.45%	1.98%
2037	48,684,563	24,407,574	2.39%	1.94%
2038	49,822,039	24,872,512	2.34%	1.9%
2039	50,971,124	25,335,991	2.31%	1.86%
2040	52,124,215	25,797,506	2.26%	1.82%
2041	53,271,004	26,257,464	2.2%	1.78%
2042	54,423,407	26,716,424	2.16%	1.75%
2043	55,574,711	27,174,896	2.12%	1.72%
2044	56,716,585	27,632,997	2.05%	1.69%
2045	57,851,787	28,089,695	2%	1.65%
2046	58,981,102	28,546,280	1.95%	1.63%
2047	60,117,587	29,002,001	1.93%	1.6%
2048	61,254,584	29,457,233	1.89%	1.57%
2049	62,397,018	29,911,840	1.87%	1.54%
2050	63,530,955	30,364,944	1.82%	1.51%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mozambique increased by 6,550,018 people (a 31.5% growth), while Senegal gained 3,534,427 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mozambique gained 9,313,991 (a 34.1% growth), while Senegal's population increased by 4,336,841 (a 28.8% growth).

Mozambique was ranked 52nd most populous country in 2006 and is 43rd in 2026. Senegal was ranked 72nd in 2006 and ranked 68th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Mozambique's population will grow by 73.3% to 63,530,955 people with a rank change from 43rd to 32nd. The population of Senegal will increase by 56.8% to 30,364,944 people and rank change from 68th to 63rd.