Guinea-Bissau vs Mauritania: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Guinea-Bissau
1.2%
in 2025
Mauritania
1.4%
in 2025
Guinea-Bissau rank
29th
Mauritania rank
26th
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Guinea-Bissau
- Mauritania
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 1.4% against 1.2% in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.1 times Guinea-Bissau's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Mauritania ahead.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 29th and Mauritania ranks 26th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Guinea-Bissau averaged higher in 2 and Mauritania in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea-Bissau | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.1% | 9.5% | 6.5% | Mauritania |
| 1960s | 1.1% | 8.0% | 6.9% | Mauritania |
| 1970s | 1.3% | 6.4% | 5.1% | Mauritania |
| 1980s | 6.1% | 3.6% | 2.6% | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1990s | 1.6% | -0.4% | 2.0% | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2000s | 0.8% | 1.8% | 0.9% | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 1.0% | 2.2% | 1.2% | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 1.1% | 1.5% | 0.5% | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Guinea-Bissau or Mauritania?
- Mauritania, at 1.4% against 1.2% in Guinea-Bissau as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania?
- 0.2%, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 29th and Mauritania ranks 26th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual growth rate of urban population share. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average annual rate of change of the share of the population living in urban areas.