Madagascar vs Mauritania: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Madagascar
1.4%
in 2025
Mauritania
1.4%
in 2025
Madagascar rank
24th
Mauritania rank
26th
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Madagascar
- Mauritania
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 1.4% against 1.4% in Mauritania, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Mauritania ahead.
Madagascar ranks 24th and Mauritania ranks 26th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 1 and Mauritania in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.3% | 9.5% | 6.2% | Mauritania |
| 1960s | 2.6% | 8.0% | 5.4% | Mauritania |
| 1970s | 2.8% | 6.4% | 3.7% | Mauritania |
| 1980s | 1.7% | 3.6% | 1.8% | Mauritania |
| 1990s | 1.3% | -0.4% | 1.7% | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 1.1% | 1.8% | 0.7% | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 1.0% | 2.2% | 1.2% | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 1.4% | 1.5% | 0.1% | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Madagascar or Mauritania?
- Madagascar, at 1.4% against 1.4% in Mauritania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Madagascar and Mauritania?
- 0.0%, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Mauritania?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Madagascar and Mauritania rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Madagascar ranks 24th and Mauritania ranks 26th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – 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.