Mauritania vs Togo: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Mauritania
1.4%
in 2025
Togo
1.3%
in 2025
Mauritania rank
26th
Togo rank
27th
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Mauritania
- Togo
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 1.4% against 1.3% in Togo, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.1 times Togo's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Mauritania ahead.
Mauritania ranks 26th and Togo ranks 27th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 7 and Togo in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Togo | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 9.5% | 3.5% | 6.1% | Mauritania |
| 1960s | 8.0% | 7.2% | 0.8% | Mauritania |
| 1970s | 6.4% | 1.5% | 4.9% | Mauritania |
| 1980s | 3.6% | 1.5% | 2.1% | Mauritania |
| 1990s | -0.4% | 1.4% | 1.8% | Togo |
| 2000s | 1.8% | 1.3% | 0.5% | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 2.2% | 1.1% | 1.1% | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 1.5% | 1.2% | 0.4% | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Mauritania or Togo?
- Mauritania, at 1.4% against 1.3% in Togo as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Mauritania and Togo?
- 0.1%, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Togo?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Mauritania and Togo rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Mauritania ranks 26th and Togo ranks 27th 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.