Mauritania vs Yemen: Birth rate
Mauritania
34.42 births per 1,000 people
in 2023
Yemen
35.21 births per 1,000 people
in 2023
Mauritania rank
14th
Yemen rank
12th
Birth rate over time
- Mauritania
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 35.21 births per 1,000 people against 34.42 births per 1,000 people in Mauritania, a difference of 0.79 births per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Yemen ahead.
Mauritania ranks 14th and Yemen ranks 12th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 1 and Yemen in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 44.33 births per 1,000 people | 54.45 births per 1,000 people | 10.12 births per 1,000 people | Yemen |
| 1960s | 47.24 births per 1,000 people | 56.5 births per 1,000 people | 9.26 births per 1,000 people | Yemen |
| 1970s | 46 births per 1,000 people | 54.98 births per 1,000 people | 8.98 births per 1,000 people | Yemen |
| 1980s | 43 births per 1,000 people | 53.48 births per 1,000 people | 10.48 births per 1,000 people | Yemen |
| 1990s | 40.51 births per 1,000 people | 46.16 births per 1,000 people | 5.64 births per 1,000 people | Yemen |
| 2000s | 38.43 births per 1,000 people | 38.64 births per 1,000 people | 0.2178 births per 1,000 people | Yemen |
| 2010s | 37.83 births per 1,000 people | 35.67 births per 1,000 people | 2.16 births per 1,000 people | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 35.09 births per 1,000 people | 35.54 births per 1,000 people | 0.4588 births per 1,000 people | Yemen |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher birth rate, Mauritania or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 35.21 births per 1,000 people against 34.42 births per 1,000 people in Mauritania as of 2023.
- What is the difference in birth rate between Mauritania and Yemen?
- 0.79 births per 1,000 people, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Yemen?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Mauritania and Yemen rank globally for birth rate?
- Mauritania ranks 14th and Yemen ranks 12th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Birth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The number of live births in a year per 1,000 people in the population.