Which has higher number of births, Israel or Mauritania?

Mauritania, at 172,885 births against 172,312 births in Israel as of 2023.

What is the difference in number of births between Israel and Mauritania?

573 births, with Mauritania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Mauritania?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of births. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Israel vs Mauritania: Number of births

Israel

172,312 births

in 2023

Mauritania

172,885 births

in 2023

Israel rank

90th

Mauritania rank

89th

Number of births over time

Israel
Mauritania

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 172,885 births against 172,312 births in Israel, a difference of 573 births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Israel ahead.

Israel ranks 90th and Mauritania ranks 89th of 236 countries.

Israel has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Israel	Mauritania	Difference	Ahead
1950s	51,417 births	32,222 births	19,195 births	Israel
1960s	60,043 births	44,332 births	15,711 births	Israel
1970s	87,180 births	57,963 births	29,217 births	Israel
1980s	92,375 births	72,220 births	20,156 births	Israel
1990s	110,041 births	91,268 births	18,772 births	Israel
2000s	141,419 births	112,355 births	29,063 births	Israel
2010s	169,253 births	147,847 births	21,405 births	Israel
2020s	174,005 births	168,624 births	5,380 births	Israel

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of births, Israel or Mauritania?: Mauritania, at 172,885 births against 172,312 births in Israel as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of births between Israel and Mauritania?: 573 births, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Mauritania?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Israel and Mauritania rank globally for number of births?: Israel ranks 90th and Mauritania ranks 89th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of births. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of births
Unit: births
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Number of live births in a calendar year.