Mauritania vs Papua New Guinea: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre
Mauritania
2.91 people per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
3.45 people per square kilometre
in 2023
Mauritania rank
210th
Papua New Guinea rank
207th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre over time
- Mauritania
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 3.45 people per square kilometre against 2.91 people per square kilometre in Mauritania, a difference of 0.54 people per square kilometre.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.2 times Mauritania's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.
Mauritania ranks 210th and Papua New Guinea ranks 207th of 215 countries.
Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.098 people per square kilometre | 0.2919 people per square kilometre | 0.1939 people per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 0.2542 people per square kilometre | 0.7622 people per square kilometre | 0.508 people per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 0.5891 people per square kilometre | 1.08 people per square kilometre | 0.4868 people per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 0.848 people per square kilometre | 1.45 people per square kilometre | 0.6068 people per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 1.15 people per square kilometre | 1.86 people per square kilometre | 0.7095 people per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 1.95 people per square kilometre | 2.54 people per square kilometre | 0.5845 people per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 2.72 people per square kilometre | 3.26 people per square kilometre | 0.536 people per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre, Mauritania or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 3.45 people per square kilometre against 2.91 people per square kilometre in Mauritania as of 2023.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre between Mauritania and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.54 people per square kilometre, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Papua New Guinea?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Mauritania and Papua New Guinea rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre?
- Mauritania ranks 210th and Papua New Guinea ranks 207th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of people living in urban and rural areas divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.