Bolivia vs Mauritania: Population density

Bolivia
16.39 people per km²
in 2100
Mauritania
16.61 people per km²
in 2100
Bolivia rank
211th
Mauritania rank
210th

Population density over time

  • Bolivia
  • Mauritania
051015100015502100

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 16.61 people per km² against 16.39 people per km² in Bolivia, a difference of 0.22 people per km².

The two have swapped places 1 time across 318 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Bolivia ahead.

Bolivia ranks 211th and Mauritania ranks 210th of 235 countries.

Across the 48 decades both report, Bolivia averaged higher in 47 and Mauritania in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bolivia Mauritania Difference Ahead
1000s 0.5539 people per km² 0.1669 people per km² 0.387 people per km² Bolivia
1100s 0.6092 people per km² 0.1794 people per km² 0.4299 people per km² Bolivia
1200s 0.6646 people per km² 0.1919 people per km² 0.4727 people per km² Bolivia
1300s 0.72 people per km² 0.2134 people per km² 0.5066 people per km² Bolivia
1400s 0.7754 people per km² 0.2329 people per km² 0.5426 people per km² Bolivia
1500s 0.8308 people per km² 0.2503 people per km² 0.5805 people per km² Bolivia
1600s 0.7385 people per km² 0.292 people per km² 0.4464 people per km² Bolivia
1700s 0.7385 people per km² 0.3338 people per km² 0.4048 people per km² Bolivia
1710s 0.7526 people per km² 0.3425 people per km² 0.4101 people per km² Bolivia
1720s 0.7669 people per km² 0.3448 people per km² 0.4222 people per km² Bolivia
1730s 0.7815 people per km² 0.3472 people per km² 0.4344 people per km² Bolivia
1740s 0.7964 people per km² 0.3497 people per km² 0.4467 people per km² Bolivia
1750s 0.8116 people per km² 0.3524 people per km² 0.4592 people per km² Bolivia
1760s 0.8271 people per km² 0.3553 people per km² 0.4718 people per km² Bolivia
1770s 0.8428 people per km² 0.3583 people per km² 0.4845 people per km² Bolivia
1780s 0.8589 people per km² 0.3615 people per km² 0.4974 people per km² Bolivia
1790s 0.8752 people per km² 0.3649 people per km² 0.5103 people per km² Bolivia
1800s 0.8598 people per km² 0.3713 people per km² 0.4885 people per km² Bolivia
1810s 0.9576 people per km² 0.3712 people per km² 0.5863 people per km² Bolivia
1820s 1.05 people per km² 0.3558 people per km² 0.6941 people per km² Bolivia
1830s 1.13 people per km² 0.324 people per km² 0.8069 people per km² Bolivia
1840s 1.22 people per km² 0.295 people per km² 0.923 people per km² Bolivia
1850s 1.3 people per km² 0.2842 people per km² 1.02 people per km² Bolivia
1860s 1.38 people per km² 0.2932 people per km² 1.08 people per km² Bolivia
1870s 1.25 people per km² 0.3041 people per km² 0.9455 people per km² Bolivia
1880s 1.19 people per km² 0.3185 people per km² 0.867 people per km² Bolivia
1890s 1.49 people per km² 0.3369 people per km² 1.15 people per km² Bolivia
1900s 1.76 people per km² 0.3615 people per km² 1.4 people per km² Bolivia
1910s 2 people per km² 0.3868 people per km² 1.61 people per km² Bolivia
1920s 2.29 people per km² 0.4272 people per km² 1.87 people per km² Bolivia
1930s 2.57 people per km² 0.4932 people per km² 2.08 people per km² Bolivia
1940s 2.78 people per km² 0.5775 people per km² 2.2 people per km² Bolivia
1950s 3.08 people per km² 0.7043 people per km² 2.38 people per km² Bolivia
1960s 3.76 people per km² 0.9098 people per km² 2.85 people per km² Bolivia
1970s 4.7 people per km² 1.22 people per km² 3.48 people per km² Bolivia
1980s 5.87 people per km² 1.63 people per km² 4.24 people per km² Bolivia
1990s 7.2 people per km² 2.19 people per km² 5.01 people per km² Bolivia
2000s 8.58 people per km² 2.83 people per km² 5.75 people per km² Bolivia
2010s 10.09 people per km² 3.8 people per km² 6.29 people per km² Bolivia
2020s 11.54 people per km² 5.09 people per km² 6.46 people per km² Bolivia
2030s 13.01 people per km² 6.58 people per km² 6.44 people per km² Bolivia
2040s 14.28 people per km² 8.2 people per km² 6.08 people per km² Bolivia
2050s 15.27 people per km² 9.91 people per km² 5.36 people per km² Bolivia
2060s 15.97 people per km² 11.61 people per km² 4.36 people per km² Bolivia
2070s 16.38 people per km² 13.24 people per km² 3.13 people per km² Bolivia
2080s 16.52 people per km² 14.73 people per km² 1.8 people per km² Bolivia
2090s 16.48 people per km² 16 people per km² 0.4763 people per km² Bolivia
2100s 16.39 people per km² 16.61 people per km² 0.2137 people per km² Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population density, Bolivia or Mauritania?
Mauritania, at 16.61 people per km² against 16.39 people per km² in Bolivia as of 2100.
What is the difference in population density between Bolivia and Mauritania?
0.22 people per km², with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia and Mauritania?
318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.
How do Bolivia and Mauritania rank globally for population density?
Bolivia ranks 211th and Mauritania ranks 210th of 235 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024); UN FAO (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population density. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Population density
Unit
people per km²
Source
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024); UN FAO (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
235 places, 68,610 data points, 1000–2100
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Population per square kilometer by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.