Finland vs Mauritania: Population density

Finland

15.14 people per km²

in 2100

Mauritania

16.61 people per km²

in 2100

Finland rank

212th

Mauritania rank

210th

Population density over time

Mauritania currently reports 16.61 people per km² against 15.14 people per km² in Finland, a difference of 1.47 people per km².

That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.1 times Finland's.

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

Finland ranks 212th and Mauritania ranks 210th of 234 countries.

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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population per square kilometer by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.