Latvia vs Mauritania: Population density

Latvia

14.87 people per km²

in 2100

Mauritania

16.61 people per km²

in 2100

Latvia rank

213th

Mauritania rank

210th

Population density over time

Mauritania currently reports 16.61 people per km² against 14.87 people per km² in Latvia, a difference of 1.74 people per km².

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

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

Latvia ranks 213th 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.