Which has higher population, Central African Republic or Mauritania?

Central African Republic, at 5.15 million people against 5.02 million people in Mauritania as of 2023.

What is the difference in population between Central African Republic and Mauritania?

129,980 people, with Central African Republic ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Central African Republic and Mauritania?

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Central African Republic vs Mauritania: Population

Central African Republic

5.15 million people

in 2023

Mauritania

5.02 million people

in 2023

Central African Republic rank

124th

Mauritania rank

127th

Population over time

Central African Republic
Mauritania

How they compare

Central African Republic currently reports 5.15 million people against 5.02 million people in Mauritania, a difference of 129,980 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Central African Republic ahead.

Central African Republic ranks 124th and Mauritania ranks 127th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Central African Republic averaged higher in 29 and Mauritania in 11.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Central African Republic	Mauritania	Difference	Ahead
1000s	218,202 people	172,000 people	46,202 people	Central African Republic
1100s	229,686 people	184,900 people	44,786 people	Central African Republic
1200s	241,775 people	197,800 people	43,975 people	Central African Republic
1300s	254,500 people	220,000 people	34,500 people	Central African Republic
1400s	267,894 people	240,000 people	27,894 people	Central African Republic
1500s	281,994 people	258,000 people	23,994 people	Central African Republic
1600s	296,836 people	301,000 people	4,164 people	Mauritania
1700s	312,459 people	344,000 people	31,541 people	Mauritania
1710s	313,504 people	352,995 people	39,491 people	Mauritania
1720s	318,143 people	355,364 people	37,221 people	Mauritania
1730s	323,060 people	357,853 people	34,793 people	Mauritania
1740s	328,282 people	360,475 people	32,193 people	Mauritania
1750s	333,846 people	363,243 people	29,397 people	Mauritania
1760s	339,793 people	366,172 people	26,379 people	Mauritania
1770s	346,170 people	369,282 people	23,112 people	Mauritania
1780s	353,034 people	372,594 people	19,560 people	Mauritania
1790s	360,455 people	376,134 people	15,679 people	Mauritania
1800s	479,444 people	382,696 people	96,748 people	Central African Republic
1810s	479,658 people	382,624 people	97,034 people	Central African Republic
1820s	531,776 people	366,684 people	165,092 people	Central African Republic
1830s	662,360 people	333,976 people	328,384 people	Central African Republic
1840s	825,899 people	304,020 people	521,879 people	Central African Republic
1850s	937,383 people	292,970 people	644,413 people	Central African Republic
1860s	963,267 people	302,163 people	661,104 people	Central African Republic
1870s	1.00 million people	313,386 people	688,859 people	Central African Republic
1880s	1.05 million people	328,233 people	722,704 people	Central African Republic
1890s	1.06 million people	347,206 people	715,528 people	Central African Republic
1900s	1.02 million people	372,589 people	650,134 people	Central African Republic
1910s	979,984 people	398,726 people	581,258 people	Central African Republic
1920s	1.02 million people	440,320 people	575,344 people	Central African Republic
1930s	1.15 million people	508,358 people	640,564 people	Central African Republic
1940s	1.32 million people	595,268 people	723,483 people	Central African Republic
1950s	1.55 million people	725,880 people	823,958 people	Central African Republic
1960s	1.87 million people	937,743 people	928,329 people	Central African Republic
1970s	2.28 million people	1.26 million people	1.02 million people	Central African Republic
1980s	2.59 million people	1.68 million people	911,619 people	Central African Republic
1990s	3.30 million people	2.26 million people	1.04 million people	Central African Republic
2000s	4.23 million people	2.92 million people	1.31 million people	Central African Republic
2010s	4.69 million people	3.92 million people	773,008 people	Central African Republic
2020s	5.10 million people	4.81 million people	289,025 people	Central African Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Central African Republic or Mauritania?: Central African Republic, at 5.15 million people against 5.02 million people in Mauritania as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Central African Republic and Mauritania?: 129,980 people, with Central African Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Central African Republic and Mauritania?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Central African Republic and Mauritania rank globally for population?: Central African Republic ranks 124th and Mauritania ranks 127th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.