Croatia vs Mauritania: Population
Croatia
3.90 million people
in 2023
Mauritania
5.02 million people
in 2023
Croatia rank
130th
Mauritania rank
127th
Population over time
- Croatia
- Mauritania
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 5.02 million people against 3.90 million people in Croatia, a difference of 1.13 million people.
That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.3 times Croatia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Croatia ahead.
Croatia ranks 130th and Mauritania ranks 127th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Croatia averaged higher in 39 and Mauritania in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Croatia | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 420,000 people | 172,000 people | 248,000 people | Croatia |
| 1100s | 444,000 people | 184,900 people | 259,100 people | Croatia |
| 1200s | 468,000 people | 197,800 people | 270,200 people | Croatia |
| 1300s | 492,000 people | 220,000 people | 272,000 people | Croatia |
| 1400s | 516,000 people | 240,000 people | 276,000 people | Croatia |
| 1500s | 540,000 people | 258,000 people | 282,000 people | Croatia |
| 1600s | 660,000 people | 301,000 people | 359,000 people | Croatia |
| 1700s | 660,000 people | 344,000 people | 316,000 people | Croatia |
| 1710s | 674,690 people | 352,995 people | 321,695 people | Croatia |
| 1720s | 702,228 people | 355,364 people | 346,864 people | Croatia |
| 1730s | 730,890 people | 357,853 people | 373,037 people | Croatia |
| 1740s | 760,723 people | 360,475 people | 400,248 people | Croatia |
| 1750s | 791,773 people | 363,243 people | 428,530 people | Croatia |
| 1760s | 824,090 people | 366,172 people | 457,918 people | Croatia |
| 1770s | 857,726 people | 369,282 people | 488,444 people | Croatia |
| 1780s | 892,735 people | 372,594 people | 520,141 people | Croatia |
| 1790s | 929,174 people | 376,134 people | 553,040 people | Croatia |
| 1800s | 1.23 million people | 382,696 people | 845,194 people | Croatia |
| 1810s | 1.23 million people | 382,624 people | 845,482 people | Croatia |
| 1820s | 1.28 million people | 366,684 people | 911,960 people | Croatia |
| 1830s | 1.39 million people | 333,976 people | 1.06 million people | Croatia |
| 1840s | 1.52 million people | 304,020 people | 1.22 million people | Croatia |
| 1850s | 1.66 million people | 292,970 people | 1.37 million people | Croatia |
| 1860s | 1.82 million people | 302,163 people | 1.52 million people | Croatia |
| 1870s | 1.99 million people | 313,386 people | 1.67 million people | Croatia |
| 1880s | 2.17 million people | 328,233 people | 1.84 million people | Croatia |
| 1890s | 2.37 million people | 347,206 people | 2.03 million people | Croatia |
| 1900s | 2.60 million people | 372,589 people | 2.22 million people | Croatia |
| 1910s | 2.84 million people | 398,726 people | 2.44 million people | Croatia |
| 1920s | 3.10 million people | 440,320 people | 2.66 million people | Croatia |
| 1930s | 3.38 million people | 508,358 people | 2.87 million people | Croatia |
| 1940s | 3.69 million people | 595,268 people | 3.10 million people | Croatia |
| 1950s | 4.05 million people | 725,880 people | 3.32 million people | Croatia |
| 1960s | 4.33 million people | 937,743 people | 3.39 million people | Croatia |
| 1970s | 4.54 million people | 1.26 million people | 3.28 million people | Croatia |
| 1980s | 4.74 million people | 1.68 million people | 3.06 million people | Croatia |
| 1990s | 4.64 million people | 2.26 million people | 2.38 million people | Croatia |
| 2000s | 4.31 million people | 2.92 million people | 1.39 million people | Croatia |
| 2010s | 4.17 million people | 3.92 million people | 254,941 people | Croatia |
| 2020s | 3.92 million people | 4.81 million people | 887,868 people | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population, Croatia or Mauritania?
- Mauritania, at 5.02 million people against 3.90 million people in Croatia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in population between Croatia and Mauritania?
- 1.13 million people, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Mauritania?
- 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
- How do Croatia and Mauritania rank globally for population?
- Croatia ranks 130th 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
Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.