Croatia vs Mauritania: Has the population peaked?

Croatia
3.90 million people
in 2023
Mauritania
5.02 million people
in 2023
Croatia rank
130th
Mauritania rank
127th

Has the population peaked? over time

  • Croatia
  • Mauritania
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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 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Croatia ahead.

Croatia ranks 130th and Mauritania ranks 127th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Croatia averaged higher in 7 and Mauritania in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Croatia Mauritania Difference Ahead
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 has the population peaked?, Croatia or Mauritania?
Mauritania, at 5.02 million people against 3.90 million people in Croatia as of 2023.
What is the difference in has the population peaked? between Croatia and Mauritania?
1.13 million people, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Mauritania?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Croatia and Mauritania rank globally for has the population peaked??
Croatia ranks 130th and Mauritania ranks 127th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Has the population peaked?. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Has the population peaked?
Unit
people
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown.