Kuwait vs Mauritania: Has the population peaked?
Kuwait
4.84 million people
in 2023
Mauritania
5.02 million people
in 2023
Kuwait rank
128th
Mauritania rank
127th
Has the population peaked? over time
- Kuwait
- Mauritania
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 5.02 million people against 4.84 million people in Kuwait, a difference of 183,660 people.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Mauritania ahead.
Kuwait ranks 128th and Mauritania ranks 127th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 1 and Mauritania in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 196,711 people | 725,880 people | 529,170 people | Mauritania |
| 1960s | 510,192 people | 937,743 people | 427,552 people | Mauritania |
| 1970s | 1.09 million people | 1.26 million people | 170,182 people | Mauritania |
| 1980s | 1.86 million people | 1.68 million people | 175,922 people | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 1.70 million people | 2.26 million people | 561,989 people | Mauritania |
| 2000s | 2.28 million people | 2.92 million people | 636,872 people | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 3.73 million people | 3.92 million people | 181,880 people | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 4.55 million people | 4.81 million people | 260,975 people | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the population peaked?, Kuwait or Mauritania?
- Mauritania, at 5.02 million people against 4.84 million people in Kuwait as of 2023.
- What is the difference in has the population peaked? between Kuwait and Mauritania?
- 183,660 people, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Mauritania?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Kuwait and Mauritania rank globally for has the population peaked??
- Kuwait ranks 128th 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
Total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown.