Mauritania vs Panama: Has the population peaked?

Mauritania
5.02 million people
in 2023
Panama
4.46 million people
in 2023
Mauritania rank
127th
Panama rank
129th

Has the population peaked? over time

  • Mauritania
  • Panama
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How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 5.02 million people against 4.46 million people in Panama, a difference of 563,680 people.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Panama ahead.

Mauritania ranks 127th and Panama ranks 129th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Mauritania Panama Difference Ahead
1950s 725,880 people 970,436 people 244,556 people Panama
1960s 937,743 people 1.29 million people 355,217 people Panama
1970s 1.26 million people 1.71 million people 449,141 people Panama
1980s 1.68 million people 2.18 million people 494,859 people Panama
1990s 2.26 million people 2.70 million people 442,563 people Panama
2000s 2.92 million people 3.28 million people 362,568 people Panama
2010s 3.92 million people 3.93 million people 12,485 people Panama
2020s 4.81 million people 4.37 million people 433,720 people Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher has the population peaked?, Mauritania or Panama?
Mauritania, at 5.02 million people against 4.46 million people in Panama as of 2023.
What is the difference in has the population peaked? between Mauritania and Panama?
563,680 people, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Panama?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Mauritania and Panama rank globally for has the population peaked??
Mauritania ranks 127th and Panama ranks 129th 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

Total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown.