What is the difference in population by world region between Honduras and Mauritania?

88,500 people, with Mauritania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Honduras and Mauritania?

318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.

Where does this data come from?

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

Honduras vs Mauritania: Population by world region

Honduras

17.03 million people

in 2100

Mauritania

17.12 million people

in 2100

Honduras rank

86th

Mauritania rank

85th

Population by world region over time

Honduras
Mauritania

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 17.12 million people against 17.03 million people in Honduras, a difference of 88,500 people.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 318 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Honduras ahead.

Honduras ranks 86th and Mauritania ranks 85th of 238 countries.

Across the 48 decades both report, Honduras averaged higher in 32 and Mauritania in 16.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Honduras	Mauritania	Difference	Ahead
1000s	357,651 people	172,000 people	185,651 people	Honduras
1100s	447,063 people	184,900 people	262,163 people	Honduras
1200s	558,829 people	197,800 people	361,029 people	Honduras
1300s	698,537 people	220,000 people	478,537 people	Honduras
1400s	873,171 people	240,000 people	633,171 people	Honduras
1500s	1.09 million people	258,000 people	833,460 people	Honduras
1600s	311,847 people	301,000 people	10,847 people	Honduras
1700s	89,099 people	344,000 people	254,901 people	Mauritania
1710s	92,171 people	352,995 people	260,824 people	Mauritania
1720s	95,349 people	355,364 people	260,015 people	Mauritania
1730s	98,637 people	357,853 people	259,216 people	Mauritania
1740s	102,039 people	360,475 people	258,436 people	Mauritania
1750s	105,557 people	363,243 people	257,686 people	Mauritania
1760s	109,197 people	366,172 people	256,975 people	Mauritania
1770s	112,963 people	369,282 people	256,319 people	Mauritania
1780s	116,858 people	372,594 people	255,736 people	Mauritania
1790s	120,887 people	376,134 people	255,247 people	Mauritania
1800s	131,111 people	382,696 people	251,585 people	Mauritania
1810s	133,691 people	382,624 people	248,934 people	Mauritania
1820s	156,859 people	366,684 people	209,826 people	Mauritania
1830s	215,054 people	333,976 people	118,921 people	Mauritania
1840s	295,258 people	304,020 people	8,762 people	Mauritania
1850s	362,920 people	292,970 people	69,950 people	Honduras
1860s	395,082 people	302,163 people	92,920 people	Honduras
1870s	368,207 people	313,386 people	54,820 people	Honduras
1880s	362,657 people	328,233 people	34,424 people	Honduras
1890s	466,784 people	347,206 people	119,578 people	Honduras
1900s	588,341 people	372,589 people	215,752 people	Honduras
1910s	715,215 people	398,726 people	316,489 people	Honduras
1920s	886,330 people	440,320 people	446,010 people	Honduras
1930s	1.12 million people	508,358 people	612,965 people	Honduras
1940s	1.38 million people	595,268 people	781,367 people	Honduras
1950s	1.77 million people	725,880 people	1.05 million people	Honduras
1960s	2.35 million people	937,743 people	1.41 million people	Honduras
1970s	3.16 million people	1.26 million people	1.90 million people	Honduras
1980s	4.27 million people	1.68 million people	2.59 million people	Honduras
1990s	5.67 million people	2.26 million people	3.42 million people	Honduras
2000s	7.39 million people	2.92 million people	4.47 million people	Honduras
2010s	9.15 million people	3.92 million people	5.24 million people	Honduras
2020s	10.91 million people	5.25 million people	5.67 million people	Honduras
2030s	12.62 million people	6.78 million people	5.84 million people	Honduras
2040s	14.12 million people	8.46 million people	5.66 million people	Honduras
2050s	15.36 million people	10.21 million people	5.15 million people	Honduras
2060s	16.27 million people	11.96 million people	4.31 million people	Honduras
2070s	16.84 million people	13.65 million people	3.19 million people	Honduras
2080s	17.10 million people	15.18 million people	1.92 million people	Honduras
2090s	17.10 million people	16.49 million people	610,320 people	Honduras
2100s	17.03 million people	17.12 million people	88,500 people	Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population by world region, Honduras or Mauritania?: Mauritania, at 17.12 million people against 17.03 million people in Honduras as of 2100.
What is the difference in population by world region between Honduras and Mauritania?: 88,500 people, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Honduras and Mauritania?: 318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.
How do Honduras and Mauritania rank globally for population by world region?: Honduras ranks 86th and Mauritania ranks 85th 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 by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

About this data

Indicator: Population by world region
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, 69,174 data points, 1000–2100
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.