Libya vs Mauritania: Share of children, working-age adults, and older people

Libya

2.04 million people

in 2023

Mauritania

2.16 million people

in 2023

Libya rank

100th

Mauritania rank

98th

Share of children, working-age adults, and older people over time

Mauritania currently reports 2.16 million people against 2.04 million people in Libya, a difference of 118,710 people.

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

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

Libya ranks 100th and Mauritania ranks 98th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Share of children, working-age adults, and older people
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: 07 August 2026

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown. This only includes people aged 0-14.