Central African Republic vs Mauritania: Population

Central African Republic

5.15 million people

in 2023

Mauritania

5.02 million people

in 2023

Central African Republic rank

124th

Mauritania rank

127th

Population over time

Central African Republic currently reports 5.15 million people against 5.02 million people in Mauritania, a difference of 129,980 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Central African Republic ahead.

Central African Republic ranks 124th and Mauritania ranks 127th of 238 countries.

Indicator: Population
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, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.