What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Costa Rica and Mauritania?

83,090 people, with Costa Rica ahead.

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

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

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

Costa Rica vs Mauritania: The global population hockey stick

Costa Rica

5.11 million people

in 2023

Mauritania

5.02 million people

in 2023

Costa Rica rank

126th

Mauritania rank

128th

The global population hockey stick over time

Costa Rica
Mauritania

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 5.11 million people against 5.02 million people in Mauritania, a difference of 83,090 people.

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

Costa Rica ranks 126th and Mauritania ranks 128th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 18 and Mauritania in 22.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Costa Rica	Mauritania	Difference	Ahead
1000s	291,252 people	172,000 people	119,252 people	Costa Rica
1100s	317,730 people	184,900 people	132,830 people	Costa Rica
1200s	346,614 people	197,800 people	148,814 people	Costa Rica
1300s	378,125 people	220,000 people	158,125 people	Costa Rica
1400s	412,500 people	240,000 people	172,500 people	Costa Rica
1500s	450,000 people	258,000 people	192,000 people	Costa Rica
1600s	8,000 people	301,000 people	293,000 people	Mauritania
1700s	22,742 people	344,000 people	321,258 people	Mauritania
1710s	24,606 people	352,995 people	328,389 people	Mauritania
1720s	26,623 people	355,364 people	328,741 people	Mauritania
1730s	28,805 people	357,853 people	329,048 people	Mauritania
1740s	31,166 people	360,475 people	329,309 people	Mauritania
1750s	33,720 people	363,243 people	329,523 people	Mauritania
1760s	36,484 people	366,172 people	329,688 people	Mauritania
1770s	39,475 people	369,282 people	329,807 people	Mauritania
1780s	42,711 people	372,594 people	329,883 people	Mauritania
1790s	46,212 people	376,134 people	329,922 people	Mauritania
1800s	55,119 people	382,696 people	327,577 people	Mauritania
1810s	60,115 people	382,624 people	322,510 people	Mauritania
1820s	69,576 people	366,684 people	297,108 people	Mauritania
1830s	84,945 people	333,976 people	249,030 people	Mauritania
1840s	97,049 people	304,020 people	206,971 people	Mauritania
1850s	110,070 people	292,970 people	182,900 people	Mauritania
1860s	130,016 people	302,163 people	172,148 people	Mauritania
1870s	161,729 people	313,386 people	151,658 people	Mauritania
1880s	217,929 people	328,233 people	110,304 people	Mauritania
1890s	282,467 people	347,206 people	64,739 people	Mauritania
1900s	349,820 people	372,589 people	22,769 people	Mauritania
1910s	421,711 people	398,726 people	22,984 people	Costa Rica
1920s	496,435 people	440,320 people	56,116 people	Costa Rica
1930s	602,584 people	508,358 people	94,226 people	Costa Rica
1940s	791,640 people	595,268 people	196,372 people	Costa Rica
1950s	1.09 million people	725,880 people	365,300 people	Costa Rica
1960s	1.56 million people	937,743 people	621,587 people	Costa Rica
1970s	2.07 million people	1.26 million people	811,245 people	Costa Rica
1980s	2.71 million people	1.68 million people	1.03 million people	Costa Rica
1990s	3.49 million people	2.26 million people	1.24 million people	Costa Rica
2000s	4.23 million people	2.92 million people	1.30 million people	Costa Rica
2010s	4.79 million people	3.92 million people	870,432 people	Costa Rica
2020s	5.07 million people	4.81 million people	262,128 people	Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Costa Rica or Mauritania?: Costa Rica, at 5.11 million people against 5.02 million people in Mauritania as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Costa Rica and Mauritania?: 83,090 people, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Mauritania?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Mauritania rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Costa Rica ranks 126th and Mauritania ranks 128th of 239 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as The global population hockey stick. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: The global population hockey stick
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: 28 August 2026

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