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

26,830 people, with Oman ahead.

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

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.

Mauritania vs Oman: The global population hockey stick

Mauritania

5.02 million people

in 2023

Oman

5.05 million people

in 2023

Mauritania rank

128th

Oman rank

127th

The global population hockey stick over time

Mauritania
Oman

How they compare

Oman currently reports 5.05 million people against 5.02 million people in Mauritania, a difference of 26,830 people.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Oman ahead.

Mauritania ranks 128th and Oman ranks 127th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 28 and Oman in 12.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mauritania	Oman	Difference	Ahead
1000s	172,000 people	200,000 people	28,000 people	Oman
1100s	184,900 people	200,000 people	15,100 people	Oman
1200s	197,800 people	200,000 people	2,200 people	Oman
1300s	220,000 people	200,000 people	20,000 people	Mauritania
1400s	240,000 people	200,000 people	40,000 people	Mauritania
1500s	258,000 people	200,000 people	58,000 people	Mauritania
1600s	301,000 people	235,000 people	66,000 people	Mauritania
1700s	344,000 people	270,000 people	74,000 people	Mauritania
1710s	352,995 people	274,000 people	78,995 people	Mauritania
1720s	355,364 people	278,000 people	77,364 people	Mauritania
1730s	357,853 people	282,000 people	75,853 people	Mauritania
1740s	360,475 people	286,000 people	74,475 people	Mauritania
1750s	363,243 people	290,000 people	73,243 people	Mauritania
1760s	366,172 people	294,000 people	72,172 people	Mauritania
1770s	369,282 people	298,000 people	71,282 people	Mauritania
1780s	372,594 people	302,000 people	70,594 people	Mauritania
1790s	376,134 people	306,000 people	70,134 people	Mauritania
1800s	382,696 people	303,970 people	78,726 people	Mauritania
1810s	382,624 people	312,958 people	69,666 people	Mauritania
1820s	366,684 people	322,140 people	44,544 people	Mauritania
1830s	333,976 people	331,509 people	2,467 people	Mauritania
1840s	304,020 people	341,148 people	37,127 people	Oman
1850s	292,970 people	349,308 people	56,338 people	Oman
1860s	302,163 people	355,463 people	53,300 people	Oman
1870s	313,386 people	361,687 people	48,300 people	Oman
1880s	328,233 people	367,980 people	39,746 people	Oman
1890s	347,206 people	374,390 people	27,184 people	Oman
1900s	372,589 people	394,263 people	21,674 people	Oman
1910s	398,726 people	416,629 people	17,903 people	Oman
1920s	440,320 people	425,570 people	14,750 people	Mauritania
1930s	508,358 people	435,874 people	72,484 people	Mauritania
1940s	595,268 people	446,592 people	148,676 people	Mauritania
1950s	725,880 people	486,821 people	239,059 people	Mauritania
1960s	937,743 people	582,516 people	355,227 people	Mauritania
1970s	1.26 million people	781,091 people	480,694 people	Mauritania
1980s	1.68 million people	1.31 million people	371,828 people	Mauritania
1990s	2.26 million people	2.06 million people	197,066 people	Mauritania
2000s	2.92 million people	2.46 million people	466,101 people	Mauritania
2010s	3.92 million people	3.95 million people	35,572 people	Oman
2020s	4.81 million people	4.70 million people	107,665 people	Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Mauritania or Oman?: Oman, at 5.05 million people against 5.02 million people in Mauritania as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Mauritania and Oman?: 26,830 people, with Oman ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Oman?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Mauritania and Oman rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Mauritania ranks 128th and Oman ranks 127th 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.