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

563,680 people, with Mauritania ahead.

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

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 Panama: The global population hockey stick

Mauritania

5.02 million people

in 2023

Panama

4.46 million people

in 2023

Mauritania rank

128th

Panama rank

130th

The global population hockey stick over time

Mauritania
Panama

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 5.02 million people against 4.46 million people in Panama, a difference of 563,680 people.

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

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

Mauritania ranks 128th and Panama ranks 130th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 30 and Panama in 10.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mauritania	Panama	Difference	Ahead
1000s	172,000 people	116,237 people	55,763 people	Mauritania
1100s	184,900 people	129,153 people	55,747 people	Mauritania
1200s	197,800 people	143,503 people	54,297 people	Mauritania
1300s	220,000 people	159,448 people	60,552 people	Mauritania
1400s	240,000 people	177,164 people	62,836 people	Mauritania
1500s	258,000 people	196,849 people	61,151 people	Mauritania
1600s	301,000 people	98,424 people	202,576 people	Mauritania
1700s	344,000 people	49,212 people	294,788 people	Mauritania
1710s	352,995 people	51,802 people	301,193 people	Mauritania
1720s	355,364 people	54,528 people	300,836 people	Mauritania
1730s	357,853 people	57,398 people	300,455 people	Mauritania
1740s	360,475 people	60,419 people	300,056 people	Mauritania
1750s	363,243 people	63,599 people	299,644 people	Mauritania
1760s	366,172 people	66,947 people	299,225 people	Mauritania
1770s	369,282 people	70,470 people	298,812 people	Mauritania
1780s	372,594 people	74,179 people	298,415 people	Mauritania
1790s	376,134 people	78,084 people	298,050 people	Mauritania
1800s	382,696 people	78,122 people	304,574 people	Mauritania
1810s	382,624 people	83,996 people	298,629 people	Mauritania
1820s	366,684 people	90,307 people	276,378 people	Mauritania
1830s	333,976 people	97,092 people	236,884 people	Mauritania
1840s	304,020 people	104,423 people	199,597 people	Mauritania
1850s	292,970 people	121,261 people	171,709 people	Mauritania
1860s	302,163 people	153,317 people	148,846 people	Mauritania
1870s	313,386 people	184,479 people	128,908 people	Mauritania
1880s	328,233 people	209,924 people	118,309 people	Mauritania
1890s	347,206 people	238,726 people	108,480 people	Mauritania
1900s	372,589 people	282,109 people	90,480 people	Mauritania
1910s	398,726 people	380,224 people	18,502 people	Mauritania
1920s	440,320 people	480,476 people	40,157 people	Panama
1930s	508,358 people	572,410 people	64,052 people	Panama
1940s	595,268 people	753,021 people	157,753 people	Panama
1950s	725,880 people	970,436 people	244,556 people	Panama
1960s	937,743 people	1.29 million people	355,217 people	Panama
1970s	1.26 million people	1.71 million people	449,141 people	Panama
1980s	1.68 million people	2.18 million people	494,859 people	Panama
1990s	2.26 million people	2.70 million people	442,563 people	Panama
2000s	2.92 million people	3.28 million people	362,568 people	Panama
2010s	3.92 million people	3.93 million people	12,485 people	Panama
2020s	4.81 million people	4.37 million people	433,720 people	Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Mauritania or Panama?: Mauritania, at 5.02 million people against 4.46 million people in Panama as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Mauritania and Panama?: 563,680 people, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Panama?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Mauritania and Panama rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Mauritania ranks 128th and Panama ranks 130th 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.