Mauritania vs Mozambique: Population growth rate

Mauritania

3.0%

in 2023

Mozambique

2.9%

in 2023

Mauritania rank

15th

Mozambique rank

16th

Population growth rate over time

Mauritania currently reports 3.0% against 2.9% in Mozambique, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Mauritania ahead.

Globally, Mauritania ranks 15th and Mozambique ranks 16th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Population growth rate
Unit: %
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: 06 August 2026

The annual rate at which the population is growing, expressed as a percentage.