Mauritania vs Yemen: Population growth rate

Mauritania

3.0%

in 2023

Yemen

3.0%

in 2023

Mauritania rank

15th

Yemen rank

13th

Population growth rate over time

Yemen currently reports 3.0% against 3.0% in Mauritania, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Mauritania ahead.

Globally, Mauritania ranks 15th and Yemen ranks 13th 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.