Kuwait vs Mauritania: Population, total
Kuwait
4.87 million
in 2025
Mauritania
5.32 million
in 2025
Kuwait rank
127th
Mauritania rank
125th
Population, total over time
- Kuwait
- Mauritania
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 5.32 million against 4.87 million in Kuwait, a difference of 449,760.
That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.1 times Kuwait's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Mauritania ahead.
Globally, Kuwait ranks 127th and Mauritania ranks 125th of 215 countries.
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About this data
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.