Greece vs Mauritania: Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million
Greece
30.3%
in 2025
Mauritania
30.3%
in 2025
Greece rank
38th
Mauritania rank
37th
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million over time
- Greece
- Mauritania
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 30.3% against 30.3% in Greece, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Greece ahead.
Greece ranks 38th and Mauritania ranks 37th of 121 countries.
Greece has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24.5% | 1.5% | 23.0% | Greece |
| 1970s | 29.8% | 7.7% | 22.2% | Greece |
| 1980s | 30.7% | 17.4% | 13.3% | Greece |
| 1990s | 29.6% | 21.1% | 8.5% | Greece |
| 2000s | 29.0% | 23.0% | 6.0% | Greece |
| 2010s | 29.0% | 26.5% | 2.5% | Greece |
| 2020s | 30.1% | 29.5% | 0.6% | Greece |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, Greece or Mauritania?
- Mauritania, at 30.3% against 30.3% in Greece as of 2025.
- What is the difference in population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million between Greece and Mauritania?
- 0.0%, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Mauritania?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Greece and Mauritania rank globally for population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million?
- Greece ranks 38th and Mauritania ranks 37th of 121 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Urbanization Prospects 2018, United Nations (UN), published as Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the percentage of a country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.