Mauritania vs Somalia: Urban population, annual growth rate
Mauritania
4.31 % change on previous year
in 2025
Somalia
4.38 % change on previous year
in 2025
Mauritania rank
17th
Somalia rank
15th
Urban population, annual growth rate over time
- Mauritania
- Somalia
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 4.38 % change on previous year against 4.31 % change on previous year in Mauritania, a difference of 0.07 % change on previous year.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Mauritania ahead.
Mauritania ranks 17th and Somalia ranks 15th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 3 and Somalia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.44 % change on previous year | 5.54 % change on previous year | 5.91 % change on previous year | Mauritania |
| 1970s | 9.84 % change on previous year | 5.84 % change on previous year | 3.99 % change on previous year | Mauritania |
| 1980s | 7.03 % change on previous year | 3.66 % change on previous year | 3.37 % change on previous year | Mauritania |
| 1990s | 2.55 % change on previous year | 3.02 % change on previous year | 0.4636 % change on previous year | Somalia |
| 2000s | 4.27 % change on previous year | 5.03 % change on previous year | 0.762 % change on previous year | Somalia |
| 2010s | 5.47 % change on previous year | 6.25 % change on previous year | 0.7749 % change on previous year | Somalia |
| 2020s | 4.54 % change on previous year | 4.59 % change on previous year | 0.0567 % change on previous year | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher urban population, annual growth rate, Mauritania or Somalia?
- Somalia, at 4.38 % change on previous year against 4.31 % change on previous year in Mauritania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in urban population, annual growth rate between Mauritania and Somalia?
- 0.07 % change on previous year, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Somalia?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2025.
- How do Mauritania and Somalia rank globally for urban population, annual growth rate?
- Mauritania ranks 17th and Somalia ranks 15th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Urban population, annual growth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Urban population. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.