Mauritania vs Papua New Guinea: Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, per square kilometre
Mauritania
0.0029 1000 No per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
0.0028 1000 No per square kilometre
in 2023
Mauritania rank
184th
Papua New Guinea rank
185th
Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, per square kilometre over time
- Mauritania
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 0.0029 1000 No per square kilometre against 0.0028 1000 No per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0001 1000 No per square kilometre.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Mauritania ranks 184th and Papua New Guinea ranks 185th of 190 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 1 and Papua New Guinea in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0001 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0003 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0002 1000 No per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 0.0003 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0007 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0005 1000 No per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 0.0006 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0012 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0006 1000 No per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 0.0009 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0015 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0006 1000 No per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 0.0013 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0018 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0006 1000 No per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 0.002 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0023 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0002 1000 No per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 0.0027 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0027 1000 No per square kilometre | 0 1000 No per square kilometre | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population - est. & proj. — urban population, per square kilometre, Mauritania or Papua New Guinea?
- Mauritania, at 0.0029 1000 No per square kilometre against 0.0028 1000 No per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in population - est. & proj. — urban population, per square kilometre between Mauritania and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.0001 1000 No per square kilometre, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Papua New Guinea?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Mauritania and Papua New Guinea rank globally for population - est. & proj. — urban population, per square kilometre?
- Mauritania ranks 184th and Papua New Guinea ranks 185th of 190 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.