Which has higher births and deaths per year, Lesotho or Mauritania?

Mauritania, at 27,722 deaths against 24,612 deaths in Lesotho as of 2023.

What is the difference in births and deaths per year between Lesotho and Mauritania?

3,110 deaths, with Mauritania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Mauritania?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Births and deaths per year. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Lesotho vs Mauritania: Births and deaths per year

Lesotho

24,612 deaths

in 2023

Mauritania

27,722 deaths

in 2023

Lesotho rank

135th

Mauritania rank

132nd

Births and deaths per year over time

Lesotho
Mauritania

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 27,722 deaths against 24,612 deaths in Lesotho, a difference of 3,110 deaths.

That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Mauritania ahead.

Lesotho ranks 135th and Mauritania ranks 132nd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 2 and Mauritania in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lesotho	Mauritania	Difference	Ahead
1950s	13,043 deaths	15,715 deaths	2,673 deaths	Mauritania
1960s	14,128 deaths	16,951 deaths	2,822 deaths	Mauritania
1970s	16,704 deaths	19,200 deaths	2,496 deaths	Mauritania
1980s	17,274 deaths	20,690 deaths	3,416 deaths	Mauritania
1990s	22,707 deaths	22,762 deaths	55.2 deaths	Mauritania
2000s	37,676 deaths	22,394 deaths	15,282 deaths	Lesotho
2010s	30,502 deaths	26,931 deaths	3,572 deaths	Lesotho
2020s	26,159 deaths	28,607 deaths	2,448 deaths	Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher births and deaths per year, Lesotho or Mauritania?: Mauritania, at 27,722 deaths against 24,612 deaths in Lesotho as of 2023.
What is the difference in births and deaths per year between Lesotho and Mauritania?: 3,110 deaths, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Mauritania?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Lesotho and Mauritania rank globally for births and deaths per year?: Lesotho ranks 135th and Mauritania ranks 132nd of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Births and deaths per year. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Births and deaths per year
Unit: deaths
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: 28 August 2026

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