What is the difference in population by world region between DEU and SAU?

106,800 people, with SAU ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for DEU and SAU?

318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

DEU vs SAU: Population by world region

DEU

70.90 million people

in 2100

71.01 million people

in 2100

DEU rank

36th

SAU rank

35th

Population by world region over time

How they compare

SAU currently reports 71.01 million people against 70.90 million people in DEU, a difference of 106,800 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 318 shared years of data; in 1000 it was DEU ahead.

DEU ranks 36th and SAU ranks 35th of 238 countries.

Across the 48 decades both report, DEU averaged higher in 47 and SAU in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	DEU	SAU	Difference	Ahead
1000s	3.50 million people	2.00 million people	1.50 million people	DEU
1100s	4.00 million people	2.07 million people	1.93 million people	DEU
1200s	6.00 million people	2.15 million people	3.85 million people	DEU
1300s	9.00 million people	2.22 million people	6.78 million people	DEU
1400s	6.50 million people	1.95 million people	4.55 million people	DEU
1500s	9.00 million people	2.00 million people	7.00 million people	DEU
1600s	12.00 million people	2.25 million people	9.75 million people	DEU
1700s	13.00 million people	2.00 million people	11.00 million people	DEU
1710s	13.98 million people	2.01 million people	11.97 million people	DEU
1720s	14.96 million people	2.02 million people	12.94 million people	DEU
1730s	15.94 million people	2.02 million people	13.91 million people	DEU
1740s	16.92 million people	2.03 million people	14.89 million people	DEU
1750s	17.90 million people	2.04 million people	15.86 million people	DEU
1760s	18.89 million people	2.05 million people	16.85 million people	DEU
1770s	19.89 million people	2.05 million people	17.83 million people	DEU
1780s	20.88 million people	2.06 million people	18.82 million people	DEU
1790s	21.88 million people	2.07 million people	19.81 million people	DEU
1800s	19.39 million people	2.02 million people	17.37 million people	DEU
1810s	22.81 million people	2.07 million people	20.74 million people	DEU
1820s	26.28 million people	2.11 million people	24.17 million people	DEU
1830s	29.40 million people	2.16 million people	27.24 million people	DEU
1840s	32.28 million people	2.21 million people	30.07 million people	DEU
1850s	34.85 million people	2.23 million people	32.62 million people	DEU
1860s	37.74 million people	2.21 million people	35.53 million people	DEU
1870s	41.62 million people	2.18 million people	39.44 million people	DEU
1880s	46.09 million people	2.16 million people	43.93 million people	DEU
1890s	51.72 million people	2.13 million people	49.59 million people	DEU
1900s	59.66 million people	2.15 million people	57.52 million people	DEU
1910s	63.86 million people	2.24 million people	61.62 million people	DEU
1920s	64.88 million people	2.43 million people	62.45 million people	DEU
1930s	69.40 million people	2.66 million people	66.74 million people	DEU
1940s	71.41 million people	2.92 million people	68.49 million people	DEU
1950s	70.55 million people	2.01 million people	68.54 million people	DEU
1960s	75.50 million people	2.89 million people	72.61 million people	DEU
1970s	78.47 million people	4.52 million people	73.96 million people	DEU
1980s	78.26 million people	7.99 million people	70.27 million people	DEU
1990s	81.46 million people	13.03 million people	68.42 million people	DEU
2000s	81.71 million people	20.15 million people	61.56 million people	DEU
2010s	81.99 million people	28.77 million people	53.22 million people	DEU
2020s	83.79 million people	34.05 million people	49.74 million people	DEU
2030s	81.77 million people	39.76 million people	42.02 million people	DEU
2040s	79.58 million people	44.90 million people	34.69 million people	DEU
2050s	77.10 million people	49.95 million people	27.15 million people	DEU
2060s	74.64 million people	54.85 million people	19.78 million people	DEU
2070s	72.92 million people	59.50 million people	13.42 million people	DEU
2080s	71.65 million people	63.98 million people	7.66 million people	DEU
2090s	71.05 million people	68.52 million people	2.54 million people	DEU
2100s	70.90 million people	71.01 million people	106,800 people	SAU

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population by world region, DEU or SAU?: SAU, at 71.01 million people against 70.90 million people in DEU as of 2100.
What is the difference in population by world region between DEU and SAU?: 106,800 people, with SAU ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for DEU and SAU?: 318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.
How do DEU and SAU rank globally for population by world region?: DEU ranks 36th and SAU ranks 35th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Population by world region
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 69,174 data points, 1000–2100
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.