Afghanistan vs Algeria: The global population hockey stick
Afghanistan
41.45 million people
in 2023
Algeria
46.16 million people
in 2023
Afghanistan rank
37th
Algeria rank
34th
The global population hockey stick over time
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
How they compare
Algeria currently reports 46.16 million people against 41.45 million people in Afghanistan, a difference of 4.71 million people.
That makes Algeria's figure about 1.1 times Afghanistan's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 37th and Algeria ranks 34th of 239 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 29 and Algeria in 11.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Algeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 2.25 million people | 2.00 million people | 250,000 people | Afghanistan |
| 1100s | 2.38 million people | 1.95 million people | 425,000 people | Afghanistan |
| 1200s | 2.50 million people | 1.90 million people | 600,000 people | Afghanistan |
| 1300s | 1.75 million people | 1.69 million people | 65,000 people | Afghanistan |
| 1400s | 1.88 million people | 1.47 million people | 405,000 people | Afghanistan |
| 1500s | 2.00 million people | 1.50 million people | 500,000 people | Afghanistan |
| 1600s | 2.50 million people | 2.25 million people | 250,000 people | Afghanistan |
| 1700s | 2.50 million people | 1.75 million people | 750,000 people | Afghanistan |
| 1710s | 2.56 million people | 1.83 million people | 733,370 people | Afghanistan |
| 1720s | 2.62 million people | 1.91 million people | 713,340 people | Afghanistan |
| 1730s | 2.68 million people | 1.98 million people | 694,640 people | Afghanistan |
| 1740s | 2.74 million people | 2.06 million people | 677,280 people | Afghanistan |
| 1750s | 2.80 million people | 2.14 million people | 661,310 people | Afghanistan |
| 1760s | 2.87 million people | 2.22 million people | 646,760 people | Afghanistan |
| 1770s | 2.93 million people | 2.30 million people | 633,650 people | Afghanistan |
| 1780s | 3.00 million people | 2.38 million people | 622,020 people | Afghanistan |
| 1790s | 3.07 million people | 2.45 million people | 611,910 people | Afghanistan |
| 1800s | 3.28 million people | 2.54 million people | 738,527 people | Afghanistan |
| 1810s | 3.28 million people | 2.64 million people | 644,570 people | Afghanistan |
| 1820s | 3.35 million people | 2.71 million people | 637,504 people | Afghanistan |
| 1830s | 3.50 million people | 2.76 million people | 739,403 people | Afghanistan |
| 1840s | 3.66 million people | 2.81 million people | 848,565 people | Afghanistan |
| 1850s | 3.83 million people | 2.97 million people | 852,514 people | Afghanistan |
| 1860s | 4.00 million people | 3.29 million people | 710,947 people | Afghanistan |
| 1870s | 4.18 million people | 3.64 million people | 541,316 people | Afghanistan |
| 1880s | 4.37 million people | 4.03 million people | 341,762 people | Afghanistan |
| 1890s | 4.57 million people | 4.46 million people | 115,687 people | Afghanistan |
| 1900s | 4.96 million people | 5.07 million people | 103,234 people | Algeria |
| 1910s | 7.54 million people | 5.66 million people | 1.88 million people | Afghanistan |
| 1920s | 8.65 million people | 6.13 million people | 2.52 million people | Afghanistan |
| 1930s | 6.44 million people | 7.05 million people | 611,152 people | Algeria |
| 1940s | 6.88 million people | 8.30 million people | 1.42 million people | Algeria |
| 1950s | 8.29 million people | 10.12 million people | 1.83 million people | Algeria |
| 1960s | 9.97 million people | 12.35 million people | 2.38 million people | Algeria |
| 1970s | 12.58 million people | 15.69 million people | 3.11 million people | Algeria |
| 1980s | 11.58 million people | 21.66 million people | 10.08 million people | Algeria |
| 1990s | 16.11 million people | 28.08 million people | 11.97 million people | Algeria |
| 2000s | 23.78 million people | 33.00 million people | 9.22 million people | Algeria |
| 2010s | 33.14 million people | 39.67 million people | 6.53 million people | Algeria |
| 2020s | 40.28 million people | 45.11 million people | 4.84 million people | Algeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Afghanistan or Algeria?
- Algeria, at 46.16 million people against 41.45 million people in Afghanistan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Afghanistan and Algeria?
- 4.71 million people, with Algeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Algeria?
- 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
- How do Afghanistan and Algeria rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
- Afghanistan ranks 37th and Algeria ranks 34th of 239 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as The global population hockey stick. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.