Afghanistan vs Yemen: The global population hockey stick

Afghanistan
41.45 million people
in 2023
Yemen
39.39 million people
in 2023
Afghanistan rank
37th
Yemen rank
38th

The global population hockey stick over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Yemen
010.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M100015112023

How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 41.45 million people against 39.39 million people in Yemen, a difference of 2.06 million people.

That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.1 times Yemen's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Yemen ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 37th and Yemen ranks 38th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 34 and Yemen in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Yemen Difference Ahead
1000s 2.25 million people 2.25 million people 0 people
1100s 2.38 million people 2.00 million people 375,000 people Afghanistan
1200s 2.50 million people 2.10 million people 400,000 people Afghanistan
1300s 1.75 million people 2.20 million people 450,000 people Yemen
1400s 1.88 million people 2.05 million people 175,000 people Yemen
1500s 2.00 million people 2.25 million people 250,000 people Yemen
1600s 2.50 million people 2.50 million people 0 people
1700s 2.50 million people 2.25 million people 250,000 people Afghanistan
1710s 2.56 million people 2.26 million people 303,690 people Afghanistan
1720s 2.62 million people 2.29 million people 333,330 people Afghanistan
1730s 2.68 million people 2.32 million people 363,930 people Afghanistan
1740s 2.74 million people 2.34 million people 395,520 people Afghanistan
1750s 2.80 million people 2.37 million people 428,120 people Afghanistan
1760s 2.87 million people 2.40 million people 461,760 people Afghanistan
1770s 2.93 million people 2.43 million people 496,460 people Afghanistan
1780s 3.00 million people 2.47 million people 532,260 people Afghanistan
1790s 3.07 million people 2.50 million people 569,190 people Afghanistan
1800s 3.28 million people 2.59 million people 687,000 people Afghanistan
1810s 3.28 million people 2.59 million people 687,200 people Afghanistan
1820s 3.35 million people 2.61 million people 733,318 people Afghanistan
1830s 3.50 million people 2.66 million people 837,297 people Afghanistan
1840s 3.66 million people 2.71 million people 948,254 people Afghanistan
1850s 3.83 million people 2.76 million people 1.07 million people Afghanistan
1860s 4.00 million people 2.80 million people 1.20 million people Afghanistan
1870s 4.18 million people 2.84 million people 1.34 million people Afghanistan
1880s 4.37 million people 2.89 million people 1.49 million people Afghanistan
1890s 4.57 million people 2.93 million people 1.64 million people Afghanistan
1900s 4.96 million people 3.08 million people 1.89 million people Afghanistan
1910s 7.54 million people 3.36 million people 4.18 million people Afghanistan
1920s 8.65 million people 3.69 million people 4.96 million people Afghanistan
1930s 6.44 million people 4.05 million people 2.39 million people Afghanistan
1940s 6.88 million people 4.45 million people 2.43 million people Afghanistan
1950s 8.29 million people 4.99 million people 3.31 million people Afghanistan
1960s 9.97 million people 6.16 million people 3.81 million people Afghanistan
1970s 12.58 million people 8.07 million people 4.51 million people Afghanistan
1980s 11.58 million people 11.33 million people 257,627 people Afghanistan
1990s 16.11 million people 16.44 million people 333,660 people Yemen
2000s 23.78 million people 22.59 million people 1.18 million people Afghanistan
2010s 33.14 million people 30.79 million people 2.36 million people Afghanistan
2020s 40.28 million people 37.72 million people 2.55 million people Afghanistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Afghanistan or Yemen?
Afghanistan, at 41.45 million people against 39.39 million people in Yemen as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Afghanistan and Yemen?
2.06 million people, with Afghanistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Yemen?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Afghanistan and Yemen rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Afghanistan ranks 37th and Yemen ranks 38th of 239 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – 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

Indicator
The global population hockey stick
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, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.