Algeria vs Uganda: The global population hockey stick
Algeria
46.16 million people
in 2023
Uganda
48.66 million people
in 2023
Algeria rank
34th
Uganda rank
32nd
The global population hockey stick over time
- Algeria
- Uganda
How they compare
Uganda currently reports 48.66 million people against 46.16 million people in Algeria, a difference of 2.49 million people.
That makes Uganda's figure about 1.1 times Algeria's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Algeria ahead.
Algeria ranks 34th and Uganda ranks 32nd of 239 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Algeria averaged higher in 32 and Uganda in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Algeria | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 2.00 million people | 800,000 people | 1.20 million people | Algeria |
| 1100s | 1.95 million people | 940,000 people | 1.01 million people | Algeria |
| 1200s | 1.90 million people | 1.08 million people | 820,000 people | Algeria |
| 1300s | 1.69 million people | 1.22 million people | 465,000 people | Algeria |
| 1400s | 1.47 million people | 1.36 million people | 110,000 people | Algeria |
| 1500s | 1.50 million people | 1.50 million people | 0 people | — |
| 1600s | 2.25 million people | 1.75 million people | 500,000 people | Algeria |
| 1700s | 1.75 million people | 2.00 million people | 250,000 people | Uganda |
| 1710s | 1.83 million people | 2.02 million people | 191,020 people | Uganda |
| 1720s | 1.91 million people | 2.04 million people | 132,740 people | Uganda |
| 1730s | 1.98 million people | 2.06 million people | 75,540 people | Uganda |
| 1740s | 2.06 million people | 2.08 million people | 19,530 people | Uganda |
| 1750s | 2.14 million people | 2.11 million people | 35,150 people | Algeria |
| 1760s | 2.22 million people | 2.13 million people | 88,360 people | Algeria |
| 1770s | 2.30 million people | 2.16 million people | 139,920 people | Algeria |
| 1780s | 2.38 million people | 2.19 million people | 189,620 people | Algeria |
| 1790s | 2.45 million people | 2.22 million people | 237,230 people | Algeria |
| 1800s | 2.54 million people | 2.40 million people | 136,540 people | Algeria |
| 1810s | 2.64 million people | 2.21 million people | 429,822 people | Algeria |
| 1820s | 2.71 million people | 2.22 million people | 493,458 people | Algeria |
| 1830s | 2.76 million people | 2.48 million people | 278,653 people | Algeria |
| 1840s | 2.81 million people | 2.78 million people | 29,472 people | Algeria |
| 1850s | 2.97 million people | 3.03 million people | 59,750 people | Uganda |
| 1860s | 3.29 million people | 3.21 million people | 80,577 people | Algeria |
| 1870s | 3.64 million people | 3.41 million people | 233,826 people | Algeria |
| 1880s | 4.03 million people | 3.64 million people | 394,551 people | Algeria |
| 1890s | 4.46 million people | 3.78 million people | 680,973 people | Algeria |
| 1900s | 5.07 million people | 3.68 million people | 1.39 million people | Algeria |
| 1910s | 5.66 million people | 3.54 million people | 2.12 million people | Algeria |
| 1920s | 6.13 million people | 3.80 million people | 2.33 million people | Algeria |
| 1930s | 7.05 million people | 4.43 million people | 2.62 million people | Algeria |
| 1940s | 8.30 million people | 5.19 million people | 3.10 million people | Algeria |
| 1950s | 10.12 million people | 6.55 million people | 3.57 million people | Algeria |
| 1960s | 12.35 million people | 8.76 million people | 3.59 million people | Algeria |
| 1970s | 15.69 million people | 11.62 million people | 4.07 million people | Algeria |
| 1980s | 21.66 million people | 14.95 million people | 6.71 million people | Algeria |
| 1990s | 28.08 million people | 20.36 million people | 7.72 million people | Algeria |
| 2000s | 33.00 million people | 27.62 million people | 5.38 million people | Algeria |
| 2010s | 39.67 million people | 37.29 million people | 2.38 million people | Algeria |
| 2020s | 45.11 million people | 46.58 million people | 1.47 million people | Uganda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Algeria or Uganda?
- Uganda, at 48.66 million people against 46.16 million people in Algeria as of 2023.
- What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Algeria and Uganda?
- 2.49 million people, with Uganda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Uganda?
- 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
- How do Algeria and Uganda rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
- Algeria ranks 34th and Uganda ranks 32nd 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
Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.