Angola vs Peru: The global population hockey stick

Angola
36.75 million people
in 2023
Peru
33.85 million people
in 2023
Angola rank
43rd
Peru rank
46th

The global population hockey stick over time

  • Angola
  • Peru
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How they compare

Angola currently reports 36.75 million people against 33.85 million people in Peru, a difference of 2.90 million people.

That makes Angola's figure about 1.1 times Peru's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Peru ahead.

Angola ranks 43rd and Peru ranks 46th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Angola averaged higher in 9 and Peru in 31.

Head to head by decade

Decade Angola Peru Difference Ahead
1000s 1.00 million people 3.00 million people 2.00 million people Peru
1100s 1.17 million people 3.20 million people 2.03 million people Peru
1200s 1.34 million people 3.40 million people 2.06 million people Peru
1300s 1.51 million people 3.60 million people 2.09 million people Peru
1400s 1.76 million people 3.80 million people 2.04 million people Peru
1500s 2.01 million people 4.00 million people 1.99 million people Peru
1600s 2.13 million people 1.30 million people 833,500 people Angola
1700s 2.26 million people 1.50 million people 758,510 people Angola
1710s 1.18 million people 1.48 million people 307,740 people Peru
1720s 1.19 million people 1.47 million people 275,290 people Peru
1730s 1.21 million people 1.45 million people 242,060 people Peru
1740s 1.23 million people 1.44 million people 207,930 people Peru
1750s 1.25 million people 1.42 million people 172,780 people Peru
1760s 1.27 million people 1.41 million people 136,470 people Peru
1770s 1.29 million people 1.39 million people 98,840 people Peru
1780s 1.32 million people 1.38 million people 59,680 people Peru
1790s 1.34 million people 1.36 million people 18,760 people Peru
1800s 1.57 million people 1.28 million people 285,805 people Angola
1810s 1.57 million people 1.30 million people 263,218 people Angola
1820s 1.68 million people 1.34 million people 333,271 people Angola
1830s 1.94 million people 1.70 million people 235,191 people Angola
1840s 2.24 million people 2.66 million people 414,755 people Peru
1850s 2.52 million people 2.94 million people 419,861 people Peru
1860s 2.73 million people 2.55 million people 183,494 people Angola
1870s 2.94 million people 2.76 million people 175,743 people Angola
1880s 3.12 million people 3.13 million people 3,404 people Peru
1890s 3.17 million people 3.48 million people 307,755 people Peru
1900s 3.01 million people 3.86 million people 852,773 people Peru
1910s 2.86 million people 4.38 million people 1.52 million people Peru
1920s 3.01 million people 5.04 million people 2.03 million people Peru
1930s 3.47 million people 5.90 million people 2.43 million people Peru
1940s 4.06 million people 6.96 million people 2.90 million people Peru
1950s 4.82 million people 8.73 million people 3.91 million people Peru
1960s 5.50 million people 11.62 million people 6.13 million people Peru
1970s 6.77 million people 15.17 million people 8.40 million people Peru
1980s 9.63 million people 19.42 million people 9.79 million people Peru
1990s 13.55 million people 24.11 million people 10.56 million people Peru
2000s 19.09 million people 27.89 million people 8.80 million people Peru
2010s 27.73 million people 30.49 million people 2.76 million people Peru
2020s 35.09 million people 33.33 million people 1.76 million people Angola

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Angola or Peru?
Angola, at 36.75 million people against 33.85 million people in Peru as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Angola and Peru?
2.90 million people, with Angola ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Peru?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Angola and Peru rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Angola ranks 43rd and Peru ranks 46th 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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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.