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
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) 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.