What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Armenia and Namibia?

19,700 people, with Namibia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Armenia and Namibia?

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

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.

Armenia vs Namibia: The global population hockey stick

Armenia

2.94 million people

in 2023

Namibia

2.96 million people

in 2023

Armenia rank

141st

Namibia rank

140th

The global population hockey stick over time

Armenia
Namibia

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 2.96 million people against 2.94 million people in Armenia, a difference of 19,700 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Namibia ahead.

Armenia ranks 141st and Namibia ranks 140th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Armenia averaged higher in 39 and Namibia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Armenia	Namibia	Difference	Ahead
1000s	87,000 people	93,535 people	6,535 people	Namibia
1100s	130,500 people	100,464 people	30,036 people	Armenia
1200s	174,000 people	107,906 people	66,094 people	Armenia
1300s	218,000 people	115,899 people	102,101 people	Armenia
1400s	174,000 people	124,484 people	49,516 people	Armenia
1500s	218,000 people	133,705 people	84,295 people	Armenia
1600s	261,000 people	143,609 people	117,391 people	Armenia
1700s	308,704 people	154,247 people	154,457 people	Armenia
1710s	324,952 people	161,148 people	163,804 people	Armenia
1720s	342,054 people	168,386 people	173,668 people	Armenia
1730s	360,057 people	175,979 people	184,078 people	Armenia
1740s	379,008 people	183,945 people	195,063 people	Armenia
1750s	398,955 people	192,304 people	206,651 people	Armenia
1760s	419,953 people	201,078 people	218,875 people	Armenia
1770s	442,056 people	210,288 people	231,768 people	Armenia
1780s	465,322 people	219,958 people	245,364 people	Armenia
1790s	489,813 people	230,112 people	259,701 people	Armenia
1800s	413,326 people	215,817 people	197,509 people	Armenia
1810s	413,402 people	188,899 people	224,503 people	Armenia
1820s	431,155 people	165,309 people	265,845 people	Armenia
1830s	472,066 people	144,666 people	327,400 people	Armenia
1840s	517,219 people	126,655 people	390,564 people	Armenia
1850s	566,981 people	123,761 people	443,220 people	Armenia
1860s	621,907 people	137,812 people	484,094 people	Armenia
1870s	682,153 people	153,722 people	528,431 people	Armenia
1880s	748,234 people	171,454 people	576,780 people	Armenia
1890s	820,716 people	191,244 people	629,472 people	Armenia
1900s	900,218 people	219,630 people	680,587 people	Armenia
1910s	987,386 people	259,443 people	727,942 people	Armenia
1920s	1.08 million people	311,167 people	770,991 people	Armenia
1930s	1.19 million people	381,471 people	804,195 people	Armenia
1940s	1.30 million people	463,750 people	835,965 people	Armenia
1950s	1.57 million people	545,140 people	1.03 million people	Armenia
1960s	2.15 million people	657,040 people	1.49 million people	Armenia
1970s	2.75 million people	865,497 people	1.88 million people	Armenia
1980s	3.25 million people	1.10 million people	2.15 million people	Armenia
1990s	3.38 million people	1.58 million people	1.80 million people	Armenia
2000s	3.02 million people	1.95 million people	1.07 million people	Armenia
2010s	2.92 million people	2.36 million people	562,709 people	Armenia
2020s	2.90 million people	2.85 million people	48,358 people	Armenia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Armenia or Namibia?: Namibia, at 2.96 million people against 2.94 million people in Armenia as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Armenia and Namibia?: 19,700 people, with Namibia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Armenia and Namibia?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Armenia and Namibia rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Armenia ranks 141st and Namibia ranks 140th 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: 28 August 2026

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