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

35,690 people, with Qatar ahead.

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

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 Qatar: The global population hockey stick

Armenia

2.94 million people

in 2023

Qatar

2.98 million people

in 2023

Armenia rank

141st

Qatar rank

139th

The global population hockey stick over time

Armenia
Qatar

How they compare

Qatar currently reports 2.98 million people against 2.94 million people in Armenia, a difference of 35,690 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Armenia ahead.

Armenia ranks 141st and Qatar ranks 139th of 239 countries.

Armenia has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Armenia	Qatar	Difference	Ahead
1000s	87,000 people	533 people	86,467 people	Armenia
1100s	130,500 people	552 people	129,948 people	Armenia
1200s	174,000 people	571 people	173,429 people	Armenia
1300s	218,000 people	590 people	217,410 people	Armenia
1400s	174,000 people	611 people	173,389 people	Armenia
1500s	218,000 people	632 people	217,368 people	Armenia
1600s	261,000 people	654 people	260,346 people	Armenia
1700s	308,704 people	676 people	308,028 people	Armenia
1710s	324,952 people	710 people	324,242 people	Armenia
1720s	342,054 people	746 people	341,308 people	Armenia
1730s	360,057 people	783 people	359,274 people	Armenia
1740s	379,008 people	822 people	378,186 people	Armenia
1750s	398,955 people	863 people	398,092 people	Armenia
1760s	419,953 people	906 people	419,047 people	Armenia
1770s	442,056 people	952 people	441,104 people	Armenia
1780s	465,322 people	999 people	464,323 people	Armenia
1790s	489,813 people	1,049 people	488,764 people	Armenia
1800s	413,326 people	14,092 people	399,234 people	Armenia
1810s	413,402 people	14,092 people	399,310 people	Armenia
1820s	431,155 people	14,092 people	417,063 people	Armenia
1830s	472,066 people	14,092 people	457,974 people	Armenia
1840s	517,219 people	14,092 people	503,127 people	Armenia
1850s	566,981 people	14,032 people	552,949 people	Armenia
1860s	621,907 people	13,900 people	608,007 people	Armenia
1870s	682,153 people	14,148 people	668,004 people	Armenia
1880s	748,234 people	14,867 people	733,367 people	Armenia
1890s	820,716 people	15,628 people	805,088 people	Armenia
1900s	900,218 people	16,427 people	883,791 people	Armenia
1910s	987,386 people	17,469 people	969,917 people	Armenia
1920s	1.08 million people	18,954 people	1.06 million people	Armenia
1930s	1.19 million people	20,627 people	1.17 million people	Armenia
1940s	1.30 million people	22,473 people	1.28 million people	Armenia
1950s	1.57 million people	28,414 people	1.54 million people	Armenia
1960s	2.15 million people	64,020 people	2.08 million people	Armenia
1970s	2.75 million people	186,144 people	2.56 million people	Armenia
1980s	3.25 million people	354,096 people	2.90 million people	Armenia
1990s	3.38 million people	513,564 people	2.86 million people	Armenia
2000s	3.02 million people	957,202 people	2.06 million people	Armenia
2010s	2.92 million people	2.30 million people	621,988 people	Armenia
2020s	2.90 million people	2.87 million people	23,895 people	Armenia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Armenia or Qatar?: Qatar, at 2.98 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 Qatar?: 35,690 people, with Qatar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Armenia and Qatar?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Armenia and Qatar rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Armenia ranks 141st and Qatar ranks 139th 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.