Aruba vs Seychelles: The global population hockey stick
Aruba
107,946 people
in 2023
Seychelles
127,961 people
in 2023
Aruba rank
198th
Seychelles rank
195th
The global population hockey stick over time
- Aruba
- Seychelles
How they compare
Seychelles currently reports 127,961 people against 107,946 people in Aruba, a difference of 20,015 people.
That makes Seychelles's figure about 1.2 times Aruba's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 89 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Seychelles ahead.
Aruba ranks 198th and Seychelles ranks 195th of 239 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Aruba averaged higher in 4 and Seychelles in 19.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Aruba | Seychelles | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 2,204 people | 12,522 people | 10,318 people | Seychelles |
| 1810s | 2,385 people | 12,522 people | 10,137 people | Seychelles |
| 1820s | 2,465 people | 12,548 people | 10,083 people | Seychelles |
| 1830s | 2,547 people | 12,968 people | 10,421 people | Seychelles |
| 1840s | 2,632 people | 13,431 people | 10,799 people | Seychelles |
| 1850s | 2,720 people | 13,909 people | 11,189 people | Seychelles |
| 1860s | 3,100 people | 14,713 people | 11,613 people | Seychelles |
| 1870s | 3,800 people | 15,557 people | 11,757 people | Seychelles |
| 1880s | 6,200 people | 16,442 people | 10,242 people | Seychelles |
| 1890s | 7,457 people | 17,516 people | 10,059 people | Seychelles |
| 1900s | 9,600 people | 21,066 people | 11,466 people | Seychelles |
| 1910s | 9,420 people | 25,794 people | 16,374 people | Seychelles |
| 1920s | 8,600 people | 28,579 people | 19,979 people | Seychelles |
| 1930s | 13,545 people | 31,053 people | 17,508 people | Seychelles |
| 1940s | 30,399 people | 36,286 people | 5,887 people | Seychelles |
| 1950s | 48,242 people | 40,131 people | 8,112 people | Aruba |
| 1960s | 57,562 people | 47,920 people | 9,642 people | Aruba |
| 1970s | 60,357 people | 60,356 people | 1.8 people | Aruba |
| 1980s | 63,097 people | 69,555 people | 6,458 people | Seychelles |
| 1990s | 75,029 people | 77,765 people | 2,736 people | Seychelles |
| 2000s | 93,913 people | 88,644 people | 5,270 people | Aruba |
| 2010s | 103,731 people | 106,061 people | 2,330 people | Seychelles |
| 2020s | 107,678 people | 124,198 people | 16,520 people | Seychelles |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Aruba or Seychelles?
- Seychelles, at 127,961 people against 107,946 people in Aruba as of 2023.
- What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Aruba and Seychelles?
- 20,015 people, with Seychelles ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Aruba and Seychelles?
- 89 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2023.
- How do Aruba and Seychelles rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
- Aruba ranks 198th and Seychelles ranks 195th 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.