What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Australia and Korea, Democratic People's Republic of?

32,900 people, with Australia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Korea, Democratic People's Republic of?

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.

Australia vs Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: The global population hockey stick

Australia

26.45 million people

in 2023

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

26.42 million people

in 2023

Australia rank

55th

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of rank

56th

The global population hockey stick over time

Australia
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

How they compare

Australia currently reports 26.45 million people against 26.42 million people in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of, a difference of 32,900 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Korea, Democratic People's Republic of ahead.

Australia ranks 55th and Korea, Democratic People's Republic of ranks 56th of 239 countries.

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Australia	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	Difference	Ahead
1000s	314,851 people	900,000 people	585,149 people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1100s	315,026 people	1.08 million people	764,974 people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1200s	315,290 people	1.44 million people	1.12 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1300s	315,685 people	1.08 million people	764,315 people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1400s	316,277 people	1.26 million people	943,723 people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1500s	317,166 people	1.44 million people	1.12 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1600s	318,500 people	1.80 million people	1.48 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1700s	314,500 people	2.25 million people	1.94 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1710s	314,500 people	2.47 million people	2.16 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1720s	314,500 people	2.60 million people	2.29 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1730s	314,500 people	2.74 million people	2.42 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1740s	314,500 people	2.88 million people	2.57 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1750s	314,500 people	3.03 million people	2.72 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1760s	314,500 people	3.19 million people	2.88 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1770s	314,667 people	3.36 million people	3.05 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1780s	315,087 people	3.54 million people	3.22 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1790s	316,556 people	3.73 million people	3.41 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1800s	225,070 people	4.34 million people	4.12 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1810s	290,865 people	4.35 million people	4.05 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1820s	331,661 people	4.36 million people	4.03 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1830s	369,690 people	4.39 million people	4.02 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1840s	499,291 people	4.43 million people	3.93 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1850s	888,154 people	4.51 million people	3.62 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1860s	1.51 million people	4.66 million people	3.16 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1870s	1.95 million people	4.85 million people	2.90 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1880s	2.56 million people	5.07 million people	2.51 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1890s	3.35 million people	5.30 million people	1.96 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1900s	3.97 million people	5.54 million people	1.57 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1910s	4.73 million people	6.19 million people	1.45 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1920s	5.75 million people	7.33 million people	1.58 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1930s	6.62 million people	8.65 million people	2.03 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1940s	7.47 million people	10.20 million people	2.73 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1950s	9.12 million people	10.68 million people	1.56 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1960s	11.26 million people	13.13 million people	1.87 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1970s	13.72 million people	16.72 million people	3.00 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1980s	15.76 million people	19.49 million people	3.74 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1990s	18.02 million people	22.42 million people	4.41 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
2000s	20.30 million people	24.30 million people	4.00 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
2010s	23.79 million people	25.51 million people	1.72 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
2020s	26.09 million people	26.28 million people	190,875 people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Australia or Korea, Democratic People's Republic of?: Australia, at 26.45 million people against 26.42 million people in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Australia and Korea, Democratic People's Republic of?: 32,900 people, with Australia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Korea, Democratic People's Republic of?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Australia and Korea, Democratic People's Republic of rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Australia ranks 55th and Korea, Democratic People's Republic of ranks 56th 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.