What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Belize and Iceland?

23,553 people, with Belize ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and Iceland?

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.

Belize vs Iceland: The global population hockey stick

Belize

411,112 people

in 2023

Iceland

387,559 people

in 2023

Belize rank

177th

Iceland rank

179th

The global population hockey stick over time

Belize
Iceland

How they compare

Belize currently reports 411,112 people against 387,559 people in Iceland, a difference of 23,553 people.

That makes Belize's figure about 1.1 times Iceland's.

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

Belize ranks 177th and Iceland ranks 179th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Belize averaged higher in 2 and Iceland in 38.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belize	Iceland	Difference	Ahead
1000s	4,456 people	50,000 people	45,544 people	Iceland
1100s	4,861 people	70,000 people	65,139 people	Iceland
1200s	5,303 people	70,000 people	64,697 people	Iceland
1300s	5,785 people	70,000 people	64,215 people	Iceland
1400s	6,311 people	60,000 people	53,689 people	Iceland
1500s	6,885 people	60,000 people	53,115 people	Iceland
1600s	7,511 people	50,000 people	42,489 people	Iceland
1700s	8,194 people	49,538 people	41,344 people	Iceland
1710s	8,866 people	50,548 people	41,682 people	Iceland
1720s	9,592 people	51,580 people	41,988 people	Iceland
1730s	10,379 people	52,633 people	42,254 people	Iceland
1740s	11,229 people	53,707 people	42,478 people	Iceland
1750s	12,150 people	54,803 people	42,653 people	Iceland
1760s	13,146 people	55,921 people	42,775 people	Iceland
1770s	14,223 people	57,063 people	42,840 people	Iceland
1780s	15,389 people	58,227 people	42,838 people	Iceland
1790s	16,651 people	59,416 people	42,765 people	Iceland
1800s	25,526 people	61,428 people	35,902 people	Iceland
1810s	25,526 people	61,423 people	35,897 people	Iceland
1820s	25,580 people	60,388 people	34,809 people	Iceland
1830s	25,697 people	58,197 people	32,500 people	Iceland
1840s	25,815 people	57,939 people	32,123 people	Iceland
1850s	25,994 people	62,538 people	36,543 people	Iceland
1860s	25,742 people	68,223 people	42,482 people	Iceland
1870s	26,256 people	70,757 people	44,501 people	Iceland
1880s	29,308 people	71,363 people	42,055 people	Iceland
1890s	34,428 people	73,931 people	39,503 people	Iceland
1900s	39,425 people	82,104 people	42,679 people	Iceland
1910s	43,672 people	91,988 people	48,316 people	Iceland
1920s	49,357 people	102,370 people	53,013 people	Iceland
1930s	56,472 people	113,774 people	57,302 people	Iceland
1940s	64,240 people	130,051 people	65,811 people	Iceland
1950s	78,880 people	156,502 people	77,622 people	Iceland
1960s	103,805 people	190,329 people	86,524 people	Iceland
1970s	130,275 people	215,694 people	85,419 people	Iceland
1980s	161,985 people	240,230 people	78,245 people	Iceland
1990s	204,536 people	266,282 people	61,746 people	Iceland
2000s	276,146 people	298,428 people	22,283 people	Iceland
2010s	353,289 people	333,320 people	19,969 people	Belize
2020s	400,007 people	376,800 people	23,207 people	Belize

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Belize or Iceland?: Belize, at 411,112 people against 387,559 people in Iceland as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Belize and Iceland?: 23,553 people, with Belize ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and Iceland?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Belize and Iceland rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Belize ranks 177th and Iceland ranks 179th 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.