What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Benin and Bolivia, Plurinational State of?

1.87 million people, with Benin ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Bolivia, Plurinational State 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.

Benin vs Bolivia, Plurinational State of: The global population hockey stick

Benin

14.11 million people

in 2023

Bolivia, Plurinational State of

12.24 million people

in 2023

Benin rank

77th

Bolivia, Plurinational State of rank

80th

The global population hockey stick over time

Benin
Bolivia, Plurinational State of

How they compare

Benin currently reports 14.11 million people against 12.24 million people in Bolivia, Plurinational State of, a difference of 1.87 million people.

That makes Benin's figure about 1.2 times Bolivia, Plurinational State of's.

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

Benin ranks 77th and Bolivia, Plurinational State of ranks 80th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 19 and Bolivia, Plurinational State of in 21.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Benin	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	Difference	Ahead
1000s	1.61 million people	600,000 people	1.01 million people	Benin
1100s	1.84 million people	660,000 people	1.18 million people	Benin
1200s	2.10 million people	720,000 people	1.38 million people	Benin
1300s	2.40 million people	780,000 people	1.62 million people	Benin
1400s	2.70 million people	840,000 people	1.86 million people	Benin
1500s	3.00 million people	900,000 people	2.10 million people	Benin
1600s	3.10 million people	800,000 people	2.30 million people	Benin
1700s	6.26 million people	800,057 people	5.46 million people	Benin
1710s	5.78 million people	815,296 people	4.97 million people	Benin
1720s	5.34 million people	830,825 people	4.51 million people	Benin
1730s	4.93 million people	846,651 people	4.08 million people	Benin
1740s	4.55 million people	862,777 people	3.68 million people	Benin
1750s	4.20 million people	879,211 people	3.32 million people	Benin
1760s	3.87 million people	895,958 people	2.98 million people	Benin
1770s	3.58 million people	913,024 people	2.66 million people	Benin
1780s	3.30 million people	930,415 people	2.37 million people	Benin
1790s	3.05 million people	948,137 people	2.10 million people	Benin
1800s	636,559 people	931,454 people	294,895 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1810s	636,652 people	1.04 million people	400,674 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1820s	658,204 people	1.14 million people	479,142 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1830s	707,281 people	1.23 million people	517,905 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1840s	760,386 people	1.32 million people	558,996 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1850s	811,911 people	1.41 million people	598,097 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1860s	876,626 people	1.49 million people	616,200 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1870s	968,886 people	1.35 million people	384,761 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1880s	1.06 million people	1.28 million people	222,874 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1890s	1.14 million people	1.61 million people	470,819 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1900s	1.24 million people	1.91 million people	666,791 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1910s	1.36 million people	2.17 million people	805,008 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1920s	1.52 million people	2.49 million people	961,232 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1930s	1.76 million people	2.79 million people	1.03 million people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1940s	2.06 million people	3.01 million people	947,049 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1950s	2.35 million people	3.34 million people	989,905 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1960s	2.74 million people	4.08 million people	1.34 million people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1970s	3.42 million people	5.09 million people	1.67 million people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1980s	4.49 million people	6.36 million people	1.86 million people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1990s	6.13 million people	7.80 million people	1.67 million people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
2000s	8.32 million people	9.29 million people	972,392 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
2010s	11.22 million people	10.93 million people	293,839 people	Benin
2020s	13.59 million people	12.02 million people	1.57 million people	Benin

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Benin or Bolivia, Plurinational State of?: Benin, at 14.11 million people against 12.24 million people in Bolivia, Plurinational State of as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Benin and Bolivia, Plurinational State of?: 1.87 million people, with Benin ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Bolivia, Plurinational State of?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Benin and Bolivia, Plurinational State of rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Benin ranks 77th and Bolivia, Plurinational State of ranks 80th 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.