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Benin vs Cambodia: The global population hockey stick

Benin
14.11 million people
in 2023
Cambodia
17.42 million people
in 2023
Benin rank
77th
Cambodia rank
74th

The global population hockey stick over time

  • Benin
  • Cambodia
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How they compare

Cambodia currently reports 17.42 million people against 14.11 million people in Benin, a difference of 3.31 million people.

That makes Cambodia's figure about 1.2 times Benin's.

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

Benin ranks 77th and Cambodia ranks 74th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 17 and Cambodia in 23.

Head to head by decade

Decade Benin Cambodia Difference Ahead
1000s 1.61 million people 1.00 million people 607,810 people Benin
1100s 1.84 million people 1.10 million people 737,500 people Benin
1200s 2.10 million people 1.20 million people 900,000 people Benin
1300s 2.40 million people 1.30 million people 1.10 million people Benin
1400s 2.70 million people 1.40 million people 1.30 million people Benin
1500s 3.00 million people 1.50 million people 1.50 million people Benin
1600s 3.10 million people 1.67 million people 1.44 million people Benin
1700s 6.26 million people 1.83 million people 4.43 million people Benin
1710s 5.78 million people 1.85 million people 3.93 million people Benin
1720s 5.34 million people 1.87 million people 3.46 million people Benin
1730s 4.93 million people 1.90 million people 3.03 million people Benin
1740s 4.55 million people 1.92 million people 2.63 million people Benin
1750s 4.20 million people 1.94 million people 2.26 million people Benin
1760s 3.87 million people 1.96 million people 1.91 million people Benin
1770s 3.58 million people 1.98 million people 1.59 million people Benin
1780s 3.30 million people 2.00 million people 1.30 million people Benin
1790s 3.05 million people 2.02 million people 1.02 million people Benin
1800s 636,559 people 2.09 million people 1.45 million people Cambodia
1810s 636,652 people 2.09 million people 1.45 million people Cambodia
1820s 658,204 people 2.11 million people 1.45 million people Cambodia
1830s 707,281 people 2.16 million people 1.45 million people Cambodia
1840s 760,386 people 2.21 million people 1.45 million people Cambodia
1850s 811,911 people 2.26 million people 1.45 million people Cambodia
1860s 876,626 people 2.30 million people 1.43 million people Cambodia
1870s 968,886 people 2.40 million people 1.43 million people Cambodia
1880s 1.06 million people 2.56 million people 1.50 million people Cambodia
1890s 1.14 million people 2.74 million people 1.60 million people Cambodia
1900s 1.24 million people 2.92 million people 1.69 million people Cambodia
1910s 1.36 million people 2.97 million people 1.61 million people Cambodia
1920s 1.52 million people 2.84 million people 1.31 million people Cambodia
1930s 1.76 million people 2.88 million people 1.12 million people Cambodia
1940s 2.06 million people 3.60 million people 1.54 million people Cambodia
1950s 2.35 million people 4.84 million people 2.49 million people Cambodia
1960s 2.74 million people 6.02 million people 3.28 million people Cambodia
1970s 3.42 million people 6.21 million people 2.80 million people Cambodia
1980s 4.49 million people 6.02 million people 1.52 million people Cambodia
1990s 6.13 million people 9.77 million people 3.64 million people Cambodia
2000s 8.32 million people 13.35 million people 5.03 million people Cambodia
2010s 11.22 million people 15.50 million people 4.28 million people Cambodia
2020s 13.59 million people 17.08 million people 3.49 million people Cambodia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Benin or Cambodia?
Cambodia, at 17.42 million people against 14.11 million people in Benin as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Benin and Cambodia?
3.31 million people, with Cambodia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Cambodia?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Benin and Cambodia rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Benin ranks 77th and Cambodia ranks 74th 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
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Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.