Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Bhutan or Comoros?

Comoros, at 850,390 people against 786,386 people in Bhutan as of 2023.

What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Bhutan and Comoros?

64,004 people, with Comoros ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Comoros?

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

Bhutan vs Comoros: The global population hockey stick

Bhutan

786,386 people

in 2023

Comoros

850,390 people

in 2023

Bhutan rank

167th

Comoros rank

164th

The global population hockey stick over time

Bhutan
Comoros

How they compare

Comoros currently reports 850,390 people against 786,386 people in Bhutan, a difference of 64,004 people.

That makes Comoros's figure about 1.1 times Bhutan's.

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

Bhutan ranks 167th and Comoros ranks 164th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 22 and Comoros in 17.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bhutan	Comoros	Difference	Ahead
1000s	10,000 people	10,000 people	0 people	—
1100s	10,000 people	12,000 people	2,000 people	Comoros
1200s	10,000 people	14,000 people	4,000 people	Comoros
1300s	11,000 people	16,000 people	5,000 people	Comoros
1400s	12,000 people	18,000 people	6,000 people	Comoros
1500s	15,000 people	20,000 people	5,000 people	Comoros
1600s	20,000 people	25,000 people	5,000 people	Comoros
1700s	25,000 people	30,000 people	5,000 people	Comoros
1710s	27,619 people	30,446 people	2,827 people	Comoros
1720s	28,130 people	32,620 people	4,490 people	Comoros
1730s	28,651 people	34,950 people	6,299 people	Comoros
1740s	29,182 people	37,447 people	8,265 people	Comoros
1750s	29,722 people	40,122 people	10,400 people	Comoros
1760s	30,273 people	42,988 people	12,715 people	Comoros
1770s	30,833 people	46,058 people	15,225 people	Comoros
1780s	31,404 people	49,348 people	17,944 people	Comoros
1790s	31,986 people	52,873 people	20,887 people	Comoros
1800s	392,287 people	56,346 people	335,941 people	Bhutan
1810s	392,248 people	56,348 people	335,899 people	Bhutan
1820s	383,440 people	56,890 people	326,550 people	Bhutan
1830s	364,868 people	58,085 people	306,783 people	Bhutan
1840s	347,053 people	59,318 people	287,734 people	Bhutan
1850s	330,813 people	61,951 people	268,862 people	Bhutan
1860s	316,166 people	66,413 people	249,752 people	Bhutan
1870s	302,160 people	71,207 people	230,952 people	Bhutan
1880s	288,768 people	76,336 people	212,432 people	Bhutan
1890s	275,963 people	81,848 people	194,116 people	Bhutan
1900s	263,747 people	93,904 people	169,843 people	Bhutan
1910s	257,797 people	116,151 people	141,646 people	Bhutan
1920s	258,029 people	134,076 people	123,952 people	Bhutan
1930s	257,816 people	143,948 people	113,868 people	Bhutan
1940s	214,720 people	154,437 people	60,283 people	Bhutan
1950s	192,832 people	177,925 people	14,907 people	Bhutan
1960s	258,696 people	214,827 people	43,870 people	Bhutan
1970s	361,369 people	284,141 people	77,229 people	Bhutan
1980s	501,792 people	384,009 people	117,782 people	Bhutan
1990s	568,357 people	486,110 people	82,247 people	Bhutan
2000s	651,199 people	587,838 people	63,361 people	Bhutan
2010s	735,419 people	719,554 people	15,864 people	Bhutan
2020s	778,192 people	826,233 people	48,040 people	Comoros

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Bhutan or Comoros?: Comoros, at 850,390 people against 786,386 people in Bhutan as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Bhutan and Comoros?: 64,004 people, with Comoros ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Comoros?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Bhutan and Comoros rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Bhutan ranks 167th and Comoros ranks 164th 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.