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

Guyana, at 826,357 people against 786,386 people in Bhutan as of 2023.

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

39,971 people, with Guyana ahead.

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

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.

Bhutan vs Guyana: The global population hockey stick

Bhutan

786,386 people

in 2023

Guyana

826,357 people

in 2023

Bhutan rank

167th

Guyana rank

165th

The global population hockey stick over time

Bhutan
Guyana

How they compare

Guyana currently reports 826,357 people against 786,386 people in Bhutan, a difference of 39,971 people.

That makes Guyana'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 Guyana ahead.

Bhutan ranks 167th and Guyana ranks 165th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 9 and Guyana in 31.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bhutan	Guyana	Difference	Ahead
1000s	10,000 people	50,000 people	40,000 people	Guyana
1100s	10,000 people	55,000 people	45,000 people	Guyana
1200s	10,000 people	60,000 people	50,000 people	Guyana
1300s	11,000 people	70,000 people	59,000 people	Guyana
1400s	12,000 people	80,000 people	68,000 people	Guyana
1500s	15,000 people	90,000 people	75,000 people	Guyana
1600s	20,000 people	90,000 people	70,000 people	Guyana
1700s	25,000 people	99,759 people	74,759 people	Guyana
1710s	27,619 people	104,510 people	76,891 people	Guyana
1720s	28,130 people	109,486 people	81,356 people	Guyana
1730s	28,651 people	114,700 people	86,049 people	Guyana
1740s	29,182 people	120,162 people	90,980 people	Guyana
1750s	29,722 people	125,884 people	96,162 people	Guyana
1760s	30,273 people	131,878 people	101,605 people	Guyana
1770s	30,833 people	138,158 people	107,325 people	Guyana
1780s	31,404 people	144,737 people	113,333 people	Guyana
1790s	31,986 people	151,630 people	119,644 people	Guyana
1800s	392,287 people	166,034 people	226,253 people	Bhutan
1810s	392,248 people	165,948 people	226,300 people	Bhutan
1820s	383,440 people	147,630 people	235,810 people	Bhutan
1830s	364,868 people	113,798 people	251,070 people	Bhutan
1840s	347,053 people	111,303 people	235,750 people	Bhutan
1850s	330,813 people	136,430 people	194,383 people	Bhutan
1860s	316,166 people	166,449 people	149,716 people	Bhutan
1870s	302,160 people	215,975 people	86,185 people	Bhutan
1880s	288,768 people	259,221 people	29,547 people	Bhutan
1890s	275,963 people	284,703 people	8,740 people	Guyana
1900s	263,747 people	297,622 people	33,875 people	Guyana
1910s	257,797 people	295,534 people	37,737 people	Guyana
1920s	258,029 people	298,288 people	40,259 people	Guyana
1930s	257,816 people	317,656 people	59,840 people	Guyana
1940s	214,720 people	371,389 people	156,669 people	Guyana
1950s	192,832 people	480,257 people	287,425 people	Guyana
1960s	258,696 people	629,003 people	370,306 people	Guyana
1970s	361,369 people	739,621 people	378,252 people	Guyana
1980s	501,792 people	769,583 people	267,791 people	Guyana
1990s	568,357 people	756,574 people	188,217 people	Guyana
2000s	651,199 people	760,199 people	109,000 people	Guyana
2010s	735,419 people	763,602 people	28,183 people	Guyana
2020s	778,192 people	817,741 people	39,549 people	Guyana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Bhutan or Guyana?: Guyana, at 826,357 people against 786,386 people in Bhutan as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Bhutan and Guyana?: 39,971 people, with Guyana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Guyana?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Bhutan and Guyana rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Bhutan ranks 167th and Guyana ranks 165th 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.