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

1.71 million people, with Rwanda ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia, Plurinational State of and Rwanda?

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.

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

Bolivia, Plurinational State of

12.24 million people

in 2023

Rwanda

13.95 million people

in 2023

Bolivia, Plurinational State of rank

80th

Rwanda rank

78th

The global population hockey stick over time

Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Rwanda

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 13.95 million people against 12.24 million people in Bolivia, Plurinational State of, a difference of 1.71 million people.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.1 times Bolivia, Plurinational State of's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Bolivia, Plurinational State of ahead.

Bolivia, Plurinational State of ranks 80th and Rwanda ranks 78th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Bolivia, Plurinational State of averaged higher in 33 and Rwanda in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	Rwanda	Difference	Ahead
1000s	600,000 people	288,000 people	312,000 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1100s	660,000 people	350,400 people	309,600 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1200s	720,000 people	412,800 people	307,200 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1300s	780,000 people	475,200 people	304,800 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1400s	840,000 people	537,600 people	302,400 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1500s	900,000 people	600,000 people	300,000 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1600s	800,000 people	660,000 people	140,000 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1700s	800,057 people	720,000 people	80,057 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1710s	815,296 people	736,737 people	78,559 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1720s	830,825 people	745,120 people	85,705 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1730s	846,651 people	753,971 people	92,680 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1740s	862,777 people	763,339 people	99,438 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1750s	879,211 people	773,281 people	105,930 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1760s	895,958 people	783,864 people	112,094 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1770s	913,024 people	795,163 people	117,861 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1780s	930,415 people	807,272 people	123,143 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1790s	948,137 people	820,301 people	127,836 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1800s	931,454 people	928,368 people	3,086 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1810s	1.04 million people	928,674 people	108,652 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1820s	1.14 million people	1.00 million people	135,652 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1830s	1.23 million people	1.18 million people	47,279 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1840s	1.32 million people	1.39 million people	66,923 people	Rwanda
1850s	1.41 million people	1.52 million people	108,868 people	Rwanda
1860s	1.49 million people	1.53 million people	40,691 people	Rwanda
1870s	1.35 million people	1.55 million people	192,875 people	Rwanda
1880s	1.28 million people	1.58 million people	296,565 people	Rwanda
1890s	1.61 million people	1.57 million people	44,031 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1900s	1.91 million people	1.46 million people	443,431 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1910s	2.17 million people	1.37 million people	793,021 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1920s	2.49 million people	1.44 million people	1.05 million people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1930s	2.79 million people	1.66 million people	1.13 million people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1940s	3.01 million people	1.94 million people	1.06 million people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1950s	3.34 million people	2.53 million people	806,959 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1960s	4.08 million people	3.41 million people	669,103 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1970s	5.09 million people	4.56 million people	533,921 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1980s	6.36 million people	6.24 million people	121,776 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
1990s	7.80 million people	7.37 million people	425,805 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
2000s	9.29 million people	9.01 million people	287,666 people	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
2010s	10.93 million people	11.52 million people	590,710 people	Rwanda
2020s	12.02 million people	13.51 million people	1.49 million people	Rwanda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Bolivia, Plurinational State of or Rwanda?: Rwanda, at 13.95 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 Bolivia, Plurinational State of and Rwanda?: 1.71 million people, with Rwanda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia, Plurinational State of and Rwanda?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Bolivia, Plurinational State of and Rwanda rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Bolivia, Plurinational State of ranks 80th and Rwanda ranks 78th 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.