Burkina Faso vs Chinese Taipei: The global population hockey stick
Burkina Faso
23.03 million people
in 2023
Chinese Taipei
23.32 million people
in 2023
Burkina Faso rank
61st
Chinese Taipei rank
60th
The global population hockey stick over time
- Burkina Faso
- Chinese Taipei
How they compare
Chinese Taipei currently reports 23.32 million people against 23.03 million people in Burkina Faso, a difference of 291,300 people.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 61st and Chinese Taipei ranks 60th of 239 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 17 and Chinese Taipei in 23.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Chinese Taipei | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 741,526 people | 99,087 people | 642,439 people | Burkina Faso |
| 1100s | 840,396 people | 118,905 people | 721,491 people | Burkina Faso |
| 1200s | 952,449 people | 138,722 people | 813,727 people | Burkina Faso |
| 1300s | 1.08 million people | 158,540 people | 920,900 people | Burkina Faso |
| 1400s | 1.22 million people | 178,357 people | 1.05 million people | Burkina Faso |
| 1500s | 1.39 million people | 198,175 people | 1.19 million people | Burkina Faso |
| 1600s | 1.57 million people | 198,175 people | 1.37 million people | Burkina Faso |
| 1700s | 1.78 million people | 990,877 people | 789,983 people | Burkina Faso |
| 1710s | 1.79 million people | 1.13 million people | 659,600 people | Burkina Faso |
| 1720s | 1.80 million people | 1.19 million people | 616,800 people | Burkina Faso |
| 1730s | 1.82 million people | 1.25 million people | 571,760 people | Burkina Faso |
| 1740s | 1.84 million people | 1.31 million people | 524,420 people | Burkina Faso |
| 1750s | 1.86 million people | 1.38 million people | 474,700 people | Burkina Faso |
| 1760s | 1.88 million people | 1.46 million people | 422,530 people | Burkina Faso |
| 1770s | 1.90 million people | 1.53 million people | 367,870 people | Burkina Faso |
| 1780s | 1.92 million people | 1.61 million people | 310,690 people | Burkina Faso |
| 1790s | 1.95 million people | 1.70 million people | 250,970 people | Burkina Faso |
| 1800s | 1.67 million people | 2.00 million people | 334,580 people | Chinese Taipei |
| 1810s | 1.67 million people | 2.01 million people | 339,493 people | Chinese Taipei |
| 1820s | 1.69 million people | 2.04 million people | 343,162 people | Chinese Taipei |
| 1830s | 1.75 million people | 2.09 million people | 341,666 people | Chinese Taipei |
| 1840s | 1.82 million people | 2.16 million people | 346,305 people | Chinese Taipei |
| 1850s | 1.88 million people | 2.23 million people | 352,573 people | Chinese Taipei |
| 1860s | 1.93 million people | 2.29 million people | 360,420 people | Chinese Taipei |
| 1870s | 2.01 million people | 2.36 million people | 350,389 people | Chinese Taipei |
| 1880s | 2.10 million people | 2.43 million people | 322,265 people | Chinese Taipei |
| 1890s | 2.22 million people | 2.62 million people | 402,179 people | Chinese Taipei |
| 1900s | 2.42 million people | 2.99 million people | 571,602 people | Chinese Taipei |
| 1910s | 2.68 million people | 3.42 million people | 741,514 people | Chinese Taipei |
| 1920s | 2.98 million people | 3.97 million people | 992,978 people | Chinese Taipei |
| 1930s | 3.37 million people | 5.06 million people | 1.69 million people | Chinese Taipei |
| 1940s | 3.87 million people | 6.33 million people | 2.46 million people | Chinese Taipei |
| 1950s | 4.45 million people | 9.01 million people | 4.56 million people | Chinese Taipei |
| 1960s | 5.13 million people | 12.87 million people | 7.74 million people | Chinese Taipei |
| 1970s | 6.13 million people | 16.24 million people | 10.11 million people | Chinese Taipei |
| 1980s | 7.90 million people | 19.36 million people | 11.45 million people | Chinese Taipei |
| 1990s | 10.30 million people | 21.43 million people | 11.13 million people | Chinese Taipei |
| 2000s | 13.76 million people | 22.78 million people | 9.02 million people | Chinese Taipei |
| 2010s | 18.53 million people | 23.48 million people | 4.95 million people | Chinese Taipei |
| 2020s | 22.25 million people | 23.49 million people | 1.24 million people | Chinese Taipei |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Burkina Faso or Chinese Taipei?
- Chinese Taipei, at 23.32 million people against 23.03 million people in Burkina Faso as of 2023.
- What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Burkina Faso and Chinese Taipei?
- 291,300 people, with Chinese Taipei ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Chinese Taipei?
- 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
- How do Burkina Faso and Chinese Taipei rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
- Burkina Faso ranks 61st and Chinese Taipei ranks 60th of 239 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) β 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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About this data
Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.