What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Burundi and Tunisia?

1.49 million people, with Burundi ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Tunisia?

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.

Burundi vs Tunisia: The global population hockey stick

Burundi

13.69 million people

in 2023

Tunisia

12.20 million people

in 2023

Burundi rank

79th

Tunisia rank

81st

The global population hockey stick over time

Burundi
Tunisia

How they compare

Burundi currently reports 13.69 million people against 12.20 million people in Tunisia, a difference of 1.49 million people.

That makes Burundi's figure about 1.1 times Tunisia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Tunisia ahead.

Burundi ranks 79th and Tunisia ranks 81st of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Burundi averaged higher in 10 and Tunisia in 30.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burundi	Tunisia	Difference	Ahead
1000s	312,000 people	1.00 million people	688,000 people	Tunisia
1100s	379,600 people	950,000 people	570,400 people	Tunisia
1200s	447,200 people	1.00 million people	552,800 people	Tunisia
1300s	514,800 people	1.00 million people	485,200 people	Tunisia
1400s	582,400 people	800,000 people	217,600 people	Tunisia
1500s	650,000 people	800,000 people	150,000 people	Tunisia
1600s	715,000 people	1.00 million people	285,000 people	Tunisia
1700s	780,000 people	800,000 people	20,000 people	Tunisia
1710s	745,062 people	817,655 people	72,593 people	Tunisia
1720s	753,857 people	830,071 people	76,214 people	Tunisia
1730s	763,147 people	843,233 people	80,086 people	Tunisia
1740s	772,985 people	857,221 people	84,236 people	Tunisia
1750s	783,431 people	872,130 people	88,699 people	Tunisia
1760s	794,555 people	888,071 people	93,516 people	Tunisia
1770s	806,439 people	905,174 people	98,735 people	Tunisia
1780s	819,182 people	923,595 people	104,413 people	Tunisia
1790s	832,901 people	943,520 people	110,619 people	Tunisia
1800s	899,097 people	816,362 people	82,735 people	Burundi
1810s	899,369 people	853,850 people	45,518 people	Burundi
1820s	964,052 people	907,651 people	56,401 people	Burundi
1830s	1.12 million people	983,064 people	135,748 people	Burundi
1840s	1.30 million people	1.07 million people	234,525 people	Burundi
1850s	1.44 million people	1.17 million people	272,501 people	Burundi
1860s	1.51 million people	1.30 million people	214,786 people	Burundi
1870s	1.59 million people	1.44 million people	152,083 people	Burundi
1880s	1.68 million people	1.60 million people	86,089 people	Burundi
1890s	1.69 million people	1.77 million people	83,991 people	Tunisia
1900s	1.56 million people	2.02 million people	455,255 people	Tunisia
1910s	1.45 million people	2.26 million people	809,877 people	Tunisia
1920s	1.52 million people	2.45 million people	935,242 people	Tunisia
1930s	1.75 million people	2.82 million people	1.07 million people	Tunisia
1940s	2.05 million people	3.32 million people	1.27 million people	Tunisia
1950s	2.48 million people	3.94 million people	1.46 million people	Tunisia
1960s	3.10 million people	4.57 million people	1.47 million people	Tunisia
1970s	3.80 million people	5.78 million people	1.97 million people	Tunisia
1980s	4.96 million people	7.35 million people	2.39 million people	Tunisia
1990s	5.93 million people	9.05 million people	3.12 million people	Tunisia
2000s	7.54 million people	10.21 million people	2.67 million people	Tunisia
2010s	10.83 million people	11.33 million people	498,627 people	Tunisia
2020s	13.15 million people	12.09 million people	1.06 million people	Burundi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Burundi or Tunisia?: Burundi, at 13.69 million people against 12.20 million people in Tunisia as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Burundi and Tunisia?: 1.49 million people, with Burundi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Tunisia?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Burundi and Tunisia rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Burundi ranks 79th and Tunisia ranks 81st 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.