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Cambodia vs Ecuador: The global population hockey stick

Cambodia
17.42 million people
in 2023
Ecuador
17.98 million people
in 2023
Cambodia rank
74th
Ecuador rank
73rd

The global population hockey stick over time

  • Cambodia
  • Ecuador
05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M100015112023

How they compare

Ecuador currently reports 17.98 million people against 17.42 million people in Cambodia, a difference of 556,200 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Cambodia ahead.

Cambodia ranks 74th and Ecuador ranks 73rd of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Cambodia averaged higher in 34 and Ecuador in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cambodia Ecuador Difference Ahead
1000s 1.00 million people 400,000 people 600,000 people Cambodia
1100s 1.10 million people 440,000 people 660,000 people Cambodia
1200s 1.20 million people 480,000 people 720,000 people Cambodia
1300s 1.30 million people 520,000 people 780,000 people Cambodia
1400s 1.40 million people 560,000 people 840,000 people Cambodia
1500s 1.50 million people 600,000 people 900,000 people Cambodia
1600s 1.67 million people 500,000 people 1.17 million people Cambodia
1700s 1.83 million people 499,333 people 1.33 million people Cambodia
1710s 1.85 million people 499,389 people 1.35 million people Cambodia
1720s 1.87 million people 499,444 people 1.37 million people Cambodia
1730s 1.90 million people 499,500 people 1.40 million people Cambodia
1740s 1.92 million people 499,555 people 1.42 million people Cambodia
1750s 1.94 million people 499,611 people 1.44 million people Cambodia
1760s 1.96 million people 499,666 people 1.46 million people Cambodia
1770s 1.98 million people 499,722 people 1.48 million people Cambodia
1780s 2.00 million people 499,777 people 1.50 million people Cambodia
1790s 2.02 million people 499,833 people 1.53 million people Cambodia
1800s 2.09 million people 500,000 people 1.59 million people Cambodia
1810s 2.09 million people 500,165 people 1.59 million people Cambodia
1820s 2.11 million people 539,499 people 1.57 million people Cambodia
1830s 2.16 million people 634,422 people 1.53 million people Cambodia
1840s 2.21 million people 746,847 people 1.46 million people Cambodia
1850s 2.26 million people 859,542 people 1.40 million people Cambodia
1860s 2.30 million people 964,629 people 1.34 million people Cambodia
1870s 2.40 million people 1.08 million people 1.32 million people Cambodia
1880s 2.56 million people 1.21 million people 1.35 million people Cambodia
1890s 2.74 million people 1.36 million people 1.38 million people Cambodia
1900s 2.92 million people 1.55 million people 1.37 million people Cambodia
1910s 2.97 million people 1.77 million people 1.20 million people Cambodia
1920s 2.84 million people 1.94 million people 894,035 people Cambodia
1930s 2.88 million people 2.27 million people 605,208 people Cambodia
1940s 3.60 million people 2.98 million people 619,417 people Cambodia
1950s 4.84 million people 3.97 million people 876,257 people Cambodia
1960s 6.02 million people 5.25 million people 767,061 people Cambodia
1970s 6.21 million people 7.03 million people 817,382 people Ecuador
1980s 6.02 million people 9.20 million people 3.18 million people Ecuador
1990s 9.77 million people 11.48 million people 1.70 million people Ecuador
2000s 13.35 million people 13.74 million people 385,970 people Ecuador
2010s 15.50 million people 16.17 million people 669,690 people Ecuador
2020s 17.08 million people 17.76 million people 676,800 people Ecuador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Cambodia or Ecuador?
Ecuador, at 17.98 million people against 17.42 million people in Cambodia as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Cambodia and Ecuador?
556,200 people, with Ecuador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cambodia and Ecuador?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Cambodia and Ecuador rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Cambodia ranks 74th and Ecuador ranks 73rd 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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About this data

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

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.