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Cambodia vs Netherlands: The global population hockey stick

Cambodia
17.42 million people
in 2023
Netherlands
18.09 million people
in 2023
Cambodia rank
74th
Netherlands rank
71st

The global population hockey stick over time

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

How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 18.09 million people against 17.42 million people in Cambodia, a difference of 668,600 people.

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

Cambodia ranks 74th and Netherlands ranks 71st of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Cambodia averaged higher in 8 and Netherlands in 32.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cambodia Netherlands Difference Ahead
1000s 1.00 million people 369,012 people 630,988 people Cambodia
1100s 1.10 million people 442,815 people 657,185 people Cambodia
1200s 1.20 million people 498,167 people 701,833 people Cambodia
1300s 1.30 million people 881,372 people 418,628 people Cambodia
1400s 1.40 million people 629,551 people 770,449 people Cambodia
1500s 1.50 million people 1.09 million people 413,630 people Cambodia
1600s 1.67 million people 1.54 million people 121,820 people Cambodia
1700s 1.83 million people 2.00 million people 170,000 people Netherlands
1710s 1.85 million people 2.03 million people 181,000 people Netherlands
1720s 1.87 million people 2.07 million people 192,000 people Netherlands
1730s 1.90 million people 2.10 million people 203,000 people Netherlands
1740s 1.92 million people 2.13 million people 214,000 people Netherlands
1750s 1.94 million people 2.16 million people 225,000 people Netherlands
1760s 1.96 million people 2.20 million people 236,000 people Netherlands
1770s 1.98 million people 2.23 million people 247,000 people Netherlands
1780s 2.00 million people 2.26 million people 258,000 people Netherlands
1790s 2.02 million people 2.29 million people 269,000 people Netherlands
1800s 2.09 million people 2.02 million people 68,941 people Cambodia
1810s 2.09 million people 2.17 million people 84,586 people Netherlands
1820s 2.11 million people 2.47 million people 353,240 people Netherlands
1830s 2.16 million people 2.74 million people 584,766 people Netherlands
1840s 2.21 million people 2.98 million people 770,789 people Netherlands
1850s 2.26 million people 3.20 million people 938,085 people Netherlands
1860s 2.30 million people 3.45 million people 1.14 million people Netherlands
1870s 2.40 million people 3.80 million people 1.40 million people Netherlands
1880s 2.56 million people 4.26 million people 1.69 million people Netherlands
1890s 2.74 million people 4.80 million people 2.06 million people Netherlands
1900s 2.92 million people 5.48 million people 2.55 million people Netherlands
1910s 2.97 million people 6.32 million people 3.35 million people Netherlands
1920s 2.84 million people 7.29 million people 4.45 million people Netherlands
1930s 2.88 million people 8.31 million people 5.43 million people Netherlands
1940s 3.60 million people 9.41 million people 5.80 million people Netherlands
1950s 4.84 million people 10.71 million people 5.86 million people Netherlands
1960s 6.02 million people 12.20 million people 6.19 million people Netherlands
1970s 6.21 million people 13.60 million people 7.38 million people Netherlands
1980s 6.02 million people 14.53 million people 8.51 million people Netherlands
1990s 9.77 million people 15.50 million people 5.73 million people Netherlands
2000s 13.35 million people 16.41 million people 3.06 million people Netherlands
2010s 15.50 million people 17.11 million people 1.61 million people Netherlands
2020s 17.08 million people 17.84 million people 759,700 people Netherlands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Cambodia or Netherlands?
Netherlands, at 18.09 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 Netherlands?
668,600 people, with Netherlands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cambodia and Netherlands?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Cambodia and Netherlands rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Cambodia ranks 74th and Netherlands ranks 71st 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
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Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.