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Cambodia vs Senegal: The global population hockey stick

Cambodia
17.42 million people
in 2023
Senegal
18.08 million people
in 2023
Cambodia rank
74th
Senegal rank
72nd

The global population hockey stick over time

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

How they compare

Senegal currently reports 18.08 million people against 17.42 million people in Cambodia, a difference of 653,700 people.

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

Cambodia ranks 74th and Senegal ranks 72nd of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Cambodia averaged higher in 38 and Senegal in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cambodia Senegal Difference Ahead
1000s 1.00 million people 121,508 people 878,492 people Cambodia
1100s 1.10 million people 151,885 people 948,115 people Cambodia
1200s 1.20 million people 189,856 people 1.01 million people Cambodia
1300s 1.30 million people 237,320 people 1.06 million people Cambodia
1400s 1.40 million people 296,650 people 1.10 million people Cambodia
1500s 1.50 million people 370,813 people 1.13 million people Cambodia
1600s 1.67 million people 463,516 people 1.20 million people Cambodia
1700s 1.83 million people 579,396 people 1.25 million people Cambodia
1710s 1.85 million people 587,622 people 1.26 million people Cambodia
1720s 1.87 million people 596,319 people 1.28 million people Cambodia
1730s 1.90 million people 605,533 people 1.29 million people Cambodia
1740s 1.92 million people 615,323 people 1.30 million people Cambodia
1750s 1.94 million people 625,752 people 1.31 million people Cambodia
1760s 1.96 million people 636,897 people 1.32 million people Cambodia
1770s 1.98 million people 648,850 people 1.33 million people Cambodia
1780s 2.00 million people 661,717 people 1.34 million people Cambodia
1790s 2.02 million people 675,627 people 1.35 million people Cambodia
1800s 2.09 million people 1.01 million people 1.08 million people Cambodia
1810s 2.09 million people 1.01 million people 1.08 million people Cambodia
1820s 2.11 million people 997,563 people 1.11 million people Cambodia
1830s 2.16 million people 971,318 people 1.19 million people Cambodia
1840s 2.21 million people 945,719 people 1.26 million people Cambodia
1850s 2.26 million people 956,409 people 1.30 million people Cambodia
1860s 2.30 million people 1.02 million people 1.28 million people Cambodia
1870s 2.40 million people 1.12 million people 1.29 million people Cambodia
1880s 2.56 million people 1.23 million people 1.34 million people Cambodia
1890s 2.74 million people 1.33 million people 1.41 million people Cambodia
1900s 2.92 million people 1.42 million people 1.51 million people Cambodia
1910s 2.97 million people 1.51 million people 1.46 million people Cambodia
1920s 2.84 million people 1.67 million people 1.17 million people Cambodia
1930s 2.88 million people 1.93 million people 950,725 people Cambodia
1940s 3.60 million people 2.26 million people 1.35 million people Cambodia
1950s 4.84 million people 2.88 million people 1.96 million people Cambodia
1960s 6.02 million people 3.81 million people 2.20 million people Cambodia
1970s 6.21 million people 5.09 million people 1.12 million people Cambodia
1980s 6.02 million people 6.63 million people 608,345 people Senegal
1990s 9.77 million people 8.73 million people 1.05 million people Cambodia
2000s 13.35 million people 11.12 million people 2.23 million people Cambodia
2010s 15.50 million people 14.41 million people 1.09 million people Cambodia
2020s 17.08 million people 17.43 million people 353,350 people Senegal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Cambodia or Senegal?
Senegal, at 18.08 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 Senegal?
653,700 people, with Senegal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cambodia and Senegal?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Cambodia and Senegal rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Cambodia ranks 74th and Senegal ranks 72nd 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.