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Cambodia vs Zimbabwe: The global population hockey stick

Cambodia
17.42 million people
in 2023
Zimbabwe
16.34 million people
in 2023
Cambodia rank
74th
Zimbabwe rank
75th

The global population hockey stick over time

  • Cambodia
  • Zimbabwe
05.0M10.0M15.0M100015112023

How they compare

Cambodia currently reports 17.42 million people against 16.34 million people in Zimbabwe, a difference of 1.08 million people.

That makes Cambodia's figure about 1.1 times Zimbabwe's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Cambodia ahead.

Cambodia ranks 74th and Zimbabwe ranks 75th of 239 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Cambodia Zimbabwe Difference Ahead
1000s 1.00 million people 170,000 people 830,000 people Cambodia
1100s 1.10 million people 170,000 people 930,000 people Cambodia
1200s 1.20 million people 170,000 people 1.03 million people Cambodia
1300s 1.30 million people 170,000 people 1.13 million people Cambodia
1400s 1.40 million people 170,000 people 1.23 million people Cambodia
1500s 1.50 million people 340,000 people 1.16 million people Cambodia
1600s 1.67 million people 368,900 people 1.30 million people Cambodia
1700s 1.83 million people 397,800 people 1.43 million people Cambodia
1710s 1.85 million people 404,601 people 1.45 million people Cambodia
1720s 1.87 million people 412,333 people 1.46 million people Cambodia
1730s 1.90 million people 420,561 people 1.47 million people Cambodia
1740s 1.92 million people 429,343 people 1.49 million people Cambodia
1750s 1.94 million people 438,745 people 1.50 million people Cambodia
1760s 1.96 million people 448,844 people 1.51 million people Cambodia
1770s 1.98 million people 459,732 people 1.52 million people Cambodia
1780s 2.00 million people 471,520 people 1.53 million people Cambodia
1790s 2.02 million people 484,341 people 1.54 million people Cambodia
1800s 2.09 million people 1.09 million people 1.00 million people Cambodia
1810s 2.09 million people 1.09 million people 1.00 million people Cambodia
1820s 2.11 million people 1.01 million people 1.10 million people Cambodia
1830s 2.16 million people 858,333 people 1.30 million people Cambodia
1840s 2.21 million people 729,529 people 1.48 million people Cambodia
1850s 2.26 million people 698,676 people 1.56 million people Cambodia
1860s 2.30 million people 771,918 people 1.53 million people Cambodia
1870s 2.40 million people 854,563 people 1.55 million people Cambodia
1880s 2.56 million people 946,054 people 1.62 million people Cambodia
1890s 2.74 million people 1.05 million people 1.69 million people Cambodia
1900s 2.92 million people 1.19 million people 1.73 million people Cambodia
1910s 2.97 million people 1.40 million people 1.57 million people Cambodia
1920s 2.84 million people 1.68 million people 1.16 million people Cambodia
1930s 2.88 million people 2.06 million people 821,964 people Cambodia
1940s 3.60 million people 2.50 million people 1.10 million people Cambodia
1950s 4.84 million people 3.22 million people 1.62 million people Cambodia
1960s 6.02 million people 4.41 million people 1.61 million people Cambodia
1970s 6.21 million people 5.98 million people 235,409 people Cambodia
1980s 6.02 million people 8.52 million people 2.51 million people Zimbabwe
1990s 9.77 million people 10.99 million people 1.21 million people Zimbabwe
2000s 13.35 million people 12.46 million people 894,620 people Cambodia
2010s 15.50 million people 14.31 million people 1.19 million people Cambodia
2020s 17.08 million people 15.93 million people 1.15 million people Cambodia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Cambodia or Zimbabwe?
Cambodia, at 17.42 million people against 16.34 million people in Zimbabwe as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Cambodia and Zimbabwe?
1.08 million people, with Cambodia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cambodia and Zimbabwe?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Cambodia and Zimbabwe rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Cambodia ranks 74th and Zimbabwe ranks 75th 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.