What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Cameroon and Korea, Democratic People's Republic of?

1.95 million people, with Cameroon ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Korea, Democratic People's Republic of?

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.

Cameroon vs Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: The global population hockey stick

Cameroon

28.37 million people

in 2023

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

26.42 million people

in 2023

Cameroon rank

53rd

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of rank

56th

The global population hockey stick over time

Cameroon
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 28.37 million people against 26.42 million people in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of, a difference of 1.95 million people.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.1 times Korea, Democratic People's Republic of's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Korea, Democratic People's Republic of ahead.

Cameroon ranks 53rd and Korea, Democratic People's Republic of ranks 56th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 1 and Korea, Democratic People's Republic of in 39.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	Difference	Ahead
1000s	706,737 people	900,000 people	193,263 people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1100s	807,700 people	1.08 million people	272,300 people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1200s	923,086 people	1.44 million people	516,914 people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1300s	1.05 million people	1.08 million people	25,040 people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1400s	1.21 million people	1.26 million people	54,340 people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1500s	1.38 million people	1.44 million people	62,100 people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1600s	1.57 million people	1.80 million people	225,260 people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1700s	1.80 million people	2.25 million people	450,290 people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1710s	1.72 million people	2.47 million people	749,320 people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1720s	1.74 million people	2.60 million people	862,730 people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1730s	1.76 million people	2.74 million people	982,090 people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1740s	1.77 million people	2.88 million people	1.11 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1750s	1.79 million people	3.03 million people	1.24 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1760s	1.82 million people	3.19 million people	1.38 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1770s	1.84 million people	3.36 million people	1.52 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1780s	1.86 million people	3.54 million people	1.68 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1790s	1.89 million people	3.73 million people	1.84 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1800s	1.86 million people	4.34 million people	2.48 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1810s	1.86 million people	4.35 million people	2.48 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1820s	1.98 million people	4.36 million people	2.38 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1830s	2.26 million people	4.39 million people	2.14 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1840s	2.57 million people	4.43 million people	1.85 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1850s	2.82 million people	4.51 million people	1.69 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1860s	2.95 million people	4.66 million people	1.72 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1870s	3.10 million people	4.85 million people	1.75 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1880s	3.27 million people	5.07 million people	1.80 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1890s	3.30 million people	5.30 million people	2.00 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1900s	3.10 million people	5.54 million people	2.45 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1910s	2.88 million people	6.19 million people	3.30 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1920s	2.99 million people	7.33 million people	4.34 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1930s	3.40 million people	8.65 million people	5.25 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1940s	3.94 million people	10.20 million people	6.26 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1950s	4.68 million people	10.68 million people	6.01 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1960s	5.67 million people	13.13 million people	7.46 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1970s	7.31 million people	16.72 million people	9.41 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1980s	9.69 million people	19.49 million people	9.80 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1990s	12.90 million people	22.42 million people	9.53 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
2000s	16.91 million people	24.30 million people	7.39 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
2010s	22.48 million people	25.51 million people	3.03 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
2020s	27.28 million people	26.28 million people	1.00 million people	Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Cameroon or Korea, Democratic People's Republic of?: Cameroon, at 28.37 million people against 26.42 million people in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Cameroon and Korea, Democratic People's Republic of?: 1.95 million people, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Korea, Democratic People's Republic of?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Cameroon and Korea, Democratic People's Republic of rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Cameroon ranks 53rd and Korea, Democratic People's Republic of ranks 56th 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.