What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Cameroon and Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of?

71,800 people, with Cameroon ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Venezuela, Bolivarian 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 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of: The global population hockey stick

Cameroon

28.37 million people

in 2023

Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

28.30 million people

in 2023

Cameroon rank

53rd

Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of rank

54th

The global population hockey stick over time

Cameroon
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 28.37 million people against 28.30 million people in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of, a difference of 71,800 people.

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

Cameroon ranks 53rd and Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of ranks 54th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 28 and Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of in 12.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	Difference	Ahead
1000s	706,737 people	300,000 people	406,737 people	Cameroon
1100s	807,700 people	320,000 people	487,700 people	Cameroon
1200s	923,086 people	340,000 people	583,086 people	Cameroon
1300s	1.05 million people	360,000 people	694,960 people	Cameroon
1400s	1.21 million people	380,000 people	825,660 people	Cameroon
1500s	1.38 million people	400,000 people	977,900 people	Cameroon
1600s	1.57 million people	400,000 people	1.17 million people	Cameroon
1700s	1.80 million people	500,313 people	1.30 million people	Cameroon
1710s	1.72 million people	506,646 people	1.22 million people	Cameroon
1720s	1.74 million people	513,059 people	1.23 million people	Cameroon
1730s	1.76 million people	519,554 people	1.24 million people	Cameroon
1740s	1.77 million people	526,130 people	1.25 million people	Cameroon
1750s	1.79 million people	532,790 people	1.26 million people	Cameroon
1760s	1.82 million people	539,535 people	1.28 million people	Cameroon
1770s	1.84 million people	546,364 people	1.29 million people	Cameroon
1780s	1.86 million people	553,280 people	1.31 million people	Cameroon
1790s	1.89 million people	560,284 people	1.33 million people	Cameroon
1800s	1.86 million people	907,299 people	952,751 people	Cameroon
1810s	1.86 million people	764,715 people	1.10 million people	Cameroon
1820s	1.98 million people	793,489 people	1.18 million people	Cameroon
1830s	2.26 million people	1.03 million people	1.23 million people	Cameroon
1840s	2.57 million people	1.26 million people	1.31 million people	Cameroon
1850s	2.82 million people	1.40 million people	1.42 million people	Cameroon
1860s	2.95 million people	1.59 million people	1.36 million people	Cameroon
1870s	3.10 million people	1.84 million people	1.25 million people	Cameroon
1880s	3.27 million people	2.16 million people	1.11 million people	Cameroon
1890s	3.30 million people	2.50 million people	803,509 people	Cameroon
1900s	3.10 million people	2.84 million people	252,770 people	Cameroon
1910s	2.88 million people	3.13 million people	241,945 people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1920s	2.99 million people	3.40 million people	410,362 people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1930s	3.40 million people	3.82 million people	417,970 people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1940s	3.94 million people	4.69 million people	750,516 people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1950s	4.68 million people	6.65 million people	1.97 million people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1960s	5.67 million people	9.56 million people	3.89 million people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1970s	7.31 million people	13.06 million people	5.75 million people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1980s	9.69 million people	17.26 million people	7.57 million people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1990s	12.90 million people	21.95 million people	9.06 million people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
2000s	16.91 million people	26.53 million people	9.62 million people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
2010s	22.48 million people	29.84 million people	7.35 million people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
2020s	27.28 million people	28.30 million people	1.02 million people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Cameroon or Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of?: Cameroon, at 28.37 million people against 28.30 million people in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Cameroon and Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of?: 71,800 people, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Cameroon and Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Cameroon ranks 53rd and Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of ranks 54th 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.