Chad vs Chile: The global population hockey stick

Chad
19.32 million people
in 2023
Chile
19.66 million people
in 2023
Chad rank
67th
Chile rank
66th

The global population hockey stick over time

  • Chad
  • Chile
05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M100015112023

How they compare

Chile currently reports 19.66 million people against 19.32 million people in Chad, a difference of 339,700 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Chad ahead.

Chad ranks 67th and Chile ranks 66th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 24 and Chile in 16.

Head to head by decade

Decade Chad Chile Difference Ahead
1000s 556,000 people 400,000 people 156,000 people Chad
1100s 597,700 people 440,000 people 157,700 people Chad
1200s 639,400 people 480,000 people 159,400 people Chad
1300s 700,000 people 520,000 people 180,000 people Chad
1400s 780,000 people 560,000 people 220,000 people Chad
1500s 834,000 people 600,000 people 234,000 people Chad
1600s 973,000 people 600,000 people 373,000 people Chad
1700s 1.11 million people 602,012 people 509,988 people Chad
1710s 1.18 million people 617,854 people 564,696 people Chad
1720s 1.19 million people 634,114 people 557,866 people Chad
1730s 1.20 million people 650,801 people 551,109 people Chad
1740s 1.21 million people 667,927 people 544,453 people Chad
1750s 1.22 million people 685,504 people 537,946 people Chad
1760s 1.24 million people 703,544 people 531,646 people Chad
1770s 1.25 million people 722,058 people 525,602 people Chad
1780s 1.26 million people 741,060 people 519,910 people Chad
1790s 1.28 million people 760,562 people 514,668 people Chad
1800s 1.46 million people 771,447 people 689,539 people Chad
1810s 1.53 million people 771,797 people 755,474 people Chad
1820s 1.60 million people 856,791 people 739,742 people Chad
1830s 1.67 million people 1.06 million people 610,127 people Chad
1840s 1.74 million people 1.28 million people 463,841 people Chad
1850s 1.80 million people 1.53 million people 270,405 people Chad
1860s 1.83 million people 1.82 million people 7,910 people Chad
1870s 1.86 million people 2.15 million people 288,173 people Chile
1880s 1.91 million people 2.52 million people 613,417 people Chile
1890s 1.87 million people 2.92 million people 1.05 million people Chile
1900s 1.77 million people 3.33 million people 1.57 million people Chile
1910s 1.70 million people 3.78 million people 2.08 million people Chile
1920s 1.77 million people 4.30 million people 2.53 million people Chile
1930s 2.00 million people 5.00 million people 3.00 million people Chile
1940s 2.30 million people 5.98 million people 3.68 million people Chile
1950s 2.75 million people 7.28 million people 4.53 million people Chile
1960s 3.34 million people 8.92 million people 5.58 million people Chile
1970s 4.12 million people 10.59 million people 6.47 million people Chile
1980s 5.10 million people 12.33 million people 7.22 million people Chile
1990s 7.04 million people 14.40 million people 7.36 million people Chile
2000s 10.13 million people 16.26 million people 6.13 million people Chile
2010s 14.44 million people 18.06 million people 3.62 million people Chile
2020s 18.21 million people 19.51 million people 1.30 million people Chile

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Chad or Chile?
Chile, at 19.66 million people against 19.32 million people in Chad as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Chad and Chile?
339,700 people, with Chile ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Chile?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Chad and Chile rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Chad ranks 67th and Chile ranks 66th 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.