Chad vs Guatemala: The global population hockey stick

Chad
19.32 million people
in 2023
Guatemala
18.12 million people
in 2023
Chad rank
67th
Guatemala rank
70th

The global population hockey stick over time

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

How they compare

Chad currently reports 19.32 million people against 18.12 million people in Guatemala, a difference of 1.19 million people.

That makes Chad's figure about 1.1 times Guatemala's.

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

Chad ranks 67th and Guatemala ranks 70th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 27 and Guatemala in 13.

Head to head by decade

Decade Chad Guatemala Difference Ahead
1000s 556,000 people 600,000 people 44,000 people Guatemala
1100s 597,700 people 640,000 people 42,300 people Guatemala
1200s 639,400 people 680,000 people 40,600 people Guatemala
1300s 700,000 people 720,000 people 20,000 people Guatemala
1400s 780,000 people 760,000 people 20,000 people Chad
1500s 834,000 people 800,000 people 34,000 people Chad
1600s 973,000 people 600,000 people 373,000 people Chad
1700s 1.11 million people 699,752 people 412,248 people Chad
1710s 1.18 million people 690,359 people 492,191 people Chad
1720s 1.19 million people 681,092 people 510,888 people Chad
1730s 1.20 million people 671,950 people 529,960 people Chad
1740s 1.21 million people 662,931 people 549,449 people Chad
1750s 1.22 million people 654,032 people 569,418 people Chad
1760s 1.24 million people 645,253 people 589,937 people Chad
1770s 1.25 million people 636,592 people 611,068 people Chad
1780s 1.26 million people 628,047 people 632,923 people Chad
1790s 1.28 million people 619,617 people 655,613 people Chad
1800s 1.46 million people 491,115 people 969,871 people Chad
1810s 1.53 million people 560,362 people 966,909 people Chad
1820s 1.60 million people 619,342 people 977,191 people Chad
1830s 1.67 million people 673,955 people 994,981 people Chad
1840s 1.74 million people 769,301 people 975,197 people Chad
1850s 1.80 million people 899,844 people 899,069 people Chad
1860s 1.83 million people 1.02 million people 804,953 people Chad
1870s 1.86 million people 1.16 million people 700,094 people Chad
1880s 1.91 million people 1.31 million people 593,888 people Chad
1890s 1.87 million people 1.37 million people 497,565 people Chad
1900s 1.77 million people 1.41 million people 354,804 people Chad
1910s 1.70 million people 1.57 million people 132,895 people Chad
1920s 1.77 million people 1.74 million people 26,956 people Chad
1930s 2.00 million people 2.04 million people 37,211 people Guatemala
1940s 2.30 million people 2.64 million people 336,223 people Guatemala
1950s 2.75 million people 3.50 million people 754,124 people Guatemala
1960s 3.34 million people 4.65 million people 1.30 million people Guatemala
1970s 4.12 million people 6.05 million people 1.94 million people Guatemala
1980s 5.10 million people 7.78 million people 2.68 million people Guatemala
1990s 7.04 million people 10.20 million people 3.16 million people Guatemala
2000s 10.13 million people 12.95 million people 2.82 million people Guatemala
2010s 14.44 million people 15.82 million people 1.38 million people Guatemala
2020s 18.21 million people 17.73 million people 474,675 people Chad

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Chad or Guatemala?
Chad, at 19.32 million people against 18.12 million people in Guatemala as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Chad and Guatemala?
1.19 million people, with Chad ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Guatemala?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Chad and Guatemala rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Chad ranks 67th and Guatemala ranks 70th 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

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.