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