Chad vs Kazakhstan: The global population hockey stick

Chad
19.32 million people
in 2023
Kazakhstan
20.33 million people
in 2023
Chad rank
67th
Kazakhstan rank
65th

The global population hockey stick over time

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

How they compare

Kazakhstan currently reports 20.33 million people against 19.32 million people in Chad, a difference of 1.01 million people.

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

Across all 241 years both countries report, Kazakhstan has been ahead every year.

Chad ranks 67th and Kazakhstan ranks 65th of 239 countries.

Kazakhstan has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Chad Kazakhstan Difference Ahead
1000s 556,000 people 920,000 people 364,000 people Kazakhstan
1100s 597,700 people 940,000 people 342,300 people Kazakhstan
1200s 639,400 people 960,000 people 320,600 people Kazakhstan
1300s 700,000 people 1.07 million people 370,000 people Kazakhstan
1400s 780,000 people 1.20 million people 420,000 people Kazakhstan
1500s 834,000 people 1.34 million people 506,000 people Kazakhstan
1600s 973,000 people 1.53 million people 557,000 people Kazakhstan
1700s 1.11 million people 1.72 million people 608,000 people Kazakhstan
1710s 1.18 million people 1.70 million people 521,090 people Kazakhstan
1720s 1.19 million people 1.69 million people 495,300 people Kazakhstan
1730s 1.20 million people 1.67 million people 469,010 people Kazakhstan
1740s 1.21 million people 1.65 million people 442,180 people Kazakhstan
1750s 1.22 million people 1.64 million people 414,750 people Kazakhstan
1760s 1.24 million people 1.62 million people 386,650 people Kazakhstan
1770s 1.25 million people 1.61 million people 357,820 people Kazakhstan
1780s 1.26 million people 1.59 million people 328,150 people Kazakhstan
1790s 1.28 million people 1.57 million people 297,530 people Kazakhstan
1800s 1.46 million people 2.04 million people 580,294 people Kazakhstan
1810s 1.53 million people 2.04 million people 514,384 people Kazakhstan
1820s 1.60 million people 2.13 million people 532,798 people Kazakhstan
1830s 1.67 million people 2.33 million people 662,442 people Kazakhstan
1840s 1.74 million people 2.55 million people 809,875 people Kazakhstan
1850s 1.80 million people 2.79 million people 995,104 people Kazakhstan
1860s 1.83 million people 3.05 million people 1.22 million people Kazakhstan
1870s 1.86 million people 3.33 million people 1.47 million people Kazakhstan
1880s 1.91 million people 3.63 million people 1.73 million people Kazakhstan
1890s 1.87 million people 3.97 million people 2.10 million people Kazakhstan
1900s 1.77 million people 4.33 million people 2.57 million people Kazakhstan
1910s 1.70 million people 4.73 million people 3.02 million people Kazakhstan
1920s 1.77 million people 5.17 million people 3.40 million people Kazakhstan
1930s 2.00 million people 5.67 million people 3.67 million people Kazakhstan
1940s 2.30 million people 6.22 million people 3.92 million people Kazakhstan
1950s 2.75 million people 7.90 million people 5.16 million people Kazakhstan
1960s 3.34 million people 10.82 million people 7.48 million people Kazakhstan
1970s 4.12 million people 13.65 million people 9.53 million people Kazakhstan
1980s 5.10 million people 16.01 million people 10.90 million people Kazakhstan
1990s 7.04 million people 16.64 million people 9.60 million people Kazakhstan
2000s 10.13 million people 15.97 million people 5.84 million people Kazakhstan
2010s 14.44 million people 17.98 million people 3.54 million people Kazakhstan
2020s 18.21 million people 19.90 million people 1.69 million people Kazakhstan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Chad or Kazakhstan?
Kazakhstan, at 20.33 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 Kazakhstan?
1.01 million people, with Kazakhstan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Kazakhstan?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Chad and Kazakhstan rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Chad ranks 67th and Kazakhstan ranks 65th 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.