Chad vs Romania: The global population hockey stick

Chad
19.32 million people
in 2023
Romania
19.12 million people
in 2023
Chad rank
67th
Romania rank
68th

The global population hockey stick over time

  • Chad
  • Romania
05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M25.0M100015112023

How they compare

Chad currently reports 19.32 million people against 19.12 million people in Romania, a difference of 200,600 people.

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

Chad ranks 67th and Romania ranks 68th of 239 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Chad Romania Difference Ahead
1000s 556,000 people 800,000 people 244,000 people Romania
1100s 597,700 people 900,000 people 302,300 people Romania
1200s 639,400 people 1.00 million people 360,600 people Romania
1300s 700,000 people 1.50 million people 800,000 people Romania
1400s 780,000 people 1.25 million people 470,000 people Romania
1500s 834,000 people 2.00 million people 1.17 million people Romania
1600s 973,000 people 2.00 million people 1.03 million people Romania
1700s 1.11 million people 2.50 million people 1.39 million people Romania
1710s 1.18 million people 2.99 million people 1.81 million people Romania
1720s 1.19 million people 3.20 million people 2.01 million people Romania
1730s 1.20 million people 3.43 million people 2.23 million people Romania
1740s 1.21 million people 3.68 million people 2.47 million people Romania
1750s 1.22 million people 3.94 million people 2.72 million people Romania
1760s 1.24 million people 4.22 million people 2.99 million people Romania
1770s 1.25 million people 4.52 million people 3.28 million people Romania
1780s 1.26 million people 4.85 million people 3.59 million people Romania
1790s 1.28 million people 5.19 million people 3.92 million people Romania
1800s 1.46 million people 5.69 million people 4.23 million people Romania
1810s 1.53 million people 6.13 million people 4.61 million people Romania
1820s 1.60 million people 6.61 million people 5.01 million people Romania
1830s 1.67 million people 7.12 million people 5.46 million people Romania
1840s 1.74 million people 7.68 million people 5.93 million people Romania
1850s 1.80 million people 8.25 million people 6.45 million people Romania
1860s 1.83 million people 8.84 million people 7.01 million people Romania
1870s 1.86 million people 9.43 million people 7.57 million people Romania
1880s 1.91 million people 10.03 million people 8.12 million people Romania
1890s 1.87 million people 10.65 million people 8.78 million people Romania
1900s 1.77 million people 11.38 million people 9.61 million people Romania
1910s 1.70 million people 12.07 million people 10.36 million people Romania
1920s 1.77 million people 13.13 million people 11.36 million people Romania
1930s 2.00 million people 14.90 million people 12.90 million people Romania
1940s 2.30 million people 16.07 million people 13.77 million people Romania
1950s 2.75 million people 17.35 million people 14.60 million people Romania
1960s 3.34 million people 18.80 million people 15.46 million people Romania
1970s 4.12 million people 21.10 million people 16.99 million people Romania
1980s 5.10 million people 22.55 million people 17.45 million people Romania
1990s 7.04 million people 22.65 million people 15.61 million people Romania
2000s 10.13 million people 21.31 million people 11.18 million people Romania
2010s 14.44 million people 19.93 million people 5.50 million people Romania
2020s 18.21 million people 19.23 million people 1.02 million people Romania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Chad or Romania?
Chad, at 19.32 million people against 19.12 million people in Romania as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Chad and Romania?
200,600 people, with Chad ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Romania?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Chad and Romania rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Chad ranks 67th and Romania ranks 68th 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.