Chad vs Somalia: The global population hockey stick
Chad
19.32 million people
in 2023
Somalia
18.36 million people
in 2023
Chad rank
67th
Somalia rank
69th
The global population hockey stick over time
- Chad
- Somalia
How they compare
Chad currently reports 19.32 million people against 18.36 million people in Somalia, a difference of 960,500 people.
That makes Chad's figure about 1.1 times Somalia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Chad ahead.
Chad ranks 67th and Somalia ranks 69th of 239 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 36 and Somalia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chad | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 556,000 people | 389,200 people | 166,800 people | Chad |
| 1100s | 597,700 people | 467,040 people | 130,660 people | Chad |
| 1200s | 639,400 people | 544,880 people | 94,520 people | Chad |
| 1300s | 700,000 people | 622,720 people | 77,280 people | Chad |
| 1400s | 780,000 people | 700,560 people | 79,440 people | Chad |
| 1500s | 834,000 people | 778,400 people | 55,600 people | Chad |
| 1600s | 973,000 people | 827,050 people | 145,950 people | Chad |
| 1700s | 1.11 million people | 875,700 people | 236,300 people | Chad |
| 1710s | 1.18 million people | 886,058 people | 296,492 people | Chad |
| 1720s | 1.19 million people | 896,416 people | 295,564 people | Chad |
| 1730s | 1.20 million people | 906,775 people | 295,135 people | Chad |
| 1740s | 1.21 million people | 917,133 people | 295,247 people | Chad |
| 1750s | 1.22 million people | 927,491 people | 295,959 people | Chad |
| 1760s | 1.24 million people | 937,850 people | 297,340 people | Chad |
| 1770s | 1.25 million people | 948,208 people | 299,452 people | Chad |
| 1780s | 1.26 million people | 958,566 people | 302,404 people | Chad |
| 1790s | 1.28 million people | 968,925 people | 306,305 people | Chad |
| 1800s | 1.46 million people | 990,855 people | 470,131 people | Chad |
| 1810s | 1.53 million people | 999,772 people | 527,499 people | Chad |
| 1820s | 1.60 million people | 1.06 million people | 533,557 people | Chad |
| 1830s | 1.67 million people | 1.21 million people | 460,934 people | Chad |
| 1840s | 1.74 million people | 1.37 million people | 369,553 people | Chad |
| 1850s | 1.80 million people | 1.47 million people | 327,328 people | Chad |
| 1860s | 1.83 million people | 1.47 million people | 358,863 people | Chad |
| 1870s | 1.86 million people | 1.47 million people | 393,584 people | Chad |
| 1880s | 1.91 million people | 1.48 million people | 430,795 people | Chad |
| 1890s | 1.87 million people | 1.50 million people | 369,129 people | Chad |
| 1900s | 1.77 million people | 1.54 million people | 227,075 people | Chad |
| 1910s | 1.70 million people | 1.57 million people | 131,789 people | Chad |
| 1920s | 1.77 million people | 1.66 million people | 109,817 people | Chad |
| 1930s | 2.00 million people | 1.82 million people | 186,190 people | Chad |
| 1940s | 2.30 million people | 2.03 million people | 266,592 people | Chad |
| 1950s | 2.75 million people | 2.50 million people | 242,987 people | Chad |
| 1960s | 3.34 million people | 3.24 million people | 99,198 people | Chad |
| 1970s | 4.12 million people | 4.31 million people | 192,482 people | Somalia |
| 1980s | 5.10 million people | 6.58 million people | 1.48 million people | Somalia |
| 1990s | 7.04 million people | 7.34 million people | 300,452 people | Somalia |
| 2000s | 10.13 million people | 10.43 million people | 301,746 people | Somalia |
| 2010s | 14.44 million people | 13.78 million people | 654,850 people | Chad |
| 2020s | 18.21 million people | 17.52 million people | 686,075 people | Chad |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Chad or Somalia?
- Chad, at 19.32 million people against 18.36 million people in Somalia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Chad and Somalia?
- 960,500 people, with Chad ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Somalia?
- 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
- How do Chad and Somalia rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
- Chad ranks 67th and Somalia ranks 69th 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.