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
05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M100015112023

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) – 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.