Chad vs Zambia: The global population hockey stick
Chad
19.32 million people
in 2023
Zambia
20.72 million people
in 2023
Chad rank
67th
Zambia rank
64th
The global population hockey stick over time
- Chad
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 20.72 million people against 19.32 million people in Chad, a difference of 1.40 million people.
That makes Zambia's figure about 1.1 times Chad's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Chad ahead.
Chad ranks 67th and Zambia ranks 64th of 239 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 33 and Zambia in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chad | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 556,000 people | 151,500 people | 404,500 people | Chad |
| 1100s | 597,700 people | 181,800 people | 415,900 people | Chad |
| 1200s | 639,400 people | 212,100 people | 427,300 people | Chad |
| 1300s | 700,000 people | 242,400 people | 457,600 people | Chad |
| 1400s | 780,000 people | 272,700 people | 507,300 people | Chad |
| 1500s | 834,000 people | 303,000 people | 531,000 people | Chad |
| 1600s | 973,000 people | 328,755 people | 644,245 people | Chad |
| 1700s | 1.11 million people | 354,510 people | 757,490 people | Chad |
| 1710s | 1.18 million people | 340,320 people | 842,230 people | Chad |
| 1720s | 1.19 million people | 346,823 people | 845,157 people | Chad |
| 1730s | 1.20 million people | 353,744 people | 848,166 people | Chad |
| 1740s | 1.21 million people | 361,130 people | 851,250 people | Chad |
| 1750s | 1.22 million people | 369,038 people | 854,412 people | Chad |
| 1760s | 1.24 million people | 377,533 people | 857,657 people | Chad |
| 1770s | 1.25 million people | 386,691 people | 860,969 people | Chad |
| 1780s | 1.26 million people | 396,607 people | 864,363 people | Chad |
| 1790s | 1.28 million people | 407,390 people | 867,840 people | Chad |
| 1800s | 1.46 million people | 800,457 people | 660,529 people | Chad |
| 1810s | 1.53 million people | 931,599 people | 595,672 people | Chad |
| 1820s | 1.60 million people | 1.08 million people | 512,556 people | Chad |
| 1830s | 1.67 million people | 1.26 million people | 407,654 people | Chad |
| 1840s | 1.74 million people | 1.47 million people | 277,366 people | Chad |
| 1850s | 1.80 million people | 1.59 million people | 205,231 people | Chad |
| 1860s | 1.83 million people | 1.60 million people | 227,580 people | Chad |
| 1870s | 1.86 million people | 1.60 million people | 259,305 people | Chad |
| 1880s | 1.91 million people | 1.62 million people | 283,630 people | Chad |
| 1890s | 1.87 million people | 1.63 million people | 235,951 people | Chad |
| 1900s | 1.77 million people | 1.57 million people | 195,607 people | Chad |
| 1910s | 1.70 million people | 1.48 million people | 220,848 people | Chad |
| 1920s | 1.77 million people | 1.55 million people | 220,632 people | Chad |
| 1930s | 2.00 million people | 1.79 million people | 214,916 people | Chad |
| 1940s | 2.30 million people | 2.09 million people | 205,481 people | Chad |
| 1950s | 2.75 million people | 2.67 million people | 73,000 people | Chad |
| 1960s | 3.34 million people | 3.65 million people | 307,322 people | Zambia |
| 1970s | 4.12 million people | 4.94 million people | 825,290 people | Zambia |
| 1980s | 5.10 million people | 6.69 million people | 1.58 million people | Zambia |
| 1990s | 7.04 million people | 8.71 million people | 1.67 million people | Zambia |
| 2000s | 10.13 million people | 11.62 million people | 1.49 million people | Zambia |
| 2010s | 14.44 million people | 16.19 million people | 1.75 million people | Zambia |
| 2020s | 18.21 million people | 19.88 million people | 1.68 million people | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Chad or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 20.72 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 Zambia?
- 1.40 million people, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Zambia?
- 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
- How do Chad and Zambia rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
- Chad ranks 67th and Zambia ranks 64th 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.