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
05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M100015112023

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) – 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.