Chile vs Kazakhstan: The global population hockey stick

Chile
19.66 million people
in 2023
Kazakhstan
20.33 million people
in 2023
Chile rank
66th
Kazakhstan rank
65th

The global population hockey stick over time

  • Chile
  • Kazakhstan
05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M100015112023

How they compare

Kazakhstan currently reports 20.33 million people against 19.66 million people in Chile, a difference of 671,300 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Kazakhstan ahead.

Chile ranks 66th and Kazakhstan ranks 65th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 2 and Kazakhstan in 38.

Head to head by decade

Decade Chile Kazakhstan Difference Ahead
1000s 400,000 people 920,000 people 520,000 people Kazakhstan
1100s 440,000 people 940,000 people 500,000 people Kazakhstan
1200s 480,000 people 960,000 people 480,000 people Kazakhstan
1300s 520,000 people 1.07 million people 550,000 people Kazakhstan
1400s 560,000 people 1.20 million people 640,000 people Kazakhstan
1500s 600,000 people 1.34 million people 740,000 people Kazakhstan
1600s 600,000 people 1.53 million people 930,000 people Kazakhstan
1700s 602,012 people 1.72 million people 1.12 million people Kazakhstan
1710s 617,854 people 1.70 million people 1.09 million people Kazakhstan
1720s 634,114 people 1.69 million people 1.05 million people Kazakhstan
1730s 650,801 people 1.67 million people 1.02 million people Kazakhstan
1740s 667,927 people 1.65 million people 986,633 people Kazakhstan
1750s 685,504 people 1.64 million people 952,696 people Kazakhstan
1760s 703,544 people 1.62 million people 918,296 people Kazakhstan
1770s 722,058 people 1.61 million people 883,422 people Kazakhstan
1780s 741,060 people 1.59 million people 848,060 people Kazakhstan
1790s 760,562 people 1.57 million people 812,198 people Kazakhstan
1800s 771,447 people 2.04 million people 1.27 million people Kazakhstan
1810s 771,797 people 2.04 million people 1.27 million people Kazakhstan
1820s 856,791 people 2.13 million people 1.27 million people Kazakhstan
1830s 1.06 million people 2.33 million people 1.27 million people Kazakhstan
1840s 1.28 million people 2.55 million people 1.27 million people Kazakhstan
1850s 1.53 million people 2.79 million people 1.27 million people Kazakhstan
1860s 1.82 million people 3.05 million people 1.23 million people Kazakhstan
1870s 2.15 million people 3.33 million people 1.18 million people Kazakhstan
1880s 2.52 million people 3.63 million people 1.11 million people Kazakhstan
1890s 2.92 million people 3.97 million people 1.05 million people Kazakhstan
1900s 3.33 million people 4.33 million people 998,282 people Kazakhstan
1910s 3.78 million people 4.73 million people 946,755 people Kazakhstan
1920s 4.30 million people 5.17 million people 875,910 people Kazakhstan
1930s 5.00 million people 5.67 million people 665,135 people Kazakhstan
1940s 5.98 million people 6.22 million people 239,647 people Kazakhstan
1950s 7.28 million people 7.90 million people 627,251 people Kazakhstan
1960s 8.92 million people 10.82 million people 1.90 million people Kazakhstan
1970s 10.59 million people 13.65 million people 3.06 million people Kazakhstan
1980s 12.33 million people 16.01 million people 3.68 million people Kazakhstan
1990s 14.40 million people 16.64 million people 2.23 million people Kazakhstan
2000s 16.26 million people 15.97 million people 292,940 people Chile
2010s 18.06 million people 17.98 million people 74,450 people Chile
2020s 19.51 million people 19.90 million people 387,925 people Kazakhstan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Chile or Kazakhstan?
Kazakhstan, at 20.33 million people against 19.66 million people in Chile as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Chile and Kazakhstan?
671,300 people, with Kazakhstan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Kazakhstan?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Chile and Kazakhstan rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Chile ranks 66th and Kazakhstan ranks 65th 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.