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
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) 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.