Chile vs Malawi: The global population hockey stick

Chile
19.66 million people
in 2023
Malawi
21.10 million people
in 2023
Chile rank
66th
Malawi rank
63rd

The global population hockey stick over time

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

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 21.10 million people against 19.66 million people in Chile, a difference of 1.45 million people.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Chile's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Chile ahead.

Chile ranks 66th and Malawi ranks 63rd of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 32 and Malawi in 8.

Head to head by decade

Decade Chile Malawi Difference Ahead
1000s 400,000 people 178,500 people 221,500 people Chile
1100s 440,000 people 214,200 people 225,800 people Chile
1200s 480,000 people 249,900 people 230,100 people Chile
1300s 520,000 people 285,600 people 234,400 people Chile
1400s 560,000 people 321,300 people 238,700 people Chile
1500s 600,000 people 357,000 people 243,000 people Chile
1600s 600,000 people 387,345 people 212,655 people Chile
1700s 602,012 people 417,690 people 184,322 people Chile
1710s 617,854 people 435,095 people 182,759 people Chile
1720s 634,114 people 443,408 people 190,706 people Chile
1730s 650,801 people 452,257 people 198,544 people Chile
1740s 667,927 people 461,701 people 206,226 people Chile
1750s 685,504 people 471,811 people 213,693 people Chile
1760s 703,544 people 482,671 people 220,873 people Chile
1770s 722,058 people 494,380 people 227,678 people Chile
1780s 741,060 people 507,057 people 234,003 people Chile
1790s 760,562 people 520,844 people 239,718 people Chile
1800s 771,447 people 813,236 people 41,789 people Malawi
1810s 771,797 people 1.01 million people 236,486 people Malawi
1820s 856,791 people 1.25 million people 392,746 people Malawi
1830s 1.06 million people 1.55 million people 489,705 people Malawi
1840s 1.28 million people 1.92 million people 637,417 people Malawi
1850s 1.53 million people 2.15 million people 620,476 people Malawi
1860s 1.82 million people 2.14 million people 326,084 people Malawi
1870s 2.15 million people 2.13 million people 24,640 people Chile
1880s 2.52 million people 2.13 million people 392,079 people Chile
1890s 2.92 million people 2.11 million people 804,841 people Chile
1900s 3.33 million people 2.00 million people 1.33 million people Chile
1910s 3.78 million people 1.89 million people 1.89 million people Chile
1920s 4.30 million people 1.98 million people 2.32 million people Chile
1930s 5.00 million people 2.28 million people 2.72 million people Chile
1940s 5.98 million people 2.67 million people 3.30 million people Chile
1950s 7.28 million people 3.23 million people 4.05 million people Chile
1960s 8.92 million people 4.06 million people 4.86 million people Chile
1970s 10.59 million people 5.26 million people 5.33 million people Chile
1980s 12.33 million people 7.57 million people 4.76 million people Chile
1990s 14.40 million people 10.29 million people 4.12 million people Chile
2000s 16.26 million people 12.75 million people 3.52 million people Chile
2010s 18.06 million people 16.88 million people 1.17 million people Chile
2020s 19.51 million people 20.31 million people 803,925 people Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Chile or Malawi?
Malawi, at 21.10 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 Malawi?
1.45 million people, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Malawi?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Chile and Malawi rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Chile ranks 66th and Malawi ranks 63rd 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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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.