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
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) 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.