What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Chile and Romania?

540,300 people, with Chile ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Romania?

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

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.

Chile vs Romania: The global population hockey stick

Chile

19.66 million people

in 2023

Romania

19.12 million people

in 2023

Chile rank

66th

Romania rank

68th

The global population hockey stick over time

Chile
Romania

How they compare

Chile currently reports 19.66 million people against 19.12 million people in Romania, a difference of 540,300 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Romania ahead.

Chile ranks 66th and Romania ranks 68th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 1 and Romania in 39.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Chile	Romania	Difference	Ahead
1000s	400,000 people	800,000 people	400,000 people	Romania
1100s	440,000 people	900,000 people	460,000 people	Romania
1200s	480,000 people	1.00 million people	520,000 people	Romania
1300s	520,000 people	1.50 million people	980,000 people	Romania
1400s	560,000 people	1.25 million people	690,000 people	Romania
1500s	600,000 people	2.00 million people	1.40 million people	Romania
1600s	600,000 people	2.00 million people	1.40 million people	Romania
1700s	602,012 people	2.50 million people	1.90 million people	Romania
1710s	617,854 people	2.99 million people	2.37 million people	Romania
1720s	634,114 people	3.20 million people	2.57 million people	Romania
1730s	650,801 people	3.43 million people	2.78 million people	Romania
1740s	667,927 people	3.68 million people	3.01 million people	Romania
1750s	685,504 people	3.94 million people	3.26 million people	Romania
1760s	703,544 people	4.22 million people	3.52 million people	Romania
1770s	722,058 people	4.52 million people	3.80 million people	Romania
1780s	741,060 people	4.85 million people	4.11 million people	Romania
1790s	760,562 people	5.19 million people	4.43 million people	Romania
1800s	771,447 people	5.69 million people	4.92 million people	Romania
1810s	771,797 people	6.13 million people	5.36 million people	Romania
1820s	856,791 people	6.61 million people	5.75 million people	Romania
1830s	1.06 million people	7.12 million people	6.07 million people	Romania
1840s	1.28 million people	7.68 million people	6.40 million people	Romania
1850s	1.53 million people	8.25 million people	6.72 million people	Romania
1860s	1.82 million people	8.84 million people	7.02 million people	Romania
1870s	2.15 million people	9.43 million people	7.28 million people	Romania
1880s	2.52 million people	10.03 million people	7.51 million people	Romania
1890s	2.92 million people	10.65 million people	7.73 million people	Romania
1900s	3.33 million people	11.38 million people	8.05 million people	Romania
1910s	3.78 million people	12.07 million people	8.29 million people	Romania
1920s	4.30 million people	13.13 million people	8.83 million people	Romania
1930s	5.00 million people	14.90 million people	9.90 million people	Romania
1940s	5.98 million people	16.07 million people	10.09 million people	Romania
1950s	7.28 million people	17.35 million people	10.07 million people	Romania
1960s	8.92 million people	18.80 million people	9.88 million people	Romania
1970s	10.59 million people	21.10 million people	10.51 million people	Romania
1980s	12.33 million people	22.55 million people	10.23 million people	Romania
1990s	14.40 million people	22.65 million people	8.24 million people	Romania
2000s	16.26 million people	21.31 million people	5.05 million people	Romania
2010s	18.06 million people	19.93 million people	1.88 million people	Romania
2020s	19.51 million people	19.23 million people	278,175 people	Chile

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Chile or Romania?: Chile, at 19.66 million people against 19.12 million people in Romania as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Chile and Romania?: 540,300 people, with Chile ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Romania?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Chile and Romania rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Chile ranks 66th and Romania ranks 68th 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: 28 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.