Chile vs Somalia: The global population hockey stick
Chile
19.66 million people
in 2023
Somalia
18.36 million people
in 2023
Chile rank
66th
Somalia rank
69th
The global population hockey stick over time
- Chile
- Somalia
How they compare
Chile currently reports 19.66 million people against 18.36 million people in Somalia, a difference of 1.30 million people.
That makes Chile's figure about 1.1 times Somalia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Chile ahead.
Chile ranks 66th and Somalia ranks 69th of 239 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 19 and Somalia in 21.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 400,000 people | 389,200 people | 10,800 people | Chile |
| 1100s | 440,000 people | 467,040 people | 27,040 people | Somalia |
| 1200s | 480,000 people | 544,880 people | 64,880 people | Somalia |
| 1300s | 520,000 people | 622,720 people | 102,720 people | Somalia |
| 1400s | 560,000 people | 700,560 people | 140,560 people | Somalia |
| 1500s | 600,000 people | 778,400 people | 178,400 people | Somalia |
| 1600s | 600,000 people | 827,050 people | 227,050 people | Somalia |
| 1700s | 602,012 people | 875,700 people | 273,688 people | Somalia |
| 1710s | 617,854 people | 886,058 people | 268,204 people | Somalia |
| 1720s | 634,114 people | 896,416 people | 262,302 people | Somalia |
| 1730s | 650,801 people | 906,775 people | 255,974 people | Somalia |
| 1740s | 667,927 people | 917,133 people | 249,206 people | Somalia |
| 1750s | 685,504 people | 927,491 people | 241,987 people | Somalia |
| 1760s | 703,544 people | 937,850 people | 234,306 people | Somalia |
| 1770s | 722,058 people | 948,208 people | 226,150 people | Somalia |
| 1780s | 741,060 people | 958,566 people | 217,506 people | Somalia |
| 1790s | 760,562 people | 968,925 people | 208,363 people | Somalia |
| 1800s | 771,447 people | 990,855 people | 219,408 people | Somalia |
| 1810s | 771,797 people | 999,772 people | 227,975 people | Somalia |
| 1820s | 856,791 people | 1.06 million people | 206,185 people | Somalia |
| 1830s | 1.06 million people | 1.21 million people | 149,193 people | Somalia |
| 1840s | 1.28 million people | 1.37 million people | 94,288 people | Somalia |
| 1850s | 1.53 million people | 1.47 million people | 56,923 people | Chile |
| 1860s | 1.82 million people | 1.47 million people | 350,953 people | Chile |
| 1870s | 2.15 million people | 1.47 million people | 681,757 people | Chile |
| 1880s | 2.52 million people | 1.48 million people | 1.04 million people | Chile |
| 1890s | 2.92 million people | 1.50 million people | 1.42 million people | Chile |
| 1900s | 3.33 million people | 1.54 million people | 1.79 million people | Chile |
| 1910s | 3.78 million people | 1.57 million people | 2.21 million people | Chile |
| 1920s | 4.30 million people | 1.66 million people | 2.64 million people | Chile |
| 1930s | 5.00 million people | 1.82 million people | 3.19 million people | Chile |
| 1940s | 5.98 million people | 2.03 million people | 3.94 million people | Chile |
| 1950s | 7.28 million people | 2.50 million people | 4.77 million people | Chile |
| 1960s | 8.92 million people | 3.24 million people | 5.68 million people | Chile |
| 1970s | 10.59 million people | 4.31 million people | 6.28 million people | Chile |
| 1980s | 12.33 million people | 6.58 million people | 5.75 million people | Chile |
| 1990s | 14.40 million people | 7.34 million people | 7.06 million people | Chile |
| 2000s | 16.26 million people | 10.43 million people | 5.83 million people | Chile |
| 2010s | 18.06 million people | 13.78 million people | 4.27 million people | Chile |
| 2020s | 19.51 million people | 17.52 million people | 1.99 million people | Chile |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Chile or Somalia?
- Chile, at 19.66 million people against 18.36 million people in Somalia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Chile and Somalia?
- 1.30 million people, with Chile ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Somalia?
- 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
- How do Chile and Somalia rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
- Chile ranks 66th and Somalia ranks 69th 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.