Chile vs Zambia: The global population hockey stick

Chile
19.66 million people
in 2023
Zambia
20.72 million people
in 2023
Chile rank
66th
Zambia rank
64th

The global population hockey stick over time

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

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 20.72 million people against 19.66 million people in Chile, a difference of 1.07 million people.

That makes Zambia'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 Zambia ranks 64th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 33 and Zambia in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade Chile Zambia Difference Ahead
1000s 400,000 people 151,500 people 248,500 people Chile
1100s 440,000 people 181,800 people 258,200 people Chile
1200s 480,000 people 212,100 people 267,900 people Chile
1300s 520,000 people 242,400 people 277,600 people Chile
1400s 560,000 people 272,700 people 287,300 people Chile
1500s 600,000 people 303,000 people 297,000 people Chile
1600s 600,000 people 328,755 people 271,245 people Chile
1700s 602,012 people 354,510 people 247,502 people Chile
1710s 617,854 people 340,320 people 277,534 people Chile
1720s 634,114 people 346,823 people 287,291 people Chile
1730s 650,801 people 353,744 people 297,057 people Chile
1740s 667,927 people 361,130 people 306,797 people Chile
1750s 685,504 people 369,038 people 316,466 people Chile
1760s 703,544 people 377,533 people 326,011 people Chile
1770s 722,058 people 386,691 people 335,367 people Chile
1780s 741,060 people 396,607 people 344,453 people Chile
1790s 760,562 people 407,390 people 353,172 people Chile
1800s 771,447 people 800,457 people 29,010 people Zambia
1810s 771,797 people 931,599 people 159,802 people Zambia
1820s 856,791 people 1.08 million people 227,186 people Zambia
1830s 1.06 million people 1.26 million people 202,473 people Zambia
1840s 1.28 million people 1.47 million people 186,475 people Zambia
1850s 1.53 million people 1.59 million people 65,174 people Zambia
1860s 1.82 million people 1.60 million people 219,670 people Chile
1870s 2.15 million people 1.60 million people 547,478 people Chile
1880s 2.52 million people 1.62 million people 897,047 people Chile
1890s 2.92 million people 1.63 million people 1.29 million people Chile
1900s 3.33 million people 1.57 million people 1.76 million people Chile
1910s 3.78 million people 1.48 million people 2.30 million people Chile
1920s 4.30 million people 1.55 million people 2.75 million people Chile
1930s 5.00 million people 1.79 million people 3.22 million people Chile
1940s 5.98 million people 2.09 million people 3.88 million people Chile
1950s 7.28 million people 2.67 million people 4.60 million people Chile
1960s 8.92 million people 3.65 million people 5.27 million people Chile
1970s 10.59 million people 4.94 million people 5.65 million people Chile
1980s 12.33 million people 6.69 million people 5.64 million people Chile
1990s 14.40 million people 8.71 million people 5.69 million people Chile
2000s 16.26 million people 11.62 million people 4.64 million people Chile
2010s 18.06 million people 16.19 million people 1.87 million people Chile
2020s 19.51 million people 19.88 million people 375,300 people Zambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Chile or Zambia?
Zambia, at 20.72 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 Zambia?
1.07 million people, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Zambia?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Chile and Zambia rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Chile ranks 66th and Zambia ranks 64th 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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About this data

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.