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
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) 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.