Colombia vs Kenya: The global population hockey stick
Colombia
52.32 million people
in 2023
Kenya
55.34 million people
in 2023
Colombia rank
29th
Kenya rank
27th
The global population hockey stick over time
- Colombia
- Kenya
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 55.34 million people against 52.32 million people in Colombia, a difference of 3.02 million people.
That makes Kenya's figure about 1.1 times Colombia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Colombia ahead.
Colombia ranks 29th and Kenya ranks 27th of 239 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 18 and Kenya in 22.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Kenya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 2.40 million people | 800,000 people | 1.60 million people | Colombia |
| 1100s | 2.72 million people | 940,000 people | 1.78 million people | Colombia |
| 1200s | 3.04 million people | 1.08 million people | 1.96 million people | Colombia |
| 1300s | 3.36 million people | 1.22 million people | 2.14 million people | Colombia |
| 1400s | 3.68 million people | 1.36 million people | 2.32 million people | Colombia |
| 1500s | 3.99 million people | 1.50 million people | 2.49 million people | Colombia |
| 1600s | 1.26 million people | 1.75 million people | 491,580 people | Kenya |
| 1700s | 798,995 people | 2.00 million people | 1.20 million people | Kenya |
| 1710s | 854,924 people | 2.05 million people | 1.19 million people | Kenya |
| 1720s | 910,854 people | 2.07 million people | 1.16 million people | Kenya |
| 1730s | 966,784 people | 2.10 million people | 1.13 million people | Kenya |
| 1740s | 1.02 million people | 2.12 million people | 1.10 million people | Kenya |
| 1750s | 1.08 million people | 2.15 million people | 1.07 million people | Kenya |
| 1760s | 1.13 million people | 2.18 million people | 1.04 million people | Kenya |
| 1770s | 1.19 million people | 2.21 million people | 1.02 million people | Kenya |
| 1780s | 1.25 million people | 2.24 million people | 997,480 people | Kenya |
| 1790s | 1.30 million people | 2.28 million people | 977,760 people | Kenya |
| 1800s | 1.21 million people | 2.64 million people | 1.43 million people | Kenya |
| 1810s | 1.21 million people | 2.78 million people | 1.57 million people | Kenya |
| 1820s | 1.41 million people | 2.93 million people | 1.52 million people | Kenya |
| 1830s | 1.79 million people | 3.09 million people | 1.30 million people | Kenya |
| 1840s | 1.99 million people | 3.26 million people | 1.27 million people | Kenya |
| 1850s | 2.34 million people | 3.43 million people | 1.09 million people | Kenya |
| 1860s | 2.55 million people | 3.61 million people | 1.06 million people | Kenya |
| 1870s | 2.60 million people | 3.82 million people | 1.22 million people | Kenya |
| 1880s | 3.09 million people | 4.06 million people | 973,342 people | Kenya |
| 1890s | 3.67 million people | 4.08 million people | 417,120 people | Kenya |
| 1900s | 4.42 million people | 3.80 million people | 618,420 people | Colombia |
| 1910s | 5.51 million people | 3.58 million people | 1.94 million people | Colombia |
| 1920s | 7.01 million people | 3.81 million people | 3.20 million people | Colombia |
| 1930s | 8.54 million people | 4.45 million people | 4.10 million people | Colombia |
| 1940s | 10.33 million people | 5.21 million people | 5.12 million people | Colombia |
| 1950s | 13.35 million people | 6.50 million people | 6.85 million people | Colombia |
| 1960s | 17.92 million people | 9.22 million people | 8.70 million people | Colombia |
| 1970s | 23.12 million people | 13.34 million people | 9.78 million people | Colombia |
| 1980s | 28.93 million people | 18.94 million people | 10.00 million people | Colombia |
| 1990s | 35.45 million people | 26.26 million people | 9.19 million people | Colombia |
| 2000s | 41.77 million people | 35.36 million people | 6.41 million people | Colombia |
| 2010s | 46.99 million people | 46.51 million people | 482,120 people | Colombia |
| 2020s | 51.47 million people | 53.76 million people | 2.29 million people | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Colombia or Kenya?
- Kenya, at 55.34 million people against 52.32 million people in Colombia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Colombia and Kenya?
- 3.02 million people, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Kenya?
- 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
- How do Colombia and Kenya rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
- Colombia ranks 29th and Kenya ranks 27th 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.