What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Comoros and Djibouti?

302,560 people, with Djibouti ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Comoros and Djibouti?

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.

Comoros vs Djibouti: The global population hockey stick

Comoros

850,390 people

in 2023

Djibouti

1.15 million people

in 2023

Comoros rank

164th

Djibouti rank

161st

The global population hockey stick over time

Comoros
Djibouti

How they compare

Djibouti currently reports 1.15 million people against 850,390 people in Comoros, a difference of 302,560 people.

That makes Djibouti's figure about 1.4 times Comoros's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Djibouti ahead.

Comoros ranks 164th and Djibouti ranks 161st of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Comoros averaged higher in 29 and Djibouti in 11.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Comoros	Djibouti	Difference	Ahead
1000s	10,000 people	10,800 people	800 people	Djibouti
1100s	12,000 people	12,960 people	960 people	Djibouti
1200s	14,000 people	15,120 people	1,120 people	Djibouti
1300s	16,000 people	17,280 people	1,280 people	Djibouti
1400s	18,000 people	19,440 people	1,440 people	Djibouti
1500s	20,000 people	21,600 people	1,600 people	Djibouti
1600s	25,000 people	22,950 people	2,050 people	Comoros
1700s	30,000 people	24,300 people	5,700 people	Comoros
1710s	30,446 people	24,790 people	5,656 people	Comoros
1720s	32,620 people	25,030 people	7,590 people	Comoros
1730s	34,950 people	25,283 people	9,667 people	Comoros
1740s	37,447 people	25,550 people	11,897 people	Comoros
1750s	40,122 people	25,833 people	14,289 people	Comoros
1760s	42,988 people	26,133 people	16,855 people	Comoros
1770s	46,058 people	26,453 people	19,605 people	Comoros
1780s	49,348 people	26,796 people	22,552 people	Comoros
1790s	52,873 people	27,163 people	25,710 people	Comoros
1800s	56,346 people	22,848 people	33,498 people	Comoros
1810s	56,348 people	22,857 people	33,492 people	Comoros
1820s	56,890 people	24,969 people	31,921 people	Comoros
1830s	58,085 people	30,156 people	27,929 people	Comoros
1840s	59,318 people	36,454 people	22,864 people	Comoros
1850s	61,951 people	40,340 people	21,611 people	Comoros
1860s	66,413 people	40,370 people	26,044 people	Comoros
1870s	71,207 people	40,523 people	30,684 people	Comoros
1880s	76,336 people	40,897 people	35,439 people	Comoros
1890s	81,848 people	41,655 people	40,193 people	Comoros
1900s	93,904 people	42,880 people	51,024 people	Comoros
1910s	116,151 people	43,957 people	72,194 people	Comoros
1920s	134,076 people	46,512 people	87,564 people	Comoros
1930s	143,948 people	50,884 people	93,064 people	Comoros
1940s	154,437 people	56,944 people	97,493 people	Comoros
1950s	177,925 people	72,214 people	105,712 people	Comoros
1960s	214,827 people	108,026 people	106,801 people	Comoros
1970s	284,141 people	211,756 people	72,385 people	Comoros
1980s	384,009 people	407,073 people	23,064 people	Djibouti
1990s	486,110 people	645,446 people	159,336 people	Djibouti
2000s	587,838 people	832,761 people	244,923 people	Djibouti
2010s	719,554 people	1.01 million people	291,100 people	Djibouti
2020s	826,233 people	1.13 million people	302,890 people	Djibouti

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Comoros or Djibouti?: Djibouti, at 1.15 million people against 850,390 people in Comoros as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Comoros and Djibouti?: 302,560 people, with Djibouti ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Comoros and Djibouti?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Comoros and Djibouti rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Comoros ranks 164th and Djibouti ranks 161st 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.