Cook Islands vs Palau: The global population hockey stick
Cook Islands
14,244 people
in 2023
Palau
17,751 people
in 2023
Cook Islands rank
227th
Palau rank
225th
The global population hockey stick over time
- Cook Islands
- Palau
How they compare
Palau currently reports 17,751 people against 14,244 people in Cook Islands, a difference of 3,507 people.
That makes Palau's figure about 1.2 times Cook Islands's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 86 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Cook Islands ahead.
Cook Islands ranks 227th and Palau ranks 225th of 239 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Cook Islands averaged higher in 13 and Palau in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cook Islands | Palau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 16,140 people | 3,875 people | 12,265 people | Cook Islands |
| 1840s | 17,000 people | 4,329 people | 12,671 people | Cook Islands |
| 1850s | 16,000 people | 4,478 people | 11,522 people | Cook Islands |
| 1900s | 8,567 people | 5,822 people | 2,745 people | Cook Islands |
| 1910s | 8,750 people | 6,145 people | 2,605 people | Cook Islands |
| 1920s | 9,750 people | 6,452 people | 3,298 people | Cook Islands |
| 1930s | 12,000 people | 6,852 people | 5,148 people | Cook Islands |
| 1940s | 14,000 people | 7,156 people | 6,844 people | Cook Islands |
| 1950s | 16,035 people | 8,314 people | 7,720 people | Cook Islands |
| 1960s | 18,811 people | 10,381 people | 8,430 people | Cook Islands |
| 1970s | 19,278 people | 12,335 people | 6,944 people | Cook Islands |
| 1980s | 17,104 people | 13,557 people | 3,546 people | Cook Islands |
| 1990s | 17,423 people | 17,063 people | 360.7 people | Cook Islands |
| 2000s | 15,469 people | 19,418 people | 3,949 people | Palau |
| 2010s | 17,203 people | 17,884 people | 681.1 people | Palau |
| 2020s | 14,965 people | 17,790 people | 2,825 people | Palau |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Cook Islands or Palau?
- Palau, at 17,751 people against 14,244 people in Cook Islands as of 2023.
- What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Cook Islands and Palau?
- 3,507 people, with Palau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cook Islands and Palau?
- 86 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2023.
- How do Cook Islands and Palau rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
- Cook Islands ranks 227th and Palau ranks 225th 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.