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Côte d'Ivoire vs Saudi Arabia: The global population hockey stick

Côte d'Ivoire
31.17 million people
in 2023
Saudi Arabia
33.26 million people
in 2023
Côte d'Ivoire rank
51st
Saudi Arabia rank
49th

The global population hockey stick over time

  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Saudi Arabia
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How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 33.26 million people against 31.17 million people in Côte d'Ivoire, a difference of 2.10 million people.

That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.1 times Côte d'Ivoire's.

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

Côte d'Ivoire ranks 51st and Saudi Arabia ranks 49th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Côte d'Ivoire averaged higher in 5 and Saudi Arabia in 35.

Head to head by decade

Decade Côte d'Ivoire Saudi Arabia Difference Ahead
1000s 528,506 people 2.00 million people 1.47 million people Saudi Arabia
1100s 604,007 people 2.07 million people 1.47 million people Saudi Arabia
1200s 690,294 people 2.15 million people 1.46 million people Saudi Arabia
1300s 788,907 people 2.22 million people 1.43 million people Saudi Arabia
1400s 901,608 people 1.95 million people 1.05 million people Saudi Arabia
1500s 1.03 million people 2.00 million people 969,590 people Saudi Arabia
1600s 1.18 million people 2.25 million people 1.07 million people Saudi Arabia
1700s 1.35 million people 2.00 million people 654,160 people Saudi Arabia
1710s 1.35 million people 2.01 million people 652,580 people Saudi Arabia
1720s 1.36 million people 2.02 million people 650,560 people Saudi Arabia
1730s 1.37 million people 2.02 million people 648,040 people Saudi Arabia
1740s 1.39 million people 2.03 million people 644,980 people Saudi Arabia
1750s 1.40 million people 2.04 million people 641,330 people Saudi Arabia
1760s 1.41 million people 2.05 million people 637,010 people Saudi Arabia
1770s 1.42 million people 2.05 million people 631,940 people Saudi Arabia
1780s 1.43 million people 2.06 million people 626,070 people Saudi Arabia
1790s 1.45 million people 2.07 million people 619,240 people Saudi Arabia
1800s 1.09 million people 2.02 million people 931,635 people Saudi Arabia
1810s 1.09 million people 2.07 million people 977,129 people Saudi Arabia
1820s 1.08 million people 2.11 million people 1.03 million people Saudi Arabia
1830s 1.06 million people 2.16 million people 1.10 million people Saudi Arabia
1840s 1.04 million people 2.21 million people 1.16 million people Saudi Arabia
1850s 1.07 million people 2.23 million people 1.15 million people Saudi Arabia
1860s 1.16 million people 2.21 million people 1.05 million people Saudi Arabia
1870s 1.25 million people 2.18 million people 933,967 people Saudi Arabia
1880s 1.34 million people 2.16 million people 815,891 people Saudi Arabia
1890s 1.44 million people 2.13 million people 690,946 people Saudi Arabia
1900s 1.54 million people 2.15 million people 606,162 people Saudi Arabia
1910s 1.64 million people 2.24 million people 602,958 people Saudi Arabia
1920s 1.82 million people 2.43 million people 611,891 people Saudi Arabia
1930s 2.10 million people 2.66 million people 563,938 people Saudi Arabia
1940s 2.46 million people 2.92 million people 460,527 people Saudi Arabia
1950s 3.11 million people 2.01 million people 1.10 million people Côte d'Ivoire
1960s 4.39 million people 2.89 million people 1.49 million people Côte d'Ivoire
1970s 6.63 million people 4.52 million people 2.11 million people Côte d'Ivoire
1980s 9.89 million people 7.99 million people 1.90 million people Côte d'Ivoire
1990s 14.63 million people 13.03 million people 1.60 million people Côte d'Ivoire
2000s 19.84 million people 20.15 million people 306,780 people Saudi Arabia
2010s 25.10 million people 28.77 million people 3.66 million people Saudi Arabia
2020s 30.03 million people 31.94 million people 1.91 million people Saudi Arabia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Côte d'Ivoire or Saudi Arabia?
Saudi Arabia, at 33.26 million people against 31.17 million people in Côte d'Ivoire as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Côte d'Ivoire and Saudi Arabia?
2.10 million people, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Côte d'Ivoire and Saudi Arabia?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Côte d'Ivoire and Saudi Arabia rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Côte d'Ivoire ranks 51st and Saudi Arabia ranks 49th 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

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.