What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Côte d'Ivoire and Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of?

2.86 million people, with Côte d'Ivoire ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Côte d'Ivoire and Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of?

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.

Côte d'Ivoire vs Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of: The global population hockey stick

Côte d'Ivoire

31.17 million people

in 2023

Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

28.30 million people

in 2023

Côte d'Ivoire rank

51st

Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of rank

54th

The global population hockey stick over time

Côte d'Ivoire
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

How they compare

Côte d'Ivoire currently reports 31.17 million people against 28.30 million people in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of, a difference of 2.86 million people.

That makes Côte d'Ivoire's figure about 1.1 times Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of's.

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

Côte d'Ivoire ranks 51st and Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of ranks 54th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Côte d'Ivoire averaged higher in 22 and Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of in 18.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Côte d'Ivoire	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	Difference	Ahead
1000s	528,506 people	300,000 people	228,506 people	Côte d'Ivoire
1100s	604,007 people	320,000 people	284,007 people	Côte d'Ivoire
1200s	690,294 people	340,000 people	350,294 people	Côte d'Ivoire
1300s	788,907 people	360,000 people	428,907 people	Côte d'Ivoire
1400s	901,608 people	380,000 people	521,608 people	Côte d'Ivoire
1500s	1.03 million people	400,000 people	630,410 people	Côte d'Ivoire
1600s	1.18 million people	400,000 people	777,610 people	Côte d'Ivoire
1700s	1.35 million people	500,313 people	845,527 people	Côte d'Ivoire
1710s	1.35 million people	506,646 people	848,354 people	Côte d'Ivoire
1720s	1.36 million people	513,059 people	851,551 people	Côte d'Ivoire
1730s	1.37 million people	519,554 people	855,156 people	Côte d'Ivoire
1740s	1.39 million people	526,130 people	859,220 people	Côte d'Ivoire
1750s	1.40 million people	532,790 people	863,800 people	Côte d'Ivoire
1760s	1.41 million people	539,535 people	868,955 people	Côte d'Ivoire
1770s	1.42 million people	546,364 people	874,776 people	Côte d'Ivoire
1780s	1.43 million people	553,280 people	881,320 people	Côte d'Ivoire
1790s	1.45 million people	560,284 people	888,726 people	Côte d'Ivoire
1800s	1.09 million people	907,299 people	181,231 people	Côte d'Ivoire
1810s	1.09 million people	764,715 people	323,778 people	Côte d'Ivoire
1820s	1.08 million people	793,489 people	286,524 people	Côte d'Ivoire
1830s	1.06 million people	1.03 million people	32,869 people	Côte d'Ivoire
1840s	1.04 million people	1.26 million people	219,627 people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1850s	1.07 million people	1.40 million people	327,561 people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1860s	1.16 million people	1.59 million people	426,569 people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1870s	1.25 million people	1.84 million people	590,266 people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1880s	1.34 million people	2.16 million people	819,027 people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1890s	1.44 million people	2.50 million people	1.06 million people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1900s	1.54 million people	2.84 million people	1.30 million people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1910s	1.64 million people	3.13 million people	1.49 million people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1920s	1.82 million people	3.40 million people	1.58 million people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1930s	2.10 million people	3.82 million people	1.72 million people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1940s	2.46 million people	4.69 million people	2.23 million people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1950s	3.11 million people	6.65 million people	3.53 million people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1960s	4.39 million people	9.56 million people	5.18 million people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1970s	6.63 million people	13.06 million people	6.43 million people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1980s	9.89 million people	17.26 million people	7.37 million people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1990s	14.63 million people	21.95 million people	7.32 million people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
2000s	19.84 million people	26.53 million people	6.69 million people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
2010s	25.10 million people	29.84 million people	4.73 million people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
2020s	30.03 million people	28.30 million people	1.73 million people	Côte d'Ivoire

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Côte d'Ivoire or Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of?: Côte d'Ivoire, at 31.17 million people against 28.30 million people in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Côte d'Ivoire and Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of?: 2.86 million people, with Côte d'Ivoire ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Côte d'Ivoire and Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Côte d'Ivoire and Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Côte d'Ivoire ranks 51st and Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of ranks 54th 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.