Croatia vs Eritrea: The global population hockey stick
Croatia
3.90 million people
in 2023
Eritrea
3.47 million people
in 2023
Croatia rank
131st
Eritrea rank
133rd
The global population hockey stick over time
- Croatia
- Eritrea
How they compare
Croatia currently reports 3.90 million people against 3.47 million people in Eritrea, a difference of 425,630 people.
That makes Croatia's figure about 1.1 times Eritrea's.
Across all 241 years both countries report, Croatia has been ahead every year.
Croatia ranks 131st and Eritrea ranks 133rd of 239 countries.
Croatia has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Croatia | Eritrea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 420,000 people | 58,000 people | 362,000 people | Croatia |
| 1100s | 444,000 people | 66,700 people | 377,300 people | Croatia |
| 1200s | 468,000 people | 75,400 people | 392,600 people | Croatia |
| 1300s | 492,000 people | 88,933 people | 403,067 people | Croatia |
| 1400s | 516,000 people | 102,466 people | 413,534 people | Croatia |
| 1500s | 540,000 people | 116,000 people | 424,000 people | Croatia |
| 1600s | 660,000 people | 130,500 people | 529,500 people | Croatia |
| 1700s | 660,000 people | 145,000 people | 515,000 people | Croatia |
| 1710s | 674,690 people | 147,692 people | 526,998 people | Croatia |
| 1720s | 702,228 people | 150,682 people | 551,546 people | Croatia |
| 1730s | 730,890 people | 153,868 people | 577,022 people | Croatia |
| 1740s | 760,723 people | 157,272 people | 603,451 people | Croatia |
| 1750s | 791,773 people | 160,921 people | 630,852 people | Croatia |
| 1760s | 824,090 people | 164,846 people | 659,244 people | Croatia |
| 1770s | 857,726 people | 169,084 people | 688,642 people | Croatia |
| 1780s | 892,735 people | 173,678 people | 719,057 people | Croatia |
| 1790s | 929,174 people | 178,684 people | 750,490 people | Croatia |
| 1800s | 1.23 million people | 205,010 people | 1.02 million people | Croatia |
| 1810s | 1.23 million people | 205,182 people | 1.02 million people | Croatia |
| 1820s | 1.28 million people | 249,289 people | 1.03 million people | Croatia |
| 1830s | 1.39 million people | 374,522 people | 1.02 million people | Croatia |
| 1840s | 1.52 million people | 563,556 people | 959,067 people | Croatia |
| 1850s | 1.66 million people | 685,146 people | 978,022 people | Croatia |
| 1860s | 1.82 million people | 657,845 people | 1.16 million people | Croatia |
| 1870s | 1.99 million people | 631,156 people | 1.36 million people | Croatia |
| 1880s | 2.17 million people | 607,474 people | 1.56 million people | Croatia |
| 1890s | 2.37 million people | 583,373 people | 1.79 million people | Croatia |
| 1900s | 2.60 million people | 574,058 people | 2.02 million people | Croatia |
| 1910s | 2.84 million people | 579,996 people | 2.26 million people | Croatia |
| 1920s | 3.10 million people | 617,206 people | 2.48 million people | Croatia |
| 1930s | 3.38 million people | 675,425 people | 2.71 million people | Croatia |
| 1940s | 3.69 million people | 755,704 people | 2.94 million people | Croatia |
| 1950s | 4.05 million people | 879,864 people | 3.17 million people | Croatia |
| 1960s | 4.33 million people | 1.09 million people | 3.24 million people | Croatia |
| 1970s | 4.54 million people | 1.40 million people | 3.15 million people | Croatia |
| 1980s | 4.74 million people | 1.79 million people | 2.95 million people | Croatia |
| 1990s | 4.64 million people | 2.02 million people | 2.61 million people | Croatia |
| 2000s | 4.31 million people | 2.59 million people | 1.73 million people | Croatia |
| 2010s | 4.17 million people | 3.10 million people | 1.07 million people | Croatia |
| 2020s | 3.92 million people | 3.38 million people | 540,080 people | Croatia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Croatia or Eritrea?
- Croatia, at 3.90 million people against 3.47 million people in Eritrea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Croatia and Eritrea?
- 425,630 people, with Croatia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Eritrea?
- 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
- How do Croatia and Eritrea rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
- Croatia ranks 131st and Eritrea ranks 133rd 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.