Croatia vs Georgia: The global population hockey stick
Croatia
3.90 million people
in 2023
Georgia
3.81 million people
in 2023
Croatia rank
131st
Georgia rank
132nd
The global population hockey stick over time
- Croatia
- Georgia
How they compare
Croatia currently reports 3.90 million people against 3.81 million people in Georgia, a difference of 88,530 people.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Croatia ahead.
Croatia ranks 131st and Georgia ranks 132nd of 239 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Croatia averaged higher in 31 and Georgia in 9.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Croatia | Georgia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 420,000 people | 227,000 people | 193,000 people | Croatia |
| 1100s | 444,000 people | 340,500 people | 103,500 people | Croatia |
| 1200s | 468,000 people | 454,000 people | 14,000 people | Croatia |
| 1300s | 492,000 people | 568,000 people | 76,000 people | Georgia |
| 1400s | 516,000 people | 454,000 people | 62,000 people | Croatia |
| 1500s | 540,000 people | 568,000 people | 28,000 people | Georgia |
| 1600s | 660,000 people | 681,000 people | 21,000 people | Georgia |
| 1700s | 660,000 people | 795,000 people | 135,000 people | Georgia |
| 1710s | 674,690 people | 506,048 people | 168,642 people | Croatia |
| 1720s | 702,228 people | 548,219 people | 154,009 people | Croatia |
| 1730s | 730,890 people | 593,904 people | 136,986 people | Croatia |
| 1740s | 760,723 people | 643,396 people | 117,327 people | Croatia |
| 1750s | 791,773 people | 697,013 people | 94,760 people | Croatia |
| 1760s | 824,090 people | 755,097 people | 68,993 people | Croatia |
| 1770s | 857,726 people | 818,022 people | 39,704 people | Croatia |
| 1780s | 892,735 people | 886,190 people | 6,545 people | Croatia |
| 1790s | 929,174 people | 960,040 people | 30,866 people | Georgia |
| 1800s | 1.23 million people | 1.07 million people | 155,710 people | Croatia |
| 1810s | 1.23 million people | 1.07 million people | 155,729 people | Croatia |
| 1820s | 1.28 million people | 1.12 million people | 160,217 people | Croatia |
| 1830s | 1.39 million people | 1.22 million people | 170,293 people | Croatia |
| 1840s | 1.52 million people | 1.34 million people | 180,946 people | Croatia |
| 1850s | 1.66 million people | 1.47 million people | 193,571 people | Croatia |
| 1860s | 1.82 million people | 1.61 million people | 208,880 people | Croatia |
| 1870s | 1.99 million people | 1.76 million people | 225,353 people | Croatia |
| 1880s | 2.17 million people | 1.93 million people | 243,076 people | Croatia |
| 1890s | 2.37 million people | 2.11 million people | 262,130 people | Croatia |
| 1900s | 2.60 million people | 2.31 million people | 282,619 people | Croatia |
| 1910s | 2.84 million people | 2.53 million people | 304,469 people | Croatia |
| 1920s | 3.10 million people | 2.77 million people | 323,762 people | Croatia |
| 1930s | 3.38 million people | 3.04 million people | 342,208 people | Croatia |
| 1940s | 3.69 million people | 3.33 million people | 360,456 people | Croatia |
| 1950s | 4.05 million people | 3.72 million people | 324,802 people | Croatia |
| 1960s | 4.33 million people | 4.40 million people | 67,823 people | Georgia |
| 1970s | 4.54 million people | 4.96 million people | 420,799 people | Georgia |
| 1980s | 4.74 million people | 5.35 million people | 610,919 people | Georgia |
| 1990s | 4.64 million people | 4.98 million people | 344,802 people | Georgia |
| 2000s | 4.31 million people | 4.07 million people | 246,272 people | Croatia |
| 2010s | 4.17 million people | 3.82 million people | 353,967 people | Croatia |
| 2020s | 3.92 million people | 3.80 million people | 123,805 people | Croatia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Croatia or Georgia?
- Croatia, at 3.90 million people against 3.81 million people in Georgia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Croatia and Georgia?
- 88,530 people, with Croatia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Georgia?
- 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
- How do Croatia and Georgia rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
- Croatia ranks 131st and Georgia ranks 132nd 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.