What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Croatia and Kuwait?

942,760 people, with Kuwait ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Kuwait?

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.

Croatia vs Kuwait: The global population hockey stick

Croatia

3.90 million people

in 2023

Kuwait

4.84 million people

in 2023

Croatia rank

131st

Kuwait rank

129th

The global population hockey stick over time

Croatia
Kuwait

How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 4.84 million people against 3.90 million people in Croatia, a difference of 942,760 people.

That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.2 times Croatia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Croatia ahead.

Croatia ranks 131st and Kuwait ranks 129th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Croatia averaged higher in 39 and Kuwait in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Croatia	Kuwait	Difference	Ahead
1000s	420,000 people	69,000 people	351,000 people	Croatia
1100s	444,000 people	69,000 people	375,000 people	Croatia
1200s	468,000 people	69,000 people	399,000 people	Croatia
1300s	492,000 people	69,000 people	423,000 people	Croatia
1400s	516,000 people	69,000 people	447,000 people	Croatia
1500s	540,000 people	69,000 people	471,000 people	Croatia
1600s	660,000 people	135,000 people	525,000 people	Croatia
1700s	660,000 people	117,000 people	543,000 people	Croatia
1710s	674,690 people	120,284 people	554,406 people	Croatia
1720s	702,228 people	121,499 people	580,729 people	Croatia
1730s	730,890 people	122,726 people	608,164 people	Croatia
1740s	760,723 people	123,966 people	636,757 people	Croatia
1750s	791,773 people	125,218 people	666,555 people	Croatia
1760s	824,090 people	126,483 people	697,607 people	Croatia
1770s	857,726 people	127,760 people	729,966 people	Croatia
1780s	892,735 people	129,051 people	763,684 people	Croatia
1790s	929,174 people	130,354 people	798,820 people	Croatia
1800s	1.23 million people	81,280 people	1.15 million people	Croatia
1810s	1.23 million people	81,280 people	1.15 million people	Croatia
1820s	1.28 million people	81,280 people	1.20 million people	Croatia
1830s	1.39 million people	81,280 people	1.31 million people	Croatia
1840s	1.52 million people	81,280 people	1.44 million people	Croatia
1850s	1.66 million people	81,397 people	1.58 million people	Croatia
1860s	1.82 million people	81,666 people	1.74 million people	Croatia
1870s	1.99 million people	84,204 people	1.90 million people	Croatia
1880s	2.17 million people	89,631 people	2.08 million people	Croatia
1890s	2.37 million people	95,450 people	2.28 million people	Croatia
1900s	2.60 million people	101,652 people	2.49 million people	Croatia
1910s	2.84 million people	109,491 people	2.73 million people	Croatia
1920s	3.10 million people	119,232 people	2.98 million people	Croatia
1930s	3.38 million people	129,753 people	3.25 million people	Croatia
1940s	3.69 million people	141,393 people	3.55 million people	Croatia
1950s	4.05 million people	196,711 people	3.85 million people	Croatia
1960s	4.33 million people	510,192 people	3.82 million people	Croatia
1970s	4.54 million people	1.09 million people	3.45 million people	Croatia
1980s	4.74 million people	1.86 million people	2.88 million people	Croatia
1990s	4.64 million people	1.70 million people	2.94 million people	Croatia
2000s	4.31 million people	2.28 million people	2.03 million people	Croatia
2010s	4.17 million people	3.73 million people	436,821 people	Croatia
2020s	3.92 million people	4.55 million people	626,892 people	Kuwait

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Croatia or Kuwait?: Kuwait, at 4.84 million people against 3.90 million people in Croatia as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Croatia and Kuwait?: 942,760 people, with Kuwait ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Kuwait?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Croatia and Kuwait rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Croatia ranks 131st and Kuwait ranks 129th 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.