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

464,080 people, with Croatia ahead.

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

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 Mongolia: The global population hockey stick

Croatia

3.90 million people

in 2023

Mongolia

3.43 million people

in 2023

Croatia rank

131st

Mongolia rank

134th

The global population hockey stick over time

Croatia
Mongolia

How they compare

Croatia currently reports 3.90 million people against 3.43 million people in Mongolia, a difference of 464,080 people.

That makes Croatia's figure about 1.1 times Mongolia's.

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

Croatia ranks 131st and Mongolia ranks 134th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Croatia averaged higher in 34 and Mongolia in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Croatia	Mongolia	Difference	Ahead
1000s	420,000 people	500,000 people	80,000 people	Mongolia
1100s	444,000 people	650,000 people	206,000 people	Mongolia
1200s	468,000 people	800,000 people	332,000 people	Mongolia
1300s	492,000 people	850,000 people	358,000 people	Mongolia
1400s	516,000 people	600,000 people	84,000 people	Mongolia
1500s	540,000 people	600,000 people	60,000 people	Mongolia
1600s	660,000 people	600,000 people	60,000 people	Croatia
1700s	660,000 people	600,000 people	60,000 people	Croatia
1710s	674,690 people	596,677 people	78,013 people	Croatia
1720s	702,228 people	598,673 people	103,555 people	Croatia
1730s	730,890 people	600,675 people	130,215 people	Croatia
1740s	760,723 people	602,684 people	158,039 people	Croatia
1750s	791,773 people	604,700 people	187,073 people	Croatia
1760s	824,090 people	606,722 people	217,368 people	Croatia
1770s	857,726 people	608,751 people	248,975 people	Croatia
1780s	892,735 people	610,787 people	281,948 people	Croatia
1790s	929,174 people	612,830 people	316,344 people	Croatia
1800s	1.23 million people	604,230 people	623,660 people	Croatia
1810s	1.23 million people	613,723 people	614,383 people	Croatia
1820s	1.28 million people	623,264 people	655,380 people	Croatia
1830s	1.39 million people	632,835 people	762,009 people	Croatia
1840s	1.52 million people	642,551 people	880,072 people	Croatia
1850s	1.66 million people	652,073 people	1.01 million people	Croatia
1860s	1.82 million people	661,313 people	1.16 million people	Croatia
1870s	1.99 million people	670,792 people	1.32 million people	Croatia
1880s	2.17 million people	680,538 people	1.49 million people	Croatia
1890s	2.37 million people	690,454 people	1.68 million people	Croatia
1900s	2.60 million people	706,746 people	1.89 million people	Croatia
1910s	2.84 million people	725,276 people	2.11 million people	Croatia
1920s	3.10 million people	738,172 people	2.36 million people	Croatia
1930s	3.38 million people	751,442 people	2.63 million people	Croatia
1940s	3.69 million people	765,242 people	2.93 million people	Croatia
1950s	4.05 million people	851,454 people	3.19 million people	Croatia
1960s	4.33 million people	1.12 million people	3.21 million people	Croatia
1970s	4.54 million people	1.47 million people	3.07 million people	Croatia
1980s	4.74 million people	1.90 million people	2.83 million people	Croatia
1990s	4.64 million people	2.31 million people	2.32 million people	Croatia
2000s	4.31 million people	2.56 million people	1.76 million people	Croatia
2010s	4.17 million people	2.95 million people	1.22 million people	Croatia
2020s	3.92 million people	3.36 million people	558,298 people	Croatia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Croatia or Mongolia?: Croatia, at 3.90 million people against 3.43 million people in Mongolia as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Croatia and Mongolia?: 464,080 people, with Croatia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Mongolia?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Croatia and Mongolia rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Croatia ranks 131st and Mongolia ranks 134th 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.