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

562,740 people, with Panama ahead.

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

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 Panama: The global population hockey stick

Croatia

3.90 million people

in 2023

Panama

4.46 million people

in 2023

Croatia rank

131st

Panama rank

130th

The global population hockey stick over time

Croatia
Panama

How they compare

Panama currently reports 4.46 million people against 3.90 million people in Croatia, a difference of 562,740 people.

That makes Panama's figure about 1.1 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 Panama ranks 130th of 239 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Croatia	Panama	Difference	Ahead
1000s	420,000 people	116,237 people	303,763 people	Croatia
1100s	444,000 people	129,153 people	314,847 people	Croatia
1200s	468,000 people	143,503 people	324,497 people	Croatia
1300s	492,000 people	159,448 people	332,552 people	Croatia
1400s	516,000 people	177,164 people	338,836 people	Croatia
1500s	540,000 people	196,849 people	343,151 people	Croatia
1600s	660,000 people	98,424 people	561,576 people	Croatia
1700s	660,000 people	49,212 people	610,788 people	Croatia
1710s	674,690 people	51,802 people	622,888 people	Croatia
1720s	702,228 people	54,528 people	647,700 people	Croatia
1730s	730,890 people	57,398 people	673,492 people	Croatia
1740s	760,723 people	60,419 people	700,304 people	Croatia
1750s	791,773 people	63,599 people	728,174 people	Croatia
1760s	824,090 people	66,947 people	757,143 people	Croatia
1770s	857,726 people	70,470 people	787,256 people	Croatia
1780s	892,735 people	74,179 people	818,556 people	Croatia
1790s	929,174 people	78,084 people	851,090 people	Croatia
1800s	1.23 million people	78,122 people	1.15 million people	Croatia
1810s	1.23 million people	83,996 people	1.14 million people	Croatia
1820s	1.28 million people	90,307 people	1.19 million people	Croatia
1830s	1.39 million people	97,092 people	1.30 million people	Croatia
1840s	1.52 million people	104,423 people	1.42 million people	Croatia
1850s	1.66 million people	121,261 people	1.54 million people	Croatia
1860s	1.82 million people	153,317 people	1.66 million people	Croatia
1870s	1.99 million people	184,479 people	1.80 million people	Croatia
1880s	2.17 million people	209,924 people	1.96 million people	Croatia
1890s	2.37 million people	238,726 people	2.14 million people	Croatia
1900s	2.60 million people	282,109 people	2.31 million people	Croatia
1910s	2.84 million people	380,224 people	2.46 million people	Croatia
1920s	3.10 million people	480,476 people	2.62 million people	Croatia
1930s	3.38 million people	572,410 people	2.81 million people	Croatia
1940s	3.69 million people	753,021 people	2.94 million people	Croatia
1950s	4.05 million people	970,436 people	3.08 million people	Croatia
1960s	4.33 million people	1.29 million people	3.03 million people	Croatia
1970s	4.54 million people	1.71 million people	2.83 million people	Croatia
1980s	4.74 million people	2.18 million people	2.56 million people	Croatia
1990s	4.64 million people	2.70 million people	1.94 million people	Croatia
2000s	4.31 million people	3.28 million people	1.03 million people	Croatia
2010s	4.17 million people	3.93 million people	242,456 people	Croatia
2020s	3.92 million people	4.37 million people	454,148 people	Panama

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Croatia or Panama?: Panama, at 4.46 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 Panama?: 562,740 people, with Panama ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Panama?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Croatia and Panama rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Croatia ranks 131st and Panama ranks 130th 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.