Cuba vs Jordan: The global population hockey stick
Cuba
11.02 million people
in 2023
Jordan
11.44 million people
in 2023
Cuba rank
87th
Jordan rank
85th
The global population hockey stick over time
- Cuba
- Jordan
How they compare
Jordan currently reports 11.44 million people against 11.02 million people in Cuba, a difference of 419,300 people.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Jordan ahead.
Cuba ranks 87th and Jordan ranks 85th of 239 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Cuba averaged higher in 32 and Jordan in 8.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cuba | Jordan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 20,920 people | 87,000 people | 66,080 people | Jordan |
| 1100s | 26,150 people | 89,666 people | 63,516 people | Jordan |
| 1200s | 32,688 people | 92,333 people | 59,645 people | Jordan |
| 1300s | 40,860 people | 95,000 people | 54,140 people | Jordan |
| 1400s | 51,076 people | 69,000 people | 17,924 people | Jordan |
| 1500s | 63,845 people | 87,000 people | 23,155 people | Jordan |
| 1600s | 79,806 people | 87,000 people | 7,194 people | Jordan |
| 1700s | 99,757 people | 69,000 people | 30,757 people | Cuba |
| 1710s | 115,926 people | 71,965 people | 43,961 people | Cuba |
| 1720s | 134,714 people | 72,109 people | 62,605 people | Cuba |
| 1730s | 156,548 people | 72,254 people | 84,294 people | Cuba |
| 1740s | 181,921 people | 72,398 people | 109,523 people | Cuba |
| 1750s | 211,406 people | 72,544 people | 138,862 people | Cuba |
| 1760s | 245,669 people | 72,689 people | 172,980 people | Cuba |
| 1770s | 285,486 people | 72,835 people | 212,651 people | Cuba |
| 1780s | 331,756 people | 72,981 people | 258,775 people | Cuba |
| 1790s | 385,525 people | 73,127 people | 312,398 people | Cuba |
| 1800s | 388,771 people | 203,719 people | 185,052 people | Cuba |
| 1810s | 584,318 people | 212,233 people | 372,084 people | Cuba |
| 1820s | 772,511 people | 228,054 people | 544,457 people | Cuba |
| 1830s | 1.00 million people | 253,925 people | 750,441 people | Cuba |
| 1840s | 1.09 million people | 282,773 people | 804,525 people | Cuba |
| 1850s | 1.28 million people | 287,549 people | 992,662 people | Cuba |
| 1860s | 1.37 million people | 262,532 people | 1.11 million people | Cuba |
| 1870s | 1.43 million people | 250,137 people | 1.18 million people | Cuba |
| 1880s | 1.59 million people | 251,282 people | 1.34 million people | Cuba |
| 1890s | 1.67 million people | 252,374 people | 1.42 million people | Cuba |
| 1900s | 1.94 million people | 265,772 people | 1.68 million people | Cuba |
| 1910s | 2.62 million people | 235,829 people | 2.38 million people | Cuba |
| 1920s | 3.45 million people | 210,698 people | 3.24 million people | Cuba |
| 1930s | 4.26 million people | 236,586 people | 4.03 million people | Cuba |
| 1940s | 5.23 million people | 321,057 people | 4.91 million people | Cuba |
| 1950s | 6.49 million people | 612,187 people | 5.88 million people | Cuba |
| 1960s | 7.95 million people | 1.11 million people | 6.84 million people | Cuba |
| 1970s | 9.37 million people | 1.87 million people | 7.51 million people | Cuba |
| 1980s | 10.13 million people | 2.75 million people | 7.39 million people | Cuba |
| 1990s | 10.89 million people | 4.57 million people | 6.31 million people | Cuba |
| 2000s | 11.23 million people | 6.15 million people | 5.08 million people | Cuba |
| 2010s | 11.27 million people | 9.01 million people | 2.26 million people | Cuba |
| 2020s | 11.09 million people | 11.16 million people | 62,225 people | Jordan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Cuba or Jordan?
- Jordan, at 11.44 million people against 11.02 million people in Cuba as of 2023.
- What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Cuba and Jordan?
- 419,300 people, with Jordan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Jordan?
- 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
- How do Cuba and Jordan rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
- Cuba ranks 87th and Jordan ranks 85th 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.