What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Curacao and Samoa?

31,236 people, with Samoa ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Curacao and Samoa?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 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.

Curacao vs Samoa: The global population hockey stick

Curacao

185,437 people

in 2023

Samoa

216,673 people

in 2023

Curacao rank

191st

Samoa rank

189th

The global population hockey stick over time

Curacao
Samoa

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 216,673 people against 185,437 people in Curacao, a difference of 31,236 people.

That makes Samoa's figure about 1.2 times Curacao's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Curacao ahead.

Curacao ranks 191st and Samoa ranks 189th of 239 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Curacao averaged higher in 3 and Samoa in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Curacao	Samoa	Difference	Ahead
1950s	114,997 people	98,381 people	16,615 people	Curacao
1960s	141,219 people	126,048 people	15,171 people	Curacao
1970s	154,474 people	151,797 people	2,677 people	Curacao
1980s	156,601 people	166,879 people	10,278 people	Samoa
1990s	152,524 people	174,116 people	21,592 people	Samoa
2000s	150,206 people	186,619 people	36,413 people	Samoa
2010s	167,860 people	201,073 people	33,213 people	Samoa
2020s	185,285 people	214,423 people	29,138 people	Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Curacao or Samoa?: Samoa, at 216,673 people against 185,437 people in Curacao as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Curacao and Samoa?: 31,236 people, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Curacao and Samoa?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Curacao and Samoa rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Curacao ranks 191st and Samoa ranks 189th 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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About this data

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.