What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Cyprus and Estonia?

22,220 people, with Estonia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cyprus and Estonia?

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.

Cyprus vs Estonia: The global population hockey stick

Cyprus

1.34 million people

in 2023

Estonia

1.37 million people

in 2023

Cyprus rank

158th

Estonia rank

157th

The global population hockey stick over time

Cyprus
Estonia

How they compare

Estonia currently reports 1.37 million people against 1.34 million people in Cyprus, a difference of 22,220 people.

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

Cyprus ranks 158th and Estonia ranks 157th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Cyprus averaged higher in 10 and Estonia in 30.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cyprus	Estonia	Difference	Ahead
1000s	150,000 people	48,439 people	101,561 people	Cyprus
1100s	150,000 people	50,989 people	99,011 people	Cyprus
1200s	170,000 people	53,673 people	116,327 people	Cyprus
1300s	200,000 people	56,498 people	143,502 people	Cyprus
1400s	150,000 people	59,471 people	90,529 people	Cyprus
1500s	200,000 people	62,601 people	137,399 people	Cyprus
1600s	120,000 people	65,896 people	54,104 people	Cyprus
1700s	110,000 people	69,364 people	40,636 people	Cyprus
1710s	110,000 people	80,925 people	29,075 people	Cyprus
1720s	110,000 people	94,413 people	15,587 people	Cyprus
1730s	110,000 people	110,148 people	148 people	Estonia
1740s	110,000 people	128,506 people	18,506 people	Estonia
1750s	110,000 people	149,924 people	39,924 people	Estonia
1760s	110,000 people	174,911 people	64,911 people	Estonia
1770s	110,000 people	204,063 people	94,063 people	Estonia
1780s	110,000 people	238,074 people	128,074 people	Estonia
1790s	110,000 people	277,753 people	167,753 people	Estonia
1800s	184,482 people	334,136 people	149,654 people	Estonia
1810s	184,682 people	334,217 people	149,534 people	Estonia
1820s	184,883 people	353,292 people	168,409 people	Estonia
1830s	185,084 people	398,070 people	212,987 people	Estonia
1840s	185,285 people	448,928 people	263,643 people	Estonia
1850s	185,442 people	506,230 people	320,788 people	Estonia
1860s	185,545 people	570,773 people	385,228 people	Estonia
1870s	185,692 people	643,546 people	457,854 people	Estonia
1880s	195,971 people	725,598 people	529,626 people	Estonia
1890s	220,848 people	818,110 people	597,262 people	Estonia
1900s	252,556 people	922,424 people	669,868 people	Estonia
1910s	289,277 people	1.04 million people	751,828 people	Estonia
1920s	326,259 people	1.12 million people	790,009 people	Estonia
1930s	390,853 people	1.12 million people	730,360 people	Estonia
1940s	467,325 people	1.11 million people	641,100 people	Estonia
1950s	531,314 people	1.16 million people	627,662 people	Estonia
1960s	615,002 people	1.28 million people	669,965 people	Estonia
1970s	663,015 people	1.42 million people	753,555 people	Estonia
1980s	726,792 people	1.52 million people	794,447 people	Estonia
1990s	855,471 people	1.48 million people	622,496 people	Estonia
2000s	1.03 million people	1.36 million people	333,775 people	Estonia
2010s	1.21 million people	1.32 million people	111,675 people	Estonia
2020s	1.32 million people	1.34 million people	20,700 people	Estonia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Cyprus or Estonia?: Estonia, at 1.37 million people against 1.34 million people in Cyprus as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Cyprus and Estonia?: 22,220 people, with Estonia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cyprus and Estonia?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Cyprus and Estonia rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Cyprus ranks 158th and Estonia ranks 157th 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.