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

114,470 people, with Cyprus ahead.

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

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 Eswatini: The global population hockey stick

Cyprus

1.34 million people

in 2023

Eswatini

1.23 million people

in 2023

Cyprus rank

158th

Eswatini rank

160th

The global population hockey stick over time

Cyprus
Eswatini

How they compare

Cyprus currently reports 1.34 million people against 1.23 million people in Eswatini, a difference of 114,470 people.

That makes Cyprus's figure about 1.1 times Eswatini's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Cyprus ahead.

Cyprus ranks 158th and Eswatini ranks 160th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Cyprus averaged higher in 38 and Eswatini in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cyprus	Eswatini	Difference	Ahead
1000s	150,000 people	6,300 people	143,700 people	Cyprus
1100s	150,000 people	7,560 people	142,440 people	Cyprus
1200s	170,000 people	8,820 people	161,180 people	Cyprus
1300s	200,000 people	10,080 people	189,920 people	Cyprus
1400s	150,000 people	11,340 people	138,660 people	Cyprus
1500s	200,000 people	12,600 people	187,400 people	Cyprus
1600s	120,000 people	14,700 people	105,300 people	Cyprus
1700s	110,000 people	21,000 people	89,000 people	Cyprus
1710s	110,000 people	24,452 people	85,548 people	Cyprus
1720s	110,000 people	26,533 people	83,467 people	Cyprus
1730s	110,000 people	28,794 people	81,206 people	Cyprus
1740s	110,000 people	31,249 people	78,751 people	Cyprus
1750s	110,000 people	33,915 people	76,085 people	Cyprus
1760s	110,000 people	36,812 people	73,188 people	Cyprus
1770s	110,000 people	39,959 people	70,041 people	Cyprus
1780s	110,000 people	43,377 people	66,623 people	Cyprus
1790s	110,000 people	47,091 people	62,909 people	Cyprus
1800s	184,482 people	84,003 people	100,479 people	Cyprus
1810s	184,682 people	79,713 people	104,970 people	Cyprus
1820s	184,883 people	75,639 people	109,244 people	Cyprus
1830s	185,084 people	71,774 people	113,310 people	Cyprus
1840s	185,285 people	68,126 people	117,158 people	Cyprus
1850s	185,442 people	69,297 people	116,144 people	Cyprus
1860s	185,545 people	76,439 people	109,107 people	Cyprus
1870s	185,692 people	84,414 people	101,278 people	Cyprus
1880s	195,971 people	93,221 people	102,750 people	Cyprus
1890s	220,848 people	102,961 people	117,887 people	Cyprus
1900s	252,556 people	117,086 people	135,470 people	Cyprus
1910s	289,277 people	137,016 people	152,261 people	Cyprus
1920s	326,259 people	163,905 people	162,354 people	Cyprus
1930s	390,853 people	200,937 people	189,916 people	Cyprus
1940s	467,325 people	244,293 people	223,032 people	Cyprus
1950s	531,314 people	303,987 people	227,326 people	Cyprus
1960s	615,002 people	385,360 people	229,642 people	Cyprus
1970s	663,015 people	503,927 people	159,087 people	Cyprus
1980s	726,792 people	703,324 people	23,467 people	Cyprus
1990s	855,471 people	968,398 people	112,926 people	Eswatini
2000s	1.03 million people	1.07 million people	47,483 people	Eswatini
2010s	1.21 million people	1.14 million people	67,471 people	Cyprus
2020s	1.32 million people	1.21 million people	111,790 people	Cyprus

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Cyprus or Eswatini?: Cyprus, at 1.34 million people against 1.23 million people in Eswatini as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Cyprus and Eswatini?: 114,470 people, with Cyprus ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cyprus and Eswatini?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Cyprus and Eswatini rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Cyprus ranks 158th and Eswatini ranks 160th 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.