What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Cyprus and Timor-Leste?

39,310 people, with Timor-Leste ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cyprus and Timor-Leste?

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 Timor-Leste: The global population hockey stick

Cyprus

1.34 million people

in 2023

Timor-Leste

1.38 million people

in 2023

Cyprus rank

158th

Timor-Leste rank

156th

The global population hockey stick over time

Cyprus
Timor-Leste

How they compare

Timor-Leste currently reports 1.38 million people against 1.34 million people in Cyprus, a difference of 39,310 people.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Cyprus ahead.

Cyprus ranks 158th and Timor-Leste ranks 156th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Cyprus averaged higher in 18 and Timor-Leste in 22.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cyprus	Timor-Leste	Difference	Ahead
1000s	150,000 people	33,609 people	116,391 people	Cyprus
1100s	150,000 people	42,012 people	107,988 people	Cyprus
1200s	170,000 people	52,515 people	117,485 people	Cyprus
1300s	200,000 people	65,643 people	134,357 people	Cyprus
1400s	150,000 people	82,054 people	67,946 people	Cyprus
1500s	200,000 people	102,568 people	97,432 people	Cyprus
1600s	120,000 people	128,210 people	8,210 people	Timor-Leste
1700s	110,000 people	160,263 people	50,263 people	Timor-Leste
1710s	110,000 people	163,231 people	53,231 people	Timor-Leste
1720s	110,000 people	166,254 people	56,254 people	Timor-Leste
1730s	110,000 people	169,332 people	59,332 people	Timor-Leste
1740s	110,000 people	172,468 people	62,468 people	Timor-Leste
1750s	110,000 people	175,662 people	65,662 people	Timor-Leste
1760s	110,000 people	178,915 people	68,915 people	Timor-Leste
1770s	110,000 people	182,228 people	72,228 people	Timor-Leste
1780s	110,000 people	185,603 people	75,603 people	Timor-Leste
1790s	110,000 people	189,040 people	79,040 people	Timor-Leste
1800s	184,482 people	137,262 people	47,220 people	Cyprus
1810s	184,682 people	137,298 people	47,384 people	Cyprus
1820s	184,883 people	145,896 people	38,987 people	Cyprus
1830s	185,084 people	166,224 people	18,859 people	Cyprus
1840s	185,285 people	189,571 people	4,286 people	Timor-Leste
1850s	185,442 people	215,132 people	29,690 people	Timor-Leste
1860s	185,545 people	242,715 people	57,170 people	Timor-Leste
1870s	185,692 people	273,761 people	88,069 people	Timor-Leste
1880s	195,971 people	298,864 people	102,893 people	Timor-Leste
1890s	220,848 people	317,194 people	96,346 people	Timor-Leste
1900s	252,556 people	339,422 people	86,866 people	Timor-Leste
1910s	289,277 people	359,377 people	70,100 people	Timor-Leste
1920s	326,259 people	399,739 people	73,480 people	Timor-Leste
1930s	390,853 people	428,670 people	37,817 people	Timor-Leste
1940s	467,325 people	415,199 people	52,126 people	Cyprus
1950s	531,314 people	435,882 people	95,431 people	Cyprus
1960s	615,002 people	504,008 people	110,995 people	Cyprus
1970s	663,015 people	595,434 people	67,580 people	Cyprus
1980s	726,792 people	694,199 people	32,593 people	Cyprus
1990s	855,471 people	845,877 people	9,594 people	Cyprus
2000s	1.03 million people	930,350 people	97,093 people	Cyprus
2010s	1.21 million people	1.19 million people	16,126 people	Cyprus
2020s	1.32 million people	1.36 million people	33,465 people	Timor-Leste

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Cyprus or Timor-Leste?: Timor-Leste, at 1.38 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 Timor-Leste?: 39,310 people, with Timor-Leste ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cyprus and Timor-Leste?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Cyprus and Timor-Leste rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Cyprus ranks 158th and Timor-Leste ranks 156th 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.