Czechia vs Sweden: The global population hockey stick
Czechia
10.81 million people
in 2023
Sweden
10.55 million people
in 2023
Czechia rank
88th
Sweden rank
91st
The global population hockey stick over time
- Czechia
- Sweden
How they compare
Czechia currently reports 10.81 million people against 10.55 million people in Sweden, a difference of 258,200 people.
Across all 241 years both countries report, Czechia has been ahead every year.
Czechia ranks 88th and Sweden ranks 91st of 239 countries.
Czechia has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Czechia | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 900,000 people | 400,000 people | 500,000 people | Czechia |
| 1100s | 1.08 million people | 470,000 people | 610,000 people | Czechia |
| 1200s | 1.44 million people | 540,000 people | 900,000 people | Czechia |
| 1300s | 2.16 million people | 1.10 million people | 1.06 million people | Czechia |
| 1400s | 1.80 million people | 433,628 people | 1.37 million people | Czechia |
| 1500s | 2.16 million people | 507,784 people | 1.65 million people | Czechia |
| 1600s | 3.24 million people | 766,244 people | 2.47 million people | Czechia |
| 1700s | 3.24 million people | 1.37 million people | 1.87 million people | Czechia |
| 1710s | 3.33 million people | 1.42 million people | 1.91 million people | Czechia |
| 1720s | 3.42 million people | 1.45 million people | 1.97 million people | Czechia |
| 1730s | 3.51 million people | 1.62 million people | 1.89 million people | Czechia |
| 1740s | 3.60 million people | 1.72 million people | 1.88 million people | Czechia |
| 1750s | 3.69 million people | 1.77 million people | 1.92 million people | Czechia |
| 1760s | 3.78 million people | 1.92 million people | 1.86 million people | Czechia |
| 1770s | 3.87 million people | 2.04 million people | 1.83 million people | Czechia |
| 1780s | 3.96 million people | 2.10 million people | 1.85 million people | Czechia |
| 1790s | 4.05 million people | 2.19 million people | 1.86 million people | Czechia |
| 1800s | 5.52 million people | 2.45 million people | 3.06 million people | Czechia |
| 1810s | 5.52 million people | 2.48 million people | 3.04 million people | Czechia |
| 1820s | 5.67 million people | 2.71 million people | 2.96 million people | Czechia |
| 1830s | 6.17 million people | 2.99 million people | 3.18 million people | Czechia |
| 1840s | 6.58 million people | 3.27 million people | 3.30 million people | Czechia |
| 1850s | 7.03 million people | 3.62 million people | 3.40 million people | Czechia |
| 1860s | 7.47 million people | 3.98 million people | 3.49 million people | Czechia |
| 1870s | 7.92 million people | 4.35 million people | 3.57 million people | Czechia |
| 1880s | 8.42 million people | 4.67 million people | 3.75 million people | Czechia |
| 1890s | 8.98 million people | 4.94 million people | 4.05 million people | Czechia |
| 1900s | 9.65 million people | 5.27 million people | 4.38 million people | Czechia |
| 1910s | 10.14 million people | 5.65 million people | 4.49 million people | Czechia |
| 1920s | 10.30 million people | 6.00 million people | 4.30 million people | Czechia |
| 1930s | 10.83 million people | 6.25 million people | 4.59 million people | Czechia |
| 1940s | 10.22 million people | 6.66 million people | 3.55 million people | Czechia |
| 1950s | 9.24 million people | 7.24 million people | 2.00 million people | Czechia |
| 1960s | 9.68 million people | 7.71 million people | 1.97 million people | Czechia |
| 1970s | 10.01 million people | 8.18 million people | 1.83 million people | Czechia |
| 1980s | 10.30 million people | 8.37 million people | 1.93 million people | Czechia |
| 1990s | 10.30 million people | 8.76 million people | 1.54 million people | Czechia |
| 2000s | 10.29 million people | 9.04 million people | 1.25 million people | Czechia |
| 2010s | 10.52 million people | 9.79 million people | 731,741 people | Czechia |
| 2020s | 10.64 million people | 10.45 million people | 188,775 people | Czechia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Czechia or Sweden?
- Czechia, at 10.81 million people against 10.55 million people in Sweden as of 2023.
- What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Czechia and Sweden?
- 258,200 people, with Czechia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Czechia and Sweden?
- 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
- How do Czechia and Sweden rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
- Czechia ranks 88th and Sweden ranks 91st 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.