What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Djibouti and Réunion?

278,067 people, with Djibouti ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Djibouti and Réunion?

101 years are reported by both, from 1500 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.

Djibouti vs Réunion: The global population hockey stick

Djibouti

1.15 million people

in 2023

Réunion

874,883 people

in 2023

Djibouti rank

161st

Réunion rank

163rd

The global population hockey stick over time

Djibouti
Réunion

How they compare

Djibouti currently reports 1.15 million people against 874,883 people in Réunion, a difference of 278,067 people.

That makes Djibouti's figure about 1.3 times Réunion's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 101 shared years of data; in 1500 it was Djibouti ahead.

Djibouti ranks 161st and Réunion ranks 163rd of 239 countries.

Across the 35 decades both report, Djibouti averaged higher in 13 and Réunion in 22.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Djibouti	Réunion	Difference	Ahead
1500s	21,600 people	373 people	21,227 people	Djibouti
1600s	22,950 people	467 people	22,483 people	Djibouti
1700s	24,300 people	584 people	23,716 people	Djibouti
1710s	24,790 people	986 people	23,804 people	Djibouti
1720s	25,030 people	1,667 people	23,363 people	Djibouti
1730s	25,283 people	2,817 people	22,466 people	Djibouti
1740s	25,550 people	4,760 people	20,790 people	Djibouti
1750s	25,833 people	8,043 people	17,790 people	Djibouti
1760s	26,133 people	13,590 people	12,543 people	Djibouti
1770s	26,453 people	22,963 people	3,490 people	Djibouti
1780s	26,796 people	38,800 people	12,004 people	Réunion
1790s	27,163 people	49,800 people	22,637 people	Réunion
1800s	22,848 people	60,800 people	37,952 people	Réunion
1810s	22,848 people	71,200 people	48,352 people	Réunion
1820s	23,113 people	81,200 people	58,087 people	Réunion
1830s	27,642 people	89,000 people	61,358 people	Réunion
1840s	33,429 people	103,922 people	70,493 people	Réunion
1850s	39,961 people	109,100 people	69,139 people	Réunion
1860s	40,383 people	163,950 people	123,567 people	Réunion
1870s	40,376 people	182,700 people	142,324 people	Réunion
1880s	40,726 people	180,800 people	140,074 people	Réunion
1890s	41,152 people	167,070 people	125,918 people	Réunion
1900s	42,320 people	172,600 people	130,280 people	Réunion
1910s	43,547 people	173,740 people	130,193 people	Réunion
1920s	44,643 people	173,260 people	128,617 people	Réunion
1930s	49,022 people	195,430 people	146,408 people	Réunion
1940s	53,375 people	218,690 people	165,315 people	Réunion
1950s	72,214 people	296,081 people	223,867 people	Réunion
1960s	108,026 people	411,726 people	303,700 people	Réunion
1970s	211,756 people	507,233 people	295,477 people	Réunion
1980s	407,073 people	595,789 people	188,715 people	Réunion
1990s	645,446 people	704,376 people	58,930 people	Réunion
2000s	832,761 people	799,889 people	32,872 people	Djibouti
2010s	1.01 million people	854,352 people	156,302 people	Djibouti
2020s	1.13 million people	868,991 people	260,132 people	Djibouti

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Djibouti or Réunion?: Djibouti, at 1.15 million people against 874,883 people in Réunion as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Djibouti and Réunion?: 278,067 people, with Djibouti ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Djibouti and Réunion?: 101 years are reported by both, from 1500 to 2023.
How do Djibouti and Réunion rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Djibouti ranks 161st and Réunion ranks 163rd 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.