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Ecuador vs Netherlands: The global population hockey stick

Ecuador
17.98 million people
in 2023
Netherlands
18.09 million people
in 2023
Ecuador rank
73rd
Netherlands rank
71st

The global population hockey stick over time

  • Ecuador
  • Netherlands
05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M100015112023

How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 18.09 million people against 17.98 million people in Ecuador, a difference of 112,400 people.

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

Ecuador ranks 73rd and Netherlands ranks 71st of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 1 and Netherlands in 39.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ecuador Netherlands Difference Ahead
1000s 400,000 people 369,012 people 30,988 people Ecuador
1100s 440,000 people 442,815 people 2,815 people Netherlands
1200s 480,000 people 498,167 people 18,167 people Netherlands
1300s 520,000 people 881,372 people 361,372 people Netherlands
1400s 560,000 people 629,551 people 69,551 people Netherlands
1500s 600,000 people 1.09 million people 486,370 people Netherlands
1600s 500,000 people 1.54 million people 1.04 million people Netherlands
1700s 499,333 people 2.00 million people 1.50 million people Netherlands
1710s 499,389 people 2.03 million people 1.53 million people Netherlands
1720s 499,444 people 2.07 million people 1.57 million people Netherlands
1730s 499,500 people 2.10 million people 1.60 million people Netherlands
1740s 499,555 people 2.13 million people 1.63 million people Netherlands
1750s 499,611 people 2.16 million people 1.66 million people Netherlands
1760s 499,666 people 2.20 million people 1.70 million people Netherlands
1770s 499,722 people 2.23 million people 1.73 million people Netherlands
1780s 499,777 people 2.26 million people 1.76 million people Netherlands
1790s 499,833 people 2.29 million people 1.79 million people Netherlands
1800s 500,000 people 2.02 million people 1.52 million people Netherlands
1810s 500,165 people 2.17 million people 1.67 million people Netherlands
1820s 539,499 people 2.47 million people 1.93 million people Netherlands
1830s 634,422 people 2.74 million people 2.11 million people Netherlands
1840s 746,847 people 2.98 million people 2.23 million people Netherlands
1850s 859,542 people 3.20 million people 2.34 million people Netherlands
1860s 964,629 people 3.45 million people 2.48 million people Netherlands
1870s 1.08 million people 3.80 million people 2.72 million people Netherlands
1880s 1.21 million people 4.26 million people 3.04 million people Netherlands
1890s 1.36 million people 4.80 million people 3.44 million people Netherlands
1900s 1.55 million people 5.48 million people 3.93 million people Netherlands
1910s 1.77 million people 6.32 million people 4.55 million people Netherlands
1920s 1.94 million people 7.29 million people 5.34 million people Netherlands
1930s 2.27 million people 8.31 million people 6.03 million people Netherlands
1940s 2.98 million people 9.41 million people 6.42 million people Netherlands
1950s 3.97 million people 10.71 million people 6.74 million people Netherlands
1960s 5.25 million people 12.20 million people 6.95 million people Netherlands
1970s 7.03 million people 13.60 million people 6.56 million people Netherlands
1980s 9.20 million people 14.53 million people 5.33 million people Netherlands
1990s 11.48 million people 15.50 million people 4.02 million people Netherlands
2000s 13.74 million people 16.41 million people 2.67 million people Netherlands
2010s 16.17 million people 17.11 million people 938,340 people Netherlands
2020s 17.76 million people 17.84 million people 82,900 people Netherlands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Ecuador or Netherlands?
Netherlands, at 18.09 million people against 17.98 million people in Ecuador as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Ecuador and Netherlands?
112,400 people, with Netherlands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Netherlands?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Ecuador and Netherlands rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Ecuador ranks 73rd and Netherlands ranks 71st 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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About this data

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

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.