What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Ecuador and Senegal?

97,500 people, with Senegal ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Senegal?

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.

Ecuador vs Senegal: The global population hockey stick

Ecuador

17.98 million people

in 2023

Senegal

18.08 million people

in 2023

Ecuador rank

73rd

Senegal rank

72nd

The global population hockey stick over time

Ecuador
Senegal

How they compare

Senegal currently reports 18.08 million people against 17.98 million people in Ecuador, a difference of 97,500 people.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Ecuador ahead.

Ecuador ranks 73rd and Senegal ranks 72nd of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 21 and Senegal in 19.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ecuador	Senegal	Difference	Ahead
1000s	400,000 people	121,508 people	278,492 people	Ecuador
1100s	440,000 people	151,885 people	288,115 people	Ecuador
1200s	480,000 people	189,856 people	290,144 people	Ecuador
1300s	520,000 people	237,320 people	282,680 people	Ecuador
1400s	560,000 people	296,650 people	263,350 people	Ecuador
1500s	600,000 people	370,813 people	229,187 people	Ecuador
1600s	500,000 people	463,516 people	36,484 people	Ecuador
1700s	499,333 people	579,396 people	80,063 people	Senegal
1710s	499,389 people	587,622 people	88,233 people	Senegal
1720s	499,444 people	596,319 people	96,875 people	Senegal
1730s	499,500 people	605,533 people	106,033 people	Senegal
1740s	499,555 people	615,323 people	115,768 people	Senegal
1750s	499,611 people	625,752 people	126,141 people	Senegal
1760s	499,666 people	636,897 people	137,231 people	Senegal
1770s	499,722 people	648,850 people	149,128 people	Senegal
1780s	499,777 people	661,717 people	161,940 people	Senegal
1790s	499,833 people	675,627 people	175,794 people	Senegal
1800s	500,000 people	1.01 million people	509,890 people	Senegal
1810s	500,165 people	1.01 million people	509,670 people	Senegal
1820s	539,499 people	997,563 people	458,064 people	Senegal
1830s	634,422 people	971,318 people	336,896 people	Senegal
1840s	746,847 people	945,719 people	198,872 people	Senegal
1850s	859,542 people	956,409 people	96,867 people	Senegal
1860s	964,629 people	1.02 million people	55,909 people	Senegal
1870s	1.08 million people	1.12 million people	34,486 people	Senegal
1880s	1.21 million people	1.23 million people	16,135 people	Senegal
1890s	1.36 million people	1.33 million people	32,758 people	Ecuador
1900s	1.55 million people	1.42 million people	132,687 people	Ecuador
1910s	1.77 million people	1.51 million people	257,978 people	Ecuador
1920s	1.94 million people	1.67 million people	275,089 people	Ecuador
1930s	2.27 million people	1.93 million people	345,517 people	Ecuador
1940s	2.98 million people	2.26 million people	728,147 people	Ecuador
1950s	3.97 million people	2.88 million people	1.09 million people	Ecuador
1960s	5.25 million people	3.81 million people	1.44 million people	Ecuador
1970s	7.03 million people	5.09 million people	1.94 million people	Ecuador
1980s	9.20 million people	6.63 million people	2.57 million people	Ecuador
1990s	11.48 million people	8.73 million people	2.75 million people	Ecuador
2000s	13.74 million people	11.12 million people	2.61 million people	Ecuador
2010s	16.17 million people	14.41 million people	1.76 million people	Ecuador
2020s	17.76 million people	17.43 million people	323,450 people	Ecuador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Ecuador or Senegal?: Senegal, at 18.08 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 Senegal?: 97,500 people, with Senegal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Senegal?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Ecuador and Senegal rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Ecuador ranks 73rd and Senegal ranks 72nd 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.