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

1.64 million people, with Ecuador ahead.

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

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 Zimbabwe: The global population hockey stick

Ecuador

17.98 million people

in 2023

Zimbabwe

16.34 million people

in 2023

Ecuador rank

73rd

Zimbabwe rank

75th

The global population hockey stick over time

Ecuador
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Ecuador currently reports 17.98 million people against 16.34 million people in Zimbabwe, a difference of 1.64 million people.

That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.1 times Zimbabwe's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Ecuador ahead.

Ecuador ranks 73rd and Zimbabwe ranks 75th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 36 and Zimbabwe in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ecuador	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
1000s	400,000 people	170,000 people	230,000 people	Ecuador
1100s	440,000 people	170,000 people	270,000 people	Ecuador
1200s	480,000 people	170,000 people	310,000 people	Ecuador
1300s	520,000 people	170,000 people	350,000 people	Ecuador
1400s	560,000 people	170,000 people	390,000 people	Ecuador
1500s	600,000 people	340,000 people	260,000 people	Ecuador
1600s	500,000 people	368,900 people	131,100 people	Ecuador
1700s	499,333 people	397,800 people	101,533 people	Ecuador
1710s	499,389 people	404,601 people	94,788 people	Ecuador
1720s	499,444 people	412,333 people	87,111 people	Ecuador
1730s	499,500 people	420,561 people	78,939 people	Ecuador
1740s	499,555 people	429,343 people	70,212 people	Ecuador
1750s	499,611 people	438,745 people	60,866 people	Ecuador
1760s	499,666 people	448,844 people	50,822 people	Ecuador
1770s	499,722 people	459,732 people	39,990 people	Ecuador
1780s	499,777 people	471,520 people	28,257 people	Ecuador
1790s	499,833 people	484,341 people	15,492 people	Ecuador
1800s	500,000 people	1.09 million people	585,810 people	Zimbabwe
1810s	500,165 people	1.09 million people	585,294 people	Zimbabwe
1820s	539,499 people	1.01 million people	469,430 people	Zimbabwe
1830s	634,422 people	858,333 people	223,912 people	Zimbabwe
1840s	746,847 people	729,529 people	17,318 people	Ecuador
1850s	859,542 people	698,676 people	160,866 people	Ecuador
1860s	964,629 people	771,918 people	192,710 people	Ecuador
1870s	1.08 million people	854,563 people	227,367 people	Ecuador
1880s	1.21 million people	946,054 people	267,208 people	Ecuador
1890s	1.36 million people	1.05 million people	313,105 people	Ecuador
1900s	1.55 million people	1.19 million people	357,454 people	Ecuador
1910s	1.77 million people	1.40 million people	366,753 people	Ecuador
1920s	1.94 million people	1.68 million people	267,277 people	Ecuador
1930s	2.27 million people	2.06 million people	216,756 people	Ecuador
1940s	2.98 million people	2.50 million people	484,857 people	Ecuador
1950s	3.97 million people	3.22 million people	743,602 people	Ecuador
1960s	5.25 million people	4.41 million people	842,756 people	Ecuador
1970s	7.03 million people	5.98 million people	1.05 million people	Ecuador
1980s	9.20 million people	8.52 million people	674,014 people	Ecuador
1990s	11.48 million people	10.99 million people	492,850 people	Ecuador
2000s	13.74 million people	12.46 million people	1.28 million people	Ecuador
2010s	16.17 million people	14.31 million people	1.86 million people	Ecuador
2020s	17.76 million people	15.93 million people	1.82 million people	Ecuador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Ecuador or Zimbabwe?: Ecuador, at 17.98 million people against 16.34 million people in Zimbabwe as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Ecuador and Zimbabwe?: 1.64 million people, with Ecuador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Zimbabwe?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Ecuador and Zimbabwe rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Ecuador ranks 73rd and Zimbabwe ranks 75th 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.