What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Egypt and Iran, Islamic Republic of?

23.93 million people, with Egypt ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Iran, Islamic Republic of?

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.

Egypt vs Iran, Islamic Republic of: The global population hockey stick

Egypt

114.54 million people

in 2023

Iran, Islamic Republic of

90.61 million people

in 2023

Egypt rank

15th

Iran, Islamic Republic of rank

18th

The global population hockey stick over time

Egypt
Iran, Islamic Republic of

How they compare

Egypt currently reports 114.54 million people against 90.61 million people in Iran, Islamic Republic of, a difference of 23.93 million people.

That makes Egypt's figure about 1.3 times Iran, Islamic Republic of's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Egypt ahead.

Egypt ranks 15th and Iran, Islamic Republic of ranks 18th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 15 and Iran, Islamic Republic of in 23.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Egypt	Iran, Islamic Republic of	Difference	Ahead
1000s	5.00 million people	4.50 million people	500,000 people	Egypt
1100s	4.35 million people	4.75 million people	400,000 people	Iran, Islamic Republic of
1200s	4.00 million people	5.00 million people	1.00 million people	Iran, Islamic Republic of
1300s	4.70 million people	3.50 million people	1.20 million people	Egypt
1400s	4.05 million people	3.75 million people	300,000 people	Egypt
1500s	4.00 million people	4.00 million people	0 people	—
1600s	5.00 million people	5.00 million people	0 people	—
1700s	4.50 million people	5.00 million people	500,000 people	Iran, Islamic Republic of
1710s	4.40 million people	5.21 million people	811,440 people	Iran, Islamic Republic of
1720s	4.30 million people	5.32 million people	1.02 million people	Iran, Islamic Republic of
1730s	4.20 million people	5.43 million people	1.23 million people	Iran, Islamic Republic of
1740s	4.10 million people	5.55 million people	1.45 million people	Iran, Islamic Republic of
1750s	4.00 million people	5.67 million people	1.67 million people	Iran, Islamic Republic of
1760s	3.90 million people	5.79 million people	1.89 million people	Iran, Islamic Republic of
1770s	3.80 million people	5.91 million people	2.11 million people	Iran, Islamic Republic of
1780s	3.70 million people	6.03 million people	2.33 million people	Iran, Islamic Republic of
1790s	3.60 million people	6.16 million people	2.56 million people	Iran, Islamic Republic of
1800s	3.65 million people	6.12 million people	2.48 million people	Iran, Islamic Republic of
1810s	3.99 million people	6.40 million people	2.41 million people	Iran, Islamic Republic of
1820s	4.25 million people	6.69 million people	2.44 million people	Iran, Islamic Republic of
1830s	4.40 million people	7.00 million people	2.60 million people	Iran, Islamic Republic of
1840s	5.00 million people	7.32 million people	2.31 million people	Iran, Islamic Republic of
1850s	5.93 million people	7.71 million people	1.78 million people	Iran, Islamic Republic of
1860s	6.53 million people	8.18 million people	1.65 million people	Iran, Islamic Republic of
1870s	7.19 million people	8.60 million people	1.40 million people	Iran, Islamic Republic of
1880s	8.05 million people	8.91 million people	868,215 people	Iran, Islamic Republic of
1890s	9.21 million people	9.55 million people	343,324 people	Iran, Islamic Republic of
1900s	10.57 million people	10.58 million people	6,761 people	Iran, Islamic Republic of
1910s	11.97 million people	10.22 million people	1.75 million people	Egypt
1920s	13.39 million people	10.74 million people	2.65 million people	Egypt
1930s	15.14 million people	13.86 million people	1.28 million people	Egypt
1940s	18.41 million people	15.87 million people	2.54 million people	Egypt
1950s	23.57 million people	18.55 million people	5.02 million people	Egypt
1960s	30.28 million people	24.74 million people	5.54 million people	Egypt
1970s	38.54 million people	33.49 million people	5.05 million people	Egypt
1980s	50.11 million people	48.61 million people	1.50 million people	Egypt
1990s	64.97 million people	62.12 million people	2.85 million people	Egypt
2000s	80.27 million people	71.27 million people	9.00 million people	Egypt
2010s	98.45 million people	82.17 million people	16.28 million people	Egypt
2020s	111.86 million people	89.08 million people	22.78 million people	Egypt

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Egypt or Iran, Islamic Republic of?: Egypt, at 114.54 million people against 90.61 million people in Iran, Islamic Republic of as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Egypt and Iran, Islamic Republic of?: 23.93 million people, with Egypt ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Iran, Islamic Republic of?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Egypt and Iran, Islamic Republic of rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Egypt ranks 15th and Iran, Islamic Republic of ranks 18th 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.