Egypt vs Philippines: The global population hockey stick
Egypt
114.54 million people
in 2023
Philippines
114.89 million people
in 2023
Egypt rank
15th
Philippines rank
14th
The global population hockey stick over time
- Egypt
- Philippines
How they compare
Philippines currently reports 114.89 million people against 114.54 million people in Egypt, a difference of 355,000 people.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 15th and Philippines ranks 14th of 239 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 33 and Philippines in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Philippines | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 5.00 million people | 99,977 people | 4.90 million people | Egypt |
| 1100s | 4.35 million people | 179,959 people | 4.17 million people | Egypt |
| 1200s | 4.00 million people | 259,941 people | 3.74 million people | Egypt |
| 1300s | 4.70 million people | 339,923 people | 4.36 million people | Egypt |
| 1400s | 4.05 million people | 419,905 people | 3.63 million people | Egypt |
| 1500s | 4.00 million people | 499,886 people | 3.50 million people | Egypt |
| 1600s | 5.00 million people | 799,819 people | 4.20 million people | Egypt |
| 1700s | 4.50 million people | 1.25 million people | 3.25 million people | Egypt |
| 1710s | 4.40 million people | 1.33 million people | 3.07 million people | Egypt |
| 1720s | 4.30 million people | 1.40 million people | 2.90 million people | Egypt |
| 1730s | 4.20 million people | 1.48 million people | 2.72 million people | Egypt |
| 1740s | 4.10 million people | 1.56 million people | 2.54 million people | Egypt |
| 1750s | 4.00 million people | 1.64 million people | 2.36 million people | Egypt |
| 1760s | 3.90 million people | 1.71 million people | 2.19 million people | Egypt |
| 1770s | 3.80 million people | 1.79 million people | 2.01 million people | Egypt |
| 1780s | 3.70 million people | 1.87 million people | 1.83 million people | Egypt |
| 1790s | 3.60 million people | 1.94 million people | 1.66 million people | Egypt |
| 1800s | 3.65 million people | 2.23 million people | 1.41 million people | Egypt |
| 1810s | 3.99 million people | 2.05 million people | 1.95 million people | Egypt |
| 1820s | 4.25 million people | 2.36 million people | 1.89 million people | Egypt |
| 1830s | 4.40 million people | 2.81 million people | 1.58 million people | Egypt |
| 1840s | 5.00 million people | 3.32 million people | 1.68 million people | Egypt |
| 1850s | 5.93 million people | 3.87 million people | 2.06 million people | Egypt |
| 1860s | 6.53 million people | 4.49 million people | 2.04 million people | Egypt |
| 1870s | 7.19 million people | 5.21 million people | 1.99 million people | Egypt |
| 1880s | 8.05 million people | 5.78 million people | 2.26 million people | Egypt |
| 1890s | 9.21 million people | 6.26 million people | 2.95 million people | Egypt |
| 1900s | 10.57 million people | 7.15 million people | 3.42 million people | Egypt |
| 1910s | 11.97 million people | 8.47 million people | 3.50 million people | Egypt |
| 1920s | 13.39 million people | 10.27 million people | 3.12 million people | Egypt |
| 1930s | 15.14 million people | 12.77 million people | 2.38 million people | Egypt |
| 1940s | 18.41 million people | 16.15 million people | 2.26 million people | Egypt |
| 1950s | 23.57 million people | 22.61 million people | 958,610 people | Egypt |
| 1960s | 30.28 million people | 32.19 million people | 1.91 million people | Philippines |
| 1970s | 38.54 million people | 41.91 million people | 3.37 million people | Philippines |
| 1980s | 50.11 million people | 54.50 million people | 4.39 million people | Philippines |
| 1990s | 64.97 million people | 69.99 million people | 5.02 million people | Philippines |
| 2000s | 80.27 million people | 87.09 million people | 6.82 million people | Philippines |
| 2010s | 98.45 million people | 104.10 million people | 5.66 million people | Philippines |
| 2020s | 111.86 million people | 113.51 million people | 1.65 million people | Philippines |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Egypt or Philippines?
- Philippines, at 114.89 million people against 114.54 million people in Egypt as of 2023.
- What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Egypt and Philippines?
- 355,000 people, with Philippines ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Philippines?
- 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
- How do Egypt and Philippines rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
- Egypt ranks 15th and Philippines ranks 14th of 239 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) β 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
Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.