Egypt vs Viet Nam: The global population hockey stick

Egypt
114.54 million people
in 2023
Viet Nam
100.35 million people
in 2023
Egypt rank
15th
Viet Nam rank
17th

The global population hockey stick over time

  • Egypt
  • Viet Nam
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How they compare

Egypt currently reports 114.54 million people against 100.35 million people in Viet Nam, a difference of 14.18 million people.

That makes Egypt's figure about 1.1 times Viet Nam's.

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

Egypt ranks 15th and Viet Nam ranks 17th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 13 and Viet Nam in 27.

Head to head by decade

Decade Egypt Viet Nam Difference Ahead
1000s 5.00 million people 800,000 people 4.20 million people Egypt
1100s 4.35 million people 1.04 million people 3.31 million people Egypt
1200s 4.00 million people 1.28 million people 2.72 million people Egypt
1300s 4.70 million people 1.52 million people 3.18 million people Egypt
1400s 4.05 million people 1.76 million people 2.29 million people Egypt
1500s 4.00 million people 2.00 million people 2.00 million people Egypt
1600s 5.00 million people 2.50 million people 2.50 million people Egypt
1700s 4.50 million people 3.00 million people 1.50 million people Egypt
1710s 4.40 million people 3.30 million people 1.10 million people Egypt
1720s 4.30 million people 3.59 million people 708,170 people Egypt
1730s 4.20 million people 3.89 million people 312,250 people Egypt
1740s 4.10 million people 4.18 million people 83,670 people Viet Nam
1750s 4.00 million people 4.48 million people 479,580 people Viet Nam
1760s 3.90 million people 4.78 million people 875,500 people Viet Nam
1770s 3.80 million people 5.07 million people 1.27 million people Viet Nam
1780s 3.70 million people 5.37 million people 1.67 million people Viet Nam
1790s 3.60 million people 5.66 million people 2.06 million people Viet Nam
1800s 3.65 million people 4.48 million people 834,173 people Viet Nam
1810s 3.99 million people 5.73 million people 1.74 million people Viet Nam
1820s 4.25 million people 6.45 million people 2.20 million people Viet Nam
1830s 4.40 million people 6.28 million people 1.88 million people Viet Nam
1840s 5.00 million people 6.10 million people 1.10 million people Viet Nam
1850s 5.93 million people 6.85 million people 917,314 people Viet Nam
1860s 6.53 million people 9.04 million people 2.50 million people Viet Nam
1870s 7.19 million people 10.62 million people 3.43 million people Viet Nam
1880s 8.05 million people 10.95 million people 2.91 million people Viet Nam
1890s 9.21 million people 11.28 million people 2.07 million people Viet Nam
1900s 10.57 million people 14.68 million people 4.11 million people Viet Nam
1910s 11.97 million people 18.77 million people 6.80 million people Viet Nam
1920s 13.39 million people 18.03 million people 4.64 million people Viet Nam
1930s 15.14 million people 18.18 million people 3.04 million people Viet Nam
1940s 18.41 million people 21.60 million people 3.20 million people Viet Nam
1950s 23.57 million people 28.01 million people 4.44 million people Viet Nam
1960s 30.28 million people 36.60 million people 6.32 million people Viet Nam
1970s 38.54 million people 46.19 million people 7.65 million people Viet Nam
1980s 50.11 million people 58.33 million people 8.22 million people Viet Nam
1990s 64.97 million people 71.21 million people 6.24 million people Viet Nam
2000s 80.27 million people 81.23 million people 957,440 people Viet Nam
2010s 98.45 million people 92.31 million people 6.14 million people Egypt
2020s 111.86 million people 99.26 million people 12.59 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 Viet Nam?
Egypt, at 114.54 million people against 100.35 million people in Viet Nam as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Egypt and Viet Nam?
14.18 million people, with Egypt ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Viet Nam?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Egypt and Viet Nam rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Egypt ranks 15th and Viet Nam ranks 17th 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
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Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.