What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Eritrea and Mongolia?

38,450 people, with Eritrea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Mongolia?

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.

Eritrea vs Mongolia: The global population hockey stick

Eritrea

3.47 million people

in 2023

Mongolia

3.43 million people

in 2023

Eritrea rank

133rd

Mongolia rank

134th

The global population hockey stick over time

Eritrea
Mongolia

How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 3.47 million people against 3.43 million people in Mongolia, a difference of 38,450 people.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Mongolia ahead.

Eritrea ranks 133rd and Mongolia ranks 134th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 5 and Mongolia in 35.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Eritrea	Mongolia	Difference	Ahead
1000s	58,000 people	500,000 people	442,000 people	Mongolia
1100s	66,700 people	650,000 people	583,300 people	Mongolia
1200s	75,400 people	800,000 people	724,600 people	Mongolia
1300s	88,933 people	850,000 people	761,067 people	Mongolia
1400s	102,466 people	600,000 people	497,534 people	Mongolia
1500s	116,000 people	600,000 people	484,000 people	Mongolia
1600s	130,500 people	600,000 people	469,500 people	Mongolia
1700s	145,000 people	600,000 people	455,000 people	Mongolia
1710s	147,692 people	596,677 people	448,985 people	Mongolia
1720s	150,682 people	598,673 people	447,991 people	Mongolia
1730s	153,868 people	600,675 people	446,807 people	Mongolia
1740s	157,272 people	602,684 people	445,412 people	Mongolia
1750s	160,921 people	604,700 people	443,779 people	Mongolia
1760s	164,846 people	606,722 people	441,876 people	Mongolia
1770s	169,084 people	608,751 people	439,667 people	Mongolia
1780s	173,678 people	610,787 people	437,109 people	Mongolia
1790s	178,684 people	612,830 people	434,146 people	Mongolia
1800s	205,010 people	604,230 people	399,220 people	Mongolia
1810s	205,182 people	613,723 people	408,542 people	Mongolia
1820s	249,289 people	623,264 people	373,976 people	Mongolia
1830s	374,522 people	632,835 people	258,313 people	Mongolia
1840s	563,556 people	642,551 people	78,995 people	Mongolia
1850s	685,146 people	652,073 people	33,073 people	Eritrea
1860s	657,845 people	661,313 people	3,468 people	Mongolia
1870s	631,156 people	670,792 people	39,636 people	Mongolia
1880s	607,474 people	680,538 people	73,064 people	Mongolia
1890s	583,373 people	690,454 people	107,080 people	Mongolia
1900s	574,058 people	706,746 people	132,688 people	Mongolia
1910s	579,996 people	725,276 people	145,279 people	Mongolia
1920s	617,206 people	738,172 people	120,966 people	Mongolia
1930s	675,425 people	751,442 people	76,017 people	Mongolia
1940s	755,704 people	765,242 people	9,538 people	Mongolia
1950s	879,864 people	851,454 people	28,409 people	Eritrea
1960s	1.09 million people	1.12 million people	31,042 people	Mongolia
1970s	1.40 million people	1.47 million people	75,285 people	Mongolia
1980s	1.79 million people	1.90 million people	112,278 people	Mongolia
1990s	2.02 million people	2.31 million people	290,079 people	Mongolia
2000s	2.59 million people	2.56 million people	30,294 people	Eritrea
2010s	3.10 million people	2.95 million people	143,490 people	Eritrea
2020s	3.38 million people	3.36 million people	18,218 people	Eritrea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Eritrea or Mongolia?: Eritrea, at 3.47 million people against 3.43 million people in Mongolia as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Eritrea and Mongolia?: 38,450 people, with Eritrea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Mongolia?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Eritrea and Mongolia rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Eritrea ranks 133rd and Mongolia ranks 134th 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.