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

988,370 people, with Panama ahead.

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

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 Panama: The global population hockey stick

Eritrea

3.47 million people

in 2023

Panama

4.46 million people

in 2023

Eritrea rank

133rd

Panama rank

130th

The global population hockey stick over time

Eritrea
Panama

How they compare

Panama currently reports 4.46 million people against 3.47 million people in Eritrea, a difference of 988,370 people.

That makes Panama's figure about 1.3 times Eritrea's.

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

Eritrea ranks 133rd and Panama ranks 130th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 26 and Panama in 14.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Eritrea	Panama	Difference	Ahead
1000s	58,000 people	116,237 people	58,237 people	Panama
1100s	66,700 people	129,153 people	62,453 people	Panama
1200s	75,400 people	143,503 people	68,103 people	Panama
1300s	88,933 people	159,448 people	70,515 people	Panama
1400s	102,466 people	177,164 people	74,698 people	Panama
1500s	116,000 people	196,849 people	80,849 people	Panama
1600s	130,500 people	98,424 people	32,076 people	Eritrea
1700s	145,000 people	49,212 people	95,788 people	Eritrea
1710s	147,692 people	51,802 people	95,890 people	Eritrea
1720s	150,682 people	54,528 people	96,154 people	Eritrea
1730s	153,868 people	57,398 people	96,470 people	Eritrea
1740s	157,272 people	60,419 people	96,853 people	Eritrea
1750s	160,921 people	63,599 people	97,322 people	Eritrea
1760s	164,846 people	66,947 people	97,899 people	Eritrea
1770s	169,084 people	70,470 people	98,614 people	Eritrea
1780s	173,678 people	74,179 people	99,499 people	Eritrea
1790s	178,684 people	78,084 people	100,600 people	Eritrea
1800s	205,010 people	78,122 people	126,888 people	Eritrea
1810s	205,182 people	83,996 people	121,186 people	Eritrea
1820s	249,289 people	90,307 people	158,982 people	Eritrea
1830s	374,522 people	97,092 people	277,431 people	Eritrea
1840s	563,556 people	104,423 people	459,133 people	Eritrea
1850s	685,146 people	121,261 people	563,885 people	Eritrea
1860s	657,845 people	153,317 people	504,528 people	Eritrea
1870s	631,156 people	184,479 people	446,677 people	Eritrea
1880s	607,474 people	209,924 people	397,549 people	Eritrea
1890s	583,373 people	238,726 people	344,648 people	Eritrea
1900s	574,058 people	282,109 people	291,949 people	Eritrea
1910s	579,996 people	380,224 people	199,772 people	Eritrea
1920s	617,206 people	480,476 people	136,730 people	Eritrea
1930s	675,425 people	572,410 people	103,015 people	Eritrea
1940s	755,704 people	753,021 people	2,683 people	Eritrea
1950s	879,864 people	970,436 people	90,573 people	Panama
1960s	1.09 million people	1.29 million people	205,591 people	Panama
1970s	1.40 million people	1.71 million people	314,171 people	Panama
1980s	1.79 million people	2.18 million people	385,100 people	Panama
1990s	2.02 million people	2.70 million people	677,697 people	Panama
2000s	2.59 million people	3.28 million people	698,432 people	Panama
2010s	3.10 million people	3.93 million people	832,535 people	Panama
2020s	3.38 million people	4.37 million people	994,228 people	Panama

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Eritrea or Panama?: Panama, at 4.46 million people against 3.47 million people in Eritrea as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Eritrea and Panama?: 988,370 people, with Panama ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Panama?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Eritrea and Panama rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Eritrea ranks 133rd and Panama ranks 130th 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.