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

228,370 people, with Eritrea ahead.

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

106 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 Puerto Rico: The global population hockey stick

Eritrea

3.47 million people

in 2023

Puerto Rico

3.24 million people

in 2023

Eritrea rank

133rd

Puerto Rico rank

136th

The global population hockey stick over time

Eritrea
Puerto Rico

How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 3.47 million people against 3.24 million people in Puerto Rico, a difference of 228,370 people.

That makes Eritrea's figure about 1.1 times Puerto Rico's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 106 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Eritrea ahead.

Eritrea ranks 133rd and Puerto Rico ranks 136th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 24 and Puerto Rico in 16.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Eritrea	Puerto Rico	Difference	Ahead
1000s	58,000 people	605 people	57,395 people	Eritrea
1100s	66,700 people	908 people	65,792 people	Eritrea
1200s	75,400 people	1,363 people	74,037 people	Eritrea
1300s	88,933 people	2,044 people	86,889 people	Eritrea
1400s	102,466 people	3,067 people	99,399 people	Eritrea
1500s	116,000 people	4,600 people	111,400 people	Eritrea
1600s	130,500 people	6,900 people	123,600 people	Eritrea
1700s	145,000 people	10,351 people	134,649 people	Eritrea
1710s	147,692 people	13,488 people	134,204 people	Eritrea
1720s	150,682 people	17,575 people	133,107 people	Eritrea
1730s	153,868 people	22,901 people	130,967 people	Eritrea
1740s	157,272 people	29,841 people	127,431 people	Eritrea
1750s	160,921 people	38,883 people	122,038 people	Eritrea
1760s	164,846 people	50,666 people	114,180 people	Eritrea
1770s	169,084 people	66,020 people	103,064 people	Eritrea
1780s	173,678 people	86,026 people	87,652 people	Eritrea
1790s	178,684 people	112,095 people	66,589 people	Eritrea
1800s	205,010 people	146,063 people	58,947 people	Eritrea
1810s	205,010 people	190,325 people	14,685 people	Eritrea
1820s	210,225 people	248,000 people	37,775 people	Puerto Rico
1830s	309,325 people	299,428 people	9,897 people	Eritrea
1840s	465,936 people	350,856 people	115,080 people	Eritrea
1850s	684,015 people	440,820 people	243,195 people	Eritrea
1860s	671,124 people	537,637 people	133,487 people	Eritrea
1870s	641,971 people	644,736 people	2,765 people	Puerto Rico
1880s	618,196 people	753,992 people	135,796 people	Puerto Rico
1890s	594,270 people	861,685 people	267,415 people	Puerto Rico
1900s	571,858 people	981,410 people	409,552 people	Puerto Rico
1910s	578,010 people	1.21 million people	631,420 people	Puerto Rico
1920s	591,172 people	1.44 million people	846,288 people	Puerto Rico
1930s	650,705 people	1.67 million people	1.01 million people	Puerto Rico
1940s	708,488 people	1.89 million people	1.19 million people	Puerto Rico
1950s	879,864 people	2.29 million people	1.41 million people	Puerto Rico
1960s	1.09 million people	2.54 million people	1.45 million people	Puerto Rico
1970s	1.40 million people	2.95 million people	1.55 million people	Puerto Rico
1980s	1.79 million people	3.37 million people	1.58 million people	Puerto Rico
1990s	2.02 million people	3.67 million people	1.65 million people	Puerto Rico
2000s	2.59 million people	3.79 million people	1.20 million people	Puerto Rico
2010s	3.10 million people	3.52 million people	420,114 people	Puerto Rico
2020s	3.38 million people	3.25 million people	127,325 people	Eritrea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Eritrea or Puerto Rico?: Eritrea, at 3.47 million people against 3.24 million people in Puerto Rico as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Eritrea and Puerto Rico?: 228,370 people, with Eritrea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Puerto Rico?: 106 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Eritrea and Puerto Rico rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Eritrea ranks 133rd and Puerto Rico ranks 136th 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.