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

82,310 people, with Eritrea ahead.

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

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 Uruguay: The global population hockey stick

Eritrea

3.47 million people

in 2023

Uruguay

3.39 million people

in 2023

Eritrea rank

133rd

Uruguay rank

135th

The global population hockey stick over time

Eritrea
Uruguay

How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 3.47 million people against 3.39 million people in Uruguay, a difference of 82,310 people.

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

Eritrea ranks 133rd and Uruguay ranks 135th of 239 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Eritrea	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
1000s	58,000 people	14,091 people	43,909 people	Eritrea
1100s	66,700 people	15,670 people	51,030 people	Eritrea
1200s	75,400 people	17,428 people	57,972 people	Eritrea
1300s	88,933 people	19,386 people	69,547 people	Eritrea
1400s	102,466 people	21,566 people	80,900 people	Eritrea
1500s	116,000 people	23,995 people	92,005 people	Eritrea
1600s	130,500 people	26,701 people	103,799 people	Eritrea
1700s	145,000 people	29,719 people	115,281 people	Eritrea
1710s	147,692 people	31,284 people	116,408 people	Eritrea
1720s	150,682 people	32,930 people	117,752 people	Eritrea
1730s	153,868 people	34,663 people	119,205 people	Eritrea
1740s	157,272 people	36,488 people	120,784 people	Eritrea
1750s	160,921 people	38,408 people	122,513 people	Eritrea
1760s	164,846 people	40,430 people	124,416 people	Eritrea
1770s	169,084 people	42,557 people	126,527 people	Eritrea
1780s	173,678 people	44,797 people	128,881 people	Eritrea
1790s	178,684 people	47,155 people	131,529 people	Eritrea
1800s	205,010 people	55,000 people	150,010 people	Eritrea
1810s	205,182 people	55,033 people	150,149 people	Eritrea
1820s	249,289 people	63,118 people	186,171 people	Eritrea
1830s	374,522 people	84,338 people	290,184 people	Eritrea
1840s	563,556 people	112,982 people	450,575 people	Eritrea
1850s	685,146 people	169,884 people	515,262 people	Eritrea
1860s	657,845 people	273,980 people	383,865 people	Eritrea
1870s	631,156 people	396,887 people	234,269 people	Eritrea
1880s	607,474 people	562,422 people	45,051 people	Eritrea
1890s	583,373 people	791,888 people	208,515 people	Uruguay
1900s	574,058 people	999,894 people	425,836 people	Uruguay
1910s	579,996 people	1.23 million people	645,644 people	Uruguay
1920s	617,206 people	1.54 million people	926,060 people	Uruguay
1930s	675,425 people	1.85 million people	1.18 million people	Uruguay
1940s	755,704 people	2.10 million people	1.34 million people	Uruguay
1950s	879,864 people	2.36 million people	1.48 million people	Uruguay
1960s	1.09 million people	2.66 million people	1.57 million people	Uruguay
1970s	1.40 million people	2.86 million people	1.47 million people	Uruguay
1980s	1.79 million people	3.01 million people	1.22 million people	Uruguay
1990s	2.02 million people	3.18 million people	1.16 million people	Uruguay
2000s	2.59 million people	3.29 million people	700,994 people	Uruguay
2010s	3.10 million people	3.36 million people	264,623 people	Uruguay
2020s	3.38 million people	3.39 million people	13,338 people	Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Eritrea or Uruguay?: Eritrea, at 3.47 million people against 3.39 million people in Uruguay as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Eritrea and Uruguay?: 82,310 people, with Eritrea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Uruguay?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Eritrea and Uruguay rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Eritrea ranks 133rd and Uruguay ranks 135th 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.