What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Eswatini and Réunion?

355,627 people, with Eswatini ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Réunion?

101 years are reported by both, from 1500 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.

Eswatini vs Réunion: The global population hockey stick

Eswatini

1.23 million people

in 2023

Réunion

874,883 people

in 2023

Eswatini rank

160th

Réunion rank

163rd

The global population hockey stick over time

Eswatini
Réunion

How they compare

Eswatini currently reports 1.23 million people against 874,883 people in Réunion, a difference of 355,627 people.

That makes Eswatini's figure about 1.4 times Réunion's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 101 shared years of data; in 1500 it was Eswatini ahead.

Eswatini ranks 160th and Réunion ranks 163rd of 239 countries.

Across the 35 decades both report, Eswatini averaged higher in 20 and Réunion in 15.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Eswatini	Réunion	Difference	Ahead
1500s	12,600 people	373 people	12,227 people	Eswatini
1600s	14,700 people	467 people	14,233 people	Eswatini
1700s	21,000 people	584 people	20,416 people	Eswatini
1710s	24,452 people	986 people	23,466 people	Eswatini
1720s	26,533 people	1,667 people	24,866 people	Eswatini
1730s	28,794 people	2,817 people	25,977 people	Eswatini
1740s	31,249 people	4,760 people	26,489 people	Eswatini
1750s	33,915 people	8,043 people	25,872 people	Eswatini
1760s	36,812 people	13,590 people	23,222 people	Eswatini
1770s	39,959 people	22,963 people	16,996 people	Eswatini
1780s	43,377 people	38,800 people	4,577 people	Eswatini
1790s	47,091 people	49,800 people	2,709 people	Réunion
1800s	86,000 people	60,800 people	25,200 people	Eswatini
1810s	81,607 people	71,200 people	10,407 people	Eswatini
1820s	77,437 people	81,200 people	3,763 people	Réunion
1830s	73,480 people	89,000 people	15,520 people	Réunion
1840s	69,725 people	103,922 people	34,197 people	Réunion
1850s	66,771 people	109,100 people	42,329 people	Réunion
1860s	73,070 people	163,950 people	90,880 people	Réunion
1870s	80,694 people	182,700 people	102,006 people	Réunion
1880s	89,113 people	180,800 people	91,687 people	Réunion
1890s	98,411 people	167,070 people	68,659 people	Réunion
1900s	109,096 people	172,600 people	63,504 people	Réunion
1910s	127,720 people	173,740 people	46,020 people	Réunion
1920s	149,409 people	173,260 people	23,851 people	Réunion
1930s	183,282 people	195,430 people	12,148 people	Réunion
1940s	223,795 people	218,690 people	5,105 people	Eswatini
1950s	303,987 people	296,081 people	7,906 people	Eswatini
1960s	385,360 people	411,726 people	26,365 people	Réunion
1970s	503,927 people	507,233 people	3,305 people	Réunion
1980s	703,324 people	595,789 people	107,536 people	Eswatini
1990s	968,398 people	704,376 people	264,022 people	Eswatini
2000s	1.07 million people	799,889 people	275,038 people	Eswatini
2010s	1.14 million people	854,352 people	287,549 people	Eswatini
2020s	1.21 million people	868,991 people	343,199 people	Eswatini

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Eswatini or Réunion?: Eswatini, at 1.23 million people against 874,883 people in Réunion as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Eswatini and Réunion?: 355,627 people, with Eswatini ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Réunion?: 101 years are reported by both, from 1500 to 2023.
How do Eswatini and Réunion rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Eswatini ranks 160th and Réunion ranks 163rd 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.