What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Fiji and Guyana?

97,793 people, with Fiji ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and Guyana?

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.

Fiji vs Guyana: The global population hockey stick

Fiji

924,150 people

in 2023

Guyana

826,357 people

in 2023

Fiji rank

162nd

Guyana rank

165th

The global population hockey stick over time

Fiji
Guyana

How they compare

Fiji currently reports 924,150 people against 826,357 people in Guyana, a difference of 97,793 people.

That makes Fiji's figure about 1.1 times Guyana's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Guyana ahead.

Fiji ranks 162nd and Guyana ranks 165th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Fiji averaged higher in 6 and Guyana in 34.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Fiji	Guyana	Difference	Ahead
1000s	30,055 people	50,000 people	19,945 people	Guyana
1100s	33,394 people	55,000 people	21,606 people	Guyana
1200s	37,105 people	60,000 people	22,895 people	Guyana
1300s	41,228 people	70,000 people	28,772 people	Guyana
1400s	45,809 people	80,000 people	34,191 people	Guyana
1500s	50,898 people	90,000 people	39,102 people	Guyana
1600s	56,554 people	90,000 people	33,446 people	Guyana
1700s	62,838 people	99,759 people	36,921 people	Guyana
1710s	66,145 people	104,510 people	38,365 people	Guyana
1720s	69,626 people	109,486 people	39,860 people	Guyana
1730s	73,291 people	114,700 people	41,409 people	Guyana
1740s	77,148 people	120,162 people	43,014 people	Guyana
1750s	81,209 people	125,884 people	44,675 people	Guyana
1760s	85,483 people	131,878 people	46,395 people	Guyana
1770s	89,982 people	138,158 people	48,176 people	Guyana
1780s	94,718 people	144,737 people	50,019 people	Guyana
1790s	99,703 people	151,630 people	51,927 people	Guyana
1800s	131,567 people	166,034 people	34,467 people	Guyana
1810s	133,891 people	165,948 people	32,057 people	Guyana
1820s	136,255 people	147,630 people	11,376 people	Guyana
1830s	138,650 people	113,798 people	24,851 people	Fiji
1840s	138,600 people	111,303 people	27,298 people	Fiji
1850s	135,984 people	136,430 people	445.7 people	Guyana
1860s	133,754 people	166,449 people	32,696 people	Guyana
1870s	131,540 people	215,975 people	84,435 people	Guyana
1880s	128,021 people	259,221 people	131,200 people	Guyana
1890s	125,335 people	284,703 people	159,368 people	Guyana
1900s	135,096 people	297,622 people	162,526 people	Guyana
1910s	155,819 people	295,534 people	139,714 people	Guyana
1920s	185,199 people	298,288 people	113,088 people	Guyana
1930s	237,847 people	317,656 people	79,809 people	Guyana
1940s	287,862 people	371,389 people	83,527 people	Guyana
1950s	347,209 people	480,257 people	133,048 people	Guyana
1960s	464,426 people	629,003 people	164,577 people	Guyana
1970s	574,782 people	739,621 people	164,839 people	Guyana
1980s	710,812 people	769,583 people	58,770 people	Guyana
1990s	799,228 people	756,574 people	42,654 people	Fiji
2000s	877,049 people	760,199 people	116,850 people	Fiji
2010s	916,089 people	763,602 people	152,487 people	Fiji
2020s	918,817 people	817,741 people	101,076 people	Fiji

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Fiji or Guyana?: Fiji, at 924,150 people against 826,357 people in Guyana as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Fiji and Guyana?: 97,793 people, with Fiji ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and Guyana?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Fiji and Guyana rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Fiji ranks 162nd and Guyana ranks 165th 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.