Fiji vs Réunion: The global population hockey stick
Fiji
924,150 people
in 2023
Réunion
874,883 people
in 2023
Fiji rank
162nd
Réunion rank
163rd
The global population hockey stick over time
- Fiji
- Réunion
How they compare
Fiji currently reports 924,150 people against 874,883 people in Réunion, a difference of 49,267 people.
That makes Fiji's figure about 1.1 times Réunion's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 101 shared years of data; in 1500 it was Fiji ahead.
Fiji ranks 162nd and Réunion ranks 163rd of 239 countries.
Across the 35 decades both report, Fiji averaged higher in 28 and Réunion in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Fiji | Réunion | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1500s | 50,898 people | 373 people | 50,525 people | Fiji |
| 1600s | 56,554 people | 467 people | 56,087 people | Fiji |
| 1700s | 62,838 people | 584 people | 62,254 people | Fiji |
| 1710s | 66,145 people | 986 people | 65,159 people | Fiji |
| 1720s | 69,626 people | 1,667 people | 67,959 people | Fiji |
| 1730s | 73,291 people | 2,817 people | 70,474 people | Fiji |
| 1740s | 77,148 people | 4,760 people | 72,388 people | Fiji |
| 1750s | 81,209 people | 8,043 people | 73,166 people | Fiji |
| 1760s | 85,483 people | 13,590 people | 71,893 people | Fiji |
| 1770s | 89,982 people | 22,963 people | 67,019 people | Fiji |
| 1780s | 94,718 people | 38,800 people | 55,918 people | Fiji |
| 1790s | 99,703 people | 49,800 people | 49,903 people | Fiji |
| 1800s | 130,533 people | 60,800 people | 69,733 people | Fiji |
| 1810s | 132,838 people | 71,200 people | 61,638 people | Fiji |
| 1820s | 135,184 people | 81,200 people | 53,984 people | Fiji |
| 1830s | 137,571 people | 89,000 people | 48,571 people | Fiji |
| 1840s | 139,672 people | 103,922 people | 35,750 people | Fiji |
| 1850s | 136,971 people | 109,100 people | 27,871 people | Fiji |
| 1860s | 134,755 people | 163,950 people | 29,195 people | Réunion |
| 1870s | 132,535 people | 182,700 people | 50,165 people | Réunion |
| 1880s | 130,163 people | 180,800 people | 50,637 people | Réunion |
| 1890s | 125,548 people | 167,070 people | 41,522 people | Réunion |
| 1900s | 126,498 people | 172,600 people | 46,102 people | Réunion |
| 1910s | 147,045 people | 173,740 people | 26,695 people | Réunion |
| 1920s | 167,453 people | 173,260 people | 5,807 people | Réunion |
| 1930s | 210,278 people | 195,430 people | 14,848 people | Fiji |
| 1940s | 272,546 people | 218,690 people | 53,856 people | Fiji |
| 1950s | 347,209 people | 296,081 people | 51,128 people | Fiji |
| 1960s | 464,426 people | 411,726 people | 52,700 people | Fiji |
| 1970s | 574,782 people | 507,233 people | 67,549 people | Fiji |
| 1980s | 710,812 people | 595,789 people | 115,024 people | Fiji |
| 1990s | 799,228 people | 704,376 people | 94,851 people | Fiji |
| 2000s | 877,049 people | 799,889 people | 77,160 people | Fiji |
| 2010s | 916,089 people | 854,352 people | 61,737 people | Fiji |
| 2020s | 918,817 people | 868,991 people | 49,826 people | Fiji |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Fiji or Réunion?
- Fiji, at 924,150 people against 874,883 people in Réunion as of 2023.
- What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Fiji and Réunion?
- 49,267 people, with Fiji ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and Réunion?
- 101 years are reported by both, from 1500 to 2023.
- How do Fiji and Réunion rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
- Fiji ranks 162nd 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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About this data
Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.