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Georgia vs Kuwait: The global population hockey stick

Georgia
3.81 million people
in 2023
Kuwait
4.84 million people
in 2023
Georgia rank
132nd
Kuwait rank
129th

The global population hockey stick over time

  • Georgia
  • Kuwait
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How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 4.84 million people against 3.81 million people in Georgia, a difference of 1.03 million people.

That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.3 times Georgia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Georgia ahead.

Georgia ranks 132nd and Kuwait ranks 129th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Georgia averaged higher in 39 and Kuwait in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Georgia Kuwait Difference Ahead
1000s 227,000 people 69,000 people 158,000 people Georgia
1100s 340,500 people 69,000 people 271,500 people Georgia
1200s 454,000 people 69,000 people 385,000 people Georgia
1300s 568,000 people 69,000 people 499,000 people Georgia
1400s 454,000 people 69,000 people 385,000 people Georgia
1500s 568,000 people 69,000 people 499,000 people Georgia
1600s 681,000 people 135,000 people 546,000 people Georgia
1700s 795,000 people 117,000 people 678,000 people Georgia
1710s 506,048 people 120,284 people 385,764 people Georgia
1720s 548,219 people 121,499 people 426,720 people Georgia
1730s 593,904 people 122,726 people 471,178 people Georgia
1740s 643,396 people 123,966 people 519,430 people Georgia
1750s 697,013 people 125,218 people 571,795 people Georgia
1760s 755,097 people 126,483 people 628,614 people Georgia
1770s 818,022 people 127,760 people 690,262 people Georgia
1780s 886,190 people 129,051 people 757,139 people Georgia
1790s 960,040 people 130,354 people 829,686 people Georgia
1800s 1.07 million people 81,280 people 990,900 people Georgia
1810s 1.07 million people 81,280 people 991,097 people Georgia
1820s 1.12 million people 81,280 people 1.04 million people Georgia
1830s 1.22 million people 81,280 people 1.14 million people Georgia
1840s 1.34 million people 81,280 people 1.26 million people Georgia
1850s 1.47 million people 81,397 people 1.39 million people Georgia
1860s 1.61 million people 81,666 people 1.53 million people Georgia
1870s 1.76 million people 84,204 people 1.68 million people Georgia
1880s 1.93 million people 89,631 people 1.84 million people Georgia
1890s 2.11 million people 95,450 people 2.02 million people Georgia
1900s 2.31 million people 101,652 people 2.21 million people Georgia
1910s 2.53 million people 109,491 people 2.42 million people Georgia
1920s 2.77 million people 119,232 people 2.66 million people Georgia
1930s 3.04 million people 129,753 people 2.91 million people Georgia
1940s 3.33 million people 141,393 people 3.19 million people Georgia
1950s 3.72 million people 196,711 people 3.52 million people Georgia
1960s 4.40 million people 510,192 people 3.88 million people Georgia
1970s 4.96 million people 1.09 million people 3.87 million people Georgia
1980s 5.35 million people 1.86 million people 3.49 million people Georgia
1990s 4.98 million people 1.70 million people 3.29 million people Georgia
2000s 4.07 million people 2.28 million people 1.78 million people Georgia
2010s 3.82 million people 3.73 million people 82,854 people Georgia
2020s 3.80 million people 4.55 million people 750,698 people Kuwait

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Georgia or Kuwait?
Kuwait, at 4.84 million people against 3.81 million people in Georgia as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Georgia and Kuwait?
1.03 million people, with Kuwait ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Georgia and Kuwait?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Georgia and Kuwait rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Georgia ranks 132nd and Kuwait ranks 129th 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

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

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.