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Ghana vs Madagascar: The global population hockey stick

Ghana
33.79 million people
in 2023
Madagascar
31.20 million people
in 2023
Ghana rank
47th
Madagascar rank
50th

The global population hockey stick over time

  • Ghana
  • Madagascar
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How they compare

Ghana currently reports 33.79 million people against 31.20 million people in Madagascar, a difference of 2.59 million people.

That makes Ghana's figure about 1.1 times Madagascar's.

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

Ghana ranks 47th and Madagascar ranks 50th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 33 and Madagascar in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ghana Madagascar Difference Ahead
1000s 879,733 people 200,000 people 679,733 people Ghana
1100s 1.01 million people 283,333 people 722,077 people Ghana
1200s 1.15 million people 366,666 people 782,374 people Ghana
1300s 1.31 million people 450,000 people 863,190 people Ghana
1400s 1.50 million people 533,333 people 967,457 people Ghana
1500s 1.72 million people 700,000 people 1.02 million people Ghana
1600s 1.96 million people 850,000 people 1.11 million people Ghana
1700s 2.24 million people 1.00 million people 1.24 million people Ghana
1710s 2.26 million people 1.02 million people 1.24 million people Ghana
1720s 2.28 million people 1.03 million people 1.24 million people Ghana
1730s 2.30 million people 1.05 million people 1.25 million people Ghana
1740s 2.32 million people 1.07 million people 1.25 million people Ghana
1750s 2.34 million people 1.08 million people 1.26 million people Ghana
1760s 2.36 million people 1.10 million people 1.26 million people Ghana
1770s 2.39 million people 1.12 million people 1.27 million people Ghana
1780s 2.42 million people 1.14 million people 1.27 million people Ghana
1790s 2.45 million people 1.17 million people 1.28 million people Ghana
1800s 2.02 million people 1.54 million people 476,462 people Ghana
1810s 2.02 million people 1.63 million people 384,863 people Ghana
1820s 2.01 million people 1.80 million people 207,723 people Ghana
1830s 2.00 million people 2.09 million people 92,057 people Madagascar
1840s 1.99 million people 2.43 million people 438,674 people Madagascar
1850s 2.03 million people 2.65 million people 625,410 people Madagascar
1860s 2.13 million people 2.71 million people 578,922 people Madagascar
1870s 2.25 million people 2.77 million people 524,396 people Madagascar
1880s 2.40 million people 2.85 million people 448,605 people Madagascar
1890s 2.60 million people 2.79 million people 195,026 people Madagascar
1900s 2.82 million people 2.61 million people 206,079 people Ghana
1910s 3.04 million people 2.51 million people 533,247 people Ghana
1920s 3.38 million people 2.65 million people 735,562 people Ghana
1930s 3.91 million people 3.06 million people 851,425 people Ghana
1940s 4.58 million people 3.58 million people 997,666 people Ghana
1950s 5.86 million people 4.45 million people 1.41 million people Ghana
1960s 7.81 million people 5.77 million people 2.04 million people Ghana
1970s 10.19 million people 7.66 million people 2.53 million people Ghana
1980s 13.48 million people 10.31 million people 3.17 million people Ghana
1990s 17.22 million people 13.91 million people 3.31 million people Ghana
2000s 22.19 million people 18.95 million people 3.25 million people Ghana
2010s 28.37 million people 25.14 million people 3.23 million people Ghana
2020s 32.84 million people 30.07 million people 2.77 million people Ghana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Ghana or Madagascar?
Ghana, at 33.79 million people against 31.20 million people in Madagascar as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Ghana and Madagascar?
2.59 million people, with Ghana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Madagascar?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Ghana and Madagascar rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Ghana ranks 47th and Madagascar ranks 50th 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.