Ghana vs Peru: The global population hockey stick

Ghana
33.79 million people
in 2023
Peru
33.85 million people
in 2023
Ghana rank
47th
Peru rank
46th

The global population hockey stick over time

  • Ghana
  • Peru
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How they compare

Peru currently reports 33.85 million people against 33.79 million people in Ghana, a difference of 57,700 people.

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

Ghana ranks 47th and Peru ranks 46th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 15 and Peru in 25.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ghana Peru Difference Ahead
1000s 879,733 people 3.00 million people 2.12 million people Peru
1100s 1.01 million people 3.20 million people 2.19 million people Peru
1200s 1.15 million people 3.40 million people 2.25 million people Peru
1300s 1.31 million people 3.60 million people 2.29 million people Peru
1400s 1.50 million people 3.80 million people 2.30 million people Peru
1500s 1.72 million people 4.00 million people 2.28 million people Peru
1600s 1.96 million people 1.30 million people 660,210 people Ghana
1700s 2.24 million people 1.50 million people 739,750 people Ghana
1710s 2.26 million people 1.48 million people 774,040 people Ghana
1720s 2.28 million people 1.47 million people 809,060 people Ghana
1730s 2.30 million people 1.45 million people 844,910 people Ghana
1740s 2.32 million people 1.44 million people 881,690 people Ghana
1750s 2.34 million people 1.42 million people 919,510 people Ghana
1760s 2.36 million people 1.41 million people 958,520 people Ghana
1770s 2.39 million people 1.39 million people 998,860 people Ghana
1780s 2.42 million people 1.38 million people 1.04 million people Ghana
1790s 2.45 million people 1.36 million people 1.08 million people Ghana
1800s 2.02 million people 1.28 million people 734,805 people Ghana
1810s 2.02 million people 1.30 million people 711,734 people Ghana
1820s 2.01 million people 1.34 million people 666,776 people Ghana
1830s 2.00 million people 1.70 million people 295,365 people Ghana
1840s 1.99 million people 2.66 million people 670,582 people Peru
1850s 2.03 million people 2.94 million people 911,353 people Peru
1860s 2.13 million people 2.55 million people 420,647 people Peru
1870s 2.25 million people 2.76 million people 513,054 people Peru
1880s 2.40 million people 3.13 million people 721,502 people Peru
1890s 2.60 million people 3.48 million people 880,228 people Peru
1900s 2.82 million people 3.86 million people 1.04 million people Peru
1910s 3.04 million people 4.38 million people 1.34 million people Peru
1920s 3.38 million people 5.04 million people 1.65 million people Peru
1930s 3.91 million people 5.90 million people 1.99 million people Peru
1940s 4.58 million people 6.96 million people 2.39 million people Peru
1950s 5.86 million people 8.73 million people 2.88 million people Peru
1960s 7.81 million people 11.62 million people 3.82 million people Peru
1970s 10.19 million people 15.17 million people 4.98 million people Peru
1980s 13.48 million people 19.42 million people 5.94 million people Peru
1990s 17.22 million people 24.11 million people 6.89 million people Peru
2000s 22.19 million people 27.89 million people 5.69 million people Peru
2010s 28.37 million people 30.49 million people 2.12 million people Peru
2020s 32.84 million people 33.33 million people 492,975 people Peru

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Ghana or Peru?
Peru, at 33.85 million people against 33.79 million people in Ghana as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Ghana and Peru?
57,700 people, with Peru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Peru?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Ghana and Peru rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Ghana ranks 47th and Peru ranks 46th 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

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