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Guatemala vs Netherlands: The global population hockey stick

Guatemala
18.12 million people
in 2023
Netherlands
18.09 million people
in 2023
Guatemala rank
70th
Netherlands rank
71st

The global population hockey stick over time

  • Guatemala
  • Netherlands
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How they compare

Guatemala currently reports 18.12 million people against 18.09 million people in Netherlands, a difference of 32,300 people.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Guatemala ahead.

Guatemala ranks 70th and Netherlands ranks 71st of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Guatemala averaged higher in 4 and Netherlands in 36.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guatemala Netherlands Difference Ahead
1000s 600,000 people 369,012 people 230,988 people Guatemala
1100s 640,000 people 442,815 people 197,185 people Guatemala
1200s 680,000 people 498,167 people 181,833 people Guatemala
1300s 720,000 people 881,372 people 161,372 people Netherlands
1400s 760,000 people 629,551 people 130,449 people Guatemala
1500s 800,000 people 1.09 million people 286,370 people Netherlands
1600s 600,000 people 1.54 million people 943,180 people Netherlands
1700s 699,752 people 2.00 million people 1.30 million people Netherlands
1710s 690,359 people 2.03 million people 1.34 million people Netherlands
1720s 681,092 people 2.07 million people 1.38 million people Netherlands
1730s 671,950 people 2.10 million people 1.43 million people Netherlands
1740s 662,931 people 2.13 million people 1.47 million people Netherlands
1750s 654,032 people 2.16 million people 1.51 million people Netherlands
1760s 645,253 people 2.20 million people 1.55 million people Netherlands
1770s 636,592 people 2.23 million people 1.59 million people Netherlands
1780s 628,047 people 2.26 million people 1.63 million people Netherlands
1790s 619,617 people 2.29 million people 1.67 million people Netherlands
1800s 491,115 people 2.02 million people 1.53 million people Netherlands
1810s 560,362 people 2.17 million people 1.61 million people Netherlands
1820s 619,342 people 2.47 million people 1.85 million people Netherlands
1830s 673,955 people 2.74 million people 2.07 million people Netherlands
1840s 769,301 people 2.98 million people 2.21 million people Netherlands
1850s 899,844 people 3.20 million people 2.30 million people Netherlands
1860s 1.02 million people 3.45 million people 2.43 million people Netherlands
1870s 1.16 million people 3.80 million people 2.64 million people Netherlands
1880s 1.31 million people 4.26 million people 2.94 million people Netherlands
1890s 1.37 million people 4.80 million people 3.43 million people Netherlands
1900s 1.41 million people 5.48 million people 4.07 million people Netherlands
1910s 1.57 million people 6.32 million people 4.75 million people Netherlands
1920s 1.74 million people 7.29 million people 5.54 million people Netherlands
1930s 2.04 million people 8.31 million people 6.26 million people Netherlands
1940s 2.64 million people 9.41 million people 6.77 million people Netherlands
1950s 3.50 million people 10.71 million people 7.21 million people Netherlands
1960s 4.65 million people 12.20 million people 7.56 million people Netherlands
1970s 6.05 million people 13.60 million people 7.54 million people Netherlands
1980s 7.78 million people 14.53 million people 6.75 million people Netherlands
1990s 10.20 million people 15.50 million people 5.31 million people Netherlands
2000s 12.95 million people 16.41 million people 3.46 million people Netherlands
2010s 15.82 million people 17.11 million people 1.29 million people Netherlands
2020s 17.73 million people 17.84 million people 108,875 people Netherlands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Guatemala or Netherlands?
Guatemala, at 18.12 million people against 18.09 million people in Netherlands as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Guatemala and Netherlands?
32,300 people, with Guatemala ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guatemala and Netherlands?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Guatemala and Netherlands rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Guatemala ranks 70th and Netherlands ranks 71st 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
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Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.