What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Guatemala and Senegal?

47,200 people, with Guatemala ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Guatemala and Senegal?

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

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.

Guatemala vs Senegal: The global population hockey stick

Guatemala

18.12 million people

in 2023

Senegal

18.08 million people

in 2023

Guatemala rank

70th

Senegal rank

72nd

The global population hockey stick over time

Guatemala
Senegal

How they compare

Guatemala currently reports 18.12 million people against 18.08 million people in Senegal, a difference of 47,200 people.

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

Guatemala ranks 70th and Senegal ranks 72nd of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Guatemala averaged higher in 30 and Senegal in 10.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guatemala	Senegal	Difference	Ahead
1000s	600,000 people	121,508 people	478,492 people	Guatemala
1100s	640,000 people	151,885 people	488,115 people	Guatemala
1200s	680,000 people	189,856 people	490,144 people	Guatemala
1300s	720,000 people	237,320 people	482,680 people	Guatemala
1400s	760,000 people	296,650 people	463,350 people	Guatemala
1500s	800,000 people	370,813 people	429,187 people	Guatemala
1600s	600,000 people	463,516 people	136,484 people	Guatemala
1700s	699,752 people	579,396 people	120,356 people	Guatemala
1710s	690,359 people	587,622 people	102,737 people	Guatemala
1720s	681,092 people	596,319 people	84,773 people	Guatemala
1730s	671,950 people	605,533 people	66,417 people	Guatemala
1740s	662,931 people	615,323 people	47,608 people	Guatemala
1750s	654,032 people	625,752 people	28,280 people	Guatemala
1760s	645,253 people	636,897 people	8,356 people	Guatemala
1770s	636,592 people	648,850 people	12,258 people	Senegal
1780s	628,047 people	661,717 people	33,670 people	Senegal
1790s	619,617 people	675,627 people	56,010 people	Senegal
1800s	491,115 people	1.01 million people	518,775 people	Senegal
1810s	560,362 people	1.01 million people	449,473 people	Senegal
1820s	619,342 people	997,563 people	378,222 people	Senegal
1830s	673,955 people	971,318 people	297,363 people	Senegal
1840s	769,301 people	945,719 people	176,418 people	Senegal
1850s	899,844 people	956,409 people	56,565 people	Senegal
1860s	1.02 million people	1.02 million people	565.3 people	Guatemala
1870s	1.16 million people	1.12 million people	45,007 people	Guatemala
1880s	1.31 million people	1.23 million people	84,104 people	Guatemala
1890s	1.37 million people	1.33 million people	42,709 people	Guatemala
1900s	1.41 million people	1.42 million people	8,684 people	Senegal
1910s	1.57 million people	1.51 million people	60,826 people	Guatemala
1920s	1.74 million people	1.67 million people	75,192 people	Guatemala
1930s	2.04 million people	1.93 million people	113,998 people	Guatemala
1940s	2.64 million people	2.26 million people	380,006 people	Guatemala
1950s	3.50 million people	2.88 million people	617,703 people	Guatemala
1960s	4.65 million people	3.81 million people	834,437 people	Guatemala
1970s	6.05 million people	5.09 million people	959,860 people	Guatemala
1980s	7.78 million people	6.63 million people	1.15 million people	Guatemala
1990s	10.20 million people	8.73 million people	1.47 million people	Guatemala
2000s	12.95 million people	11.12 million people	1.83 million people	Guatemala
2010s	15.82 million people	14.41 million people	1.41 million people	Guatemala
2020s	17.73 million people	17.43 million people	297,475 people	Guatemala

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Guatemala or Senegal?: Guatemala, at 18.12 million people against 18.08 million people in Senegal as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Guatemala and Senegal?: 47,200 people, with Guatemala ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guatemala and Senegal?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Guatemala and Senegal rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Guatemala ranks 70th and Senegal ranks 72nd 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: 28 August 2026

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