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Hong Kong, China vs Sierra Leone: The global population hockey stick

Hong Kong, China
7.44 million people
in 2023
Sierra Leone
8.46 million people
in 2023
Hong Kong, China rank
105th
Sierra Leone rank
102nd

The global population hockey stick over time

  • Hong Kong, China
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 8.46 million people against 7.44 million people in Hong Kong, China, a difference of 1.02 million people.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Hong Kong, China's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Hong Kong, China ahead.

Hong Kong, China ranks 105th and Sierra Leone ranks 102nd of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Hong Kong, China averaged higher in 21 and Sierra Leone in 19.

Head to head by decade

Decade Hong Kong, China Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1000s 179,978 people 3,923 people 176,055 people Hong Kong, China
1100s 443,565 people 4,359 people 439,206 people Hong Kong, China
1200s 506,955 people 4,843 people 502,112 people Hong Kong, China
1300s 13,463 people 5,382 people 8,081 people Hong Kong, China
1400s 13,150 people 5,980 people 7,170 people Hong Kong, China
1500s 12,844 people 6,644 people 6,200 people Hong Kong, China
1600s 12,545 people 7,382 people 5,163 people Hong Kong, China
1700s 12,254 people 8,203 people 4,051 people Hong Kong, China
1710s 12,764 people 9,114 people 3,650 people Hong Kong, China
1720s 13,296 people 10,127 people 3,169 people Hong Kong, China
1730s 13,850 people 11,252 people 2,598 people Hong Kong, China
1740s 14,427 people 12,502 people 1,925 people Hong Kong, China
1750s 15,028 people 13,891 people 1,137 people Hong Kong, China
1760s 15,655 people 15,435 people 220 people Hong Kong, China
1770s 16,307 people 17,150 people 843 people Sierra Leone
1780s 16,986 people 19,056 people 2,070 people Sierra Leone
1790s 17,694 people 21,173 people 3,479 people Sierra Leone
1800s 20,000 people 794,264 people 774,264 people Sierra Leone
1810s 20,274 people 794,254 people 773,980 people Sierra Leone
1820s 22,030 people 791,872 people 769,842 people Sierra Leone
1830s 25,637 people 786,713 people 761,076 people Sierra Leone
1840s 31,870 people 781,634 people 749,764 people Sierra Leone
1850s 50,245 people 798,521 people 748,276 people Sierra Leone
1860s 89,849 people 846,729 people 756,880 people Sierra Leone
1870s 139,424 people 907,117 people 767,693 people Sierra Leone
1880s 186,619 people 976,995 people 790,376 people Sierra Leone
1890s 256,971 people 1.05 million people 795,343 people Sierra Leone
1900s 367,403 people 1.13 million people 765,992 people Sierra Leone
1910s 529,548 people 1.22 million people 685,636 people Sierra Leone
1920s 706,487 people 1.35 million people 640,004 people Sierra Leone
1930s 1.10 million people 1.55 million people 451,325 people Sierra Leone
1940s 1.70 million people 1.82 million people 120,088 people Sierra Leone
1950s 2.45 million people 2.11 million people 333,428 people Hong Kong, China
1960s 3.27 million people 2.45 million people 812,486 people Hong Kong, China
1970s 4.36 million people 2.95 million people 1.41 million people Hong Kong, China
1980s 5.31 million people 3.62 million people 1.69 million people Hong Kong, China
1990s 6.09 million people 4.22 million people 1.87 million people Hong Kong, China
2000s 6.89 million people 5.34 million people 1.55 million people Hong Kong, China
2010s 7.32 million people 6.97 million people 354,543 people Hong Kong, China
2020s 7.47 million people 8.19 million people 715,250 people Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Hong Kong, China or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 8.46 million people against 7.44 million people in Hong Kong, China as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Hong Kong, China and Sierra Leone?
1.02 million people, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Hong Kong, China and Sierra Leone?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Hong Kong, China and Sierra Leone rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Hong Kong, China ranks 105th and Sierra Leone ranks 102nd 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.