What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Iceland and Martinique?

41,551 people, with Iceland ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Martinique?

106 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.

Iceland vs Martinique: The global population hockey stick

Iceland

387,559 people

in 2023

Martinique

346,008 people

in 2023

Iceland rank

179th

Martinique rank

181st

The global population hockey stick over time

Iceland
Martinique

How they compare

Iceland currently reports 387,559 people against 346,008 people in Martinique, a difference of 41,551 people.

That makes Iceland's figure about 1.1 times Martinique's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 106 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Iceland ahead.

Iceland ranks 179th and Martinique ranks 181st of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Iceland averaged higher in 13 and Martinique in 27.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iceland	Martinique	Difference	Ahead
1000s	50,000 people	2,807 people	47,193 people	Iceland
1100s	70,000 people	5,615 people	64,385 people	Iceland
1200s	70,000 people	11,230 people	58,770 people	Iceland
1300s	70,000 people	22,460 people	47,540 people	Iceland
1400s	60,000 people	44,920 people	15,080 people	Iceland
1500s	60,000 people	89,840 people	29,840 people	Martinique
1600s	50,000 people	44,920 people	5,080 people	Iceland
1700s	49,538 people	22,460 people	27,078 people	Iceland
1710s	50,548 people	26,203 people	24,345 people	Iceland
1720s	51,580 people	30,570 people	21,010 people	Iceland
1730s	52,633 people	35,665 people	16,968 people	Iceland
1740s	53,707 people	41,610 people	12,097 people	Iceland
1750s	54,803 people	48,545 people	6,258 people	Iceland
1760s	55,921 people	56,636 people	715 people	Martinique
1770s	57,063 people	66,075 people	9,012 people	Martinique
1780s	58,227 people	77,087 people	18,860 people	Martinique
1790s	59,416 people	89,935 people	30,519 people	Martinique
1800s	61,428 people	104,925 people	43,497 people	Martinique
1810s	61,428 people	122,412 people	60,984 people	Martinique
1820s	61,291 people	126,633 people	65,342 people	Martinique
1830s	59,173 people	131,000 people	71,827 people	Martinique
1840s	57,247 people	135,517 people	78,270 people	Martinique
1850s	59,333 people	140,190 people	80,857 people	Martinique
1860s	66,623 people	145,025 people	78,402 people	Martinique
1870s	69,835 people	155,384 people	85,549 people	Martinique
1880s	71,664 people	166,482 people	94,818 people	Martinique
1890s	71,259 people	178,374 people	107,115 people	Martinique
1900s	77,854 people	191,115 people	113,261 people	Martinique
1910s	87,565 people	204,766 people	117,201 people	Martinique
1920s	97,534 people	208,945 people	111,411 people	Martinique
1930s	108,477 people	213,209 people	104,732 people	Martinique
1940s	120,892 people	217,560 people	96,668 people	Martinique
1950s	156,502 people	257,535 people	101,033 people	Martinique
1960s	190,329 people	309,500 people	119,171 people	Martinique
1970s	215,694 people	328,018 people	112,324 people	Martinique
1980s	240,230 people	346,307 people	106,077 people	Martinique
1990s	266,282 people	399,501 people	133,219 people	Martinique
2000s	298,428 people	406,789 people	108,361 people	Martinique
2010s	333,320 people	381,806 people	48,486 people	Martinique
2020s	376,800 people	351,345 people	25,455 people	Iceland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Iceland or Martinique?: Iceland, at 387,559 people against 346,008 people in Martinique as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Iceland and Martinique?: 41,551 people, with Iceland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Martinique?: 106 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Iceland and Martinique rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Iceland ranks 179th and Martinique ranks 181st 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.