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Italy vs Kenya: The global population hockey stick

Italy
59.50 million people
in 2023
Kenya
55.34 million people
in 2023
Italy rank
26th
Kenya rank
27th

The global population hockey stick over time

  • Italy
  • Kenya
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How they compare

Italy currently reports 59.50 million people against 55.34 million people in Kenya, a difference of 4.16 million people.

That makes Italy's figure about 1.1 times Kenya's.

Across all 241 years both countries report, Italy has been ahead every year.

Italy ranks 26th and Kenya ranks 27th of 239 countries.

Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy Kenya Difference Ahead
1000s 5.20 million people 800,000 people 4.40 million people Italy
1100s 6.50 million people 940,000 people 5.56 million people Italy
1200s 8.50 million people 1.08 million people 7.42 million people Italy
1300s 12.50 million people 1.22 million people 11.28 million people Italy
1400s 8.00 million people 1.36 million people 6.64 million people Italy
1500s 9.00 million people 1.50 million people 7.50 million people Italy
1600s 13.28 million people 1.75 million people 11.53 million people Italy
1700s 13.49 million people 2.00 million people 11.49 million people Italy
1710s 13.90 million people 2.05 million people 11.85 million people Italy
1720s 14.38 million people 2.07 million people 12.31 million people Italy
1730s 14.88 million people 2.10 million people 12.78 million people Italy
1740s 15.39 million people 2.12 million people 13.27 million people Italy
1750s 15.92 million people 2.15 million people 13.77 million people Italy
1760s 16.47 million people 2.18 million people 14.29 million people Italy
1770s 17.04 million people 2.21 million people 14.83 million people Italy
1780s 17.62 million people 2.24 million people 15.38 million people Italy
1790s 18.23 million people 2.28 million people 15.95 million people Italy
1800s 19.26 million people 2.64 million people 16.62 million people Italy
1810s 19.85 million people 2.78 million people 17.07 million people Italy
1820s 20.78 million people 2.93 million people 17.85 million people Italy
1830s 22.15 million people 3.09 million people 19.06 million people Italy
1840s 23.62 million people 3.26 million people 20.36 million people Italy
1850s 25.16 million people 3.43 million people 21.72 million people Italy
1860s 26.80 million people 3.61 million people 23.18 million people Italy
1870s 28.46 million people 3.82 million people 24.64 million people Italy
1880s 30.26 million people 4.06 million people 26.20 million people Italy
1890s 32.25 million people 4.08 million people 28.16 million people Italy
1900s 34.52 million people 3.80 million people 30.72 million people Italy
1910s 36.39 million people 3.58 million people 32.81 million people Italy
1920s 38.32 million people 3.81 million people 34.51 million people Italy
1930s 41.71 million people 4.45 million people 37.27 million people Italy
1940s 44.87 million people 5.21 million people 39.66 million people Italy
1950s 47.87 million people 6.50 million people 41.37 million people Italy
1960s 51.26 million people 9.22 million people 42.04 million people Italy
1970s 54.88 million people 13.34 million people 41.55 million people Italy
1980s 56.79 million people 18.94 million people 37.85 million people Italy
1990s 57.20 million people 26.26 million people 30.95 million people Italy
2000s 58.38 million people 35.36 million people 23.02 million people Italy
2010s 60.42 million people 46.51 million people 13.91 million people Italy
2020s 59.69 million people 53.76 million people 5.93 million people Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Italy or Kenya?
Italy, at 59.50 million people against 55.34 million people in Kenya as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Italy and Kenya?
4.16 million people, with Italy ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Kenya?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Italy and Kenya rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Italy ranks 26th and Kenya ranks 27th 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.