Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Italy or Tanzania, United Republic of?

Tanzania, United Republic of, at 66.62 million people against 59.50 million people in Italy as of 2023.

What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Italy and Tanzania, United Republic of?

7.12 million people, with Tanzania, United Republic of ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Tanzania, United Republic of?

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.

Italy vs Tanzania, United Republic of: The global population hockey stick

Italy

59.50 million people

in 2023

Tanzania, United Republic of

66.62 million people

in 2023

Italy rank

26th

Tanzania, United Republic of rank

23rd

The global population hockey stick over time

Italy
Tanzania, United Republic of

How they compare

Tanzania, United Republic of currently reports 66.62 million people against 59.50 million people in Italy, a difference of 7.12 million people.

That makes Tanzania, United Republic of's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Italy ahead.

Italy ranks 26th and Tanzania, United Republic of ranks 23rd of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 39 and Tanzania, United Republic of in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Italy	Tanzania, United Republic of	Difference	Ahead
1000s	5.20 million people	800,000 people	4.40 million people	Italy
1100s	6.50 million people	1.27 million people	5.23 million people	Italy
1200s	8.50 million people	1.75 million people	6.75 million people	Italy
1300s	12.50 million people	2.23 million people	10.28 million people	Italy
1400s	8.00 million people	2.70 million people	5.30 million people	Italy
1500s	9.00 million people	1.75 million people	7.25 million people	Italy
1600s	13.28 million people	2.12 million people	11.15 million people	Italy
1700s	13.49 million people	2.50 million people	10.99 million people	Italy
1710s	13.90 million people	2.53 million people	11.37 million people	Italy
1720s	14.38 million people	2.56 million people	11.82 million people	Italy
1730s	14.88 million people	2.59 million people	12.28 million people	Italy
1740s	15.39 million people	2.63 million people	12.76 million people	Italy
1750s	15.92 million people	2.66 million people	13.26 million people	Italy
1760s	16.47 million people	2.70 million people	13.77 million people	Italy
1770s	17.04 million people	2.74 million people	14.30 million people	Italy
1780s	17.62 million people	2.78 million people	14.84 million people	Italy
1790s	18.23 million people	2.83 million people	15.41 million people	Italy
1800s	19.26 million people	3.00 million people	16.25 million people	Italy
1810s	19.85 million people	3.02 million people	16.83 million people	Italy
1820s	20.78 million people	3.31 million people	17.46 million people	Italy
1830s	22.15 million people	4.03 million people	18.12 million people	Italy
1840s	23.62 million people	4.91 million people	18.71 million people	Italy
1850s	25.16 million people	5.43 million people	19.72 million people	Italy
1860s	26.80 million people	5.38 million people	21.42 million people	Italy
1870s	28.46 million people	5.32 million people	23.14 million people	Italy
1880s	30.26 million people	5.33 million people	24.93 million people	Italy
1890s	32.25 million people	5.19 million people	27.06 million people	Italy
1900s	34.52 million people	4.87 million people	29.65 million people	Italy
1910s	36.39 million people	4.76 million people	31.62 million people	Italy
1920s	38.32 million people	5.10 million people	33.23 million people	Italy
1930s	41.71 million people	5.88 million people	35.83 million people	Italy
1940s	44.87 million people	6.89 million people	37.97 million people	Italy
1950s	47.87 million people	8.57 million people	39.30 million people	Italy
1960s	51.26 million people	11.36 million people	39.90 million people	Italy
1970s	54.88 million people	15.93 million people	38.95 million people	Italy
1980s	56.79 million people	22.22 million people	34.57 million people	Italy
1990s	57.20 million people	29.68 million people	27.53 million people	Italy
2000s	58.38 million people	38.79 million people	19.59 million people	Italy
2010s	60.42 million people	51.54 million people	8.88 million people	Italy
2020s	59.69 million people	63.78 million people	4.09 million people	Tanzania, United Republic of

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Italy or Tanzania, United Republic of?: Tanzania, United Republic of, at 66.62 million people against 59.50 million people in Italy as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Italy and Tanzania, United Republic of?: 7.12 million people, with Tanzania, United Republic of ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Tanzania, United Republic of?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Italy and Tanzania, United Republic of rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Italy ranks 26th and Tanzania, United Republic of ranks 23rd 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Italy vs Tanzania, United Republic of: The global population hockey stick. Statizoid, drawing on HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 10 September 2026, from https://population.statizoid.com/compare/world-population-over-the-last-12000-years-and-un-projection-until-2100/italy/tanzania/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://population.statizoid.com/compare/world-population-over-the-last-12000-years-and-un-projection-until-2100/italy/tanzania/">Italy vs Tanzania, United Republic of: The global population hockey stick</a> — Statizoid

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
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

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