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Kazakhstan vs Malawi: The global population hockey stick

Kazakhstan
20.33 million people
in 2023
Malawi
21.10 million people
in 2023
Kazakhstan rank
65th
Malawi rank
63rd

The global population hockey stick over time

  • Kazakhstan
  • Malawi
05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M100015112023

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 21.10 million people against 20.33 million people in Kazakhstan, a difference of 774,400 people.

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

Kazakhstan ranks 65th and Malawi ranks 63rd of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Kazakhstan averaged higher in 39 and Malawi in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kazakhstan Malawi Difference Ahead
1000s 920,000 people 178,500 people 741,500 people Kazakhstan
1100s 940,000 people 214,200 people 725,800 people Kazakhstan
1200s 960,000 people 249,900 people 710,100 people Kazakhstan
1300s 1.07 million people 285,600 people 784,400 people Kazakhstan
1400s 1.20 million people 321,300 people 878,700 people Kazakhstan
1500s 1.34 million people 357,000 people 983,000 people Kazakhstan
1600s 1.53 million people 387,345 people 1.14 million people Kazakhstan
1700s 1.72 million people 417,690 people 1.30 million people Kazakhstan
1710s 1.70 million people 435,095 people 1.27 million people Kazakhstan
1720s 1.69 million people 443,408 people 1.24 million people Kazakhstan
1730s 1.67 million people 452,257 people 1.22 million people Kazakhstan
1740s 1.65 million people 461,701 people 1.19 million people Kazakhstan
1750s 1.64 million people 471,811 people 1.17 million people Kazakhstan
1760s 1.62 million people 482,671 people 1.14 million people Kazakhstan
1770s 1.61 million people 494,380 people 1.11 million people Kazakhstan
1780s 1.59 million people 507,057 people 1.08 million people Kazakhstan
1790s 1.57 million people 520,844 people 1.05 million people Kazakhstan
1800s 2.04 million people 813,236 people 1.23 million people Kazakhstan
1810s 2.04 million people 1.01 million people 1.03 million people Kazakhstan
1820s 2.13 million people 1.25 million people 879,794 people Kazakhstan
1830s 2.33 million people 1.55 million people 782,864 people Kazakhstan
1840s 2.55 million people 1.92 million people 636,299 people Kazakhstan
1850s 2.79 million people 2.15 million people 645,033 people Kazakhstan
1860s 3.05 million people 2.14 million people 905,821 people Kazakhstan
1870s 3.33 million people 2.13 million people 1.20 million people Kazakhstan
1880s 3.63 million people 2.13 million people 1.51 million people Kazakhstan
1890s 3.97 million people 2.11 million people 1.85 million people Kazakhstan
1900s 4.33 million people 2.00 million people 2.33 million people Kazakhstan
1910s 4.73 million people 1.89 million people 2.84 million people Kazakhstan
1920s 5.17 million people 1.98 million people 3.19 million people Kazakhstan
1930s 5.67 million people 2.28 million people 3.39 million people Kazakhstan
1940s 6.22 million people 2.67 million people 3.54 million people Kazakhstan
1950s 7.90 million people 3.23 million people 4.68 million people Kazakhstan
1960s 10.82 million people 4.06 million people 6.76 million people Kazakhstan
1970s 13.65 million people 5.26 million people 8.39 million people Kazakhstan
1980s 16.01 million people 7.57 million people 8.44 million people Kazakhstan
1990s 16.64 million people 10.29 million people 6.35 million people Kazakhstan
2000s 15.97 million people 12.75 million people 3.22 million people Kazakhstan
2010s 17.98 million people 16.88 million people 1.10 million people Kazakhstan
2020s 19.90 million people 20.31 million people 416,000 people Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Kazakhstan or Malawi?
Malawi, at 21.10 million people against 20.33 million people in Kazakhstan as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Kazakhstan and Malawi?
774,400 people, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kazakhstan and Malawi?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Kazakhstan and Malawi rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Kazakhstan ranks 65th and Malawi ranks 63rd 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
Last refreshed

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