Kazakhstan vs Romania: The global population hockey stick
Kazakhstan
20.33 million people
in 2023
Romania
19.12 million people
in 2023
Kazakhstan rank
65th
Romania rank
68th
The global population hockey stick over time
- Kazakhstan
- Romania
How they compare
Kazakhstan currently reports 20.33 million people against 19.12 million people in Romania, a difference of 1.21 million people.
That makes Kazakhstan's figure about 1.1 times Romania's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Kazakhstan ahead.
Kazakhstan ranks 65th and Romania ranks 68th of 239 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Kazakhstan averaged higher in 3 and Romania in 37.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kazakhstan | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 920,000 people | 800,000 people | 120,000 people | Kazakhstan |
| 1100s | 940,000 people | 900,000 people | 40,000 people | Kazakhstan |
| 1200s | 960,000 people | 1.00 million people | 40,000 people | Romania |
| 1300s | 1.07 million people | 1.50 million people | 430,000 people | Romania |
| 1400s | 1.20 million people | 1.25 million people | 50,000 people | Romania |
| 1500s | 1.34 million people | 2.00 million people | 660,000 people | Romania |
| 1600s | 1.53 million people | 2.00 million people | 470,000 people | Romania |
| 1700s | 1.72 million people | 2.50 million people | 780,000 people | Romania |
| 1710s | 1.70 million people | 2.99 million people | 1.29 million people | Romania |
| 1720s | 1.69 million people | 3.20 million people | 1.52 million people | Romania |
| 1730s | 1.67 million people | 3.43 million people | 1.76 million people | Romania |
| 1740s | 1.65 million people | 3.68 million people | 2.02 million people | Romania |
| 1750s | 1.64 million people | 3.94 million people | 2.30 million people | Romania |
| 1760s | 1.62 million people | 4.22 million people | 2.60 million people | Romania |
| 1770s | 1.61 million people | 4.52 million people | 2.92 million people | Romania |
| 1780s | 1.59 million people | 4.85 million people | 3.26 million people | Romania |
| 1790s | 1.57 million people | 5.19 million people | 3.62 million people | Romania |
| 1800s | 2.04 million people | 5.69 million people | 3.65 million people | Romania |
| 1810s | 2.04 million people | 6.13 million people | 4.09 million people | Romania |
| 1820s | 2.13 million people | 6.61 million people | 4.48 million people | Romania |
| 1830s | 2.33 million people | 7.12 million people | 4.79 million people | Romania |
| 1840s | 2.55 million people | 7.68 million people | 5.12 million people | Romania |
| 1850s | 2.79 million people | 8.25 million people | 5.46 million people | Romania |
| 1860s | 3.05 million people | 8.84 million people | 5.79 million people | Romania |
| 1870s | 3.33 million people | 9.43 million people | 6.10 million people | Romania |
| 1880s | 3.63 million people | 10.03 million people | 6.39 million people | Romania |
| 1890s | 3.97 million people | 10.65 million people | 6.68 million people | Romania |
| 1900s | 4.33 million people | 11.38 million people | 7.05 million people | Romania |
| 1910s | 4.73 million people | 12.07 million people | 7.34 million people | Romania |
| 1920s | 5.17 million people | 13.13 million people | 7.96 million people | Romania |
| 1930s | 5.67 million people | 14.90 million people | 9.23 million people | Romania |
| 1940s | 6.22 million people | 16.07 million people | 9.85 million people | Romania |
| 1950s | 7.90 million people | 17.35 million people | 9.44 million people | Romania |
| 1960s | 10.82 million people | 18.80 million people | 7.98 million people | Romania |
| 1970s | 13.65 million people | 21.10 million people | 7.46 million people | Romania |
| 1980s | 16.01 million people | 22.55 million people | 6.54 million people | Romania |
| 1990s | 16.64 million people | 22.65 million people | 6.01 million people | Romania |
| 2000s | 15.97 million people | 21.31 million people | 5.34 million people | Romania |
| 2010s | 17.98 million people | 19.93 million people | 1.95 million people | Romania |
| 2020s | 19.90 million people | 19.23 million people | 666,100 people | Kazakhstan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Kazakhstan or Romania?
- Kazakhstan, at 20.33 million people against 19.12 million people in Romania as of 2023.
- What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Kazakhstan and Romania?
- 1.21 million people, with Kazakhstan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kazakhstan and Romania?
- 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
- How do Kazakhstan and Romania rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
- Kazakhstan ranks 65th and Romania ranks 68th of 239 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) β 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
Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.