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
05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M25.0M100015112023

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) – 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.