What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Korea, Democratic People's Republic of and Niger?

258,300 people, with Korea, Democratic People's Republic of ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Korea, Democratic People's Republic of and Niger?

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.

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of vs Niger: The global population hockey stick

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

26.42 million people

in 2023

Niger

26.16 million people

in 2023

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of rank

56th

Niger rank

57th

The global population hockey stick over time

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Niger

How they compare

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of currently reports 26.42 million people against 26.16 million people in Niger, a difference of 258,300 people.

Across all 241 years both countries report, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of has been ahead every year.

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of ranks 56th and Niger ranks 57th of 239 countries.

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	Niger	Difference	Ahead
1000s	900,000 people	548,000 people	352,000 people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1100s	1.08 million people	589,100 people	490,900 people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1200s	1.44 million people	630,200 people	809,800 people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1300s	1.08 million people	700,000 people	380,000 people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1400s	1.26 million people	750,000 people	510,000 people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1500s	1.44 million people	822,000 people	618,000 people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1600s	1.80 million people	959,000 people	841,000 people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1700s	2.25 million people	1.10 million people	1.15 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1710s	2.47 million people	1.16 million people	1.31 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1720s	2.60 million people	1.17 million people	1.43 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1730s	2.74 million people	1.18 million people	1.56 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1740s	2.88 million people	1.19 million people	1.69 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1750s	3.03 million people	1.20 million people	1.83 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1760s	3.19 million people	1.22 million people	1.98 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1770s	3.36 million people	1.23 million people	2.13 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1780s	3.54 million people	1.24 million people	2.30 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1790s	3.73 million people	1.26 million people	2.47 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1800s	4.34 million people	852,737 people	3.49 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1810s	4.35 million people	856,297 people	3.49 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1820s	4.36 million people	878,260 people	3.48 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1830s	4.39 million people	920,687 people	3.47 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1840s	4.43 million people	970,265 people	3.46 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1850s	4.51 million people	1.02 million people	3.50 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1860s	4.66 million people	1.06 million people	3.60 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1870s	4.85 million people	1.13 million people	3.72 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1880s	5.07 million people	1.20 million people	3.87 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1890s	5.30 million people	1.27 million people	4.03 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1900s	5.54 million people	1.40 million people	4.15 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1910s	6.19 million people	1.56 million people	4.62 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1920s	7.33 million people	1.75 million people	5.58 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1930s	8.65 million people	2.00 million people	6.64 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1940s	10.20 million people	2.32 million people	7.87 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1950s	10.68 million people	3.00 million people	7.69 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1960s	13.13 million people	4.00 million people	9.13 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1970s	16.72 million people	5.27 million people	11.45 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1980s	19.49 million people	7.04 million people	12.45 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1990s	22.42 million people	9.62 million people	12.81 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
2000s	24.30 million people	13.60 million people	10.70 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
2010s	25.51 million people	19.65 million people	5.86 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
2020s	26.28 million people	24.92 million people	1.36 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of or Niger?: Korea, Democratic People's Republic of, at 26.42 million people against 26.16 million people in Niger as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Korea, Democratic People's Republic of and Niger?: 258,300 people, with Korea, Democratic People's Republic of ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Korea, Democratic People's Republic of and Niger?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Korea, Democratic People's Republic of and Niger rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Korea, Democratic People's Republic of ranks 56th and Niger ranks 57th 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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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.