What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Kuwait and Panama?

380,020 people, with Kuwait ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Panama?

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.

Kuwait vs Panama: The global population hockey stick

Kuwait

4.84 million people

in 2023

Panama

4.46 million people

in 2023

Kuwait rank

129th

Panama rank

130th

The global population hockey stick over time

Kuwait
Panama

How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 4.84 million people against 4.46 million people in Panama, a difference of 380,020 people.

That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.1 times Panama's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Panama ahead.

Kuwait ranks 129th and Panama ranks 130th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 13 and Panama in 27.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kuwait	Panama	Difference	Ahead
1000s	69,000 people	116,237 people	47,237 people	Panama
1100s	69,000 people	129,153 people	60,153 people	Panama
1200s	69,000 people	143,503 people	74,503 people	Panama
1300s	69,000 people	159,448 people	90,448 people	Panama
1400s	69,000 people	177,164 people	108,164 people	Panama
1500s	69,000 people	196,849 people	127,849 people	Panama
1600s	135,000 people	98,424 people	36,576 people	Kuwait
1700s	117,000 people	49,212 people	67,788 people	Kuwait
1710s	120,284 people	51,802 people	68,482 people	Kuwait
1720s	121,499 people	54,528 people	66,971 people	Kuwait
1730s	122,726 people	57,398 people	65,328 people	Kuwait
1740s	123,966 people	60,419 people	63,547 people	Kuwait
1750s	125,218 people	63,599 people	61,619 people	Kuwait
1760s	126,483 people	66,947 people	59,536 people	Kuwait
1770s	127,760 people	70,470 people	57,290 people	Kuwait
1780s	129,051 people	74,179 people	54,872 people	Kuwait
1790s	130,354 people	78,084 people	52,270 people	Kuwait
1800s	81,280 people	78,122 people	3,158 people	Kuwait
1810s	81,280 people	83,996 people	2,716 people	Panama
1820s	81,280 people	90,307 people	9,027 people	Panama
1830s	81,280 people	97,092 people	15,812 people	Panama
1840s	81,280 people	104,423 people	23,143 people	Panama
1850s	81,397 people	121,261 people	39,864 people	Panama
1860s	81,666 people	153,317 people	71,651 people	Panama
1870s	84,204 people	184,479 people	100,275 people	Panama
1880s	89,631 people	209,924 people	120,294 people	Panama
1890s	95,450 people	238,726 people	143,275 people	Panama
1900s	101,652 people	282,109 people	180,457 people	Panama
1910s	109,491 people	380,224 people	270,734 people	Panama
1920s	119,232 people	480,476 people	361,245 people	Panama
1930s	129,753 people	572,410 people	442,657 people	Panama
1940s	141,393 people	753,021 people	611,628 people	Panama
1950s	196,711 people	970,436 people	773,726 people	Panama
1960s	510,192 people	1.29 million people	782,768 people	Panama
1970s	1.09 million people	1.71 million people	619,323 people	Panama
1980s	1.86 million people	2.18 million people	318,937 people	Panama
1990s	1.70 million people	2.70 million people	1.00 million people	Panama
2000s	2.28 million people	3.28 million people	999,440 people	Panama
2010s	3.73 million people	3.93 million people	194,365 people	Panama
2020s	4.55 million people	4.37 million people	172,745 people	Kuwait

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Kuwait or Panama?: Kuwait, at 4.84 million people against 4.46 million people in Panama as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Kuwait and Panama?: 380,020 people, with Kuwait ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Panama?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Kuwait and Panama rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Kuwait ranks 129th and Panama ranks 130th 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.