What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Libya and Nicaragua?

482,040 people, with Libya ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Nicaragua?

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.

Libya vs Nicaragua: The global population hockey stick

Libya

7.31 million people

in 2023

Nicaragua

6.82 million people

in 2023

Libya rank

107th

Nicaragua rank

110th

The global population hockey stick over time

Libya
Nicaragua

How they compare

Libya currently reports 7.31 million people against 6.82 million people in Nicaragua, a difference of 482,040 people.

That makes Libya's figure about 1.1 times Nicaragua's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Libya ahead.

Libya ranks 107th and Nicaragua ranks 110th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Libya averaged higher in 25 and Nicaragua in 15.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Libya	Nicaragua	Difference	Ahead
1000s	500,000 people	210,412 people	289,588 people	Libya
1100s	350,000 people	229,540 people	120,460 people	Libya
1200s	200,000 people	250,408 people	50,408 people	Nicaragua
1300s	300,000 people	273,172 people	26,828 people	Libya
1400s	400,000 people	298,006 people	101,994 people	Libya
1500s	500,000 people	325,097 people	174,903 people	Libya
1600s	500,000 people	162,548 people	337,452 people	Libya
1700s	500,000 people	81,274 people	418,726 people	Libya
1710s	465,166 people	87,079 people	378,087 people	Libya
1720s	468,333 people	93,299 people	375,034 people	Libya
1730s	471,500 people	99,964 people	371,536 people	Libya
1740s	474,666 people	107,104 people	367,562 people	Libya
1750s	477,833 people	114,754 people	363,079 people	Libya
1760s	481,000 people	122,951 people	358,049 people	Libya
1770s	484,166 people	131,733 people	352,433 people	Libya
1780s	487,333 people	141,143 people	346,190 people	Libya
1790s	490,500 people	151,224 people	339,276 people	Libya
1800s	230,677 people	186,000 people	44,677 people	Libya
1810s	232,903 people	186,060 people	46,844 people	Libya
1820s	239,341 people	200,322 people	39,019 people	Libya
1830s	250,478 people	234,651 people	15,827 people	Libya
1840s	263,289 people	275,124 people	11,834 people	Nicaragua
1850s	282,681 people	312,133 people	29,452 people	Nicaragua
1860s	316,629 people	341,288 people	24,659 people	Nicaragua
1870s	355,117 people	382,787 people	27,671 people	Nicaragua
1880s	404,770 people	442,343 people	37,573 people	Nicaragua
1890s	471,995 people	511,013 people	39,019 people	Nicaragua
1900s	551,686 people	598,040 people	46,354 people	Nicaragua
1910s	635,532 people	709,547 people	74,015 people	Nicaragua
1920s	714,783 people	794,857 people	80,074 people	Nicaragua
1930s	808,144 people	901,981 people	93,837 people	Nicaragua
1940s	982,338 people	1.14 million people	160,784 people	Nicaragua
1950s	1.25 million people	1.52 million people	271,130 people	Nicaragua
1960s	1.76 million people	2.05 million people	287,874 people	Nicaragua
1970s	2.57 million people	2.78 million people	216,660 people	Nicaragua
1980s	3.89 million people	3.66 million people	228,199 people	Libya
1990s	4.85 million people	4.58 million people	270,028 people	Libya
2000s	5.81 million people	5.32 million people	488,299 people	Libya
2010s	6.55 million people	6.11 million people	436,492 people	Libya
2020s	7.18 million people	6.69 million people	486,438 people	Libya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Libya or Nicaragua?: Libya, at 7.31 million people against 6.82 million people in Nicaragua as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Libya and Nicaragua?: 482,040 people, with Libya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Nicaragua?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Libya and Nicaragua rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Libya ranks 107th and Nicaragua ranks 110th 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.