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

461,510 people, with Libya ahead.

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

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 Paraguay: The global population hockey stick

Libya

7.31 million people

in 2023

Paraguay

6.84 million people

in 2023

Libya rank

107th

Paraguay rank

109th

The global population hockey stick over time

Libya
Paraguay

How they compare

Libya currently reports 7.31 million people against 6.84 million people in Paraguay, a difference of 461,510 people.

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

The two have swapped places 8 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Libya ahead.

Libya ranks 107th and Paraguay ranks 109th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Libya averaged higher in 28 and Paraguay in 12.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Libya	Paraguay	Difference	Ahead
1000s	500,000 people	100,000 people	400,000 people	Libya
1100s	350,000 people	120,000 people	230,000 people	Libya
1200s	200,000 people	140,000 people	60,000 people	Libya
1300s	300,000 people	160,000 people	140,000 people	Libya
1400s	400,000 people	180,000 people	220,000 people	Libya
1500s	500,000 people	200,000 people	300,000 people	Libya
1600s	500,000 people	200,000 people	300,000 people	Libya
1700s	500,000 people	200,000 people	300,000 people	Libya
1710s	465,166 people	210,000 people	255,166 people	Libya
1720s	468,333 people	220,000 people	248,333 people	Libya
1730s	471,500 people	230,000 people	241,500 people	Libya
1740s	474,666 people	240,000 people	234,666 people	Libya
1750s	477,833 people	250,000 people	227,833 people	Libya
1760s	481,000 people	260,000 people	221,000 people	Libya
1770s	484,166 people	270,000 people	214,166 people	Libya
1780s	487,333 people	280,000 people	207,333 people	Libya
1790s	490,500 people	290,000 people	200,500 people	Libya
1800s	230,677 people	255,373 people	24,696 people	Paraguay
1810s	232,903 people	176,745 people	56,158 people	Libya
1820s	239,341 people	165,065 people	74,276 people	Libya
1830s	250,478 people	221,413 people	29,064 people	Libya
1840s	263,289 people	298,208 people	34,919 people	Paraguay
1850s	282,681 people	357,228 people	74,547 people	Paraguay
1860s	316,629 people	375,728 people	59,099 people	Paraguay
1870s	355,117 people	328,546 people	26,570 people	Libya
1880s	404,770 people	416,004 people	11,234 people	Paraguay
1890s	471,995 people	548,164 people	76,170 people	Paraguay
1900s	551,686 people	499,836 people	51,849 people	Libya
1910s	635,532 people	629,015 people	6,517 people	Libya
1920s	714,783 people	793,433 people	78,650 people	Paraguay
1930s	808,144 people	1.00 million people	192,223 people	Paraguay
1940s	982,338 people	1.29 million people	311,725 people	Paraguay
1950s	1.25 million people	1.67 million people	417,377 people	Paraguay
1960s	1.76 million people	2.10 million people	339,617 people	Paraguay
1970s	2.57 million people	2.67 million people	99,939 people	Paraguay
1980s	3.89 million people	3.47 million people	415,637 people	Libya
1990s	4.85 million people	4.52 million people	326,994 people	Libya
2000s	5.81 million people	5.41 million people	405,671 people	Libya
2010s	6.55 million people	6.12 million people	426,388 people	Libya
2020s	7.18 million people	6.72 million people	454,378 people	Libya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Libya or Paraguay?: Libya, at 7.31 million people against 6.84 million people in Paraguay as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Libya and Paraguay?: 461,510 people, with Libya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Paraguay?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Libya and Paraguay rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Libya ranks 107th and Paraguay ranks 109th 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.