What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Luxembourg and Western Sahara?

85,367 people, with Luxembourg ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Luxembourg and Western Sahara?

106 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.

Luxembourg vs Western Sahara: The global population hockey stick

Luxembourg

665,101 people

in 2023

Western Sahara

579,734 people

in 2023

Luxembourg rank

169th

Western Sahara rank

172nd

The global population hockey stick over time

Luxembourg
Western Sahara

How they compare

Luxembourg currently reports 665,101 people against 579,734 people in Western Sahara, a difference of 85,367 people.

That makes Luxembourg's figure about 1.1 times Western Sahara's.

Across all 106 years both countries report, Luxembourg has been ahead every year.

Luxembourg ranks 169th and Western Sahara ranks 172nd of 239 countries.

Luxembourg has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Luxembourg	Western Sahara	Difference	Ahead
1000s	55,892 people	42 people	55,850 people	Luxembourg
1100s	57,033 people	63 people	56,970 people	Luxembourg
1200s	58,197 people	94 people	58,103 people	Luxembourg
1300s	59,384 people	142 people	59,242 people	Luxembourg
1400s	60,596 people	213 people	60,383 people	Luxembourg
1500s	61,833 people	319 people	61,514 people	Luxembourg
1600s	63,095 people	479 people	62,616 people	Luxembourg
1700s	64,382 people	718 people	63,664 people	Luxembourg
1710s	68,061 people	721 people	67,340 people	Luxembourg
1720s	71,951 people	723 people	71,228 people	Luxembourg
1730s	76,062 people	726 people	75,336 people	Luxembourg
1740s	80,409 people	728 people	79,681 people	Luxembourg
1750s	85,003 people	731 people	84,272 people	Luxembourg
1760s	89,861 people	733 people	89,128 people	Luxembourg
1770s	94,996 people	735 people	94,261 people	Luxembourg
1780s	100,424 people	738 people	99,686 people	Luxembourg
1790s	106,163 people	740 people	105,423 people	Luxembourg
1800s	127,030 people	743 people	126,287 people	Luxembourg
1810s	127,030 people	745 people	126,285 people	Luxembourg
1820s	129,306 people	752 people	128,554 people	Luxembourg
1830s	167,685 people	758 people	166,927 people	Luxembourg
1840s	180,143 people	764 people	179,379 people	Luxembourg
1850s	192,785 people	771 people	192,014 people	Luxembourg
1860s	202,043 people	777 people	201,266 people	Luxembourg
1870s	198,919 people	793 people	198,126 people	Luxembourg
1880s	209,196 people	809 people	208,387 people	Luxembourg
1890s	212,200 people	826 people	211,374 people	Luxembourg
1900s	235,574 people	843 people	234,731 people	Luxembourg
1910s	258,721 people	860 people	257,861 people	Luxembourg
1920s	269,864 people	1,720 people	268,144 people	Luxembourg
1930s	297,712 people	3,441 people	294,271 people	Luxembourg
1940s	300,207 people	6,883 people	293,324 people	Luxembourg
1950s	304,262 people	19,850 people	284,412 people	Luxembourg
1960s	327,259 people	43,536 people	283,723 people	Luxembourg
1970s	351,978 people	78,764 people	273,214 people	Luxembourg
1980s	368,169 people	147,995 people	220,174 people	Luxembourg
1990s	405,536 people	212,465 people	193,071 people	Luxembourg
2000s	464,014 people	332,663 people	131,352 people	Luxembourg
2010s	563,443 people	476,886 people	86,557 people	Luxembourg
2020s	647,322 people	564,120 people	83,202 people	Luxembourg

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Luxembourg or Western Sahara?: Luxembourg, at 665,101 people against 579,734 people in Western Sahara as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Luxembourg and Western Sahara?: 85,367 people, with Luxembourg ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Luxembourg and Western Sahara?: 106 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Luxembourg and Western Sahara rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Luxembourg ranks 169th and Western Sahara ranks 172nd 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.