Mali vs Niger: The global population hockey stick
Mali
23.77 million people
in 2023
Niger
26.16 million people
in 2023
Mali rank
58th
Niger rank
57th
The global population hockey stick over time
- Mali
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 26.16 million people against 23.77 million people in Mali, a difference of 2.39 million people.
That makes Niger's figure about 1.1 times Mali's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Mali ahead.
Mali ranks 58th and Niger ranks 57th of 239 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Mali averaged higher in 37 and Niger in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mali | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 722,000 people | 548,000 people | 174,000 people | Mali |
| 1100s | 776,150 people | 589,100 people | 187,050 people | Mali |
| 1200s | 830,300 people | 630,200 people | 200,100 people | Mali |
| 1300s | 900,000 people | 700,000 people | 200,000 people | Mali |
| 1400s | 1.00 million people | 750,000 people | 250,000 people | Mali |
| 1500s | 1.08 million people | 822,000 people | 261,000 people | Mali |
| 1600s | 1.26 million people | 959,000 people | 304,500 people | Mali |
| 1700s | 1.44 million people | 1.10 million people | 348,000 people | Mali |
| 1710s | 1.62 million people | 1.16 million people | 460,800 people | Mali |
| 1720s | 1.64 million people | 1.17 million people | 469,160 people | Mali |
| 1730s | 1.66 million people | 1.18 million people | 478,000 people | Mali |
| 1740s | 1.68 million people | 1.19 million people | 487,390 people | Mali |
| 1750s | 1.70 million people | 1.20 million people | 497,390 people | Mali |
| 1760s | 1.72 million people | 1.22 million people | 508,070 people | Mali |
| 1770s | 1.75 million people | 1.23 million people | 519,520 people | Mali |
| 1780s | 1.77 million people | 1.24 million people | 531,830 people | Mali |
| 1790s | 1.80 million people | 1.26 million people | 545,130 people | Mali |
| 1800s | 1.40 million people | 852,737 people | 550,663 people | Mali |
| 1810s | 1.40 million people | 856,297 people | 547,167 people | Mali |
| 1820s | 1.42 million people | 878,260 people | 539,874 people | Mali |
| 1830s | 1.45 million people | 920,687 people | 529,821 people | Mali |
| 1840s | 1.48 million people | 970,265 people | 513,614 people | Mali |
| 1850s | 1.56 million people | 1.02 million people | 541,626 people | Mali |
| 1860s | 1.68 million people | 1.06 million people | 619,039 people | Mali |
| 1870s | 1.83 million people | 1.13 million people | 704,448 people | Mali |
| 1880s | 2.01 million people | 1.20 million people | 808,761 people | Mali |
| 1890s | 2.20 million people | 1.27 million people | 930,825 people | Mali |
| 1900s | 2.49 million people | 1.40 million people | 1.10 million people | Mali |
| 1910s | 2.87 million people | 1.56 million people | 1.30 million people | Mali |
| 1920s | 3.23 million people | 1.75 million people | 1.48 million people | Mali |
| 1930s | 3.69 million people | 2.00 million people | 1.69 million people | Mali |
| 1940s | 4.28 million people | 2.32 million people | 1.96 million people | Mali |
| 1950s | 5.01 million people | 3.00 million people | 2.01 million people | Mali |
| 1960s | 5.78 million people | 4.00 million people | 1.78 million people | Mali |
| 1970s | 6.79 million people | 5.27 million people | 1.53 million people | Mali |
| 1980s | 8.27 million people | 7.04 million people | 1.23 million people | Mali |
| 1990s | 10.12 million people | 9.62 million people | 505,148 people | Mali |
| 2000s | 13.39 million people | 13.60 million people | 206,640 people | Niger |
| 2010s | 18.40 million people | 19.65 million people | 1.25 million people | Niger |
| 2020s | 22.74 million people | 24.92 million people | 2.19 million people | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Mali or Niger?
- Niger, at 26.16 million people against 23.77 million people in Mali as of 2023.
- What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Mali and Niger?
- 2.39 million people, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Niger?
- 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
- How do Mali and Niger rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
- Mali ranks 58th and Niger ranks 57th of 239 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) β 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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About this data
Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.