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Mali vs Syrian Arab Republic: The global population hockey stick

Mali
23.77 million people
in 2023
Syrian Arab Republic
23.59 million people
in 2023
Mali rank
58th
Syrian Arab Republic rank
59th

The global population hockey stick over time

  • Mali
  • Syrian Arab Republic
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How they compare

Mali currently reports 23.77 million people against 23.59 million people in Syrian Arab Republic, a difference of 174,500 people.

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

Mali ranks 58th and Syrian Arab Republic ranks 59th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Mali averaged higher in 31 and Syrian Arab Republic in 9.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mali Syrian Arab Republic Difference Ahead
1000s 722,000 people 1.06 million people 343,000 people Syrian Arab Republic
1100s 776,150 people 1.12 million people 348,180 people Syrian Arab Republic
1200s 830,300 people 1.18 million people 353,370 people Syrian Arab Republic
1300s 900,000 people 1.24 million people 343,000 people Syrian Arab Republic
1400s 1.00 million people 994,000 people 6,000 people Mali
1500s 1.08 million people 1.06 million people 18,000 people Mali
1600s 1.26 million people 1.24 million people 20,500 people Mali
1700s 1.44 million people 1.25 million people 194,000 people Mali
1710s 1.62 million people 1.26 million people 364,110 people Mali
1720s 1.64 million people 1.26 million people 374,970 people Mali
1730s 1.66 million people 1.27 million people 386,830 people Mali
1740s 1.68 million people 1.28 million people 399,800 people Mali
1750s 1.70 million people 1.29 million people 414,000 people Mali
1760s 1.72 million people 1.29 million people 429,580 people Mali
1770s 1.75 million people 1.30 million people 446,710 people Mali
1780s 1.77 million people 1.31 million people 465,570 people Mali
1790s 1.80 million people 1.32 million people 486,400 people Mali
1800s 1.40 million people 1.27 million people 134,272 people Mali
1810s 1.40 million people 1.31 million people 90,900 people Mali
1820s 1.42 million people 1.36 million people 60,656 people Mali
1830s 1.45 million people 1.40 million people 46,568 people Mali
1840s 1.48 million people 1.45 million people 31,889 people Mali
1850s 1.56 million people 1.50 million people 55,514 people Mali
1860s 1.68 million people 1.56 million people 128,451 people Mali
1870s 1.83 million people 1.61 million people 220,698 people Mali
1880s 2.01 million people 1.67 million people 339,358 people Mali
1890s 2.20 million people 1.73 million people 477,621 people Mali
1900s 2.49 million people 1.87 million people 626,528 people Mali
1910s 2.87 million people 2.14 million people 726,536 people Mali
1920s 3.23 million people 2.46 million people 767,698 people Mali
1930s 3.69 million people 2.83 million people 860,180 people Mali
1940s 4.28 million people 3.26 million people 1.02 million people Mali
1950s 5.01 million people 4.03 million people 980,622 people Mali
1960s 5.78 million people 5.38 million people 397,850 people Mali
1970s 6.79 million people 7.47 million people 671,926 people Syrian Arab Republic
1980s 8.27 million people 10.49 million people 2.22 million people Syrian Arab Republic
1990s 10.12 million people 14.41 million people 4.28 million people Syrian Arab Republic
2000s 13.39 million people 19.03 million people 5.64 million people Syrian Arab Republic
2010s 18.40 million people 20.78 million people 2.39 million people Syrian Arab Republic
2020s 22.74 million people 22.18 million people 552,275 people Mali

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Mali or Syrian Arab Republic?
Mali, at 23.77 million people against 23.59 million people in Syrian Arab Republic as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Mali and Syrian Arab Republic?
174,500 people, with Mali ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Syrian Arab Republic?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Mali and Syrian Arab Republic rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Mali ranks 58th and Syrian Arab Republic ranks 59th 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

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.