What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Mongolia and Uruguay?

43,860 people, with Mongolia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mongolia and Uruguay?

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.

Mongolia vs Uruguay: The global population hockey stick

Mongolia

3.43 million people

in 2023

Uruguay

3.39 million people

in 2023

Mongolia rank

134th

Uruguay rank

135th

The global population hockey stick over time

Mongolia
Uruguay

How they compare

Mongolia currently reports 3.43 million people against 3.39 million people in Uruguay, a difference of 43,860 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Mongolia ahead.

Mongolia ranks 134th and Uruguay ranks 135th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Mongolia averaged higher in 26 and Uruguay in 14.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mongolia	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
1000s	500,000 people	14,091 people	485,909 people	Mongolia
1100s	650,000 people	15,670 people	634,330 people	Mongolia
1200s	800,000 people	17,428 people	782,572 people	Mongolia
1300s	850,000 people	19,386 people	830,614 people	Mongolia
1400s	600,000 people	21,566 people	578,434 people	Mongolia
1500s	600,000 people	23,995 people	576,005 people	Mongolia
1600s	600,000 people	26,701 people	573,299 people	Mongolia
1700s	600,000 people	29,719 people	570,281 people	Mongolia
1710s	596,677 people	31,284 people	565,393 people	Mongolia
1720s	598,673 people	32,930 people	565,743 people	Mongolia
1730s	600,675 people	34,663 people	566,012 people	Mongolia
1740s	602,684 people	36,488 people	566,196 people	Mongolia
1750s	604,700 people	38,408 people	566,292 people	Mongolia
1760s	606,722 people	40,430 people	566,292 people	Mongolia
1770s	608,751 people	42,557 people	566,194 people	Mongolia
1780s	610,787 people	44,797 people	565,990 people	Mongolia
1790s	612,830 people	47,155 people	565,675 people	Mongolia
1800s	604,230 people	55,000 people	549,230 people	Mongolia
1810s	613,723 people	55,033 people	558,690 people	Mongolia
1820s	623,264 people	63,118 people	560,146 people	Mongolia
1830s	632,835 people	84,338 people	548,497 people	Mongolia
1840s	642,551 people	112,982 people	529,570 people	Mongolia
1850s	652,073 people	169,884 people	482,190 people	Mongolia
1860s	661,313 people	273,980 people	387,333 people	Mongolia
1870s	670,792 people	396,887 people	273,905 people	Mongolia
1880s	680,538 people	562,422 people	118,116 people	Mongolia
1890s	690,454 people	791,888 people	101,434 people	Uruguay
1900s	706,746 people	999,894 people	293,147 people	Uruguay
1910s	725,276 people	1.23 million people	500,364 people	Uruguay
1920s	738,172 people	1.54 million people	805,094 people	Uruguay
1930s	751,442 people	1.85 million people	1.10 million people	Uruguay
1940s	765,242 people	2.10 million people	1.33 million people	Uruguay
1950s	851,454 people	2.36 million people	1.51 million people	Uruguay
1960s	1.12 million people	2.66 million people	1.54 million people	Uruguay
1970s	1.47 million people	2.86 million people	1.39 million people	Uruguay
1980s	1.90 million people	3.01 million people	1.11 million people	Uruguay
1990s	2.31 million people	3.18 million people	868,719 people	Uruguay
2000s	2.56 million people	3.29 million people	731,288 people	Uruguay
2010s	2.95 million people	3.36 million people	408,113 people	Uruguay
2020s	3.36 million people	3.39 million people	31,555 people	Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Mongolia or Uruguay?: Mongolia, at 3.43 million people against 3.39 million people in Uruguay as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Mongolia and Uruguay?: 43,860 people, with Mongolia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mongolia and Uruguay?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Mongolia and Uruguay rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Mongolia ranks 134th and Uruguay ranks 135th 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.