Morocco vs Poland: The global population hockey stick

Morocco
37.71 million people
in 2023
Poland
38.76 million people
in 2023
Morocco rank
42nd
Poland rank
40th

The global population hockey stick over time

  • Morocco
  • Poland
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How they compare

Poland currently reports 38.76 million people against 37.71 million people in Morocco, a difference of 1.05 million people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Morocco ahead.

Morocco ranks 42nd and Poland ranks 40th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Morocco averaged higher in 2 and Poland in 38.

Head to head by decade

Decade Morocco Poland Difference Ahead
1000s 2.00 million people 1.25 million people 750,000 people Morocco
1100s 1.90 million people 1.50 million people 400,000 people Morocco
1200s 1.80 million people 2.25 million people 450,000 people Poland
1300s 2.01 million people 3.50 million people 1.49 million people Poland
1400s 1.80 million people 3.50 million people 1.70 million people Poland
1500s 1.50 million people 4.00 million people 2.50 million people Poland
1600s 2.25 million people 5.00 million people 2.75 million people Poland
1700s 1.75 million people 6.00 million people 4.25 million people Poland
1710s 1.83 million people 6.25 million people 4.42 million people Poland
1720s 1.91 million people 6.55 million people 4.64 million people Poland
1730s 1.98 million people 6.86 million people 4.88 million people Poland
1740s 2.06 million people 7.19 million people 5.12 million people Poland
1750s 2.14 million people 7.53 million people 5.39 million people Poland
1760s 2.22 million people 7.89 million people 5.67 million people Poland
1770s 2.30 million people 8.26 million people 5.97 million people Poland
1780s 2.38 million people 8.66 million people 6.28 million people Poland
1790s 2.45 million people 9.07 million people 6.62 million people Poland
1800s 2.54 million people 9.30 million people 6.76 million people Poland
1810s 2.64 million people 10.02 million people 7.38 million people Poland
1820s 2.71 million people 10.78 million people 8.07 million people Poland
1830s 2.76 million people 11.60 million people 8.84 million people Poland
1840s 2.82 million people 12.49 million people 9.67 million people Poland
1850s 2.98 million people 13.78 million people 10.80 million people Poland
1860s 3.29 million people 15.63 million people 12.34 million people Poland
1870s 3.63 million people 17.93 million people 14.29 million people Poland
1880s 4.01 million people 20.79 million people 16.78 million people Poland
1890s 4.43 million people 23.32 million people 18.89 million people Poland
1900s 5.02 million people 25.10 million people 20.08 million people Poland
1910s 5.59 million people 24.83 million people 19.24 million people Poland
1920s 6.05 million people 25.27 million people 19.22 million people Poland
1930s 6.96 million people 28.30 million people 21.34 million people Poland
1940s 8.19 million people 26.93 million people 18.73 million people Poland
1950s 10.07 million people 26.88 million people 16.82 million people Poland
1960s 13.12 million people 31.06 million people 17.95 million people Poland
1970s 16.98 million people 33.84 million people 16.86 million people Poland
1980s 21.78 million people 36.93 million people 15.14 million people Poland
1990s 26.21 million people 38.28 million people 12.07 million people Poland
2000s 30.19 million people 38.13 million people 7.94 million people Poland
2010s 34.39 million people 38.23 million people 3.85 million people Poland
2020s 37.15 million people 38.34 million people 1.19 million people Poland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Morocco or Poland?
Poland, at 38.76 million people against 37.71 million people in Morocco as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Morocco and Poland?
1.05 million people, with Poland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and Poland?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Morocco and Poland rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Morocco ranks 42nd and Poland ranks 40th 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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About this data

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.