What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Netherlands Antilles and Samoa?

18,664 people, with Samoa ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands Antilles and Samoa?

93 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2010.

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.

Netherlands Antilles vs Samoa: The global population hockey stick

Netherlands Antilles

198,009 people

in 2010

Samoa

216,673 people

in 2023

Netherlands Antilles rank

190th

Samoa rank

189th

The global population hockey stick over time

Netherlands Antilles
Samoa

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 216,673 people against 198,009 people in Netherlands Antilles, a difference of 18,664 people.

That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Netherlands Antilles's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 93 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Samoa ahead.

Netherlands Antilles ranks 190th and Samoa ranks 189th of 239 countries.

Across the 39 decades both report, Netherlands Antilles averaged higher in 17 and Samoa in 22.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Netherlands Antilles	Samoa	Difference	Ahead
1000s	60 people	492 people	432 people	Samoa
1100s	121 people	738 people	617 people	Samoa
1200s	242 people	1,107 people	865 people	Samoa
1300s	484 people	1,660 people	1,176 people	Samoa
1400s	969 people	2,490 people	1,521 people	Samoa
1500s	1,939 people	3,736 people	1,797 people	Samoa
1600s	3,878 people	5,604 people	1,726 people	Samoa
1700s	7,757 people	8,406 people	649 people	Samoa
1710s	8,393 people	8,848 people	455 people	Samoa
1720s	9,081 people	9,314 people	233 people	Samoa
1730s	9,825 people	9,804 people	21 people	Netherlands Antilles
1740s	10,631 people	10,320 people	311 people	Netherlands Antilles
1750s	11,502 people	10,864 people	638 people	Netherlands Antilles
1760s	12,445 people	11,435 people	1,010 people	Netherlands Antilles
1770s	13,465 people	12,037 people	1,428 people	Netherlands Antilles
1780s	14,569 people	12,671 people	1,898 people	Netherlands Antilles
1790s	15,763 people	13,338 people	2,425 people	Netherlands Antilles
1800s	17,055 people	47,300 people	30,245 people	Samoa
1810s	18,453 people	47,220 people	28,767 people	Samoa
1820s	19,068 people	47,139 people	28,071 people	Samoa
1830s	19,704 people	47,059 people	27,355 people	Samoa
1840s	20,361 people	46,979 people	26,618 people	Samoa
1850s	21,040 people	46,707 people	25,667 people	Samoa
1860s	25,266 people	44,153 people	18,887 people	Samoa
1870s	27,500 people	41,561 people	14,061 people	Samoa
1880s	32,100 people	39,118 people	7,018 people	Samoa
1890s	35,071 people	36,815 people	1,744 people	Samoa
1900s	38,500 people	35,087 people	3,413 people	Netherlands Antilles
1910s	41,580 people	39,803 people	1,777 people	Netherlands Antilles
1920s	42,875 people	39,583 people	3,292 people	Netherlands Antilles
1930s	51,846 people	58,916 people	7,070 people	Samoa
1940s	73,986 people	72,525 people	1,461 people	Netherlands Antilles
1950s	120,064 people	98,381 people	21,683 people	Netherlands Antilles
1960s	143,450 people	126,048 people	17,402 people	Netherlands Antilles
1970s	163,397 people	151,797 people	11,600 people	Netherlands Antilles
1980s	178,773 people	166,879 people	11,895 people	Netherlands Antilles
1990s	186,462 people	174,116 people	12,346 people	Netherlands Antilles
2000s	184,431 people	186,619 people	2,188 people	Samoa
2010s	198,009 people	193,035 people	4,974 people	Netherlands Antilles

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Netherlands Antilles or Samoa?: Samoa, at 216,673 people against 198,009 people in Netherlands Antilles as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Netherlands Antilles and Samoa?: 18,664 people, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands Antilles and Samoa?: 93 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2010.
How do Netherlands Antilles and Samoa rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Netherlands Antilles ranks 190th and Samoa ranks 189th 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.