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Netherlands vs Somalia: The global population hockey stick

Netherlands
18.09 million people
in 2023
Somalia
18.36 million people
in 2023
Netherlands rank
71st
Somalia rank
69th

The global population hockey stick over time

  • Netherlands
  • Somalia
05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M100015112023

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 18.36 million people against 18.09 million people in Netherlands, a difference of 266,100 people.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Somalia ahead.

Netherlands ranks 71st and Somalia ranks 69th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Netherlands averaged higher in 36 and Somalia in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Netherlands Somalia Difference Ahead
1000s 369,012 people 389,200 people 20,188 people Somalia
1100s 442,815 people 467,040 people 24,225 people Somalia
1200s 498,167 people 544,880 people 46,713 people Somalia
1300s 881,372 people 622,720 people 258,652 people Netherlands
1400s 629,551 people 700,560 people 71,009 people Somalia
1500s 1.09 million people 778,400 people 307,970 people Netherlands
1600s 1.54 million people 827,050 people 716,130 people Netherlands
1700s 2.00 million people 875,700 people 1.12 million people Netherlands
1710s 2.03 million people 886,058 people 1.15 million people Netherlands
1720s 2.07 million people 896,416 people 1.17 million people Netherlands
1730s 2.10 million people 906,775 people 1.19 million people Netherlands
1740s 2.13 million people 917,133 people 1.21 million people Netherlands
1750s 2.16 million people 927,491 people 1.24 million people Netherlands
1760s 2.20 million people 937,850 people 1.26 million people Netherlands
1770s 2.23 million people 948,208 people 1.28 million people Netherlands
1780s 2.26 million people 958,566 people 1.30 million people Netherlands
1790s 2.29 million people 968,925 people 1.33 million people Netherlands
1800s 2.02 million people 990,855 people 1.03 million people Netherlands
1810s 2.17 million people 999,772 people 1.17 million people Netherlands
1820s 2.47 million people 1.06 million people 1.40 million people Netherlands
1830s 2.74 million people 1.21 million people 1.54 million people Netherlands
1840s 2.98 million people 1.37 million people 1.60 million people Netherlands
1850s 3.20 million people 1.47 million people 1.72 million people Netherlands
1860s 3.45 million people 1.47 million people 1.98 million people Netherlands
1870s 3.80 million people 1.47 million people 2.33 million people Netherlands
1880s 4.26 million people 1.48 million people 2.78 million people Netherlands
1890s 4.80 million people 1.50 million people 3.30 million people Netherlands
1900s 5.48 million people 1.54 million people 3.94 million people Netherlands
1910s 6.32 million people 1.57 million people 4.75 million people Netherlands
1920s 7.29 million people 1.66 million people 5.63 million people Netherlands
1930s 8.31 million people 1.82 million people 6.49 million people Netherlands
1940s 9.41 million people 2.03 million people 7.37 million people Netherlands
1950s 10.71 million people 2.50 million people 8.20 million people Netherlands
1960s 12.20 million people 3.24 million people 8.96 million people Netherlands
1970s 13.60 million people 4.31 million people 9.29 million people Netherlands
1980s 14.53 million people 6.58 million people 7.95 million people Netherlands
1990s 15.50 million people 7.34 million people 8.16 million people Netherlands
2000s 16.41 million people 10.43 million people 5.98 million people Netherlands
2010s 17.11 million people 13.78 million people 3.33 million people Netherlands
2020s 17.84 million people 17.52 million people 320,275 people Netherlands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Netherlands or Somalia?
Somalia, at 18.36 million people against 18.09 million people in Netherlands as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Netherlands and Somalia?
266,100 people, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands and Somalia?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Netherlands and Somalia rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Netherlands ranks 71st and Somalia ranks 69th 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
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Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.