Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Niger or Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of?

Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of, at 28.30 million people against 26.16 million people in Niger as of 2023.

What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Niger and Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of?

2.14 million people, with Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of?

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.

Niger vs Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of: The global population hockey stick

Niger

26.16 million people

in 2023

Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

28.30 million people

in 2023

Niger rank

57th

Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of rank

54th

The global population hockey stick over time

Niger
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

How they compare

Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of currently reports 28.30 million people against 26.16 million people in Niger, a difference of 2.14 million people.

That makes Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of's figure about 1.1 times Niger's.

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

Niger ranks 57th and Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of ranks 54th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Niger averaged higher in 19 and Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of in 21.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Niger	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	Difference	Ahead
1000s	548,000 people	300,000 people	248,000 people	Niger
1100s	589,100 people	320,000 people	269,100 people	Niger
1200s	630,200 people	340,000 people	290,200 people	Niger
1300s	700,000 people	360,000 people	340,000 people	Niger
1400s	750,000 people	380,000 people	370,000 people	Niger
1500s	822,000 people	400,000 people	422,000 people	Niger
1600s	959,000 people	400,000 people	559,000 people	Niger
1700s	1.10 million people	500,313 people	595,687 people	Niger
1710s	1.16 million people	506,646 people	653,914 people	Niger
1720s	1.17 million people	513,059 people	657,251 people	Niger
1730s	1.18 million people	519,554 people	661,026 people	Niger
1740s	1.19 million people	526,130 people	665,280 people	Niger
1750s	1.20 million people	532,790 people	670,070 people	Niger
1760s	1.22 million people	539,535 people	675,475 people	Niger
1770s	1.23 million people	546,364 people	681,576 people	Niger
1780s	1.24 million people	553,280 people	688,460 people	Niger
1790s	1.26 million people	560,284 people	696,236 people	Niger
1800s	852,737 people	907,299 people	54,562 people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1810s	856,297 people	764,715 people	91,582 people	Niger
1820s	878,260 people	793,489 people	84,772 people	Niger
1830s	920,687 people	1.03 million people	108,200 people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1840s	970,265 people	1.26 million people	293,204 people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1850s	1.02 million people	1.40 million people	384,962 people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1860s	1.06 million people	1.59 million people	520,822 people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1870s	1.13 million people	1.84 million people	714,732 people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1880s	1.20 million people	2.16 million people	966,066 people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1890s	1.27 million people	2.50 million people	1.23 million people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1900s	1.40 million people	2.84 million people	1.45 million people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1910s	1.56 million people	3.13 million people	1.56 million people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1920s	1.75 million people	3.40 million people	1.65 million people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1930s	2.00 million people	3.82 million people	1.81 million people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1940s	2.32 million people	4.69 million people	2.36 million people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1950s	3.00 million people	6.65 million people	3.65 million people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1960s	4.00 million people	9.56 million people	5.56 million people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1970s	5.27 million people	13.06 million people	7.79 million people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1980s	7.04 million people	17.26 million people	10.22 million people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1990s	9.62 million people	21.95 million people	12.34 million people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
2000s	13.60 million people	26.53 million people	12.94 million people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
2010s	19.65 million people	29.84 million people	10.19 million people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
2020s	24.92 million people	28.30 million people	3.38 million people	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Niger or Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of?: Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of, at 28.30 million people against 26.16 million people in Niger as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Niger and Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of?: 2.14 million people, with Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Niger and Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Niger ranks 57th and Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of ranks 54th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Niger vs Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of: The global population hockey stick. Statizoid, drawing on HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 06 September 2026, from https://population.statizoid.com/compare/world-population-over-the-last-12000-years-and-un-projection-until-2100/niger/venezuela-rb/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://population.statizoid.com/compare/world-population-over-the-last-12000-years-and-un-projection-until-2100/niger/venezuela-rb/">Niger vs Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of: The global population hockey stick</a> — Statizoid

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: 28 August 2026

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