Oman vs Panama: The global population hockey stick
Oman
5.05 million people
in 2023
Panama
4.46 million people
in 2023
Oman rank
127th
Panama rank
130th
The global population hockey stick over time
- Oman
- Panama
How they compare
Oman currently reports 5.05 million people against 4.46 million people in Panama, a difference of 590,510 people.
That makes Oman's figure about 1.1 times Panama's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Oman ahead.
Oman ranks 127th and Panama ranks 130th of 239 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Oman averaged higher in 31 and Panama in 9.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Oman | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 200,000 people | 116,237 people | 83,763 people | Oman |
| 1100s | 200,000 people | 129,153 people | 70,847 people | Oman |
| 1200s | 200,000 people | 143,503 people | 56,497 people | Oman |
| 1300s | 200,000 people | 159,448 people | 40,552 people | Oman |
| 1400s | 200,000 people | 177,164 people | 22,836 people | Oman |
| 1500s | 200,000 people | 196,849 people | 3,151 people | Oman |
| 1600s | 235,000 people | 98,424 people | 136,576 people | Oman |
| 1700s | 270,000 people | 49,212 people | 220,788 people | Oman |
| 1710s | 274,000 people | 51,802 people | 222,198 people | Oman |
| 1720s | 278,000 people | 54,528 people | 223,472 people | Oman |
| 1730s | 282,000 people | 57,398 people | 224,602 people | Oman |
| 1740s | 286,000 people | 60,419 people | 225,581 people | Oman |
| 1750s | 290,000 people | 63,599 people | 226,401 people | Oman |
| 1760s | 294,000 people | 66,947 people | 227,053 people | Oman |
| 1770s | 298,000 people | 70,470 people | 227,530 people | Oman |
| 1780s | 302,000 people | 74,179 people | 227,821 people | Oman |
| 1790s | 306,000 people | 78,084 people | 227,916 people | Oman |
| 1800s | 303,970 people | 78,122 people | 225,847 people | Oman |
| 1810s | 312,958 people | 83,996 people | 228,963 people | Oman |
| 1820s | 322,140 people | 90,307 people | 231,834 people | Oman |
| 1830s | 331,509 people | 97,092 people | 234,417 people | Oman |
| 1840s | 341,148 people | 104,423 people | 236,724 people | Oman |
| 1850s | 349,308 people | 121,261 people | 228,047 people | Oman |
| 1860s | 355,463 people | 153,317 people | 202,146 people | Oman |
| 1870s | 361,687 people | 184,479 people | 177,208 people | Oman |
| 1880s | 367,980 people | 209,924 people | 158,055 people | Oman |
| 1890s | 374,390 people | 238,726 people | 135,664 people | Oman |
| 1900s | 394,263 people | 282,109 people | 112,154 people | Oman |
| 1910s | 416,629 people | 380,224 people | 36,404 people | Oman |
| 1920s | 425,570 people | 480,476 people | 54,907 people | Panama |
| 1930s | 435,874 people | 572,410 people | 136,536 people | Panama |
| 1940s | 446,592 people | 753,021 people | 306,429 people | Panama |
| 1950s | 486,821 people | 970,436 people | 483,615 people | Panama |
| 1960s | 582,516 people | 1.29 million people | 710,444 people | Panama |
| 1970s | 781,091 people | 1.71 million people | 929,835 people | Panama |
| 1980s | 1.31 million people | 2.18 million people | 866,687 people | Panama |
| 1990s | 2.06 million people | 2.70 million people | 639,629 people | Panama |
| 2000s | 2.46 million people | 3.28 million people | 828,669 people | Panama |
| 2010s | 3.95 million people | 3.93 million people | 23,087 people | Oman |
| 2020s | 4.70 million people | 4.37 million people | 326,055 people | Oman |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Oman or Panama?
- Oman, at 5.05 million people against 4.46 million people in Panama as of 2023.
- What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Oman and Panama?
- 590,510 people, with Oman ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Oman and Panama?
- 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
- How do Oman and Panama rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
- Oman ranks 127th and Panama ranks 130th of 239 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) β 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
Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.