Papua New Guinea vs Sweden: The global population hockey stick
Papua New Guinea
10.39 million people
in 2023
Sweden
10.55 million people
in 2023
Papua New Guinea rank
94th
Sweden rank
91st
The global population hockey stick over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 10.55 million people against 10.39 million people in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 161,900 people.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Papua New Guinea ranks 94th and Sweden ranks 91st of 239 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 6 and Sweden in 34.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 890,178 people | 400,000 people | 490,178 people | Papua New Guinea |
| 1100s | 932,567 people | 470,000 people | 462,567 people | Papua New Guinea |
| 1200s | 976,975 people | 540,000 people | 436,975 people | Papua New Guinea |
| 1300s | 1.02 million people | 1.10 million people | 76,500 people | Sweden |
| 1400s | 1.07 million people | 433,628 people | 638,612 people | Papua New Guinea |
| 1500s | 1.12 million people | 507,784 people | 615,516 people | Papua New Guinea |
| 1600s | 1.18 million people | 766,244 people | 410,536 people | Papua New Guinea |
| 1700s | 1.23 million people | 1.37 million people | 135,350 people | Sweden |
| 1710s | 1.24 million people | 1.42 million people | 185,730 people | Sweden |
| 1720s | 1.24 million people | 1.45 million people | 210,840 people | Sweden |
| 1730s | 1.25 million people | 1.62 million people | 374,510 people | Sweden |
| 1740s | 1.25 million people | 1.72 million people | 470,300 people | Sweden |
| 1750s | 1.25 million people | 1.77 million people | 519,100 people | Sweden |
| 1760s | 1.26 million people | 1.92 million people | 657,760 people | Sweden |
| 1770s | 1.26 million people | 2.04 million people | 774,540 people | Sweden |
| 1780s | 1.27 million people | 2.10 million people | 837,700 people | Sweden |
| 1790s | 1.27 million people | 2.19 million people | 917,920 people | Sweden |
| 1800s | 754,894 people | 2.45 million people | 1.70 million people | Sweden |
| 1810s | 754,900 people | 2.48 million people | 1.72 million people | Sweden |
| 1820s | 756,202 people | 2.71 million people | 1.95 million people | Sweden |
| 1830s | 759,041 people | 2.99 million people | 2.23 million people | Sweden |
| 1840s | 761,913 people | 3.27 million people | 2.51 million people | Sweden |
| 1850s | 770,443 people | 3.62 million people | 2.85 million people | Sweden |
| 1860s | 785,943 people | 3.98 million people | 3.19 million people | Sweden |
| 1870s | 801,549 people | 4.35 million people | 3.55 million people | Sweden |
| 1880s | 817,263 people | 4.67 million people | 3.85 million people | Sweden |
| 1890s | 833,084 people | 4.94 million people | 4.10 million people | Sweden |
| 1900s | 848,203 people | 5.27 million people | 4.43 million people | Sweden |
| 1910s | 700,377 people | 5.65 million people | 4.95 million people | Sweden |
| 1920s | 557,264 people | 6.00 million people | 5.44 million people | Sweden |
| 1930s | 733,782 people | 6.25 million people | 5.51 million people | Sweden |
| 1940s | 1.21 million people | 6.66 million people | 5.46 million people | Sweden |
| 1950s | 1.73 million people | 7.24 million people | 5.51 million people | Sweden |
| 1960s | 2.22 million people | 7.71 million people | 5.50 million people | Sweden |
| 1970s | 2.78 million people | 8.18 million people | 5.39 million people | Sweden |
| 1980s | 3.45 million people | 8.37 million people | 4.92 million people | Sweden |
| 1990s | 4.58 million people | 8.76 million people | 4.17 million people | Sweden |
| 2000s | 6.45 million people | 9.04 million people | 2.59 million people | Sweden |
| 2010s | 8.63 million people | 9.79 million people | 1.16 million people | Sweden |
| 2020s | 10.11 million people | 10.45 million people | 346,790 people | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Papua New Guinea or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 10.55 million people against 10.39 million people in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Papua New Guinea and Sweden?
- 161,900 people, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Sweden?
- 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Sweden rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 94th and Sweden ranks 91st 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
Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.