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Peru vs Saudi Arabia: The global population hockey stick

Peru
33.85 million people
in 2023
Saudi Arabia
33.26 million people
in 2023
Peru rank
46th
Saudi Arabia rank
49th

The global population hockey stick over time

  • Peru
  • Saudi Arabia
010.0M20.0M30.0M100015112023

How they compare

Peru currently reports 33.85 million people against 33.26 million people in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 581,300 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Peru ahead.

Peru ranks 46th and Saudi Arabia ranks 49th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Peru averaged higher in 25 and Saudi Arabia in 15.

Head to head by decade

Decade Peru Saudi Arabia Difference Ahead
1000s 3.00 million people 2.00 million people 1.00 million people Peru
1100s 3.20 million people 2.07 million people 1.13 million people Peru
1200s 3.40 million people 2.15 million people 1.25 million people Peru
1300s 3.60 million people 2.22 million people 1.38 million people Peru
1400s 3.80 million people 1.95 million people 1.85 million people Peru
1500s 4.00 million people 2.00 million people 2.00 million people Peru
1600s 1.30 million people 2.25 million people 950,000 people Saudi Arabia
1700s 1.50 million people 2.00 million people 499,510 people Saudi Arabia
1710s 1.48 million people 2.01 million people 523,310 people Saudi Arabia
1720s 1.47 million people 2.02 million people 546,950 people Saudi Arabia
1730s 1.45 million people 2.02 million people 570,400 people Saudi Arabia
1740s 1.44 million people 2.03 million people 593,680 people Saudi Arabia
1750s 1.42 million people 2.04 million people 616,800 people Saudi Arabia
1760s 1.41 million people 2.05 million people 639,750 people Saudi Arabia
1770s 1.39 million people 2.05 million people 662,520 people Saudi Arabia
1780s 1.38 million people 2.06 million people 685,150 people Saudi Arabia
1790s 1.36 million people 2.07 million people 707,600 people Saudi Arabia
1800s 1.28 million people 2.02 million people 738,940 people Saudi Arabia
1810s 1.30 million people 2.07 million people 761,349 people Saudi Arabia
1820s 1.34 million people 2.11 million people 768,295 people Saudi Arabia
1830s 1.70 million people 2.16 million people 456,184 people Saudi Arabia
1840s 2.66 million people 2.21 million people 449,602 people Peru
1850s 2.94 million people 2.23 million people 710,580 people Peru
1860s 2.55 million people 2.21 million people 341,280 people Peru
1870s 2.76 million people 2.18 million people 576,009 people Peru
1880s 3.13 million people 2.16 million people 965,930 people Peru
1890s 3.48 million people 2.13 million people 1.35 million people Peru
1900s 3.86 million people 2.15 million people 1.72 million people Peru
1910s 4.38 million people 2.24 million people 2.14 million people Peru
1920s 5.04 million people 2.43 million people 2.61 million people Peru
1930s 5.90 million people 2.66 million people 3.24 million people Peru
1940s 6.96 million people 2.92 million people 4.04 million people Peru
1950s 8.73 million people 2.01 million people 6.72 million people Peru
1960s 11.62 million people 2.89 million people 8.73 million people Peru
1970s 15.17 million people 4.52 million people 10.65 million people Peru
1980s 19.42 million people 7.99 million people 11.43 million people Peru
1990s 24.11 million people 13.03 million people 11.08 million people Peru
2000s 27.89 million people 20.15 million people 7.74 million people Peru
2010s 30.49 million people 28.77 million people 1.72 million people Peru
2020s 33.33 million people 31.94 million people 1.39 million people Peru

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Peru or Saudi Arabia?
Peru, at 33.85 million people against 33.26 million people in Saudi Arabia as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Peru and Saudi Arabia?
581,300 people, with Peru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Peru and Saudi Arabia?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Peru and Saudi Arabia rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Peru ranks 46th and Saudi Arabia ranks 49th 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
Last refreshed

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