Poland vs Yemen: The global population hockey stick
Poland
38.76 million people
in 2023
Yemen
39.39 million people
in 2023
Poland rank
40th
Yemen rank
38th
The global population hockey stick over time
- Poland
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 39.39 million people against 38.76 million people in Poland, a difference of 628,000 people.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Yemen ahead.
Poland ranks 40th and Yemen ranks 38th of 239 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Poland averaged higher in 38 and Yemen in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Poland | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 1.25 million people | 2.25 million people | 1.00 million people | Yemen |
| 1100s | 1.50 million people | 2.00 million people | 500,000 people | Yemen |
| 1200s | 2.25 million people | 2.10 million people | 150,000 people | Poland |
| 1300s | 3.50 million people | 2.20 million people | 1.30 million people | Poland |
| 1400s | 3.50 million people | 2.05 million people | 1.45 million people | Poland |
| 1500s | 4.00 million people | 2.25 million people | 1.75 million people | Poland |
| 1600s | 5.00 million people | 2.50 million people | 2.50 million people | Poland |
| 1700s | 6.00 million people | 2.25 million people | 3.75 million people | Poland |
| 1710s | 6.25 million people | 2.26 million people | 3.99 million people | Poland |
| 1720s | 6.55 million people | 2.29 million people | 4.26 million people | Poland |
| 1730s | 6.86 million people | 2.32 million people | 4.55 million people | Poland |
| 1740s | 7.19 million people | 2.34 million people | 4.84 million people | Poland |
| 1750s | 7.53 million people | 2.37 million people | 5.16 million people | Poland |
| 1760s | 7.89 million people | 2.40 million people | 5.48 million people | Poland |
| 1770s | 8.26 million people | 2.43 million people | 5.83 million people | Poland |
| 1780s | 8.66 million people | 2.47 million people | 6.19 million people | Poland |
| 1790s | 9.07 million people | 2.50 million people | 6.57 million people | Poland |
| 1800s | 9.30 million people | 2.59 million people | 6.71 million people | Poland |
| 1810s | 10.02 million people | 2.59 million people | 7.42 million people | Poland |
| 1820s | 10.78 million people | 2.61 million people | 8.17 million people | Poland |
| 1830s | 11.60 million people | 2.66 million people | 8.94 million people | Poland |
| 1840s | 12.49 million people | 2.71 million people | 9.78 million people | Poland |
| 1850s | 13.78 million people | 2.76 million people | 11.02 million people | Poland |
| 1860s | 15.63 million people | 2.80 million people | 12.84 million people | Poland |
| 1870s | 17.93 million people | 2.84 million people | 15.09 million people | Poland |
| 1880s | 20.79 million people | 2.89 million people | 17.90 million people | Poland |
| 1890s | 23.32 million people | 2.93 million people | 20.39 million people | Poland |
| 1900s | 25.10 million people | 3.08 million people | 22.02 million people | Poland |
| 1910s | 24.83 million people | 3.36 million people | 21.47 million people | Poland |
| 1920s | 25.27 million people | 3.69 million people | 21.58 million people | Poland |
| 1930s | 28.30 million people | 4.05 million people | 24.25 million people | Poland |
| 1940s | 26.93 million people | 4.45 million people | 22.48 million people | Poland |
| 1950s | 26.88 million people | 4.99 million people | 21.90 million people | Poland |
| 1960s | 31.06 million people | 6.16 million people | 24.91 million people | Poland |
| 1970s | 33.84 million people | 8.07 million people | 25.77 million people | Poland |
| 1980s | 36.93 million people | 11.33 million people | 25.60 million people | Poland |
| 1990s | 38.28 million people | 16.44 million people | 21.83 million people | Poland |
| 2000s | 38.13 million people | 22.59 million people | 15.54 million people | Poland |
| 2010s | 38.23 million people | 30.79 million people | 7.45 million people | Poland |
| 2020s | 38.34 million people | 37.72 million people | 617,750 people | Poland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Poland or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 39.39 million people against 38.76 million people in Poland as of 2023.
- What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Poland and Yemen?
- 628,000 people, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Poland and Yemen?
- 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
- How do Poland and Yemen rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
- Poland ranks 40th and Yemen ranks 38th 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.