What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Rwanda and Tunisia?

1.75 million people, with Rwanda ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Tunisia?

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.

Rwanda vs Tunisia: The global population hockey stick

Rwanda

13.95 million people

in 2023

Tunisia

12.20 million people

in 2023

Rwanda rank

78th

Tunisia rank

81st

The global population hockey stick over time

Rwanda
Tunisia

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 13.95 million people against 12.20 million people in Tunisia, a difference of 1.75 million people.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.1 times Tunisia's.

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

Rwanda ranks 78th and Tunisia ranks 81st of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Rwanda averaged higher in 10 and Tunisia in 30.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Rwanda	Tunisia	Difference	Ahead
1000s	288,000 people	1.00 million people	712,000 people	Tunisia
1100s	350,400 people	950,000 people	599,600 people	Tunisia
1200s	412,800 people	1.00 million people	587,200 people	Tunisia
1300s	475,200 people	1.00 million people	524,800 people	Tunisia
1400s	537,600 people	800,000 people	262,400 people	Tunisia
1500s	600,000 people	800,000 people	200,000 people	Tunisia
1600s	660,000 people	1.00 million people	340,000 people	Tunisia
1700s	720,000 people	800,000 people	80,000 people	Tunisia
1710s	736,737 people	817,655 people	80,918 people	Tunisia
1720s	745,120 people	830,071 people	84,951 people	Tunisia
1730s	753,971 people	843,233 people	89,262 people	Tunisia
1740s	763,339 people	857,221 people	93,882 people	Tunisia
1750s	773,281 people	872,130 people	98,849 people	Tunisia
1760s	783,864 people	888,071 people	104,207 people	Tunisia
1770s	795,163 people	905,174 people	110,011 people	Tunisia
1780s	807,272 people	923,595 people	116,323 people	Tunisia
1790s	820,301 people	943,520 people	123,219 people	Tunisia
1800s	928,368 people	816,362 people	112,006 people	Rwanda
1810s	928,674 people	853,850 people	74,823 people	Rwanda
1820s	1.00 million people	907,651 people	94,044 people	Rwanda
1830s	1.18 million people	983,064 people	194,843 people	Rwanda
1840s	1.39 million people	1.07 million people	321,230 people	Rwanda
1850s	1.52 million people	1.17 million people	351,758 people	Rwanda
1860s	1.53 million people	1.30 million people	237,800 people	Rwanda
1870s	1.55 million people	1.44 million people	107,839 people	Rwanda
1880s	1.58 million people	1.60 million people	16,630 people	Tunisia
1890s	1.57 million people	1.77 million people	202,027 people	Tunisia
1900s	1.46 million people	2.02 million people	556,228 people	Tunisia
1910s	1.37 million people	2.26 million people	888,185 people	Tunisia
1920s	1.44 million people	2.45 million people	1.01 million people	Tunisia
1930s	1.66 million people	2.82 million people	1.16 million people	Tunisia
1940s	1.94 million people	3.32 million people	1.37 million people	Tunisia
1950s	2.53 million people	3.94 million people	1.41 million people	Tunisia
1960s	3.41 million people	4.57 million people	1.16 million people	Tunisia
1970s	4.56 million people	5.78 million people	1.22 million people	Tunisia
1980s	6.24 million people	7.35 million people	1.11 million people	Tunisia
1990s	7.37 million people	9.05 million people	1.67 million people	Tunisia
2000s	9.01 million people	10.21 million people	1.20 million people	Tunisia
2010s	11.52 million people	11.33 million people	190,530 people	Rwanda
2020s	13.51 million people	12.09 million people	1.42 million people	Rwanda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Rwanda or Tunisia?: Rwanda, at 13.95 million people against 12.20 million people in Tunisia as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Rwanda and Tunisia?: 1.75 million people, with Rwanda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Tunisia?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Rwanda and Tunisia rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Rwanda ranks 78th and Tunisia ranks 81st 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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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.