What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Samoa and Saint Lucia?

37,382 people, with Samoa ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Saint Lucia?

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.

Samoa vs Saint Lucia: The global population hockey stick

Samoa

216,673 people

in 2023

Saint Lucia

179,291 people

in 2023

Samoa rank

189th

Saint Lucia rank

192nd

The global population hockey stick over time

Samoa
Saint Lucia

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 216,673 people against 179,291 people in Saint Lucia, a difference of 37,382 people.

That makes Samoa's figure about 1.2 times Saint Lucia's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Saint Lucia ahead.

Samoa ranks 189th and Saint Lucia ranks 192nd of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 16 and Saint Lucia in 24.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Samoa	Saint Lucia	Difference	Ahead
1000s	492 people	13,451 people	12,959 people	Saint Lucia
1100s	738 people	14,674 people	13,936 people	Saint Lucia
1200s	1,107 people	16,008 people	14,901 people	Saint Lucia
1300s	1,660 people	17,463 people	15,803 people	Saint Lucia
1400s	2,490 people	19,051 people	16,561 people	Saint Lucia
1500s	3,736 people	20,783 people	17,047 people	Saint Lucia
1600s	5,604 people	22,672 people	17,068 people	Saint Lucia
1700s	8,406 people	24,733 people	16,327 people	Saint Lucia
1710s	8,848 people	26,761 people	17,913 people	Saint Lucia
1720s	9,314 people	28,954 people	19,640 people	Saint Lucia
1730s	9,804 people	31,327 people	21,523 people	Saint Lucia
1740s	10,320 people	33,895 people	23,575 people	Saint Lucia
1750s	10,864 people	36,674 people	25,810 people	Saint Lucia
1760s	11,435 people	39,680 people	28,245 people	Saint Lucia
1770s	12,037 people	42,932 people	30,895 people	Saint Lucia
1780s	12,671 people	46,451 people	33,780 people	Saint Lucia
1790s	13,338 people	50,259 people	36,921 people	Saint Lucia
1800s	47,264 people	24,000 people	23,264 people	Samoa
1810s	47,183 people	24,000 people	23,183 people	Samoa
1820s	47,103 people	24,000 people	23,103 people	Samoa
1830s	47,023 people	24,000 people	23,023 people	Samoa
1840s	46,937 people	24,006 people	22,931 people	Samoa
1850s	45,625 people	25,519 people	20,106 people	Samoa
1860s	42,974 people	29,825 people	13,149 people	Samoa
1870s	40,450 people	36,308 people	4,142 people	Samoa
1880s	38,071 people	42,337 people	4,266 people	Saint Lucia
1890s	35,842 people	48,476 people	12,634 people	Saint Lucia
1900s	37,156 people	53,413 people	16,258 people	Saint Lucia
1910s	39,438 people	55,098 people	15,660 people	Saint Lucia
1920s	47,436 people	60,983 people	13,546 people	Saint Lucia
1930s	65,201 people	70,683 people	5,481 people	Saint Lucia
1940s	79,004 people	81,203 people	2,198 people	Saint Lucia
1950s	98,381 people	93,539 people	4,842 people	Samoa
1960s	126,048 people	97,082 people	28,966 people	Samoa
1970s	151,797 people	110,112 people	41,685 people	Samoa
1980s	166,879 people	128,094 people	38,785 people	Samoa
1990s	174,116 people	147,135 people	26,982 people	Samoa
2000s	186,619 people	164,634 people	21,985 people	Samoa
2010s	201,073 people	174,448 people	26,624 people	Samoa
2020s	214,423 people	178,722 people	35,702 people	Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Samoa or Saint Lucia?: Samoa, at 216,673 people against 179,291 people in Saint Lucia as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Samoa and Saint Lucia?: 37,382 people, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Saint Lucia?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Samoa and Saint Lucia rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Samoa ranks 189th and Saint Lucia ranks 192nd 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.