What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Senegal and Somalia?

281,000 people, with Somalia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Senegal and Somalia?

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.

Senegal vs Somalia: The global population hockey stick

Senegal

18.08 million people

in 2023

Somalia

18.36 million people

in 2023

Senegal rank

72nd

Somalia rank

69th

The global population hockey stick over time

Senegal
Somalia

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 18.36 million people against 18.08 million people in Senegal, a difference of 281,000 people.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Somalia ahead.

Senegal ranks 72nd and Somalia ranks 69th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Senegal averaged higher in 12 and Somalia in 28.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Senegal	Somalia	Difference	Ahead
1000s	121,508 people	389,200 people	267,692 people	Somalia
1100s	151,885 people	467,040 people	315,155 people	Somalia
1200s	189,856 people	544,880 people	355,024 people	Somalia
1300s	237,320 people	622,720 people	385,400 people	Somalia
1400s	296,650 people	700,560 people	403,910 people	Somalia
1500s	370,813 people	778,400 people	407,587 people	Somalia
1600s	463,516 people	827,050 people	363,534 people	Somalia
1700s	579,396 people	875,700 people	296,304 people	Somalia
1710s	587,622 people	886,058 people	298,436 people	Somalia
1720s	596,319 people	896,416 people	300,097 people	Somalia
1730s	605,533 people	906,775 people	301,242 people	Somalia
1740s	615,323 people	917,133 people	301,810 people	Somalia
1750s	625,752 people	927,491 people	301,739 people	Somalia
1760s	636,897 people	937,850 people	300,953 people	Somalia
1770s	648,850 people	948,208 people	299,358 people	Somalia
1780s	661,717 people	958,566 people	296,849 people	Somalia
1790s	675,627 people	968,925 people	293,298 people	Somalia
1800s	1.01 million people	990,855 people	19,035 people	Senegal
1810s	1.01 million people	999,772 people	10,063 people	Senegal
1820s	997,563 people	1.06 million people	65,413 people	Somalia
1830s	971,318 people	1.21 million people	236,684 people	Somalia
1840s	945,719 people	1.37 million people	429,226 people	Somalia
1850s	956,409 people	1.47 million people	515,176 people	Somalia
1860s	1.02 million people	1.47 million people	446,655 people	Somalia
1870s	1.12 million people	1.47 million people	351,517 people	Somalia
1880s	1.23 million people	1.48 million people	247,197 people	Somalia
1890s	1.33 million people	1.50 million people	171,145 people	Somalia
1900s	1.42 million people	1.54 million people	119,045 people	Somalia
1910s	1.51 million people	1.57 million people	61,932 people	Somalia
1920s	1.67 million people	1.66 million people	7,669 people	Senegal
1930s	1.93 million people	1.82 million people	109,403 people	Senegal
1940s	2.26 million people	2.03 million people	222,809 people	Senegal
1950s	2.88 million people	2.50 million people	379,408 people	Senegal
1960s	3.81 million people	3.24 million people	568,212 people	Senegal
1970s	5.09 million people	4.31 million people	782,994 people	Senegal
1980s	6.63 million people	6.58 million people	46,224 people	Senegal
1990s	8.73 million people	7.34 million people	1.39 million people	Senegal
2000s	11.12 million people	10.43 million people	689,252 people	Senegal
2010s	14.41 million people	13.78 million people	630,130 people	Senegal
2020s	17.43 million people	17.52 million people	86,075 people	Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Senegal or Somalia?: Somalia, at 18.36 million people against 18.08 million people in Senegal as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Senegal and Somalia?: 281,000 people, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Senegal and Somalia?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Senegal and Somalia rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Senegal ranks 72nd and Somalia ranks 69th 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.