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

1.74 million people, with Senegal ahead.

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

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 Zimbabwe: The global population hockey stick

Senegal

18.08 million people

in 2023

Zimbabwe

16.34 million people

in 2023

Senegal rank

72nd

Zimbabwe rank

75th

The global population hockey stick over time

Senegal
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Senegal currently reports 18.08 million people against 16.34 million people in Zimbabwe, a difference of 1.74 million people.

That makes Senegal's figure about 1.1 times Zimbabwe's.

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

Senegal ranks 72nd and Zimbabwe ranks 75th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Senegal averaged higher in 26 and Zimbabwe in 14.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Senegal	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
1000s	121,508 people	170,000 people	48,492 people	Zimbabwe
1100s	151,885 people	170,000 people	18,115 people	Zimbabwe
1200s	189,856 people	170,000 people	19,856 people	Senegal
1300s	237,320 people	170,000 people	67,320 people	Senegal
1400s	296,650 people	170,000 people	126,650 people	Senegal
1500s	370,813 people	340,000 people	30,813 people	Senegal
1600s	463,516 people	368,900 people	94,616 people	Senegal
1700s	579,396 people	397,800 people	181,596 people	Senegal
1710s	587,622 people	404,601 people	183,021 people	Senegal
1720s	596,319 people	412,333 people	183,986 people	Senegal
1730s	605,533 people	420,561 people	184,972 people	Senegal
1740s	615,323 people	429,343 people	185,980 people	Senegal
1750s	625,752 people	438,745 people	187,007 people	Senegal
1760s	636,897 people	448,844 people	188,053 people	Senegal
1770s	648,850 people	459,732 people	189,118 people	Senegal
1780s	661,717 people	471,520 people	190,197 people	Senegal
1790s	675,627 people	484,341 people	191,286 people	Senegal
1800s	1.01 million people	1.09 million people	75,920 people	Zimbabwe
1810s	1.01 million people	1.09 million people	75,624 people	Zimbabwe
1820s	997,563 people	1.01 million people	11,365 people	Zimbabwe
1830s	971,318 people	858,333 people	112,985 people	Senegal
1840s	945,719 people	729,529 people	216,190 people	Senegal
1850s	956,409 people	698,676 people	257,734 people	Senegal
1860s	1.02 million people	771,918 people	248,620 people	Senegal
1870s	1.12 million people	854,563 people	261,853 people	Senegal
1880s	1.23 million people	946,054 people	283,343 people	Senegal
1890s	1.33 million people	1.05 million people	280,347 people	Senegal
1900s	1.42 million people	1.19 million people	224,767 people	Senegal
1910s	1.51 million people	1.40 million people	108,775 people	Senegal
1920s	1.67 million people	1.68 million people	7,812 people	Zimbabwe
1930s	1.93 million people	2.06 million people	128,761 people	Zimbabwe
1940s	2.26 million people	2.50 million people	243,290 people	Zimbabwe
1950s	2.88 million people	3.22 million people	342,078 people	Zimbabwe
1960s	3.81 million people	4.41 million people	593,933 people	Zimbabwe
1970s	5.09 million people	5.98 million people	887,384 people	Zimbabwe
1980s	6.63 million people	8.52 million people	1.90 million people	Zimbabwe
1990s	8.73 million people	10.99 million people	2.26 million people	Zimbabwe
2000s	11.12 million people	12.46 million people	1.33 million people	Zimbabwe
2010s	14.41 million people	14.31 million people	102,920 people	Senegal
2020s	17.43 million people	15.93 million people	1.50 million people	Senegal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Senegal or Zimbabwe?: Senegal, at 18.08 million people against 16.34 million people in Zimbabwe as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Senegal and Zimbabwe?: 1.74 million people, with Senegal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Senegal and Zimbabwe?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Senegal and Zimbabwe rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Senegal ranks 72nd and Zimbabwe ranks 75th 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.