Spain vs Sudan: The global population hockey stick
Spain
47.91 million people
in 2023
Sudan
50.04 million people
in 2023
Spain rank
33rd
Sudan rank
31st
The global population hockey stick over time
- Spain
- Sudan
How they compare
Sudan currently reports 50.04 million people against 47.91 million people in Spain, a difference of 2.13 million people.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Spain ahead.
Spain ranks 33rd and Sudan ranks 31st of 239 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Spain averaged higher in 39 and Sudan in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Spain | Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 4.00 million people | 3.00 million people | 1.00 million people | Spain |
| 1100s | 4.50 million people | 3.10 million people | 1.40 million people | Spain |
| 1200s | 5.50 million people | 3.20 million people | 2.30 million people | Spain |
| 1300s | 7.50 million people | 3.47 million people | 4.03 million people | Spain |
| 1400s | 5.50 million people | 3.73 million people | 1.77 million people | Spain |
| 1500s | 6.50 million people | 4.00 million people | 2.50 million people | Spain |
| 1600s | 8.50 million people | 4.30 million people | 4.20 million people | Spain |
| 1700s | 8.00 million people | 4.60 million people | 3.40 million people | Spain |
| 1710s | 9.03 million people | 4.20 million people | 4.83 million people | Spain |
| 1720s | 9.28 million people | 4.23 million people | 5.05 million people | Spain |
| 1730s | 9.54 million people | 4.26 million people | 5.28 million people | Spain |
| 1740s | 9.80 million people | 4.29 million people | 5.51 million people | Spain |
| 1750s | 10.07 million people | 4.33 million people | 5.74 million people | Spain |
| 1760s | 10.35 million people | 4.37 million people | 5.98 million people | Spain |
| 1770s | 10.64 million people | 4.41 million people | 6.23 million people | Spain |
| 1780s | 10.94 million people | 4.45 million people | 6.48 million people | Spain |
| 1790s | 11.24 million people | 4.50 million people | 6.74 million people | Spain |
| 1800s | 11.65 million people | 4.02 million people | 7.64 million people | Spain |
| 1810s | 12.01 million people | 4.08 million people | 7.93 million people | Spain |
| 1820s | 12.58 million people | 4.20 million people | 8.38 million people | Spain |
| 1830s | 13.44 million people | 4.38 million people | 9.06 million people | Spain |
| 1840s | 14.36 million people | 4.58 million people | 9.79 million people | Spain |
| 1850s | 15.23 million people | 4.73 million people | 10.49 million people | Spain |
| 1860s | 15.89 million people | 4.83 million people | 11.06 million people | Spain |
| 1870s | 16.50 million people | 4.92 million people | 11.57 million people | Spain |
| 1880s | 17.26 million people | 5.02 million people | 12.24 million people | Spain |
| 1890s | 18.12 million people | 5.11 million people | 13.00 million people | Spain |
| 1900s | 19.14 million people | 5.21 million people | 13.94 million people | Spain |
| 1910s | 20.47 million people | 5.30 million people | 15.17 million people | Spain |
| 1920s | 22.22 million people | 5.50 million people | 16.72 million people | Spain |
| 1930s | 24.47 million people | 5.75 million people | 18.72 million people | Spain |
| 1940s | 26.78 million people | 6.01 million people | 20.77 million people | Spain |
| 1950s | 29.02 million people | 7.11 million people | 21.91 million people | Spain |
| 1960s | 31.93 million people | 9.75 million people | 22.18 million people | Spain |
| 1970s | 35.55 million people | 13.87 million people | 21.67 million people | Spain |
| 1980s | 38.43 million people | 19.56 million people | 18.87 million people | Spain |
| 1990s | 39.94 million people | 24.42 million people | 15.52 million people | Spain |
| 2000s | 43.68 million people | 31.02 million people | 12.66 million people | Spain |
| 2010s | 46.93 million people | 39.89 million people | 7.04 million people | Spain |
| 2020s | 47.79 million people | 48.57 million people | 781,750 people | Sudan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Spain or Sudan?
- Sudan, at 50.04 million people against 47.91 million people in Spain as of 2023.
- What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Spain and Sudan?
- 2.13 million people, with Sudan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and Sudan?
- 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
- How do Spain and Sudan rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
- Spain ranks 33rd and Sudan ranks 31st 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.