What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Suriname and Western Sahara?

49,158 people, with Suriname ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Suriname and Western Sahara?

106 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.

Suriname vs Western Sahara: The global population hockey stick

Suriname

628,892 people

in 2023

Western Sahara

579,734 people

in 2023

Suriname rank

171st

Western Sahara rank

172nd

The global population hockey stick over time

Suriname
Western Sahara

How they compare

Suriname currently reports 628,892 people against 579,734 people in Western Sahara, a difference of 49,158 people.

That makes Suriname's figure about 1.1 times Western Sahara's.

Across all 106 years both countries report, Suriname has been ahead every year.

Suriname ranks 171st and Western Sahara ranks 172nd of 239 countries.

Suriname has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Suriname	Western Sahara	Difference	Ahead
1000s	9,442 people	42 people	9,400 people	Suriname
1100s	10,300 people	63 people	10,237 people	Suriname
1200s	11,236 people	94 people	11,142 people	Suriname
1300s	12,258 people	142 people	12,116 people	Suriname
1400s	13,372 people	213 people	13,159 people	Suriname
1500s	14,588 people	319 people	14,269 people	Suriname
1600s	15,914 people	479 people	15,435 people	Suriname
1700s	17,361 people	718 people	16,643 people	Suriname
1710s	18,939 people	721 people	18,218 people	Suriname
1720s	20,661 people	723 people	19,938 people	Suriname
1730s	22,540 people	726 people	21,814 people	Suriname
1740s	24,589 people	728 people	23,861 people	Suriname
1750s	26,824 people	731 people	26,093 people	Suriname
1760s	29,263 people	733 people	28,530 people	Suriname
1770s	31,923 people	735 people	31,188 people	Suriname
1780s	34,825 people	738 people	34,087 people	Suriname
1790s	37,991 people	740 people	37,251 people	Suriname
1800s	80,721 people	743 people	79,978 people	Suriname
1810s	80,721 people	745 people	79,976 people	Suriname
1820s	80,809 people	752 people	80,057 people	Suriname
1830s	82,195 people	758 people	81,437 people	Suriname
1840s	83,697 people	764 people	82,933 people	Suriname
1850s	85,225 people	771 people	84,454 people	Suriname
1860s	85,873 people	777 people	85,096 people	Suriname
1870s	86,516 people	793 people	85,723 people	Suriname
1880s	87,153 people	809 people	86,344 people	Suriname
1890s	87,786 people	826 people	86,960 people	Suriname
1900s	88,412 people	843 people	87,569 people	Suriname
1910s	90,910 people	860 people	90,050 people	Suriname
1920s	124,719 people	1,720 people	122,999 people	Suriname
1930s	142,870 people	3,441 people	139,429 people	Suriname
1940s	170,501 people	6,883 people	163,618 people	Suriname
1950s	223,296 people	19,850 people	203,446 people	Suriname
1960s	314,211 people	43,536 people	270,675 people	Suriname
1970s	388,195 people	78,764 people	309,430 people	Suriname
1980s	387,529 people	147,995 people	239,534 people	Suriname
1990s	432,771 people	212,465 people	220,307 people	Suriname
2000s	513,631 people	332,663 people	180,968 people	Suriname
2010s	578,167 people	476,886 people	101,282 people	Suriname
2020s	620,572 people	564,120 people	56,452 people	Suriname

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Suriname or Western Sahara?: Suriname, at 628,892 people against 579,734 people in Western Sahara as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Suriname and Western Sahara?: 49,158 people, with Suriname ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Suriname and Western Sahara?: 106 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Suriname and Western Sahara rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Suriname ranks 171st and Western Sahara ranks 172nd 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.