Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Sweden or United Arab Emirates?

United Arab Emirates, at 10.64 million people against 10.55 million people in Sweden as of 2023.

What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Sweden and United Arab Emirates?

90,600 people, with United Arab Emirates ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and United Arab Emirates?

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

Sweden vs United Arab Emirates: The global population hockey stick

Sweden

10.55 million people

in 2023

United Arab Emirates

10.64 million people

in 2023

Sweden rank

91st

United Arab Emirates rank

90th

The global population hockey stick over time

Sweden
United Arab Emirates

How they compare

United Arab Emirates currently reports 10.64 million people against 10.55 million people in Sweden, a difference of 90,600 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Sweden ahead.

Sweden ranks 91st and United Arab Emirates ranks 90th of 239 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Sweden	United Arab Emirates	Difference	Ahead
1000s	400,000 people	31,000 people	369,000 people	Sweden
1100s	470,000 people	31,000 people	439,000 people	Sweden
1200s	540,000 people	31,000 people	509,000 people	Sweden
1300s	1.10 million people	31,000 people	1.07 million people	Sweden
1400s	433,628 people	31,000 people	402,628 people	Sweden
1500s	507,784 people	31,000 people	476,784 people	Sweden
1600s	766,244 people	42,000 people	724,244 people	Sweden
1700s	1.37 million people	53,000 people	1.32 million people	Sweden
1710s	1.42 million people	48,529 people	1.37 million people	Sweden
1720s	1.45 million people	47,181 people	1.40 million people	Sweden
1730s	1.62 million people	45,871 people	1.57 million people	Sweden
1740s	1.72 million people	44,596 people	1.68 million people	Sweden
1750s	1.77 million people	43,358 people	1.73 million people	Sweden
1760s	1.92 million people	42,153 people	1.87 million people	Sweden
1770s	2.04 million people	40,982 people	2.00 million people	Sweden
1780s	2.10 million people	39,844 people	2.06 million people	Sweden
1790s	2.19 million people	38,737 people	2.15 million people	Sweden
1800s	2.45 million people	40,153 people	2.41 million people	Sweden
1810s	2.48 million people	40,153 people	2.44 million people	Sweden
1820s	2.71 million people	40,153 people	2.67 million people	Sweden
1830s	2.99 million people	40,153 people	2.94 million people	Sweden
1840s	3.27 million people	40,153 people	3.23 million people	Sweden
1850s	3.62 million people	40,220 people	3.58 million people	Sweden
1860s	3.98 million people	40,374 people	3.94 million people	Sweden
1870s	4.35 million people	41,651 people	4.31 million people	Sweden
1880s	4.67 million people	44,359 people	4.62 million people	Sweden
1890s	4.94 million people	47,263 people	4.89 million people	Sweden
1900s	5.27 million people	50,360 people	5.22 million people	Sweden
1910s	5.65 million people	54,270 people	5.60 million people	Sweden
1920s	6.00 million people	59,107 people	5.94 million people	Sweden
1930s	6.25 million people	64,322 people	6.18 million people	Sweden
1940s	6.66 million people	70,041 people	6.59 million people	Sweden
1950s	7.24 million people	98,947 people	7.14 million people	Sweden
1960s	7.71 million people	168,616 people	7.54 million people	Sweden
1970s	8.18 million people	552,238 people	7.63 million people	Sweden
1980s	8.37 million people	1.37 million people	7.00 million people	Sweden
1990s	8.76 million people	2.47 million people	6.28 million people	Sweden
2000s	9.04 million people	4.81 million people	4.23 million people	Sweden
2010s	9.79 million people	8.34 million people	1.45 million people	Sweden
2020s	10.45 million people	10.03 million people	421,702 people	Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Sweden or United Arab Emirates?: United Arab Emirates, at 10.64 million people against 10.55 million people in Sweden as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Sweden and United Arab Emirates?: 90,600 people, with United Arab Emirates ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and United Arab Emirates?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Sweden and United Arab Emirates rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Sweden ranks 91st and United Arab Emirates ranks 90th 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.