Syrian Arab Republic vs Chinese Taipei: The global population hockey stick

Syrian Arab Republic
23.59 million people
in 2023
Chinese Taipei
23.32 million people
in 2023
Syrian Arab Republic rank
59th
Chinese Taipei rank
60th

The global population hockey stick over time

  • Syrian Arab Republic
  • Chinese Taipei
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How they compare

Syrian Arab Republic currently reports 23.59 million people against 23.32 million people in Chinese Taipei, a difference of 277,500 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Syrian Arab Republic ahead.

Syrian Arab Republic ranks 59th and Chinese Taipei ranks 60th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Syrian Arab Republic averaged higher in 11 and Chinese Taipei in 29.

Head to head by decade

Decade Syrian Arab Republic Chinese Taipei Difference Ahead
1000s 1.06 million people 99,087 people 965,913 people Syrian Arab Republic
1100s 1.12 million people 118,905 people 1.01 million people Syrian Arab Republic
1200s 1.18 million people 138,722 people 1.04 million people Syrian Arab Republic
1300s 1.24 million people 158,540 people 1.08 million people Syrian Arab Republic
1400s 994,000 people 178,357 people 815,643 people Syrian Arab Republic
1500s 1.06 million people 198,175 people 866,825 people Syrian Arab Republic
1600s 1.24 million people 198,175 people 1.04 million people Syrian Arab Republic
1700s 1.25 million people 990,877 people 259,123 people Syrian Arab Republic
1710s 1.26 million people 1.13 million people 130,030 people Syrian Arab Republic
1720s 1.26 million people 1.19 million people 77,950 people Syrian Arab Republic
1730s 1.27 million people 1.25 million people 22,750 people Syrian Arab Republic
1740s 1.28 million people 1.31 million people 35,740 people Chinese Taipei
1750s 1.29 million people 1.38 million people 97,680 people Chinese Taipei
1760s 1.29 million people 1.46 million people 163,270 people Chinese Taipei
1770s 1.30 million people 1.53 million people 232,690 people Chinese Taipei
1780s 1.31 million people 1.61 million people 306,150 people Chinese Taipei
1790s 1.32 million people 1.70 million people 383,860 people Chinese Taipei
1800s 1.27 million people 2.00 million people 730,872 people Chinese Taipei
1810s 1.31 million people 2.01 million people 692,467 people Chinese Taipei
1820s 1.36 million people 2.04 million people 678,378 people Chinese Taipei
1830s 1.40 million people 2.09 million people 690,823 people Chinese Taipei
1840s 1.45 million people 2.16 million people 710,417 people Chinese Taipei
1850s 1.50 million people 2.23 million people 725,931 people Chinese Taipei
1860s 1.56 million people 2.29 million people 735,911 people Chinese Taipei
1870s 1.61 million people 2.36 million people 745,591 people Chinese Taipei
1880s 1.67 million people 2.43 million people 760,254 people Chinese Taipei
1890s 1.73 million people 2.62 million people 896,123 people Chinese Taipei
1900s 1.87 million people 2.99 million people 1.12 million people Chinese Taipei
1910s 2.14 million people 3.42 million people 1.28 million people Chinese Taipei
1920s 2.46 million people 3.97 million people 1.51 million people Chinese Taipei
1930s 2.83 million people 5.06 million people 2.23 million people Chinese Taipei
1940s 3.26 million people 6.33 million people 3.07 million people Chinese Taipei
1950s 4.03 million people 9.01 million people 4.99 million people Chinese Taipei
1960s 5.38 million people 12.87 million people 7.48 million people Chinese Taipei
1970s 7.47 million people 16.24 million people 8.77 million people Chinese Taipei
1980s 10.49 million people 19.36 million people 8.87 million people Chinese Taipei
1990s 14.41 million people 21.43 million people 7.02 million people Chinese Taipei
2000s 19.03 million people 22.78 million people 3.74 million people Chinese Taipei
2010s 20.78 million people 23.48 million people 2.70 million people Chinese Taipei
2020s 22.18 million people 23.49 million people 1.31 million people Chinese Taipei

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Syrian Arab Republic or Chinese Taipei?
Syrian Arab Republic, at 23.59 million people against 23.32 million people in Chinese Taipei as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Syrian Arab Republic and Chinese Taipei?
277,500 people, with Syrian Arab Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Syrian Arab Republic and Chinese Taipei?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Syrian Arab Republic and Chinese Taipei rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Syrian Arab Republic ranks 59th and Chinese Taipei ranks 60th 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
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Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.