What is the difference in population between Hong Kong and Togo?

781,110 people, with Togo ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Hong Kong and Togo?

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 Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Hong Kong vs Togo: Population

Hong Kong

7.44 million people

in 2023

Togo

8.22 million people

in 2023

Hong Kong rank

104th

Togo rank

102nd

Population over time

Hong Kong
Togo

How they compare

Togo currently reports 8.22 million people against 7.44 million people in Hong Kong, a difference of 781,110 people.

That makes Togo's figure about 1.1 times Hong Kong's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Togo ahead.

Hong Kong ranks 104th and Togo ranks 102nd of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Hong Kong averaged higher in 11 and Togo in 29.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Hong Kong	Togo	Difference	Ahead
1000s	179,978 people	220,828 people	40,850 people	Togo
1100s	443,565 people	252,375 people	191,190 people	Hong Kong
1200s	506,955 people	288,429 people	218,526 people	Hong Kong
1300s	13,463 people	329,633 people	316,170 people	Togo
1400s	13,150 people	376,724 people	363,574 people	Togo
1500s	12,844 people	430,542 people	417,698 people	Togo
1600s	12,545 people	492,048 people	479,503 people	Togo
1700s	12,254 people	562,340 people	550,086 people	Togo
1710s	12,764 people	564,221 people	551,457 people	Togo
1720s	13,296 people	566,108 people	552,812 people	Togo
1730s	13,850 people	568,002 people	554,152 people	Togo
1740s	14,427 people	569,901 people	555,474 people	Togo
1750s	15,028 people	571,807 people	556,779 people	Togo
1760s	15,655 people	573,720 people	558,065 people	Togo
1770s	16,307 people	575,638 people	559,331 people	Togo
1780s	16,986 people	577,564 people	560,578 people	Togo
1790s	17,694 people	579,495 people	561,801 people	Togo
1800s	20,000 people	445,985 people	425,985 people	Togo
1810s	20,274 people	446,023 people	425,750 people	Togo
1820s	22,030 people	454,782 people	432,752 people	Togo
1830s	25,637 people	474,353 people	448,716 people	Togo
1840s	31,870 people	494,947 people	463,078 people	Togo
1850s	50,245 people	522,427 people	472,181 people	Togo
1860s	89,849 people	558,936 people	469,087 people	Togo
1870s	139,424 people	606,293 people	466,869 people	Togo
1880s	186,619 people	661,960 people	475,341 people	Togo
1890s	256,971 people	715,323 people	458,352 people	Togo
1900s	367,403 people	772,844 people	405,441 people	Togo
1910s	529,548 people	838,705 people	309,157 people	Togo
1920s	706,487 people	939,934 people	233,447 people	Togo
1930s	1.10 million people	1.09 million people	17,891 people	Hong Kong
1940s	1.70 million people	1.27 million people	429,164 people	Hong Kong
1950s	2.45 million people	1.52 million people	927,070 people	Hong Kong
1960s	3.27 million people	1.83 million people	1.44 million people	Hong Kong
1970s	4.36 million people	2.43 million people	1.93 million people	Hong Kong
1980s	5.31 million people	3.18 million people	2.13 million people	Hong Kong
1990s	6.09 million people	4.13 million people	1.96 million people	Hong Kong
2000s	6.89 million people	5.39 million people	1.50 million people	Hong Kong
2010s	7.32 million people	6.99 million people	331,432 people	Hong Kong
2020s	7.47 million people	8.00 million people	533,305 people	Togo

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Hong Kong or Togo?: Togo, at 8.22 million people against 7.44 million people in Hong Kong as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Hong Kong and Togo?: 781,110 people, with Togo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Hong Kong and Togo?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Hong Kong and Togo rank globally for population?: Hong Kong ranks 104th and Togo ranks 102nd of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Population
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: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.