What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Albania and Botswana?

331,420 people, with Albania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Albania and Botswana?

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 The global population hockey stick. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Albania vs Botswana: The global population hockey stick

Albania

2.81 million people

in 2023

Botswana

2.48 million people

in 2023

Albania rank

144th

Botswana rank

147th

The global population hockey stick over time

Albania
Botswana

How they compare

Albania currently reports 2.81 million people against 2.48 million people in Botswana, a difference of 331,420 people.

That makes Albania's figure about 1.1 times Botswana's.

Across all 241 years both countries report, Albania has been ahead every year.

Albania ranks 144th and Botswana ranks 147th of 239 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Albania	Botswana	Difference	Ahead
1000s	200,000 people	60,640 people	139,360 people	Albania
1100s	200,000 people	65,132 people	134,868 people	Albania
1200s	200,000 people	69,956 people	130,044 people	Albania
1300s	200,000 people	75,138 people	124,862 people	Albania
1400s	200,000 people	80,704 people	119,296 people	Albania
1500s	200,000 people	86,682 people	113,318 people	Albania
1600s	200,000 people	93,103 people	106,897 people	Albania
1700s	300,000 people	100,000 people	200,000 people	Albania
1710s	311,416 people	102,013 people	209,403 people	Albania
1720s	322,833 people	103,479 people	219,354 people	Albania
1730s	334,250 people	105,031 people	229,219 people	Albania
1740s	345,666 people	106,680 people	238,986 people	Albania
1750s	357,083 people	108,436 people	248,647 people	Albania
1760s	368,500 people	110,311 people	258,189 people	Albania
1770s	379,916 people	112,321 people	267,595 people	Albania
1780s	391,333 people	114,483 people	276,850 people	Albania
1790s	402,750 people	116,820 people	285,930 people	Albania
1800s	408,075 people	118,954 people	289,121 people	Albania
1810s	426,540 people	114,516 people	312,023 people	Albania
1820s	445,966 people	110,243 people	335,723 people	Albania
1830s	466,440 people	106,129 people	360,311 people	Albania
1840s	487,905 people	102,196 people	385,709 people	Albania
1850s	522,327 people	104,823 people	417,505 people	Albania
1860s	574,302 people	115,742 people	458,560 people	Albania
1870s	631,435 people	127,935 people	503,500 people	Albania
1880s	693,950 people	141,411 people	552,539 people	Albania
1890s	764,134 people	156,328 people	607,806 people	Albania
1900s	839,909 people	177,938 people	661,971 people	Albania
1910s	908,772 people	208,411 people	700,361 people	Albania
1920s	964,424 people	249,371 people	715,053 people	Albania
1930s	1.04 million people	305,713 people	734,526 people	Albania
1940s	1.16 million people	371,683 people	790,448 people	Albania
1950s	1.41 million people	458,954 people	948,034 people	Albania
1960s	1.88 million people	560,811 people	1.32 million people	Albania
1970s	2.43 million people	718,061 people	1.71 million people	Albania
1980s	3.00 million people	1.10 million people	1.89 million people	Albania
1990s	3.25 million people	1.48 million people	1.78 million people	Albania
2000s	3.08 million people	1.83 million people	1.25 million people	Albania
2010s	2.90 million people	2.19 million people	717,148 people	Albania
2020s	2.84 million people	2.42 million people	418,342 people	Albania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Albania or Botswana?: Albania, at 2.81 million people against 2.48 million people in Botswana as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Albania and Botswana?: 331,420 people, with Albania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Albania and Botswana?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Albania and Botswana rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Albania ranks 144th and Botswana ranks 147th 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.