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

113,810 people, with Albania ahead.

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

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 Gambia: The global population hockey stick

Albania

2.81 million people

in 2023

Gambia

2.70 million people

in 2023

Albania rank

144th

Gambia rank

145th

The global population hockey stick over time

Albania
Gambia

How they compare

Albania currently reports 2.81 million people against 2.70 million people in Gambia, a difference of 113,810 people.

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

Albania ranks 144th and Gambia ranks 145th of 239 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Albania	Gambia	Difference	Ahead
1000s	200,000 people	1,798 people	198,202 people	Albania
1100s	200,000 people	2,055 people	197,945 people	Albania
1200s	200,000 people	2,348 people	197,652 people	Albania
1300s	200,000 people	2,684 people	197,316 people	Albania
1400s	200,000 people	3,067 people	196,933 people	Albania
1500s	200,000 people	3,506 people	196,494 people	Albania
1600s	200,000 people	4,006 people	195,994 people	Albania
1700s	300,000 people	4,579 people	295,421 people	Albania
1710s	311,416 people	4,134 people	307,282 people	Albania
1720s	322,833 people	3,733 people	319,100 people	Albania
1730s	334,250 people	3,370 people	330,880 people	Albania
1740s	345,666 people	3,043 people	342,623 people	Albania
1750s	357,083 people	2,748 people	354,335 people	Albania
1760s	368,500 people	2,481 people	366,019 people	Albania
1770s	379,916 people	2,240 people	377,676 people	Albania
1780s	391,333 people	2,022 people	389,311 people	Albania
1790s	402,750 people	1,826 people	400,924 people	Albania
1800s	408,075 people	103,274 people	304,801 people	Albania
1810s	426,540 people	103,280 people	323,260 people	Albania
1820s	445,966 people	104,574 people	341,392 people	Albania
1830s	466,440 people	107,438 people	359,002 people	Albania
1840s	487,905 people	110,412 people	377,493 people	Albania
1850s	522,327 people	115,500 people	406,828 people	Albania
1860s	574,302 people	123,356 people	450,946 people	Albania
1870s	631,435 people	133,598 people	497,838 people	Albania
1880s	693,950 people	146,974 people	546,976 people	Albania
1890s	764,134 people	160,244 people	603,890 people	Albania
1900s	839,909 people	172,882 people	667,027 people	Albania
1910s	908,772 people	185,630 people	723,142 people	Albania
1920s	964,424 people	205,774 people	758,650 people	Albania
1930s	1.04 million people	237,570 people	802,669 people	Albania
1940s	1.16 million people	278,153 people	883,978 people	Albania
1950s	1.41 million people	345,412 people	1.06 million people	Albania
1960s	1.88 million people	451,344 people	1.43 million people	Albania
1970s	2.43 million people	601,517 people	1.83 million people	Albania
1980s	3.00 million people	850,451 people	2.15 million people	Albania
1990s	3.25 million people	1.24 million people	2.01 million people	Albania
2000s	3.08 million people	1.65 million people	1.42 million people	Albania
2010s	2.90 million people	2.19 million people	710,668 people	Albania
2020s	2.84 million people	2.61 million people	233,695 people	Albania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Albania or Gambia?: Albania, at 2.81 million people against 2.70 million people in Gambia as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Albania and Gambia?: 113,810 people, with Albania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Albania and Gambia?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Albania and Gambia rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Albania ranks 144th and Gambia ranks 145th 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.