What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Austria and Greece?

1.11 million people, with Greece ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Greece?

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.

Austria vs Greece: The global population hockey stick

Austria

9.13 million people

in 2023

Greece

10.24 million people

in 2023

Austria rank

99th

Greece rank

96th

The global population hockey stick over time

Austria
Greece

How they compare

Greece currently reports 10.24 million people against 9.13 million people in Austria, a difference of 1.11 million people.

That makes Greece's figure about 1.1 times Austria's.

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

Austria ranks 99th and Greece ranks 96th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 28 and Greece in 12.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Austria	Greece	Difference	Ahead
1000s	700,000 people	1.00 million people	300,000 people	Greece
1100s	900,000 people	1.08 million people	180,000 people	Greece
1200s	1.25 million people	1.17 million people	80,000 people	Austria
1300s	2.00 million people	1.25 million people	750,000 people	Austria
1400s	1.25 million people	900,000 people	350,000 people	Austria
1500s	2.00 million people	1.00 million people	1.00 million people	Austria
1600s	2.10 million people	1.50 million people	600,000 people	Austria
1700s	2.12 million people	1.50 million people	620,000 people	Austria
1710s	2.23 million people	1.57 million people	664,940 people	Austria
1720s	2.35 million people	1.64 million people	709,890 people	Austria
1730s	2.46 million people	1.70 million people	754,830 people	Austria
1740s	2.57 million people	1.77 million people	799,770 people	Austria
1750s	2.68 million people	1.84 million people	844,730 people	Austria
1760s	2.78 million people	1.91 million people	877,740 people	Austria
1770s	2.88 million people	1.97 million people	902,800 people	Austria
1780s	2.97 million people	2.04 million people	927,870 people	Austria
1790s	3.05 million people	2.11 million people	936,800 people	Austria
1800s	3.08 million people	2.26 million people	815,940 people	Austria
1810s	3.26 million people	2.30 million people	968,557 people	Austria
1820s	3.44 million people	2.41 million people	1.03 million people	Austria
1830s	3.62 million people	2.64 million people	975,825 people	Austria
1840s	3.82 million people	2.90 million people	925,312 people	Austria
1850s	4.08 million people	3.18 million people	901,744 people	Austria
1860s	4.36 million people	3.49 million people	877,124 people	Austria
1870s	4.71 million people	3.84 million people	864,751 people	Austria
1880s	5.15 million people	4.26 million people	882,636 people	Austria
1890s	5.66 million people	4.73 million people	929,896 people	Austria
1900s	6.26 million people	5.16 million people	1.10 million people	Austria
1910s	6.54 million people	5.54 million people	1.00 million people	Austria
1920s	6.57 million people	6.05 million people	517,860 people	Austria
1930s	6.70 million people	6.83 million people	127,540 people	Greece
1940s	6.82 million people	7.48 million people	660,006 people	Greece
1950s	6.95 million people	7.96 million people	1.01 million people	Greece
1960s	7.25 million people	8.55 million people	1.30 million people	Greece
1970s	7.55 million people	9.06 million people	1.51 million people	Greece
1980s	7.57 million people	9.98 million people	2.41 million people	Greece
1990s	7.90 million people	10.49 million people	2.59 million people	Greece
2000s	8.19 million people	10.96 million people	2.77 million people	Greece
2010s	8.61 million people	10.89 million people	2.28 million people	Greece
2020s	9.02 million people	10.48 million people	1.46 million people	Greece

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Austria or Greece?: Greece, at 10.24 million people against 9.13 million people in Austria as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Austria and Greece?: 1.11 million people, with Greece ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Greece?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Austria and Greece rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Austria ranks 99th and Greece ranks 96th 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.