What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Bahamas and Belize?

11,660 people, with Belize ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Belize?

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.

Bahamas vs Belize: The global population hockey stick

Bahamas

399,452 people

in 2023

Belize

411,112 people

in 2023

Bahamas rank

178th

Belize rank

177th

The global population hockey stick over time

Bahamas
Belize

How they compare

Belize currently reports 411,112 people against 399,452 people in Bahamas, a difference of 11,660 people.

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

Bahamas ranks 178th and Belize ranks 177th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Bahamas averaged higher in 22 and Belize in 18.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bahamas	Belize	Difference	Ahead
1000s	2,741 people	4,456 people	1,715 people	Belize
1100s	2,990 people	4,861 people	1,871 people	Belize
1200s	3,262 people	5,303 people	2,041 people	Belize
1300s	3,559 people	5,785 people	2,226 people	Belize
1400s	3,882 people	6,311 people	2,429 people	Belize
1500s	4,235 people	6,885 people	2,650 people	Belize
1600s	4,620 people	7,511 people	2,891 people	Belize
1700s	5,040 people	8,194 people	3,154 people	Belize
1710s	5,535 people	8,866 people	3,331 people	Belize
1720s	6,077 people	9,592 people	3,515 people	Belize
1730s	6,673 people	10,379 people	3,706 people	Belize
1740s	7,327 people	11,229 people	3,902 people	Belize
1750s	8,046 people	12,150 people	4,104 people	Belize
1760s	8,835 people	13,146 people	4,311 people	Belize
1770s	9,701 people	14,223 people	4,522 people	Belize
1780s	10,652 people	15,389 people	4,737 people	Belize
1790s	11,696 people	16,651 people	4,955 people	Belize
1800s	27,350 people	25,526 people	1,824 people	Bahamas
1810s	27,350 people	25,526 people	1,824 people	Bahamas
1820s	27,448 people	25,580 people	1,868 people	Bahamas
1830s	27,662 people	25,697 people	1,966 people	Bahamas
1840s	27,892 people	25,815 people	2,077 people	Bahamas
1850s	31,351 people	25,994 people	5,357 people	Bahamas
1860s	37,753 people	25,742 people	12,012 people	Bahamas
1870s	43,126 people	26,256 people	16,871 people	Bahamas
1880s	48,762 people	29,308 people	19,454 people	Bahamas
1890s	54,928 people	34,428 people	20,501 people	Bahamas
1900s	60,513 people	39,425 people	21,088 people	Bahamas
1910s	61,252 people	43,672 people	17,580 people	Bahamas
1920s	63,290 people	49,357 people	13,932 people	Bahamas
1930s	72,062 people	56,472 people	15,590 people	Bahamas
1940s	78,510 people	64,240 people	14,269 people	Bahamas
1950s	94,332 people	78,880 people	15,452 people	Bahamas
1960s	145,691 people	103,805 people	41,886 people	Bahamas
1970s	207,368 people	130,275 people	77,092 people	Bahamas
1980s	251,369 people	161,985 people	89,384 people	Bahamas
1990s	298,417 people	204,536 people	93,882 people	Bahamas
2000s	342,531 people	276,146 people	66,386 people	Bahamas
2010s	382,728 people	353,289 people	29,439 people	Bahamas
2020s	397,312 people	400,007 people	2,694 people	Belize

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Bahamas or Belize?: Belize, at 411,112 people against 399,452 people in Bahamas as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Bahamas and Belize?: 11,660 people, with Belize ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Belize?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Bahamas and Belize rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Bahamas ranks 178th and Belize ranks 177th 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.