Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Bahrain or Equatorial Guinea?

Equatorial Guinea, at 1.85 million people against 1.57 million people in Bahrain as of 2023.

What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Bahrain and Equatorial Guinea?

277,890 people, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Equatorial Guinea?

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.

Bahrain vs Equatorial Guinea: The global population hockey stick

Bahrain

1.57 million people

in 2023

Equatorial Guinea

1.85 million people

in 2023

Bahrain rank

154th

Equatorial Guinea rank

152nd

The global population hockey stick over time

Bahrain
Equatorial Guinea

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 1.85 million people against 1.57 million people in Bahrain, a difference of 277,890 people.

That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 1.2 times Bahrain's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.

Bahrain ranks 154th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 152nd of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Bahrain averaged higher in 2 and Equatorial Guinea in 38.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bahrain	Equatorial Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1000s	12,782 people	55,434 people	42,652 people	Equatorial Guinea
1100s	14,202 people	55,434 people	41,232 people	Equatorial Guinea
1200s	15,780 people	55,434 people	39,654 people	Equatorial Guinea
1300s	17,533 people	83,151 people	65,618 people	Equatorial Guinea
1400s	19,482 people	97,010 people	77,528 people	Equatorial Guinea
1500s	21,646 people	110,868 people	89,222 people	Equatorial Guinea
1600s	24,052 people	117,797 people	93,745 people	Equatorial Guinea
1700s	26,724 people	124,727 people	98,003 people	Equatorial Guinea
1710s	28,060 people	125,250 people	97,190 people	Equatorial Guinea
1720s	29,463 people	125,879 people	96,416 people	Equatorial Guinea
1730s	30,936 people	126,545 people	95,609 people	Equatorial Guinea
1740s	32,483 people	127,252 people	94,769 people	Equatorial Guinea
1750s	34,107 people	128,005 people	93,898 people	Equatorial Guinea
1760s	35,813 people	128,810 people	92,997 people	Equatorial Guinea
1770s	37,603 people	129,675 people	92,072 people	Equatorial Guinea
1780s	39,484 people	130,607 people	91,123 people	Equatorial Guinea
1790s	41,458 people	131,620 people	90,162 people	Equatorial Guinea
1800s	64,474 people	80,377 people	15,903 people	Equatorial Guinea
1810s	64,474 people	80,393 people	15,919 people	Equatorial Guinea
1820s	64,474 people	84,165 people	19,691 people	Equatorial Guinea
1830s	64,474 people	92,902 people	28,428 people	Equatorial Guinea
1840s	64,474 people	102,615 people	38,141 people	Equatorial Guinea
1850s	64,467 people	111,442 people	46,975 people	Equatorial Guinea
1860s	64,459 people	118,719 people	54,260 people	Equatorial Guinea
1870s	66,234 people	127,010 people	60,776 people	Equatorial Guinea
1880s	70,263 people	136,562 people	66,299 people	Equatorial Guinea
1890s	74,572 people	139,030 people	64,458 people	Equatorial Guinea
1900s	79,198 people	129,808 people	50,610 people	Equatorial Guinea
1910s	97,936 people	119,989 people	22,052 people	Equatorial Guinea
1920s	119,449 people	123,304 people	3,856 people	Equatorial Guinea
1930s	119,794 people	139,558 people	19,763 people	Equatorial Guinea
1940s	117,510 people	183,278 people	65,768 people	Equatorial Guinea
1950s	136,140 people	245,377 people	109,237 people	Equatorial Guinea
1960s	196,200 people	295,925 people	99,725 people	Equatorial Guinea
1970s	278,754 people	294,560 people	15,807 people	Equatorial Guinea
1980s	425,218 people	373,178 people	52,040 people	Bahrain
1990s	585,507 people	564,783 people	20,724 people	Bahrain
2000s	909,348 people	919,287 people	9,939 people	Equatorial Guinea
2010s	1.35 million people	1.43 million people	81,064 people	Equatorial Guinea
2020s	1.52 million people	1.78 million people	259,605 people	Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Bahrain or Equatorial Guinea?: Equatorial Guinea, at 1.85 million people against 1.57 million people in Bahrain as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Bahrain and Equatorial Guinea?: 277,890 people, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Equatorial Guinea?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Bahrain and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Bahrain ranks 154th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 152nd 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.