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

202,470 people, with Bahrain ahead.

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

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 Estonia: The global population hockey stick

Bahrain

1.57 million people

in 2023

Estonia

1.37 million people

in 2023

Bahrain rank

154th

Estonia rank

157th

The global population hockey stick over time

Bahrain
Estonia

How they compare

Bahrain currently reports 1.57 million people against 1.37 million people in Estonia, a difference of 202,470 people.

That makes Bahrain's figure about 1.1 times Estonia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Estonia ahead.

Bahrain ranks 154th and Estonia ranks 157th of 239 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bahrain	Estonia	Difference	Ahead
1000s	12,782 people	48,439 people	35,657 people	Estonia
1100s	14,202 people	50,989 people	36,787 people	Estonia
1200s	15,780 people	53,673 people	37,893 people	Estonia
1300s	17,533 people	56,498 people	38,965 people	Estonia
1400s	19,482 people	59,471 people	39,989 people	Estonia
1500s	21,646 people	62,601 people	40,955 people	Estonia
1600s	24,052 people	65,896 people	41,844 people	Estonia
1700s	26,724 people	69,364 people	42,640 people	Estonia
1710s	28,060 people	80,925 people	52,865 people	Estonia
1720s	29,463 people	94,413 people	64,950 people	Estonia
1730s	30,936 people	110,148 people	79,212 people	Estonia
1740s	32,483 people	128,506 people	96,023 people	Estonia
1750s	34,107 people	149,924 people	115,817 people	Estonia
1760s	35,813 people	174,911 people	139,098 people	Estonia
1770s	37,603 people	204,063 people	166,460 people	Estonia
1780s	39,484 people	238,074 people	198,590 people	Estonia
1790s	41,458 people	277,753 people	236,295 people	Estonia
1800s	64,474 people	334,136 people	269,662 people	Estonia
1810s	64,474 people	334,217 people	269,743 people	Estonia
1820s	64,474 people	353,292 people	288,818 people	Estonia
1830s	64,474 people	398,070 people	333,596 people	Estonia
1840s	64,474 people	448,928 people	384,454 people	Estonia
1850s	64,467 people	506,230 people	441,763 people	Estonia
1860s	64,459 people	570,773 people	506,314 people	Estonia
1870s	66,234 people	643,546 people	577,312 people	Estonia
1880s	70,263 people	725,598 people	655,334 people	Estonia
1890s	74,572 people	818,110 people	743,539 people	Estonia
1900s	79,198 people	922,424 people	843,226 people	Estonia
1910s	97,936 people	1.04 million people	943,168 people	Estonia
1920s	119,449 people	1.12 million people	996,819 people	Estonia
1930s	119,794 people	1.12 million people	1.00 million people	Estonia
1940s	117,510 people	1.11 million people	990,914 people	Estonia
1950s	136,140 people	1.16 million people	1.02 million people	Estonia
1960s	196,200 people	1.28 million people	1.09 million people	Estonia
1970s	278,754 people	1.42 million people	1.14 million people	Estonia
1980s	425,218 people	1.52 million people	1.10 million people	Estonia
1990s	585,507 people	1.48 million people	892,460 people	Estonia
2000s	909,348 people	1.36 million people	451,871 people	Estonia
2010s	1.35 million people	1.32 million people	26,047 people	Bahrain
2020s	1.52 million people	1.34 million people	177,312 people	Bahrain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Bahrain or Estonia?: Bahrain, at 1.57 million people against 1.37 million people in Estonia as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Bahrain and Estonia?: 202,470 people, with Bahrain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Estonia?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Bahrain and Estonia rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Bahrain ranks 154th and Estonia ranks 157th 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.