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

312,730 people, with Latvia ahead.

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

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 Latvia: The global population hockey stick

Bahrain

1.57 million people

in 2023

Latvia

1.88 million people

in 2023

Bahrain rank

154th

Latvia rank

151st

The global population hockey stick over time

Bahrain
Latvia

How they compare

Latvia currently reports 1.88 million people against 1.57 million people in Bahrain, a difference of 312,730 people.

That makes Latvia's figure about 1.2 times Bahrain's.

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

Bahrain ranks 154th and Latvia ranks 151st of 239 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bahrain	Latvia	Difference	Ahead
1000s	12,782 people	66,543 people	53,761 people	Latvia
1100s	14,202 people	70,045 people	55,843 people	Latvia
1200s	15,780 people	73,732 people	57,952 people	Latvia
1300s	17,533 people	77,612 people	60,079 people	Latvia
1400s	19,482 people	81,697 people	62,215 people	Latvia
1500s	21,646 people	85,997 people	64,351 people	Latvia
1600s	24,052 people	90,523 people	66,471 people	Latvia
1700s	26,724 people	95,288 people	68,564 people	Latvia
1710s	28,060 people	111,169 people	83,109 people	Latvia
1720s	29,463 people	129,697 people	100,234 people	Latvia
1730s	30,936 people	151,314 people	120,378 people	Latvia
1740s	32,483 people	176,533 people	144,050 people	Latvia
1750s	34,107 people	205,955 people	171,848 people	Latvia
1760s	35,813 people	240,281 people	204,468 people	Latvia
1770s	37,603 people	280,328 people	242,725 people	Latvia
1780s	39,484 people	327,049 people	287,565 people	Latvia
1790s	41,458 people	381,557 people	340,099 people	Latvia
1800s	64,474 people	590,588 people	526,114 people	Latvia
1810s	64,474 people	590,782 people	526,308 people	Latvia
1820s	64,474 people	637,046 people	572,572 people	Latvia
1830s	64,474 people	748,643 people	684,169 people	Latvia
1840s	64,474 people	880,839 people	816,365 people	Latvia
1850s	64,467 people	1.04 million people	970,985 people	Latvia
1860s	64,459 people	1.22 million people	1.15 million people	Latvia
1870s	66,234 people	1.43 million people	1.36 million people	Latvia
1880s	70,263 people	1.68 million people	1.61 million people	Latvia
1890s	74,572 people	1.97 million people	1.89 million people	Latvia
1900s	79,198 people	2.31 million people	2.23 million people	Latvia
1910s	97,936 people	2.18 million people	2.08 million people	Latvia
1920s	119,449 people	1.85 million people	1.73 million people	Latvia
1930s	119,794 people	1.90 million people	1.78 million people	Latvia
1940s	117,510 people	1.92 million people	1.80 million people	Latvia
1950s	136,140 people	2.00 million people	1.86 million people	Latvia
1960s	196,200 people	2.24 million people	2.04 million people	Latvia
1970s	278,754 people	2.44 million people	2.16 million people	Latvia
1980s	425,218 people	2.58 million people	2.15 million people	Latvia
1990s	585,507 people	2.52 million people	1.93 million people	Latvia
2000s	909,348 people	2.26 million people	1.35 million people	Latvia
2010s	1.35 million people	1.99 million people	645,081 people	Latvia
2020s	1.52 million people	1.89 million people	365,550 people	Latvia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Bahrain or Latvia?: Latvia, at 1.88 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 Latvia?: 312,730 people, with Latvia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Latvia?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Bahrain and Latvia rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Bahrain ranks 154th and Latvia ranks 151st 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.