What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Belarus and Togo?

891,830 people, with Belarus ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Belarus and Togo?

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.

Belarus vs Togo: The global population hockey stick

Belarus

9.12 million people

in 2023

Togo

8.22 million people

in 2023

Belarus rank

100th

Togo rank

103rd

The global population hockey stick over time

Belarus
Togo

How they compare

Belarus currently reports 9.12 million people against 8.22 million people in Togo, a difference of 891,830 people.

That makes Belarus's figure about 1.1 times Togo's.

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

Belarus ranks 100th and Togo ranks 103rd of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Belarus averaged higher in 39 and Togo in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belarus	Togo	Difference	Ahead
1000s	192,000 people	220,828 people	28,828 people	Togo
1100s	288,000 people	252,375 people	35,625 people	Belarus
1200s	432,000 people	288,429 people	143,571 people	Belarus
1300s	432,000 people	329,633 people	102,367 people	Belarus
1400s	432,000 people	376,724 people	55,276 people	Belarus
1500s	576,000 people	430,542 people	145,458 people	Belarus
1600s	720,000 people	492,048 people	227,952 people	Belarus
1700s	960,000 people	562,340 people	397,660 people	Belarus
1710s	1.13 million people	564,221 people	570,089 people	Belarus
1720s	1.23 million people	566,108 people	662,722 people	Belarus
1730s	1.33 million people	568,002 people	763,238 people	Belarus
1740s	1.44 million people	569,901 people	872,269 people	Belarus
1750s	1.56 million people	571,807 people	990,543 people	Belarus
1760s	1.69 million people	573,720 people	1.12 million people	Belarus
1770s	1.83 million people	575,638 people	1.26 million people	Belarus
1780s	1.99 million people	577,564 people	1.41 million people	Belarus
1790s	2.15 million people	579,495 people	1.57 million people	Belarus
1800s	2.36 million people	445,985 people	1.91 million people	Belarus
1810s	2.36 million people	446,023 people	1.91 million people	Belarus
1820s	2.46 million people	454,782 people	2.00 million people	Belarus
1830s	2.69 million people	474,353 people	2.22 million people	Belarus
1840s	2.95 million people	494,947 people	2.45 million people	Belarus
1850s	3.23 million people	522,427 people	2.71 million people	Belarus
1860s	3.56 million people	558,936 people	3.00 million people	Belarus
1870s	3.91 million people	606,293 people	3.31 million people	Belarus
1880s	4.30 million people	661,960 people	3.64 million people	Belarus
1890s	4.73 million people	715,323 people	4.02 million people	Belarus
1900s	5.21 million people	772,844 people	4.43 million people	Belarus
1910s	5.73 million people	838,705 people	4.89 million people	Belarus
1920s	6.28 million people	939,934 people	5.34 million people	Belarus
1930s	6.88 million people	1.09 million people	5.79 million people	Belarus
1940s	7.54 million people	1.27 million people	6.27 million people	Belarus
1950s	7.55 million people	1.52 million people	6.03 million people	Belarus
1960s	8.62 million people	1.83 million people	6.79 million people	Belarus
1970s	9.29 million people	2.43 million people	6.85 million people	Belarus
1980s	9.90 million people	3.18 million people	6.72 million people	Belarus
1990s	10.17 million people	4.13 million people	6.04 million people	Belarus
2000s	9.72 million people	5.39 million people	4.33 million people	Belarus
2010s	9.48 million people	6.99 million people	2.49 million people	Belarus
2020s	9.22 million people	8.00 million people	1.22 million people	Belarus

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Belarus or Togo?: Belarus, at 9.12 million people against 8.22 million people in Togo as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Belarus and Togo?: 891,830 people, with Belarus ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belarus and Togo?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Belarus and Togo rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Belarus ranks 100th and Togo ranks 103rd 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.