What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Botswana and Gabon?

4,550 people, with Gabon ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Gabon?

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.

Botswana vs Gabon: The global population hockey stick

Botswana

2.48 million people

in 2023

Gabon

2.48 million people

in 2023

Botswana rank

147th

Gabon rank

146th

The global population hockey stick over time

Botswana
Gabon

How they compare

Gabon currently reports 2.48 million people against 2.48 million people in Botswana, a difference of 4,550 people.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Gabon ahead.

Botswana ranks 147th and Gabon ranks 146th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 7 and Gabon in 33.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Botswana	Gabon	Difference	Ahead
1000s	60,640 people	75,962 people	15,322 people	Gabon
1100s	65,132 people	86,814 people	21,682 people	Gabon
1200s	69,956 people	99,216 people	29,260 people	Gabon
1300s	75,138 people	113,390 people	38,252 people	Gabon
1400s	80,704 people	129,589 people	48,885 people	Gabon
1500s	86,682 people	148,102 people	61,420 people	Gabon
1600s	93,103 people	169,259 people	76,156 people	Gabon
1700s	100,000 people	193,439 people	93,439 people	Gabon
1710s	102,013 people	197,387 people	95,374 people	Gabon
1720s	103,479 people	199,213 people	95,734 people	Gabon
1730s	105,031 people	201,137 people	96,106 people	Gabon
1740s	106,680 people	203,168 people	96,488 people	Gabon
1750s	108,436 people	205,319 people	96,883 people	Gabon
1760s	110,311 people	207,603 people	97,292 people	Gabon
1770s	112,321 people	210,035 people	97,714 people	Gabon
1780s	114,483 people	212,634 people	98,151 people	Gabon
1790s	116,820 people	215,422 people	98,602 people	Gabon
1800s	118,954 people	158,227 people	39,273 people	Gabon
1810s	114,516 people	158,294 people	43,778 people	Gabon
1820s	110,243 people	174,593 people	64,350 people	Gabon
1830s	106,129 people	215,143 people	109,014 people	Gabon
1840s	102,196 people	265,419 people	163,223 people	Gabon
1850s	104,823 people	305,545 people	200,722 people	Gabon
1860s	115,742 people	325,520 people	209,778 people	Gabon
1870s	127,935 people	347,989 people	220,054 people	Gabon
1880s	141,411 people	373,878 people	232,466 people	Gabon
1890s	156,328 people	380,349 people	224,020 people	Gabon
1900s	177,938 people	354,857 people	176,919 people	Gabon
1910s	208,411 people	327,775 people	119,364 people	Gabon
1920s	249,371 people	336,760 people	87,389 people	Gabon
1930s	305,713 people	380,916 people	75,202 people	Gabon
1940s	371,683 people	437,109 people	65,426 people	Gabon
1950s	458,954 people	488,123 people	29,169 people	Gabon
1960s	560,811 people	544,484 people	16,328 people	Botswana
1970s	718,061 people	658,134 people	59,927 people	Botswana
1980s	1.10 million people	848,168 people	255,245 people	Botswana
1990s	1.48 million people	1.11 million people	365,754 people	Botswana
2000s	1.83 million people	1.45 million people	375,243 people	Botswana
2010s	2.19 million people	2.00 million people	184,560 people	Botswana
2020s	2.42 million people	2.40 million people	18,170 people	Botswana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Botswana or Gabon?: Gabon, at 2.48 million people against 2.48 million people in Botswana as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Botswana and Gabon?: 4,550 people, with Gabon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Gabon?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Botswana and Gabon rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Botswana ranks 147th and Gabon ranks 146th 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.