What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Botswana and Guinea-Bissau?

326,900 people, with Botswana ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Guinea-Bissau?

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 Guinea-Bissau: The global population hockey stick

Botswana

2.48 million people

in 2023

Guinea-Bissau

2.15 million people

in 2023

Botswana rank

147th

Guinea-Bissau rank

149th

The global population hockey stick over time

Botswana
Guinea-Bissau

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 2.48 million people against 2.15 million people in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 326,900 people.

That makes Botswana's figure about 1.2 times Guinea-Bissau's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 147th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 149th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 12 and Guinea-Bissau in 28.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Botswana	Guinea-Bissau	Difference	Ahead
1000s	60,640 people	42,620 people	18,020 people	Botswana
1100s	65,132 people	48,709 people	16,423 people	Botswana
1200s	69,956 people	55,667 people	14,289 people	Botswana
1300s	75,138 people	63,620 people	11,518 people	Botswana
1400s	80,704 people	72,708 people	7,996 people	Botswana
1500s	86,682 people	83,095 people	3,587 people	Botswana
1600s	93,103 people	94,966 people	1,863 people	Guinea-Bissau
1700s	100,000 people	108,533 people	8,533 people	Guinea-Bissau
1710s	102,013 people	110,208 people	8,195 people	Guinea-Bissau
1720s	103,479 people	111,981 people	8,502 people	Guinea-Bissau
1730s	105,031 people	113,862 people	8,831 people	Guinea-Bissau
1740s	106,680 people	115,864 people	9,184 people	Guinea-Bissau
1750s	108,436 people	117,999 people	9,563 people	Guinea-Bissau
1760s	110,311 people	120,284 people	9,973 people	Guinea-Bissau
1770s	112,321 people	122,739 people	10,418 people	Guinea-Bissau
1780s	114,483 people	125,386 people	10,903 people	Guinea-Bissau
1790s	116,820 people	128,253 people	11,433 people	Guinea-Bissau
1800s	118,954 people	218,167 people	99,213 people	Guinea-Bissau
1810s	114,516 people	218,162 people	103,645 people	Guinea-Bissau
1820s	110,243 people	216,982 people	106,739 people	Guinea-Bissau
1830s	106,129 people	214,433 people	108,304 people	Guinea-Bissau
1840s	102,196 people	211,911 people	109,715 people	Guinea-Bissau
1850s	104,823 people	214,623 people	109,800 people	Guinea-Bissau
1860s	115,742 people	224,790 people	109,048 people	Guinea-Bissau
1870s	127,935 people	240,008 people	112,073 people	Guinea-Bissau
1880s	141,411 people	260,325 people	118,914 people	Guinea-Bissau
1890s	156,328 people	282,388 people	126,059 people	Guinea-Bissau
1900s	177,938 people	306,273 people	128,335 people	Guinea-Bissau
1910s	208,411 people	330,565 people	122,154 people	Guinea-Bissau
1920s	249,371 people	366,971 people	117,600 people	Guinea-Bissau
1930s	305,713 people	423,676 people	117,962 people	Guinea-Bissau
1940s	371,683 people	495,929 people	124,246 people	Guinea-Bissau
1950s	458,954 people	561,418 people	102,464 people	Guinea-Bissau
1960s	560,811 people	580,338 people	19,527 people	Guinea-Bissau
1970s	718,061 people	666,196 people	51,864 people	Botswana
1980s	1.10 million people	891,734 people	211,680 people	Botswana
1990s	1.48 million people	1.10 million people	379,283 people	Botswana
2000s	1.83 million people	1.37 million people	456,747 people	Botswana
2010s	2.19 million people	1.76 million people	421,579 people	Botswana
2020s	2.42 million people	2.08 million people	339,128 people	Botswana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Botswana or Guinea-Bissau?: Botswana, at 2.48 million people against 2.15 million people in Guinea-Bissau as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Botswana and Guinea-Bissau?: 326,900 people, with Botswana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Guinea-Bissau?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Botswana and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Botswana ranks 147th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 149th 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.