What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Congo and Lebanon?

409,400 people, with Congo ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Lebanon?

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.

Congo vs Lebanon: The global population hockey stick

Congo

6.18 million people

in 2023

Lebanon

5.77 million people

in 2023

Congo rank

114th

Lebanon rank

117th

The global population hockey stick over time

Congo
Lebanon

How they compare

Congo currently reports 6.18 million people against 5.77 million people in Lebanon, a difference of 409,400 people.

That makes Congo's figure about 1.1 times Lebanon's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Lebanon ahead.

Congo ranks 114th and Lebanon ranks 117th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Congo averaged higher in 13 and Lebanon in 27.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Congo	Lebanon	Difference	Ahead
1000s	134,803 people	435,000 people	300,197 people	Lebanon
1100s	154,061 people	459,333 people	305,272 people	Lebanon
1200s	176,069 people	483,666 people	307,597 people	Lebanon
1300s	201,222 people	508,000 people	306,778 people	Lebanon
1400s	229,968 people	406,000 people	176,032 people	Lebanon
1500s	262,821 people	435,000 people	172,179 people	Lebanon
1600s	300,367 people	508,000 people	207,633 people	Lebanon
1700s	343,277 people	435,000 people	91,723 people	Lebanon
1710s	345,002 people	412,800 people	67,798 people	Lebanon
1720s	348,194 people	404,706 people	56,512 people	Lebanon
1730s	351,556 people	396,770 people	45,214 people	Lebanon
1740s	355,107 people	388,990 people	33,883 people	Lebanon
1750s	358,867 people	381,363 people	22,496 people	Lebanon
1760s	362,858 people	373,885 people	11,027 people	Lebanon
1770s	367,109 people	366,554 people	555 people	Congo
1780s	371,651 people	359,367 people	12,284 people	Congo
1790s	376,524 people	352,321 people	24,203 people	Congo
1800s	314,465 people	306,952 people	7,513 people	Congo
1810s	314,566 people	322,931 people	8,365 people	Lebanon
1820s	338,726 people	343,089 people	4,364 people	Lebanon
1830s	396,890 people	368,663 people	28,227 people	Congo
1840s	465,425 people	396,208 people	69,217 people	Congo
1850s	508,125 people	425,345 people	82,780 people	Congo
1860s	525,358 people	455,975 people	69,383 people	Congo
1870s	565,197 people	476,502 people	88,695 people	Congo
1880s	611,793 people	483,422 people	128,371 people	Congo
1890s	623,787 people	490,470 people	133,317 people	Congo
1900s	583,246 people	557,671 people	25,575 people	Congo
1910s	539,895 people	695,527 people	155,632 people	Lebanon
1920s	560,193 people	837,352 people	277,160 people	Lebanon
1930s	646,175 people	1.01 million people	362,039 people	Lebanon
1940s	756,582 people	1.21 million people	457,591 people	Lebanon
1950s	927,333 people	1.54 million people	610,460 people	Lebanon
1960s	1.20 million people	2.06 million people	861,909 people	Lebanon
1970s	1.60 million people	2.64 million people	1.05 million people	Lebanon
1980s	2.05 million people	3.21 million people	1.17 million people	Lebanon
1990s	2.71 million people	3.93 million people	1.22 million people	Lebanon
2000s	3.67 million people	4.65 million people	980,863 people	Lebanon
2010s	5.04 million people	5.82 million people	778,146 people	Lebanon
2020s	5.97 million people	5.73 million people	231,115 people	Congo

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Congo or Lebanon?: Congo, at 6.18 million people against 5.77 million people in Lebanon as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Congo and Lebanon?: 409,400 people, with Congo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Lebanon?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Congo and Lebanon rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Congo ranks 114th and Lebanon ranks 117th 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.