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

174,640 people, with Denmark ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark 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.

Denmark vs Lebanon: The global population hockey stick

Denmark

5.95 million people

in 2023

Lebanon

5.77 million people

in 2023

Denmark rank

115th

Lebanon rank

117th

The global population hockey stick over time

Denmark
Lebanon

How they compare

Denmark currently reports 5.95 million people against 5.77 million people in Lebanon, a difference of 174,640 people.

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

Denmark ranks 115th and Lebanon ranks 117th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 37 and Lebanon in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Denmark	Lebanon	Difference	Ahead
1000s	400,000 people	435,000 people	35,000 people	Lebanon
1100s	466,963 people	459,333 people	7,630 people	Denmark
1200s	535,422 people	483,666 people	51,756 people	Denmark
1300s	600,000 people	508,000 people	92,000 people	Denmark
1400s	400,000 people	406,000 people	6,000 people	Lebanon
1500s	600,000 people	435,000 people	165,000 people	Denmark
1600s	700,000 people	508,000 people	192,000 people	Denmark
1700s	800,000 people	435,000 people	365,000 people	Denmark
1710s	815,422 people	412,800 people	402,622 people	Denmark
1720s	831,743 people	404,706 people	427,037 people	Denmark
1730s	848,860 people	396,770 people	452,090 people	Denmark
1740s	866,863 people	388,990 people	477,873 people	Denmark
1750s	885,854 people	381,363 people	504,491 people	Denmark
1760s	920,000 people	373,885 people	546,115 people	Denmark
1770s	940,000 people	366,554 people	573,446 people	Denmark
1780s	960,000 people	359,367 people	600,633 people	Denmark
1790s	980,000 people	352,321 people	627,679 people	Denmark
1800s	1.03 million people	306,952 people	726,222 people	Denmark
1810s	1.11 million people	322,931 people	787,549 people	Denmark
1820s	1.21 million people	343,089 people	864,322 people	Denmark
1830s	1.31 million people	368,663 people	941,510 people	Denmark
1840s	1.42 million people	396,208 people	1.02 million people	Denmark
1850s	1.59 million people	425,345 people	1.16 million people	Denmark
1860s	1.78 million people	455,975 people	1.33 million people	Denmark
1870s	1.97 million people	476,502 people	1.50 million people	Denmark
1880s	2.18 million people	483,422 people	1.69 million people	Denmark
1890s	2.41 million people	490,470 people	1.92 million people	Denmark
1900s	2.71 million people	557,671 people	2.15 million people	Denmark
1910s	3.04 million people	695,527 people	2.35 million people	Denmark
1920s	3.38 million people	837,352 people	2.54 million people	Denmark
1930s	3.68 million people	1.01 million people	2.67 million people	Denmark
1940s	4.03 million people	1.21 million people	2.82 million people	Denmark
1950s	4.41 million people	1.54 million people	2.88 million people	Denmark
1960s	4.74 million people	2.06 million people	2.68 million people	Denmark
1970s	5.04 million people	2.64 million people	2.40 million people	Denmark
1980s	5.12 million people	3.21 million people	1.91 million people	Denmark
1990s	5.23 million people	3.93 million people	1.30 million people	Denmark
2000s	5.42 million people	4.65 million people	770,158 people	Denmark
2010s	5.68 million people	5.82 million people	144,261 people	Lebanon
2020s	5.88 million people	5.73 million people	150,205 people	Denmark

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Denmark or Lebanon?: Denmark, at 5.95 million people against 5.77 million people in Lebanon as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Denmark and Lebanon?: 174,640 people, with Denmark ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Lebanon?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Denmark and Lebanon rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Denmark ranks 115th 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.