What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Equatorial Guinea and Latvia?

34,840 people, with Latvia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Latvia?

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.

Equatorial Guinea vs Latvia: The global population hockey stick

Equatorial Guinea

1.85 million people

in 2023

Latvia

1.88 million people

in 2023

Equatorial Guinea rank

152nd

Latvia rank

151st

The global population hockey stick over time

Equatorial Guinea
Latvia

How they compare

Latvia currently reports 1.88 million people against 1.85 million people in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 34,840 people.

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

Equatorial Guinea ranks 152nd and Latvia ranks 151st of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 6 and Latvia in 34.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Equatorial Guinea	Latvia	Difference	Ahead
1000s	55,434 people	66,543 people	11,109 people	Latvia
1100s	55,434 people	70,045 people	14,611 people	Latvia
1200s	55,434 people	73,732 people	18,298 people	Latvia
1300s	83,151 people	77,612 people	5,539 people	Equatorial Guinea
1400s	97,010 people	81,697 people	15,313 people	Equatorial Guinea
1500s	110,868 people	85,997 people	24,871 people	Equatorial Guinea
1600s	117,797 people	90,523 people	27,274 people	Equatorial Guinea
1700s	124,727 people	95,288 people	29,439 people	Equatorial Guinea
1710s	125,250 people	111,169 people	14,081 people	Equatorial Guinea
1720s	125,879 people	129,697 people	3,818 people	Latvia
1730s	126,545 people	151,314 people	24,769 people	Latvia
1740s	127,252 people	176,533 people	49,281 people	Latvia
1750s	128,005 people	205,955 people	77,950 people	Latvia
1760s	128,810 people	240,281 people	111,471 people	Latvia
1770s	129,675 people	280,328 people	150,653 people	Latvia
1780s	130,607 people	327,049 people	196,442 people	Latvia
1790s	131,620 people	381,557 people	249,937 people	Latvia
1800s	80,377 people	590,588 people	510,211 people	Latvia
1810s	80,393 people	590,782 people	510,388 people	Latvia
1820s	84,165 people	637,046 people	552,881 people	Latvia
1830s	92,902 people	748,643 people	655,741 people	Latvia
1840s	102,615 people	880,839 people	778,224 people	Latvia
1850s	111,442 people	1.04 million people	924,009 people	Latvia
1860s	118,719 people	1.22 million people	1.10 million people	Latvia
1870s	127,010 people	1.43 million people	1.30 million people	Latvia
1880s	136,562 people	1.68 million people	1.54 million people	Latvia
1890s	139,030 people	1.97 million people	1.83 million people	Latvia
1900s	129,808 people	2.31 million people	2.18 million people	Latvia
1910s	119,989 people	2.18 million people	2.06 million people	Latvia
1920s	123,304 people	1.85 million people	1.73 million people	Latvia
1930s	139,558 people	1.90 million people	1.76 million people	Latvia
1940s	183,278 people	1.92 million people	1.74 million people	Latvia
1950s	245,377 people	2.00 million people	1.75 million people	Latvia
1960s	295,925 people	2.24 million people	1.94 million people	Latvia
1970s	294,560 people	2.44 million people	2.15 million people	Latvia
1980s	373,178 people	2.58 million people	2.21 million people	Latvia
1990s	564,783 people	2.52 million people	1.95 million people	Latvia
2000s	919,287 people	2.26 million people	1.34 million people	Latvia
2010s	1.43 million people	1.99 million people	564,017 people	Latvia
2020s	1.78 million people	1.89 million people	105,945 people	Latvia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Equatorial Guinea or Latvia?: Latvia, at 1.88 million people against 1.85 million people in Equatorial Guinea as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Equatorial Guinea and Latvia?: 34,840 people, with Latvia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Latvia?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Latvia rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Equatorial Guinea ranks 152nd and Latvia ranks 151st 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.