What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Eritrea and Georgia?

337,100 people, with Georgia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Georgia?

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.

Eritrea vs Georgia: The global population hockey stick

Eritrea

3.47 million people

in 2023

Georgia

3.81 million people

in 2023

Eritrea rank

133rd

Georgia rank

132nd

The global population hockey stick over time

Eritrea
Georgia

How they compare

Georgia currently reports 3.81 million people against 3.47 million people in Eritrea, a difference of 337,100 people.

That makes Georgia's figure about 1.1 times Eritrea's.

Across all 241 years both countries report, Georgia has been ahead every year.

Eritrea ranks 133rd and Georgia ranks 132nd of 239 countries.

Georgia has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Eritrea	Georgia	Difference	Ahead
1000s	58,000 people	227,000 people	169,000 people	Georgia
1100s	66,700 people	340,500 people	273,800 people	Georgia
1200s	75,400 people	454,000 people	378,600 people	Georgia
1300s	88,933 people	568,000 people	479,067 people	Georgia
1400s	102,466 people	454,000 people	351,534 people	Georgia
1500s	116,000 people	568,000 people	452,000 people	Georgia
1600s	130,500 people	681,000 people	550,500 people	Georgia
1700s	145,000 people	795,000 people	650,000 people	Georgia
1710s	147,692 people	506,048 people	358,356 people	Georgia
1720s	150,682 people	548,219 people	397,537 people	Georgia
1730s	153,868 people	593,904 people	440,036 people	Georgia
1740s	157,272 people	643,396 people	486,124 people	Georgia
1750s	160,921 people	697,013 people	536,092 people	Georgia
1760s	164,846 people	755,097 people	590,251 people	Georgia
1770s	169,084 people	818,022 people	648,938 people	Georgia
1780s	173,678 people	886,190 people	712,512 people	Georgia
1790s	178,684 people	960,040 people	781,356 people	Georgia
1800s	205,010 people	1.07 million people	867,170 people	Georgia
1810s	205,182 people	1.07 million people	867,196 people	Georgia
1820s	249,289 people	1.12 million people	869,138 people	Georgia
1830s	374,522 people	1.22 million people	850,029 people	Georgia
1840s	563,556 people	1.34 million people	778,121 people	Georgia
1850s	685,146 people	1.47 million people	784,451 people	Georgia
1860s	657,845 people	1.61 million people	951,330 people	Georgia
1870s	631,156 people	1.76 million people	1.13 million people	Georgia
1880s	607,474 people	1.93 million people	1.32 million people	Georgia
1890s	583,373 people	2.11 million people	1.53 million people	Georgia
1900s	574,058 people	2.31 million people	1.74 million people	Georgia
1910s	579,996 people	2.53 million people	1.95 million people	Georgia
1920s	617,206 people	2.77 million people	2.16 million people	Georgia
1930s	675,425 people	3.04 million people	2.36 million people	Georgia
1940s	755,704 people	3.33 million people	2.58 million people	Georgia
1950s	879,864 people	3.72 million people	2.84 million people	Georgia
1960s	1.09 million people	4.40 million people	3.31 million people	Georgia
1970s	1.40 million people	4.96 million people	3.57 million people	Georgia
1980s	1.79 million people	5.35 million people	3.56 million people	Georgia
1990s	2.02 million people	4.98 million people	2.96 million people	Georgia
2000s	2.59 million people	4.07 million people	1.48 million people	Georgia
2010s	3.10 million people	3.82 million people	721,024 people	Georgia
2020s	3.38 million people	3.80 million people	416,275 people	Georgia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Eritrea or Georgia?: Georgia, at 3.81 million people against 3.47 million people in Eritrea as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Eritrea and Georgia?: 337,100 people, with Georgia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Georgia?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Eritrea and Georgia rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Eritrea ranks 133rd and Georgia ranks 132nd 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.