What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Estonia and Timor-Leste?

17,090 people, with Timor-Leste ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Estonia and Timor-Leste?

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.

Estonia vs Timor-Leste: The global population hockey stick

Estonia

1.37 million people

in 2023

Timor-Leste

1.38 million people

in 2023

Estonia rank

157th

Timor-Leste rank

156th

The global population hockey stick over time

Estonia
Timor-Leste

How they compare

Timor-Leste currently reports 1.38 million people against 1.37 million people in Estonia, a difference of 17,090 people.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Estonia ahead.

Estonia ranks 157th and Timor-Leste ranks 156th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Estonia averaged higher in 28 and Timor-Leste in 12.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Estonia	Timor-Leste	Difference	Ahead
1000s	48,439 people	33,609 people	14,830 people	Estonia
1100s	50,989 people	42,012 people	8,977 people	Estonia
1200s	53,673 people	52,515 people	1,158 people	Estonia
1300s	56,498 people	65,643 people	9,145 people	Timor-Leste
1400s	59,471 people	82,054 people	22,583 people	Timor-Leste
1500s	62,601 people	102,568 people	39,967 people	Timor-Leste
1600s	65,896 people	128,210 people	62,314 people	Timor-Leste
1700s	69,364 people	160,263 people	90,899 people	Timor-Leste
1710s	80,925 people	163,231 people	82,306 people	Timor-Leste
1720s	94,413 people	166,254 people	71,841 people	Timor-Leste
1730s	110,148 people	169,332 people	59,184 people	Timor-Leste
1740s	128,506 people	172,468 people	43,962 people	Timor-Leste
1750s	149,924 people	175,662 people	25,738 people	Timor-Leste
1760s	174,911 people	178,915 people	4,004 people	Timor-Leste
1770s	204,063 people	182,228 people	21,835 people	Estonia
1780s	238,074 people	185,603 people	52,471 people	Estonia
1790s	277,753 people	189,040 people	88,713 people	Estonia
1800s	334,136 people	137,262 people	196,874 people	Estonia
1810s	334,217 people	137,298 people	196,918 people	Estonia
1820s	353,292 people	145,896 people	207,396 people	Estonia
1830s	398,070 people	166,224 people	231,846 people	Estonia
1840s	448,928 people	189,571 people	259,357 people	Estonia
1850s	506,230 people	215,132 people	291,098 people	Estonia
1860s	570,773 people	242,715 people	328,058 people	Estonia
1870s	643,546 people	273,761 people	369,786 people	Estonia
1880s	725,598 people	298,864 people	426,734 people	Estonia
1890s	818,110 people	317,194 people	500,916 people	Estonia
1900s	922,424 people	339,422 people	583,002 people	Estonia
1910s	1.04 million people	359,377 people	681,728 people	Estonia
1920s	1.12 million people	399,739 people	716,529 people	Estonia
1930s	1.12 million people	428,670 people	692,543 people	Estonia
1940s	1.11 million people	415,199 people	693,226 people	Estonia
1950s	1.16 million people	435,882 people	723,094 people	Estonia
1960s	1.28 million people	504,008 people	780,959 people	Estonia
1970s	1.42 million people	595,434 people	821,136 people	Estonia
1980s	1.52 million people	694,199 people	827,040 people	Estonia
1990s	1.48 million people	845,877 people	632,090 people	Estonia
2000s	1.36 million people	930,350 people	430,868 people	Estonia
2010s	1.32 million people	1.19 million people	127,801 people	Estonia
2020s	1.34 million people	1.36 million people	12,765 people	Timor-Leste

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Estonia or Timor-Leste?: Timor-Leste, at 1.38 million people against 1.37 million people in Estonia as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Estonia and Timor-Leste?: 17,090 people, with Timor-Leste ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Estonia and Timor-Leste?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Estonia and Timor-Leste rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Estonia ranks 157th and Timor-Leste ranks 156th 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.