What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Gabon and Jamaica?

354,990 people, with Jamaica ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Jamaica?

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.

Gabon vs Jamaica: The global population hockey stick

Gabon

2.48 million people

in 2023

Jamaica

2.84 million people

in 2023

Gabon rank

146th

Jamaica rank

143rd

The global population hockey stick over time

Gabon
Jamaica

How they compare

Jamaica currently reports 2.84 million people against 2.48 million people in Gabon, a difference of 354,990 people.

That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.1 times Gabon's.

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

Gabon ranks 146th and Jamaica ranks 143rd of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Gabon averaged higher in 12 and Jamaica in 28.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Gabon	Jamaica	Difference	Ahead
1000s	75,962 people	8,951 people	67,011 people	Gabon
1100s	86,814 people	17,903 people	68,911 people	Gabon
1200s	99,216 people	35,806 people	63,410 people	Gabon
1300s	113,390 people	71,612 people	41,778 people	Gabon
1400s	129,589 people	143,224 people	13,635 people	Jamaica
1500s	148,102 people	286,449 people	138,347 people	Jamaica
1600s	169,259 people	143,224 people	26,035 people	Gabon
1700s	193,439 people	71,612 people	121,827 people	Gabon
1710s	197,387 people	83,547 people	113,840 people	Gabon
1720s	199,213 people	97,472 people	101,741 people	Gabon
1730s	201,137 people	113,717 people	87,420 people	Gabon
1740s	203,168 people	132,670 people	70,498 people	Gabon
1750s	205,319 people	154,782 people	50,537 people	Gabon
1760s	207,603 people	180,579 people	27,024 people	Gabon
1770s	210,035 people	210,676 people	641 people	Jamaica
1780s	212,634 people	245,788 people	33,154 people	Jamaica
1790s	215,422 people	286,753 people	71,331 people	Jamaica
1800s	158,227 people	320,519 people	162,292 people	Jamaica
1810s	158,294 people	370,502 people	212,207 people	Jamaica
1820s	174,593 people	394,930 people	220,337 people	Jamaica
1830s	215,143 people	383,538 people	168,395 people	Jamaica
1840s	265,419 people	387,108 people	121,689 people	Jamaica
1850s	305,545 people	418,165 people	112,620 people	Jamaica
1860s	325,520 people	468,158 people	142,638 people	Jamaica
1870s	347,989 people	537,877 people	189,888 people	Jamaica
1880s	373,878 people	610,987 people	237,110 people	Jamaica
1890s	380,349 people	681,346 people	300,997 people	Jamaica
1900s	354,857 people	767,665 people	412,809 people	Jamaica
1910s	327,775 people	840,236 people	512,461 people	Jamaica
1920s	336,760 people	936,540 people	599,780 people	Jamaica
1930s	380,916 people	1.11 million people	732,586 people	Jamaica
1940s	437,109 people	1.31 million people	869,063 people	Jamaica
1950s	488,123 people	1.53 million people	1.04 million people	Jamaica
1960s	544,484 people	1.75 million people	1.21 million people	Jamaica
1970s	658,134 people	2.00 million people	1.34 million people	Jamaica
1980s	848,168 people	2.27 million people	1.42 million people	Jamaica
1990s	1.11 million people	2.49 million people	1.38 million people	Jamaica
2000s	1.45 million people	2.68 million people	1.22 million people	Jamaica
2010s	2.00 million people	2.79 million people	791,209 people	Jamaica
2020s	2.40 million people	2.84 million people	433,135 people	Jamaica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Gabon or Jamaica?: Jamaica, at 2.84 million people against 2.48 million people in Gabon as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Gabon and Jamaica?: 354,990 people, with Jamaica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Jamaica?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Gabon and Jamaica rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Gabon ranks 146th and Jamaica ranks 143rd 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.