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

173,310 people, with Gabon ahead.

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

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 Lesotho: The global population hockey stick

Gabon

2.48 million people

in 2023

Lesotho

2.31 million people

in 2023

Gabon rank

146th

Lesotho rank

148th

The global population hockey stick over time

Gabon
Lesotho

How they compare

Gabon currently reports 2.48 million people against 2.31 million people in Lesotho, a difference of 173,310 people.

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

The two have swapped places 4 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Gabon ahead.

Gabon ranks 146th and Lesotho ranks 148th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Gabon averaged higher in 26 and Lesotho in 14.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Gabon	Lesotho	Difference	Ahead
1000s	75,962 people	32,003 people	43,959 people	Gabon
1100s	86,814 people	36,575 people	50,239 people	Gabon
1200s	99,216 people	41,800 people	57,416 people	Gabon
1300s	113,390 people	47,772 people	65,618 people	Gabon
1400s	129,589 people	54,597 people	74,992 people	Gabon
1500s	148,102 people	62,396 people	85,706 people	Gabon
1600s	169,259 people	71,310 people	97,949 people	Gabon
1700s	193,439 people	81,497 people	111,942 people	Gabon
1710s	197,387 people	83,845 people	113,542 people	Gabon
1720s	199,213 people	86,364 people	112,849 people	Gabon
1730s	201,137 people	89,075 people	112,062 people	Gabon
1740s	203,168 people	92,002 people	111,166 people	Gabon
1750s	205,319 people	95,175 people	110,144 people	Gabon
1760s	207,603 people	98,627 people	108,976 people	Gabon
1770s	210,035 people	102,399 people	107,636 people	Gabon
1780s	212,634 people	106,543 people	106,091 people	Gabon
1790s	215,422 people	111,118 people	104,304 people	Gabon
1800s	158,227 people	276,361 people	118,134 people	Lesotho
1810s	158,294 people	276,280 people	117,986 people	Lesotho
1820s	174,593 people	258,645 people	84,052 people	Lesotho
1830s	215,143 people	223,600 people	8,457 people	Lesotho
1840s	265,419 people	193,146 people	72,273 people	Gabon
1850s	305,545 people	183,902 people	121,643 people	Gabon
1860s	325,520 people	196,543 people	128,977 people	Gabon
1870s	347,989 people	210,234 people	137,756 people	Gabon
1880s	373,878 people	224,622 people	149,256 people	Gabon
1890s	380,349 people	239,734 people	140,615 people	Gabon
1900s	354,857 people	263,050 people	91,807 people	Gabon
1910s	327,775 people	297,013 people	30,762 people	Gabon
1920s	336,760 people	351,695 people	14,934 people	Lesotho
1930s	380,916 people	431,156 people	50,240 people	Lesotho
1940s	437,109 people	524,074 people	86,965 people	Lesotho
1950s	488,123 people	639,760 people	151,637 people	Lesotho
1960s	544,484 people	849,324 people	304,841 people	Lesotho
1970s	658,134 people	1.19 million people	534,363 people	Lesotho
1980s	848,168 people	1.60 million people	748,626 people	Lesotho
1990s	1.11 million people	1.93 million people	816,266 people	Lesotho
2000s	1.45 million people	1.98 million people	522,340 people	Lesotho
2010s	2.00 million people	2.10 million people	94,796 people	Lesotho
2020s	2.40 million people	2.27 million people	129,985 people	Gabon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Gabon or Lesotho?: Gabon, at 2.48 million people against 2.31 million people in Lesotho as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Gabon and Lesotho?: 173,310 people, with Gabon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Lesotho?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Gabon and Lesotho rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Gabon ranks 146th and Lesotho ranks 148th 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.