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

386,370 people, with Gambia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia 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.

Gambia vs Lesotho: The global population hockey stick

Gambia

2.70 million people

in 2023

Lesotho

2.31 million people

in 2023

Gambia rank

145th

Lesotho rank

148th

The global population hockey stick over time

Gambia
Lesotho

How they compare

Gambia currently reports 2.70 million people against 2.31 million people in Lesotho, a difference of 386,370 people.

That makes Gambia's figure about 1.2 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Lesotho ahead.

Gambia ranks 145th and Lesotho ranks 148th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 2 and Lesotho in 38.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Gambia	Lesotho	Difference	Ahead
1000s	1,798 people	32,003 people	30,205 people	Lesotho
1100s	2,055 people	36,575 people	34,520 people	Lesotho
1200s	2,348 people	41,800 people	39,452 people	Lesotho
1300s	2,684 people	47,772 people	45,088 people	Lesotho
1400s	3,067 people	54,597 people	51,530 people	Lesotho
1500s	3,506 people	62,396 people	58,890 people	Lesotho
1600s	4,006 people	71,310 people	67,304 people	Lesotho
1700s	4,579 people	81,497 people	76,918 people	Lesotho
1710s	4,134 people	83,845 people	79,711 people	Lesotho
1720s	3,733 people	86,364 people	82,631 people	Lesotho
1730s	3,370 people	89,075 people	85,705 people	Lesotho
1740s	3,043 people	92,002 people	88,959 people	Lesotho
1750s	2,748 people	95,175 people	92,427 people	Lesotho
1760s	2,481 people	98,627 people	96,146 people	Lesotho
1770s	2,240 people	102,399 people	100,159 people	Lesotho
1780s	2,022 people	106,543 people	104,521 people	Lesotho
1790s	1,826 people	111,118 people	109,292 people	Lesotho
1800s	103,274 people	276,361 people	173,087 people	Lesotho
1810s	103,280 people	276,280 people	173,001 people	Lesotho
1820s	104,574 people	258,645 people	154,071 people	Lesotho
1830s	107,438 people	223,600 people	116,162 people	Lesotho
1840s	110,412 people	193,146 people	82,734 people	Lesotho
1850s	115,500 people	183,902 people	68,402 people	Lesotho
1860s	123,356 people	196,543 people	73,188 people	Lesotho
1870s	133,598 people	210,234 people	76,636 people	Lesotho
1880s	146,974 people	224,622 people	77,648 people	Lesotho
1890s	160,244 people	239,734 people	79,489 people	Lesotho
1900s	172,882 people	263,050 people	90,168 people	Lesotho
1910s	185,630 people	297,013 people	111,383 people	Lesotho
1920s	205,774 people	351,695 people	145,921 people	Lesotho
1930s	237,570 people	431,156 people	193,585 people	Lesotho
1940s	278,153 people	524,074 people	245,920 people	Lesotho
1950s	345,412 people	639,760 people	294,348 people	Lesotho
1960s	451,344 people	849,324 people	397,980 people	Lesotho
1970s	601,517 people	1.19 million people	590,980 people	Lesotho
1980s	850,451 people	1.60 million people	746,343 people	Lesotho
1990s	1.24 million people	1.93 million people	685,490 people	Lesotho
2000s	1.65 million people	1.98 million people	323,237 people	Lesotho
2010s	2.19 million people	2.10 million people	96,244 people	Gambia
2020s	2.61 million people	2.27 million people	332,802 people	Gambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Gambia or Lesotho?: Gambia, at 2.70 million people against 2.31 million people in Lesotho as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Gambia and Lesotho?: 386,370 people, with Gambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Lesotho?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Gambia and Lesotho rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Gambia ranks 145th 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.