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

156,250 people, with Lithuania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Lithuania?

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 Lithuania: The global population hockey stick

Gambia

2.70 million people

in 2023

Lithuania

2.85 million people

in 2023

Gambia rank

145th

Lithuania rank

142nd

The global population hockey stick over time

Gambia
Lithuania

How they compare

Lithuania currently reports 2.85 million people against 2.70 million people in Gambia, a difference of 156,250 people.

That makes Lithuania's figure about 1.1 times Gambia's.

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

Gambia ranks 145th and Lithuania ranks 142nd of 239 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Gambia	Lithuania	Difference	Ahead
1000s	1,798 people	77,578 people	75,780 people	Lithuania
1100s	2,055 people	81,661 people	79,606 people	Lithuania
1200s	2,348 people	85,959 people	83,611 people	Lithuania
1300s	2,684 people	90,483 people	87,799 people	Lithuania
1400s	3,067 people	95,245 people	92,178 people	Lithuania
1500s	3,506 people	100,258 people	96,752 people	Lithuania
1600s	4,006 people	105,535 people	101,529 people	Lithuania
1700s	4,579 people	111,090 people	106,511 people	Lithuania
1710s	4,134 people	129,605 people	125,471 people	Lithuania
1720s	3,733 people	151,205 people	147,472 people	Lithuania
1730s	3,370 people	176,406 people	173,036 people	Lithuania
1740s	3,043 people	205,808 people	202,765 people	Lithuania
1750s	2,748 people	240,109 people	237,361 people	Lithuania
1760s	2,481 people	280,127 people	277,646 people	Lithuania
1770s	2,240 people	326,815 people	324,575 people	Lithuania
1780s	2,022 people	381,285 people	379,263 people	Lithuania
1790s	1,826 people	444,832 people	443,006 people	Lithuania
1800s	103,274 people	778,655 people	675,381 people	Lithuania
1810s	103,280 people	778,885 people	675,606 people	Lithuania
1820s	104,574 people	833,619 people	729,045 people	Lithuania
1830s	107,438 people	964,300 people	856,862 people	Lithuania
1840s	110,412 people	1.12 million people	1.01 million people	Lithuania
1850s	115,500 people	1.29 million people	1.18 million people	Lithuania
1860s	123,356 people	1.50 million people	1.37 million people	Lithuania
1870s	133,598 people	1.74 million people	1.60 million people	Lithuania
1880s	146,974 people	2.01 million people	1.86 million people	Lithuania
1890s	160,244 people	2.33 million people	2.17 million people	Lithuania
1900s	172,882 people	2.70 million people	2.52 million people	Lithuania
1910s	185,630 people	2.59 million people	2.41 million people	Lithuania
1920s	205,774 people	2.33 million people	2.12 million people	Lithuania
1930s	237,570 people	2.44 million people	2.20 million people	Lithuania
1940s	278,153 people	2.50 million people	2.22 million people	Lithuania
1950s	345,412 people	2.57 million people	2.22 million people	Lithuania
1960s	451,344 people	2.94 million people	2.49 million people	Lithuania
1970s	601,517 people	3.28 million people	2.68 million people	Lithuania
1980s	850,451 people	3.56 million people	2.70 million people	Lithuania
1990s	1.24 million people	3.63 million people	2.39 million people	Lithuania
2000s	1.65 million people	3.34 million people	1.69 million people	Lithuania
2010s	2.19 million people	2.92 million people	727,911 people	Lithuania
2020s	2.61 million people	2.82 million people	208,800 people	Lithuania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Gambia or Lithuania?: Lithuania, at 2.85 million people against 2.70 million people in Gambia as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Gambia and Lithuania?: 156,250 people, with Lithuania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Lithuania?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Gambia and Lithuania rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Gambia ranks 145th and Lithuania ranks 142nd 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.