What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Greece and Hungary?

556,440 people, with Greece ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Hungary?

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.

Greece vs Hungary: The global population hockey stick

Greece

10.24 million people

in 2023

Hungary

9.69 million people

in 2023

Greece rank

96th

Hungary rank

97th

The global population hockey stick over time

Greece
Hungary

How they compare

Greece currently reports 10.24 million people against 9.69 million people in Hungary, a difference of 556,440 people.

That makes Greece's figure about 1.1 times Hungary's.

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

Greece ranks 96th and Hungary ranks 97th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 8 and Hungary in 30.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Greece	Hungary	Difference	Ahead
1000s	1.00 million people	500,000 people	500,000 people	Greece
1100s	1.08 million people	600,000 people	480,000 people	Greece
1200s	1.17 million people	800,000 people	370,000 people	Greece
1300s	1.25 million people	1.25 million people	0 people	—
1400s	900,000 people	1.00 million people	100,000 people	Hungary
1500s	1.00 million people	1.25 million people	250,000 people	Hungary
1600s	1.50 million people	1.25 million people	250,000 people	Greece
1700s	1.50 million people	1.50 million people	0 people	—
1710s	1.57 million people	1.66 million people	94,230 people	Hungary
1720s	1.64 million people	1.82 million people	188,480 people	Hungary
1730s	1.70 million people	1.99 million people	282,720 people	Hungary
1740s	1.77 million people	2.15 million people	376,950 people	Hungary
1750s	1.84 million people	2.31 million people	471,200 people	Hungary
1760s	1.91 million people	2.47 million people	565,430 people	Hungary
1770s	1.97 million people	2.63 million people	659,670 people	Hungary
1780s	2.04 million people	2.80 million people	753,910 people	Hungary
1790s	2.11 million people	2.96 million people	848,150 people	Hungary
1800s	2.26 million people	3.44 million people	1.17 million people	Hungary
1810s	2.30 million people	3.88 million people	1.58 million people	Hungary
1820s	2.41 million people	4.28 million people	1.87 million people	Hungary
1830s	2.64 million people	4.61 million people	1.97 million people	Hungary
1840s	2.90 million people	4.96 million people	2.06 million people	Hungary
1850s	3.18 million people	5.32 million people	2.15 million people	Hungary
1860s	3.49 million people	5.70 million people	2.21 million people	Hungary
1870s	3.84 million people	6.06 million people	2.22 million people	Hungary
1880s	4.26 million people	6.41 million people	2.15 million people	Hungary
1890s	4.73 million people	6.83 million people	2.10 million people	Hungary
1900s	5.16 million people	7.33 million people	2.17 million people	Hungary
1910s	5.54 million people	7.75 million people	2.21 million people	Hungary
1920s	6.05 million people	8.23 million people	2.18 million people	Hungary
1930s	6.83 million people	8.90 million people	2.07 million people	Hungary
1940s	7.48 million people	9.27 million people	1.79 million people	Hungary
1950s	7.96 million people	9.69 million people	1.73 million people	Hungary
1960s	8.55 million people	10.13 million people	1.58 million people	Hungary
1970s	9.06 million people	10.50 million people	1.44 million people	Hungary
1980s	9.98 million people	10.56 million people	582,464 people	Hungary
1990s	10.49 million people	10.32 million people	171,620 people	Greece
2000s	10.96 million people	10.09 million people	875,170 people	Greece
2010s	10.89 million people	9.86 million people	1.04 million people	Greece
2020s	10.48 million people	9.71 million people	776,580 people	Greece

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Greece or Hungary?: Greece, at 10.24 million people against 9.69 million people in Hungary as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Greece and Hungary?: 556,440 people, with Greece ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Hungary?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Greece and Hungary rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Greece ranks 96th and Hungary ranks 97th 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.