Greece vs Israel: The global population hockey stick

Greece
10.24 million people
in 2023
Israel
9.26 million people
in 2023
Greece rank
96th
Israel rank
98th

The global population hockey stick over time

  • Greece
  • Israel
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How they compare

Greece currently reports 10.24 million people against 9.26 million people in Israel, a difference of 986,590 people.

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

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

Greece ranks 96th and Israel ranks 98th of 239 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Greece Israel Difference Ahead
1000s 1.00 million people 327,262 people 672,738 people Greece
1100s 1.08 million people 332,859 people 747,141 people Greece
1200s 1.17 million people 338,500 people 831,500 people Greece
1300s 1.25 million people 344,185 people 905,815 people Greece
1400s 900,000 people 273,245 people 626,755 people Greece
1500s 1.00 million people 317,346 people 682,654 people Greece
1600s 1.50 million people 315,487 people 1.18 million people Greece
1700s 1.50 million people 267,668 people 1.23 million people Greece
1710s 1.57 million people 293,408 people 1.27 million people Greece
1720s 1.64 million people 320,180 people 1.32 million people Greece
1730s 1.70 million people 348,100 people 1.35 million people Greece
1740s 1.77 million people 377,296 people 1.39 million people Greece
1750s 1.84 million people 407,908 people 1.43 million people Greece
1760s 1.91 million people 440,095 people 1.47 million people Greece
1770s 1.97 million people 474,031 people 1.50 million people Greece
1780s 2.04 million people 509,911 people 1.53 million people Greece
1790s 2.11 million people 547,950 people 1.56 million people Greece
1800s 2.26 million people 209,954 people 2.05 million people Greece
1810s 2.30 million people 209,954 people 2.09 million people Greece
1820s 2.41 million people 209,954 people 2.20 million people Greece
1830s 2.64 million people 209,954 people 2.43 million people Greece
1840s 2.90 million people 209,988 people 2.69 million people Greece
1850s 3.18 million people 217,910 people 2.96 million people Greece
1860s 3.49 million people 246,705 people 3.24 million people Greece
1870s 3.84 million people 275,211 people 3.57 million people Greece
1880s 4.26 million people 296,648 people 3.97 million people Greece
1890s 4.73 million people 335,234 people 4.39 million people Greece
1900s 5.16 million people 382,017 people 4.78 million people Greece
1910s 5.54 million people 428,569 people 5.11 million people Greece
1920s 6.05 million people 507,857 people 5.54 million people Greece
1930s 6.83 million people 707,370 people 6.12 million people Greece
1940s 7.48 million people 1.05 million people 6.43 million people Greece
1950s 7.96 million people 1.57 million people 6.39 million people Greece
1960s 8.55 million people 2.30 million people 6.26 million people Greece
1970s 9.06 million people 3.27 million people 5.79 million people Greece
1980s 9.98 million people 4.06 million people 5.92 million people Greece
1990s 10.49 million people 5.28 million people 5.21 million people Greece
2000s 10.96 million people 6.67 million people 4.29 million people Greece
2010s 10.89 million people 7.99 million people 2.91 million people Greece
2020s 10.48 million people 9.03 million people 1.46 million people Greece

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Greece or Israel?
Greece, at 10.24 million people against 9.26 million people in Israel as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Greece and Israel?
986,590 people, with Greece ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Israel?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Greece and Israel rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Greece ranks 96th and Israel ranks 98th 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
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Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.