What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Guinea-Bissau and Lesotho?

158,140 people, with Lesotho ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau 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.

Guinea-Bissau vs Lesotho: The global population hockey stick

Guinea-Bissau

2.15 million people

in 2023

Lesotho

2.31 million people

in 2023

Guinea-Bissau rank

149th

Lesotho rank

148th

The global population hockey stick over time

Guinea-Bissau
Lesotho

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 2.31 million people against 2.15 million people in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 158,140 people.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times Guinea-Bissau's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Guinea-Bissau ahead.

Guinea-Bissau ranks 149th and Lesotho ranks 148th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Guinea-Bissau averaged higher in 26 and Lesotho in 14.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guinea-Bissau	Lesotho	Difference	Ahead
1000s	42,620 people	32,003 people	10,617 people	Guinea-Bissau
1100s	48,709 people	36,575 people	12,134 people	Guinea-Bissau
1200s	55,667 people	41,800 people	13,867 people	Guinea-Bissau
1300s	63,620 people	47,772 people	15,848 people	Guinea-Bissau
1400s	72,708 people	54,597 people	18,111 people	Guinea-Bissau
1500s	83,095 people	62,396 people	20,699 people	Guinea-Bissau
1600s	94,966 people	71,310 people	23,656 people	Guinea-Bissau
1700s	108,533 people	81,497 people	27,036 people	Guinea-Bissau
1710s	110,208 people	83,845 people	26,363 people	Guinea-Bissau
1720s	111,981 people	86,364 people	25,617 people	Guinea-Bissau
1730s	113,862 people	89,075 people	24,787 people	Guinea-Bissau
1740s	115,864 people	92,002 people	23,862 people	Guinea-Bissau
1750s	117,999 people	95,175 people	22,824 people	Guinea-Bissau
1760s	120,284 people	98,627 people	21,657 people	Guinea-Bissau
1770s	122,739 people	102,399 people	20,340 people	Guinea-Bissau
1780s	125,386 people	106,543 people	18,843 people	Guinea-Bissau
1790s	128,253 people	111,118 people	17,135 people	Guinea-Bissau
1800s	218,167 people	276,361 people	58,194 people	Lesotho
1810s	218,162 people	276,280 people	58,119 people	Lesotho
1820s	216,982 people	258,645 people	41,663 people	Lesotho
1830s	214,433 people	223,600 people	9,167 people	Lesotho
1840s	211,911 people	193,146 people	18,765 people	Guinea-Bissau
1850s	214,623 people	183,902 people	30,721 people	Guinea-Bissau
1860s	224,790 people	196,543 people	28,247 people	Guinea-Bissau
1870s	240,008 people	210,234 people	29,774 people	Guinea-Bissau
1880s	260,325 people	224,622 people	35,703 people	Guinea-Bissau
1890s	282,388 people	239,734 people	42,654 people	Guinea-Bissau
1900s	306,273 people	263,050 people	43,223 people	Guinea-Bissau
1910s	330,565 people	297,013 people	33,552 people	Guinea-Bissau
1920s	366,971 people	351,695 people	15,276 people	Guinea-Bissau
1930s	423,676 people	431,156 people	7,480 people	Lesotho
1940s	495,929 people	524,074 people	28,145 people	Lesotho
1950s	561,418 people	639,760 people	78,342 people	Lesotho
1960s	580,338 people	849,324 people	268,986 people	Lesotho
1970s	666,196 people	1.19 million people	526,300 people	Lesotho
1980s	891,734 people	1.60 million people	705,060 people	Lesotho
1990s	1.10 million people	1.93 million people	829,795 people	Lesotho
2000s	1.37 million people	1.98 million people	603,844 people	Lesotho
2010s	1.76 million people	2.10 million people	331,815 people	Lesotho
2020s	2.08 million people	2.27 million people	190,972 people	Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Guinea-Bissau or Lesotho?: Lesotho, at 2.31 million people against 2.15 million people in Guinea-Bissau as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Guinea-Bissau and Lesotho?: 158,140 people, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Lesotho?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Guinea-Bissau and Lesotho rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Guinea-Bissau ranks 149th 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.