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

14,320 people, with Lithuania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica 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.

Jamaica vs Lithuania: The global population hockey stick

Jamaica

2.84 million people

in 2023

Lithuania

2.85 million people

in 2023

Jamaica rank

143rd

Lithuania rank

142nd

The global population hockey stick over time

Jamaica
Lithuania

How they compare

Lithuania currently reports 2.85 million people against 2.84 million people in Jamaica, a difference of 14,320 people.

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

Jamaica ranks 143rd and Lithuania ranks 142nd of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 4 and Lithuania in 36.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Jamaica	Lithuania	Difference	Ahead
1000s	8,951 people	77,578 people	68,627 people	Lithuania
1100s	17,903 people	81,661 people	63,758 people	Lithuania
1200s	35,806 people	85,959 people	50,153 people	Lithuania
1300s	71,612 people	90,483 people	18,871 people	Lithuania
1400s	143,224 people	95,245 people	47,979 people	Jamaica
1500s	286,449 people	100,258 people	186,191 people	Jamaica
1600s	143,224 people	105,535 people	37,689 people	Jamaica
1700s	71,612 people	111,090 people	39,478 people	Lithuania
1710s	83,547 people	129,605 people	46,058 people	Lithuania
1720s	97,472 people	151,205 people	53,733 people	Lithuania
1730s	113,717 people	176,406 people	62,689 people	Lithuania
1740s	132,670 people	205,808 people	73,138 people	Lithuania
1750s	154,782 people	240,109 people	85,327 people	Lithuania
1760s	180,579 people	280,127 people	99,548 people	Lithuania
1770s	210,676 people	326,815 people	116,139 people	Lithuania
1780s	245,788 people	381,285 people	135,497 people	Lithuania
1790s	286,753 people	444,832 people	158,079 people	Lithuania
1800s	320,519 people	778,655 people	458,136 people	Lithuania
1810s	370,502 people	778,885 people	408,383 people	Lithuania
1820s	394,930 people	833,619 people	438,689 people	Lithuania
1830s	383,538 people	964,300 people	580,762 people	Lithuania
1840s	387,108 people	1.12 million people	729,569 people	Lithuania
1850s	418,165 people	1.29 million people	875,183 people	Lithuania
1860s	468,158 people	1.50 million people	1.03 million people	Lithuania
1870s	537,877 people	1.74 million people	1.20 million people	Lithuania
1880s	610,987 people	2.01 million people	1.40 million people	Lithuania
1890s	681,346 people	2.33 million people	1.65 million people	Lithuania
1900s	767,665 people	2.70 million people	1.93 million people	Lithuania
1910s	840,236 people	2.59 million people	1.75 million people	Lithuania
1920s	936,540 people	2.33 million people	1.39 million people	Lithuania
1930s	1.11 million people	2.44 million people	1.32 million people	Lithuania
1940s	1.31 million people	2.50 million people	1.19 million people	Lithuania
1950s	1.53 million people	2.57 million people	1.03 million people	Lithuania
1960s	1.75 million people	2.94 million people	1.19 million people	Lithuania
1970s	2.00 million people	3.28 million people	1.28 million people	Lithuania
1980s	2.27 million people	3.56 million people	1.29 million people	Lithuania
1990s	2.49 million people	3.63 million people	1.14 million people	Lithuania
2000s	2.68 million people	3.34 million people	662,848 people	Lithuania
2010s	2.79 million people	2.92 million people	127,742 people	Lithuania
2020s	2.84 million people	2.82 million people	21,518 people	Jamaica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Jamaica or Lithuania?: Lithuania, at 2.85 million people against 2.84 million people in Jamaica as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Jamaica and Lithuania?: 14,320 people, with Lithuania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Lithuania?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Jamaica and Lithuania rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Jamaica ranks 143rd 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.