Lao People's Democratic Republic vs Sierra Leone: The global population hockey stick
Lao People's Democratic Republic
7.67 million people
in 2023
Sierra Leone
8.46 million people
in 2023
Lao People's Democratic Republic rank
104th
Sierra Leone rank
102nd
The global population hockey stick over time
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 8.46 million people against 7.67 million people in Lao People's Democratic Republic, a difference of 795,520 people.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Lao People's Democratic Republic's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Lao People's Democratic Republic ahead.
Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 104th and Sierra Leone ranks 102nd of 239 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Lao People's Democratic Republic averaged higher in 24 and Sierra Leone in 16.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lao People's Democratic Republic | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 242,857 people | 3,923 people | 238,934 people | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 1100s | 274,285 people | 4,359 people | 269,926 people | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 1200s | 305,714 people | 4,843 people | 300,871 people | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 1300s | 337,142 people | 5,382 people | 331,760 people | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 1400s | 368,571 people | 5,980 people | 362,591 people | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 1500s | 400,000 people | 6,644 people | 393,356 people | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 1600s | 500,000 people | 7,382 people | 492,618 people | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 1700s | 600,000 people | 8,203 people | 591,797 people | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 1710s | 610,000 people | 9,114 people | 600,886 people | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 1720s | 620,000 people | 10,127 people | 609,873 people | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 1730s | 630,000 people | 11,252 people | 618,748 people | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 1740s | 640,000 people | 12,502 people | 627,498 people | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 1750s | 650,000 people | 13,891 people | 636,109 people | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 1760s | 660,000 people | 15,435 people | 644,565 people | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 1770s | 670,000 people | 17,150 people | 652,850 people | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 1780s | 680,000 people | 19,056 people | 660,944 people | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 1790s | 690,000 people | 21,173 people | 668,827 people | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 1800s | 470,000 people | 794,264 people | 324,264 people | Sierra Leone |
| 1810s | 470,090 people | 794,254 people | 324,164 people | Sierra Leone |
| 1820s | 491,063 people | 791,872 people | 300,809 people | Sierra Leone |
| 1830s | 539,503 people | 786,713 people | 247,209 people | Sierra Leone |
| 1840s | 593,149 people | 781,634 people | 188,485 people | Sierra Leone |
| 1850s | 648,315 people | 798,521 people | 150,206 people | Sierra Leone |
| 1860s | 703,822 people | 846,729 people | 142,907 people | Sierra Leone |
| 1870s | 813,442 people | 907,117 people | 93,676 people | Sierra Leone |
| 1880s | 1.01 million people | 976,995 people | 31,165 people | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 1890s | 1.25 million people | 1.05 million people | 197,266 people | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 1900s | 1.34 million people | 1.13 million people | 210,680 people | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 1910s | 1.17 million people | 1.22 million people | 46,290 people | Sierra Leone |
| 1920s | 961,814 people | 1.35 million people | 384,676 people | Sierra Leone |
| 1930s | 893,751 people | 1.55 million people | 660,799 people | Sierra Leone |
| 1940s | 1.25 million people | 1.82 million people | 568,454 people | Sierra Leone |
| 1950s | 1.87 million people | 2.11 million people | 237,193 people | Sierra Leone |
| 1960s | 2.36 million people | 2.45 million people | 98,660 people | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 2.96 million people | 2.95 million people | 8,641 people | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 1980s | 3.71 million people | 3.62 million people | 87,125 people | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 1990s | 4.85 million people | 4.22 million people | 633,153 people | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 2000s | 5.83 million people | 5.34 million people | 487,564 people | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 2010s | 6.77 million people | 6.97 million people | 197,176 people | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 7.51 million people | 8.19 million people | 680,190 people | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Lao People's Democratic Republic or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 8.46 million people against 7.67 million people in Lao People's Democratic Republic as of 2023.
- What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Lao People's Democratic Republic and Sierra Leone?
- 795,520 people, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lao People's Democratic Republic and Sierra Leone?
- 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
- How do Lao People's Democratic Republic and Sierra Leone rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 104th and Sierra Leone ranks 102nd 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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About this data
Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.