What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Latvia and Lesotho?

429,080 people, with Lesotho ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia 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.

Latvia vs Lesotho: The global population hockey stick

Latvia

1.88 million people

in 2023

Lesotho

2.31 million people

in 2023

Latvia rank

151st

Lesotho rank

148th

The global population hockey stick over time

Latvia
Lesotho

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 2.31 million people against 1.88 million people in Latvia, a difference of 429,080 people.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.2 times Latvia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Latvia ahead.

Latvia ranks 151st and Lesotho ranks 148th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Latvia averaged higher in 38 and Lesotho in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Latvia	Lesotho	Difference	Ahead
1000s	66,543 people	32,003 people	34,540 people	Latvia
1100s	70,045 people	36,575 people	33,470 people	Latvia
1200s	73,732 people	41,800 people	31,932 people	Latvia
1300s	77,612 people	47,772 people	29,840 people	Latvia
1400s	81,697 people	54,597 people	27,100 people	Latvia
1500s	85,997 people	62,396 people	23,601 people	Latvia
1600s	90,523 people	71,310 people	19,213 people	Latvia
1700s	95,288 people	81,497 people	13,791 people	Latvia
1710s	111,169 people	83,845 people	27,324 people	Latvia
1720s	129,697 people	86,364 people	43,333 people	Latvia
1730s	151,314 people	89,075 people	62,239 people	Latvia
1740s	176,533 people	92,002 people	84,531 people	Latvia
1750s	205,955 people	95,175 people	110,780 people	Latvia
1760s	240,281 people	98,627 people	141,654 people	Latvia
1770s	280,328 people	102,399 people	177,929 people	Latvia
1780s	327,049 people	106,543 people	220,506 people	Latvia
1790s	381,557 people	111,118 people	270,439 people	Latvia
1800s	590,588 people	276,361 people	314,227 people	Latvia
1810s	590,782 people	276,280 people	314,501 people	Latvia
1820s	637,046 people	258,645 people	378,401 people	Latvia
1830s	748,643 people	223,600 people	525,043 people	Latvia
1840s	880,839 people	193,146 people	687,693 people	Latvia
1850s	1.04 million people	183,902 people	851,550 people	Latvia
1860s	1.22 million people	196,543 people	1.02 million people	Latvia
1870s	1.43 million people	210,234 people	1.22 million people	Latvia
1880s	1.68 million people	224,622 people	1.45 million people	Latvia
1890s	1.97 million people	239,734 people	1.73 million people	Latvia
1900s	2.31 million people	263,050 people	2.05 million people	Latvia
1910s	2.18 million people	297,013 people	1.88 million people	Latvia
1920s	1.85 million people	351,695 people	1.50 million people	Latvia
1930s	1.90 million people	431,156 people	1.47 million people	Latvia
1940s	1.92 million people	524,074 people	1.40 million people	Latvia
1950s	2.00 million people	639,760 people	1.36 million people	Latvia
1960s	2.24 million people	849,324 people	1.39 million people	Latvia
1970s	2.44 million people	1.19 million people	1.25 million people	Latvia
1980s	2.58 million people	1.60 million people	982,764 people	Latvia
1990s	2.52 million people	1.93 million people	591,892 people	Latvia
2000s	2.26 million people	1.98 million people	279,598 people	Latvia
2010s	1.99 million people	2.10 million people	104,466 people	Lesotho
2020s	1.89 million people	2.27 million people	386,175 people	Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Latvia or Lesotho?: Lesotho, at 2.31 million people against 1.88 million people in Latvia as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Latvia and Lesotho?: 429,080 people, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia and Lesotho?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Latvia and Lesotho rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Latvia ranks 151st 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.