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

193,090 people, with Lesotho ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Slovenia?

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.

Lesotho vs Slovenia: The global population hockey stick

Lesotho

2.31 million people

in 2023

Slovenia

2.12 million people

in 2023

Lesotho rank

148th

Slovenia rank

150th

The global population hockey stick over time

Lesotho
Slovenia

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 2.31 million people against 2.12 million people in Slovenia, a difference of 193,090 people.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times Slovenia's.

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

Lesotho ranks 148th and Slovenia ranks 150th of 239 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lesotho	Slovenia	Difference	Ahead
1000s	32,003 people	192,267 people	160,264 people	Slovenia
1100s	36,575 people	199,388 people	162,813 people	Slovenia
1200s	41,800 people	206,773 people	164,973 people	Slovenia
1300s	47,772 people	214,431 people	166,659 people	Slovenia
1400s	54,597 people	222,373 people	167,776 people	Slovenia
1500s	62,396 people	230,609 people	168,213 people	Slovenia
1600s	71,310 people	239,150 people	167,840 people	Slovenia
1700s	81,497 people	248,008 people	166,511 people	Slovenia
1710s	83,845 people	258,131 people	174,286 people	Slovenia
1720s	86,364 people	268,667 people	182,303 people	Slovenia
1730s	89,075 people	279,633 people	190,558 people	Slovenia
1740s	92,002 people	291,046 people	199,044 people	Slovenia
1750s	95,175 people	302,926 people	207,751 people	Slovenia
1760s	98,627 people	315,290 people	216,663 people	Slovenia
1770s	102,399 people	328,159 people	225,760 people	Slovenia
1780s	106,543 people	341,553 people	235,010 people	Slovenia
1790s	111,118 people	355,494 people	244,376 people	Slovenia
1800s	276,361 people	469,664 people	193,303 people	Slovenia
1810s	276,280 people	469,747 people	193,466 people	Slovenia
1820s	258,645 people	489,079 people	230,434 people	Slovenia
1830s	223,600 people	533,525 people	309,925 people	Slovenia
1840s	193,146 people	582,400 people	389,254 people	Slovenia
1850s	183,902 people	635,151 people	451,249 people	Slovenia
1860s	196,543 people	691,899 people	495,356 people	Slovenia
1870s	210,234 people	753,714 people	543,480 people	Slovenia
1880s	224,622 people	821,048 people	596,426 people	Slovenia
1890s	239,734 people	894,393 people	654,660 people	Slovenia
1900s	263,050 people	974,286 people	711,236 people	Slovenia
1910s	297,013 people	1.06 million people	764,367 people	Slovenia
1920s	351,695 people	1.16 million people	806,251 people	Slovenia
1930s	431,156 people	1.26 million people	832,867 people	Slovenia
1940s	524,074 people	1.38 million people	855,661 people	Slovenia
1950s	639,760 people	1.52 million people	882,054 people	Slovenia
1960s	849,324 people	1.67 million people	818,674 people	Slovenia
1970s	1.19 million people	1.81 million people	617,917 people	Slovenia
1980s	1.60 million people	1.95 million people	350,707 people	Slovenia
1990s	1.93 million people	1.99 million people	62,454 people	Slovenia
2000s	1.98 million people	2.00 million people	27,451 people	Slovenia
2010s	2.10 million people	2.06 million people	36,817 people	Lesotho
2020s	2.27 million people	2.11 million people	161,332 people	Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Lesotho or Slovenia?: Lesotho, at 2.31 million people against 2.12 million people in Slovenia as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Lesotho and Slovenia?: 193,090 people, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Slovenia?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Lesotho and Slovenia rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Lesotho ranks 148th and Slovenia ranks 150th 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.