What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Liberia and Slovakia?

25,020 people, with Slovakia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Slovakia?

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.

Liberia vs Slovakia: The global population hockey stick

Liberia

5.49 million people

in 2023

Slovakia

5.52 million people

in 2023

Liberia rank

121st

Slovakia rank

120th

The global population hockey stick over time

Liberia
Slovakia

How they compare

Slovakia currently reports 5.52 million people against 5.49 million people in Liberia, a difference of 25,020 people.

Across all 241 years both countries report, Slovakia has been ahead every year.

Liberia ranks 121st and Slovakia ranks 120th of 239 countries.

Slovakia has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Liberia	Slovakia	Difference	Ahead
1000s	262,833 people	350,000 people	87,167 people	Slovakia
1100s	276,667 people	420,000 people	143,333 people	Slovakia
1200s	291,228 people	560,000 people	268,772 people	Slovakia
1300s	306,556 people	840,000 people	533,444 people	Slovakia
1400s	322,690 people	700,000 people	377,310 people	Slovakia
1500s	339,674 people	840,000 people	500,326 people	Slovakia
1600s	357,552 people	1.26 million people	902,448 people	Slovakia
1700s	376,370 people	1.14 million people	765,180 people	Slovakia
1710s	379,788 people	1.19 million people	808,352 people	Slovakia
1720s	383,383 people	1.24 million people	853,257 people	Slovakia
1730s	387,170 people	1.29 million people	899,940 people	Slovakia
1740s	391,171 people	1.34 million people	948,479 people	Slovakia
1750s	395,407 people	1.39 million people	998,923 people	Slovakia
1760s	399,906 people	1.45 million people	1.05 million people	Slovakia
1770s	404,699 people	1.51 million people	1.11 million people	Slovakia
1780s	409,821 people	1.57 million people	1.16 million people	Slovakia
1790s	415,318 people	1.64 million people	1.22 million people	Slovakia
1800s	313,542 people	2.14 million people	1.83 million people	Slovakia
1810s	313,552 people	2.14 million people	1.83 million people	Slovakia
1820s	316,014 people	2.18 million people	1.86 million people	Slovakia
1830s	321,430 people	2.26 million people	1.94 million people	Slovakia
1840s	327,005 people	2.34 million people	2.02 million people	Slovakia
1850s	340,142 people	2.43 million people	2.09 million people	Slovakia
1860s	364,776 people	2.52 million people	2.16 million people	Slovakia
1870s	395,072 people	2.61 million people	2.22 million people	Slovakia
1880s	430,071 people	2.71 million people	2.28 million people	Slovakia
1890s	468,099 people	2.81 million people	2.34 million people	Slovakia
1900s	509,366 people	2.91 million people	2.40 million people	Slovakia
1910s	551,477 people	3.02 million people	2.47 million people	Slovakia
1920s	612,746 people	3.13 million people	2.52 million people	Slovakia
1930s	707,429 people	3.25 million people	2.54 million people	Slovakia
1940s	828,354 people	3.38 million people	2.55 million people	Slovakia
1950s	1.01 million people	3.76 million people	2.75 million people	Slovakia
1960s	1.28 million people	4.33 million people	3.05 million people	Slovakia
1970s	1.66 million people	4.72 million people	3.06 million people	Slovakia
1980s	2.21 million people	5.13 million people	2.91 million people	Slovakia
1990s	2.29 million people	5.34 million people	3.05 million people	Slovakia
2000s	3.35 million people	5.38 million people	2.02 million people	Slovakia
2010s	4.59 million people	5.42 million people	825,749 people	Slovakia
2020s	5.32 million people	5.47 million people	153,480 people	Slovakia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Liberia or Slovakia?: Slovakia, at 5.52 million people against 5.49 million people in Liberia as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Liberia and Slovakia?: 25,020 people, with Slovakia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Slovakia?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Liberia and Slovakia rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Liberia ranks 121st and Slovakia ranks 120th 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.