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

124,990 people, with Qatar ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Lithuania and Qatar?

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.

Lithuania vs Qatar: The global population hockey stick

Lithuania

2.85 million people

in 2023

Qatar

2.98 million people

in 2023

Lithuania rank

142nd

Qatar rank

139th

The global population hockey stick over time

Lithuania
Qatar

How they compare

Qatar currently reports 2.98 million people against 2.85 million people in Lithuania, a difference of 124,990 people.

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

Lithuania ranks 142nd and Qatar ranks 139th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Lithuania averaged higher in 39 and Qatar in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lithuania	Qatar	Difference	Ahead
1000s	77,578 people	533 people	77,045 people	Lithuania
1100s	81,661 people	552 people	81,109 people	Lithuania
1200s	85,959 people	571 people	85,388 people	Lithuania
1300s	90,483 people	590 people	89,893 people	Lithuania
1400s	95,245 people	611 people	94,634 people	Lithuania
1500s	100,258 people	632 people	99,626 people	Lithuania
1600s	105,535 people	654 people	104,881 people	Lithuania
1700s	111,090 people	676 people	110,414 people	Lithuania
1710s	129,605 people	710 people	128,895 people	Lithuania
1720s	151,205 people	746 people	150,459 people	Lithuania
1730s	176,406 people	783 people	175,623 people	Lithuania
1740s	205,808 people	822 people	204,986 people	Lithuania
1750s	240,109 people	863 people	239,246 people	Lithuania
1760s	280,127 people	906 people	279,221 people	Lithuania
1770s	326,815 people	952 people	325,863 people	Lithuania
1780s	381,285 people	999 people	380,286 people	Lithuania
1790s	444,832 people	1,049 people	443,783 people	Lithuania
1800s	778,655 people	14,092 people	764,563 people	Lithuania
1810s	778,885 people	14,092 people	764,793 people	Lithuania
1820s	833,619 people	14,092 people	819,527 people	Lithuania
1830s	964,300 people	14,092 people	950,208 people	Lithuania
1840s	1.12 million people	14,092 people	1.10 million people	Lithuania
1850s	1.29 million people	14,032 people	1.28 million people	Lithuania
1860s	1.50 million people	13,900 people	1.48 million people	Lithuania
1870s	1.74 million people	14,148 people	1.72 million people	Lithuania
1880s	2.01 million people	14,867 people	2.00 million people	Lithuania
1890s	2.33 million people	15,628 people	2.31 million people	Lithuania
1900s	2.70 million people	16,427 people	2.68 million people	Lithuania
1910s	2.59 million people	17,469 people	2.57 million people	Lithuania
1920s	2.33 million people	18,954 people	2.31 million people	Lithuania
1930s	2.44 million people	20,627 people	2.41 million people	Lithuania
1940s	2.50 million people	22,473 people	2.48 million people	Lithuania
1950s	2.57 million people	28,414 people	2.54 million people	Lithuania
1960s	2.94 million people	64,020 people	2.88 million people	Lithuania
1970s	3.28 million people	186,144 people	3.09 million people	Lithuania
1980s	3.56 million people	354,096 people	3.20 million people	Lithuania
1990s	3.63 million people	513,564 people	3.12 million people	Lithuania
2000s	3.34 million people	957,202 people	2.38 million people	Lithuania
2010s	2.92 million people	2.30 million people	623,710 people	Lithuania
2020s	2.82 million people	2.87 million people	57,162 people	Qatar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Lithuania or Qatar?: Qatar, at 2.98 million people against 2.85 million people in Lithuania as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Lithuania and Qatar?: 124,990 people, with Qatar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lithuania and Qatar?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Lithuania and Qatar rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Lithuania ranks 142nd and Qatar ranks 139th 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.