Photos App sync incomplete

Hello,
i have enabled iCloud Photo Library in all my devices as well as in OSX photos app.
after a few days, all my devices, including Photos, reads "updated at xx:xx", what supposedly means every device finished uploading photos to icloud.
all my iOS devices, have around 13,000 photos. But Photos in OSX have around 18,000. I've been collecting photos on my Mac since 2008. So my Mac have photos from that date. But my iOS devices and iCloud.com have photos since 2010....
it seems photos app didn't finished sending photos to the cloud
any thoughts?
regards!

That's very helpful! No, I think most of the "older" photos are in their original location, as in, they were imported into iPhoto before I started using the option to import into the library.
Would yoy recommend a "consolidate" into the library using the Photo app option for that?
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