Libya vs Qatar statistics compared

Libya has a population of 7.38M (ranked 105/197), compared with 2.86M in Qatar (ranked 138/197). Libya's land area is 679,362 sq mi versus 4,436 sq mi for Qatar (ranked 16th vs. 158th).

By GDP, Libya ranks 96/197 ($46.6B) and Qatar ranks 56/197 ($218B). By GDP per capita, Libya ranks 110/197 ($6,318), while Qatar ranks 11/197 ($76,276).

Libya and Qatar: Comparison Charts

Libya and Qatar economies compared

GDP

Libya

Qatar

Table

Year	GDP
	Libya	Qatar
1960	$401,644,249	-
1961	$443,905,612	-
1962	$619,725,785	-
1963	$892,327,911	-
1964	$1,341,395,421	-
1965	$1,804,979,680	-
1966	$2,312,438,536	-
1967	$2,726,986,913	-
1968	$3,850,623,095	-
1969	$4,380,987,481	-
1970	$4,601,649,451	$301,791,302
1971	$5,260,185,125	$387,703,106
1972	$6,299,395,544	$510,262,500
1973	$8,625,889,430	$793,885,560
1974	$15,112,543,717	$2,401,403,227
1975	$14,710,912,458	$2,512,773,166
1976	$19,096,943,017	$3,284,273,987
1977	$22,428,297,108	$3,617,564,638
1978	$22,136,422,643	$4,052,000,413
1979	$30,536,429,497	$5,632,962,997
1980	$40,953,924,949	$7,829,165,262
1981	$36,374,353,880	$8,661,263,764
1982	$33,760,146,991	$7,596,703,214
1983	$33,200,520,140	$6,467,582,308
1984	$29,476,109,153	$6,704,395,824
1985	$31,530,566,324	$6,153,296,456
1986	$24,180,400,959	$5,053,021,951
1987	$26,697,659,335	$5,446,428,681
1988	$24,308,959,591	$6,038,187,033
1989	$25,156,707,899	$6,487,912,088
1990	$28,904,183,602	$7,360,439,423
1991	$31,991,821,265	$6,883,516,484
1992	$33,887,047,909	$7,646,153,984
1993	$30,660,051,911	$7,156,593,654
1994	$28,610,549,763	$7,374,450,769
1995	$25,541,379,187	$8,137,911,978
1996	$27,884,615,385	$9,059,340,385
1997	$30,700,897,875	$11,297,802,115
1998	$27,251,301,398	$10,255,495,027
1999	$35,975,860,857	$12,393,131,868
2000	$38,270,954,138	$17,759,890,110
2001	$34,112,093,927	$17,538,461,538
2002	$20,481,889,764	$19,363,736,264
2003	$26,265,625,000	$23,533,791,209
2004	$33,122,307,692	$31,734,065,934
2005	$47,334,691,241	$44,530,494,505
2006	$60,094,231,607	$60,882,142,857
2007	$68,032,978,391	$79,712,087,912
2008	$86,710,767,415	$115,270,054,945
2009	$60,808,562,033	$97,798,351,648
2010	$75,380,825,062	$125,122,306,346
2011	$48,169,263,294	$167,775,268,626
2012	$92,540,938,129	$186,833,502,363
2013	$75,351,107,029	$198,727,642,967
2014	$57,372,355,592	$206,224,598,571
2015	$48,717,501,321	$161,739,955,577
2016	$49,912,073,701	$151,732,181,868
2017	$67,157,452,182	$161,099,122,225
2018	$76,686,029,772	$183,334,953,819
2019	$69,254,496,472	$176,371,267,692
2020	$46,854,285,441	$144,411,363,352
2021	$35,217,995,647	$179,732,009,560
2022	$43,246,297,922	$235,709,325,714
2023	$45,096,462,972	$213,002,809,341
2024	$46,636,278,902	$217,982,967,033

Libya and Qatar economies compared

GDP per capita

Libya

Qatar

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Libya	Qatar
1960	$269	-
1961	$285.3	-
1962	$382	-
1963	$528	-
1964	$765	-
1965	$1,001	-
1966	$1,251	-
1967	$1,437	-
1968	$1,972	-
1969	$2,175	-
1970	$2,210	$2,594
1971	$2,443	$2,952
1972	$2,830	$3,483
1973	$3,727	$4,905
1974	$6,214	$13,540
1975	$5,721	$13,014
1976	$7,018	$15,710
1977	$7,783	$16,058
1978	$7,252	$16,757
1979	$9,443	$21,777
1980	$11,960	$28,375
1981	$10,044	$29,505
1982	$9,064	$24,385
1983	$8,927	$19,616
1984	$7,811	$19,272
1985	$8,087	$16,815
1986	$6,019	$13,213
1987	$6,465	$13,719
1988	$5,736	$14,682
1989	$5,793	$15,243
1990	$6,502	$16,722
1991	$7,040	$15,133
1992	$7,303	$16,280
1993	$6,478	$14,770
1994	$5,933	$14,765
1995	$5,205	$15,823
1996	$5,591	$17,125
1997	$6,062	$20,523
1998	$5,301	$17,665
1999	$6,895	$20,234
2000	$7,214	$27,535
2001	$6,313	$25,871
2002	$3,718	$27,227
2003	$4,674	$31,602
2004	$5,774	$41,036
2005	$8,079	$53,950
2006	$10,049	$62,582
2007	$11,145	$65,954
2008	$13,906	$80,781
2009	$9,551	$60,786
2010	$11,601	$77,387
2011	$7,594	$103,262
2012	$14,976	$108,470
2013	$11,952	$103,697
2014	$8,926	$95,841
2015	$7,458	$68,985
2016	$7,526	$61,254
2017	$9,966	$63,280
2018	$11,197	$71,040
2019	$9,963	$66,841
2020	$6,650	$51,684
2021	$4,936	$71,752
2022	$5,987	$88,701
2023	$6,173	$80,196
2024	$6,318	$76,276

Libya vs. Qatar life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Libya

Qatar

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Libya	Qatar
1950	33.1	50.8
1951	33.5	51.5
1952	33.8	52.1
1953	34.2	52.8
1954	34.7	53.5
1955	35.2	54.2
1956	36	54.9
1957	36.9	55.6
1958	38	56.3
1959	39.3	57
1960	40.8	57.8
1961	42.4	58.5
1962	44.1	59.2
1963	45.6	60
1964	47.7	60.7
1965	49.3	61.4
1966	50.9	62.2
1967	52.5	62.9
1968	53.8	63.6
1969	55.2	64.2
1970	56.4	64.9
1971	57.6	65.5
1972	58.7	66.1
1973	59.7	66.6
1974	60.7	67.2
1975	61.6	67.7
1976	62.4	68.2
1977	63.1	68.6
1978	63.8	69.1
1979	64.3	69.5
1980	64.8	69.9
1981	65.3	70.3
1982	65.8	70.7
1983	66.3	71.1
1984	66.7	71.5
1985	67.3	71.8
1986	67.8	72.2
1987	68.3	72.5
1988	68.6	72.8
1989	69	73.1
1990	69.3	73.4
1991	69.6	73.7
1992	70	73.9
1993	70.2	74.1
1994	70.5	74.2
1995	70.6	74.4
1996	70.7	74.6
1997	70.7	74.7
1998	70.7	74.9
1999	70.6	75
2000	70.5	75.3
2001	70.7	75.5
2002	70.8	75.8
2003	71	76.1
2004	71.2	76.5
2005	71.4	76.9
2006	71.6	77.3
2007	71.8	77.7
2008	71.9	78.3
2009	72.1	78.8
2010	72.2	79.4
2011	69.9	80
2012	72.2	80.5
2013	72.3	81
2014	71.3	81.4
2015	71.6	81.8
2016	71.8	82.1
2017	72.7	82.5
2018	73.2	82.7
2019	72.9	82.9
2020	72.4	80.4
2021	72.1	81.1
2022	74.5	81.9
2023	69.3	82.4
2024	71.1	82.5
2025	73.2	82.7

Libya and Qatar population clocks and comparison

Population

Libya

Qatar

Table

Year	Population
	Libya	Qatar
1960	1,492,890	36,010
1961	1,555,699	39,680
1962	1,621,960	44,630
1963	1,690,457	50,380
1964	1,753,691	56,867
1965	1,804,015	64,065
1966	1,849,063	72,192
1967	1,898,199	81,439
1968	1,952,781	91,749
1969	2,014,293	103,025
1970	2,082,589	116,350
1971	2,153,534	131,346
1972	2,226,091	146,506
1973	2,314,193	161,841
1974	2,432,211	177,362
1975	2,571,556	193,087
1976	2,721,237	209,052
1977	2,881,533	225,285
1978	3,052,526	241,808
1979	3,233,846	258,670
1980	3,424,378	275,913
1981	3,621,486	293,553
1982	3,724,765	311,537
1983	3,718,961	329,709
1984	3,773,633	347,878
1985	3,898,745	365,940
1986	4,017,403	382,422
1987	4,129,739	397,005
1988	4,237,755	411,264
1989	4,342,920	425,646
1990	4,445,239	440,175
1991	4,544,400	454,853
1992	4,640,352	469,657
1993	4,733,045	484,545
1994	4,822,037	499,459
1995	4,906,843	514,325
1996	4,987,393	529,019
1997	5,064,639	550,500
1998	5,140,704	580,540
1999	5,218,038	612,500
2000	5,305,021	644,989
2001	5,403,639	677,925
2002	5,508,410	711,205
2003	5,619,398	744,682
2004	5,736,693	773,332
2005	5,858,798	825,408
2006	5,980,211	972,831
2007	6,104,380	1,208,595
2008	6,235,430	1,426,938
2009	6,366,686	1,608,903
2010	6,497,839	1,616,832
2011	6,343,203	1,624,761
2012	6,179,328	1,722,438
2013	6,304,628	1,916,426
2014	6,427,252	2,151,745
2015	6,531,819	2,344,557
2016	6,632,126	2,477,113
2017	6,738,770	2,545,820
2018	6,849,055	2,580,734
2019	6,951,033	2,638,657
2020	7,045,399	2,794,148
2021	7,135,175	2,504,910
2022	7,223,805	2,657,333
2023	7,305,659	2,656,032
2024	7,381,023	2,857,822

Fertility rates in Libya and Qatar

Fertility rate

Libya

Qatar

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Libya	Qatar
1960	7.51	6.53
1961	7.56	6.53
1962	7.61	6.53
1963	7.69	6.53
1964	7.75	6.53
1965	7.82	6.53
1966	7.89	6.52
1967	7.93	6.46
1968	7.97	6.39
1969	8.01	6.31
1970	8.05	6.23
1971	8.1	6.15
1972	8.07	6.07
1973	8.05	6.01
1974	8.02	5.94
1975	7.98	5.86
1976	7.93	5.78
1977	7.87	5.69
1978	7.79	5.58
1979	7.68	5.46
1980	7.54	5.33
1981	7.37	5.2
1982	7.16	5.04
1983	6.91	4.9
1984	6.62	4.76
1985	6.33	4.64
1986	6.02	4.57
1987	5.72	4.54
1988	5.41	4.51
1989	5.09	4.41
1990	4.78	4.23
1991	4.46	3.99
1992	4.16	3.85
1993	3.88	3.77
1994	3.65	3.67
1995	3.44	3.56
1996	3.26	3.44
1997	3.13	3.33
1998	3.04	3.21
1999	2.97	3.12
2000	2.91	3.07
2001	2.87	3.08
2002	2.83	3.01
2003	2.8	2.93
2004	2.77	2.79
2005	2.77	2.64
2006	2.7	2.51
2007	2.65	2.44
2008	2.6	2.37
2009	2.56	2.25
2010	2.6	2.14
2011	2.65	2.07
2012	2.68	2.04
2013	2.72	2.03
2014	2.75	2.03
2015	2.71	1.98
2016	2.67	1.86
2017	2.63	1.83
2018	2.58	1.76
2019	2.54	1.73
2020	2.51	1.68
2021	2.46	1.61
2022	2.4	1.74
2023	2.36	1.73

Libya and Qatar demographics compared

Median age

Libya

Qatar

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Libya	Qatar
1960	18.5	18
1961	18.2	19
1962	17.9	20.1
1963	17.5	21.1
1964	17.2	21.8
1965	16.7	22.5
1966	15.9	23
1967	15.3	23.5
1968	14.9	24
1969	14.7	24.4
1970	14.7	23.7
1971	14.7	22.2
1972	14.7	21.3
1973	14.9	20.9
1974	15.3	20.8
1975	15.5	21
1976	15.6	21.3
1977	15.8	21.8
1978	15.9	22.3
1979	15.9	22.9
1980	16	23.5
1981	16.1	24.1
1982	16.3	24.8
1983	16.5	25.6
1984	16.8	26.3
1985	17.1	27
1986	17.3	27.4
1987	17.6	27.5
1988	17.9	27.5
1989	18.2	27.6
1990	18.6	27.7
1991	18.9	27.9
1992	19.3	28.1
1993	19.7	28.4
1994	20.1	28.7
1995	20.6	29.1
1996	21.1	29.6
1997	21.5	29.9
1998	22	29.8
1999	22.4	29.8
2000	22.7	29.9
2001	22.9	30.1
2002	23.1	30.5
2003	23.2	30.9
2004	23.4	31
2005	23.6	30.9
2006	23.8	30.6
2007	24.2	30.1
2008	24.6	30.1
2009	25	30.8
2010	25.3	31.3
2011	25.5	31.2
2012	25.7	31
2013	25.9	30.9
2014	26.2	31.1
2015	26.4	31.2
2016	26.6	31.4
2017	26.8	31.6
2018	27	31.9
2019	27.2	32.3
2020	27.5	32.6
2021	27.7	32.9
2022	28	33.4
2023	28.2	34.1
2024	28.5	34.5

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