Libya vs Sudan statistics compared

Libya has a population of 7.38M (ranked 105/197), compared with 50.4M in Sudan (ranked 30/197). Libya's land area is 679,362 sq mi versus 721,239 sq mi for Sudan (ranked 16th vs. 15th).

By GDP, Libya ranks 96/197 ($46.6B) and Sudan ranks 93/197 ($49.9B). By GDP per capita, Libya ranks 110/197 ($6,318), while Sudan ranks 178/197 ($989).

Libya and Sudan: Comparison Charts

Libya and Sudan economies compared

GDP

Libya

Sudan

Table

Year	GDP
	Libya	Sudan
1960	$401,644,249	$1,126,364,162
1961	$443,905,612	$1,222,860,429
1962	$619,725,785	$1,328,259,625
1963	$892,327,911	$1,351,234,926
1964	$1,341,395,421	$1,388,282,600
1965	$1,804,979,680	$1,446,869,619
1966	$2,312,438,536	$1,484,491,676
1967	$2,726,986,913	$1,607,409,539
1968	$3,850,623,095	$1,677,771,401
1969	$4,380,987,481	$1,847,501,441
1970	$4,601,649,451	$2,100,229,759
1971	$5,260,185,125	$2,288,340,041
1972	$6,299,395,544	$2,483,055,722
1973	$8,625,889,430	$3,077,254,460
1974	$15,112,543,717	$3,958,931,660
1975	$14,710,912,458	$4,823,090,192
1976	$19,096,943,017	$6,013,210,816
1977	$22,428,297,108	$7,499,005,639
1978	$22,136,422,643	$8,128,719,315
1979	$30,536,429,497	$8,418,407,787
1980	$40,953,924,949	$8,951,800,000
1981	$36,374,353,880	$10,753,888,154
1982	$33,760,146,991	$8,732,542,274
1983	$33,200,520,140	$8,230,153,846
1984	$29,476,109,153	$10,447,615,385
1985	$31,530,566,324	$8,075,259,600
1986	$24,180,400,959	$10,092,200,000
1987	$26,697,659,335	$12,093,333,333
1988	$24,308,959,591	$14,372,555,556
1989	$25,156,707,899	$21,408,111,111
1990	$28,904,183,602	$33,641,222,222
1991	$31,991,821,265	$44,171,194,366
1992	$33,887,047,909	$7,031,933,492
1993	$30,660,051,911	$8,881,005,436
1994	$28,610,549,763	$12,793,794,737
1995	$25,541,379,187	$13,830,363,900
1996	$27,884,615,385	$9,018,300,725
1997	$30,700,897,875	$11,681,175,864
1998	$27,251,301,398	$11,250,221,537
1999	$35,975,860,857	$10,682,028,340
2000	$38,270,954,138	$12,257,299,147
2001	$34,112,093,927	$15,716,361,792
2002	$20,481,889,764	$18,137,128,388
2003	$26,265,625,000	$21,355,298,460
2004	$33,122,307,692	$26,646,007,251
2005	$47,334,691,241	$35,182,711,988
2006	$60,094,231,607	$45,263,831,634
2007	$68,032,978,391	$59,440,139,775
2008	$86,710,767,415	$64,833,083,257
2009	$60,808,562,033	$51,621,044,077
2010	$75,380,825,062	$58,962,978,034
2011	$48,169,263,294	$55,018,567,211
2012	$92,540,938,129	$37,632,919,967
2013	$75,351,107,029	$43,024,018,082
2014	$57,372,355,592	$49,516,748,618
2015	$48,717,501,321	$51,726,758,677
2016	$49,912,073,701	$42,630,376,000
2017	$67,157,452,182	$41,283,617,976
2018	$76,686,029,772	$32,333,780,383
2019	$69,254,496,472	$32,338,079,165
2020	$46,854,285,441	$27,034,593,750
2021	$35,217,995,647	$34,229,513,775
2022	$43,246,297,922	$51,666,875,363
2023	$45,096,462,972	$39,898,289,821
2024	$46,636,278,902	$49,909,807,030

Libya and Sudan economies compared

GDP per capita

Libya

Sudan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Libya	Sudan
1960	$269	$134.7
1961	$285.3	$141.6
1962	$382	$148.9
1963	$528	$146.6
1964	$765	$145.7
1965	$1,001	$146.8
1966	$1,251	$145.6
1967	$1,437	$152.4
1968	$1,972	$153.7
1969	$2,175	$163.5
1970	$2,210	$179.6
1971	$2,443	$189
1972	$2,830	$198.2
1973	$3,727	$235.8
1974	$6,214	$291.5
1975	$5,721	$343
1976	$7,018	$413
1977	$7,783	$497
1978	$7,252	$518
1979	$9,443	$515
1980	$11,960	$525
1981	$10,044	$605
1982	$9,064	$472
1983	$8,927	$431
1984	$7,811	$534
1985	$8,087	$406
1986	$6,019	$497
1987	$6,465	$584
1988	$5,736	$680
1989	$5,793	$992
1990	$6,502	$1,528
1991	$7,040	$1,966
1992	$7,303	$307
1993	$6,478	$379
1994	$5,933	$532
1995	$5,205	$561
1996	$5,591	$357
1997	$6,062	$453
1998	$5,301	$425
1999	$6,895	$394
2000	$7,214	$441
2001	$6,313	$551
2002	$3,718	$621
2003	$4,674	$714
2004	$5,774	$872
2005	$8,079	$1,125
2006	$10,049	$1,415
2007	$11,145	$1,814
2008	$13,906	$1,928
2009	$9,551	$1,493
2010	$11,601	$1,665
2011	$7,594	$1,522
2012	$14,976	$1,019
2013	$11,952	$1,139
2014	$8,926	$1,275
2015	$7,458	$1,292
2016	$7,526	$1,033
2017	$9,966	$967
2018	$11,197	$731
2019	$9,963	$710
2020	$6,650	$578
2021	$4,936	$712
2022	$5,987	$1,046
2023	$6,173	$797
2024	$6,318	$989

Libya vs. Sudan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Libya

Sudan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Libya	Sudan
1950	33.1	45.8
1951	33.5	46.2
1952	33.8	46.5
1953	34.2	46.9
1954	34.7	47.3
1955	35.2	47.7
1956	36	48.1
1957	36.9	48.5
1958	38	48.9
1959	39.3	49.2
1960	40.8	49.6
1961	42.4	50
1962	44.1	50.4
1963	45.6	50.8
1964	47.7	50.9
1965	49.3	51
1966	50.9	51.3
1967	52.5	51.5
1968	53.8	51.8
1969	55.2	52
1970	56.4	52.3
1971	57.6	52.5
1972	58.7	52.8
1973	59.7	53
1974	60.7	53.2
1975	61.6	53.3
1976	62.4	53.3
1977	63.1	53.5
1978	63.8	53.3
1979	64.3	53.4
1980	64.8	54.1
1981	65.3	54.4
1982	65.8	54.4
1983	66.3	49.6
1984	66.7	49.8
1985	67.3	50
1986	67.8	54.6
1987	68.3	54.7
1988	68.6	55
1989	69	54.9
1990	69.3	55.5
1991	69.6	55.6
1992	70	56
1993	70.2	56.1
1994	70.5	57
1995	70.6	57.4
1996	70.7	57.6
1997	70.7	58.1
1998	70.7	58.3
1999	70.6	58.6
2000	70.5	58.9
2001	70.7	59.3
2002	70.8	59.3
2003	71	58.3
2004	71.2	56.8
2005	71.4	57.2
2006	71.6	60.4
2007	71.8	61.4
2008	71.9	61.3
2009	72.1	62.7
2010	72.2	63
2011	69.9	63.2
2012	72.2	63.4
2013	72.3	63.4
2014	71.3	64
2015	71.6	64.4
2016	71.8	64.7
2017	72.7	65.1
2018	73.2	65.5
2019	72.9	65.8
2020	72.4	65.1
2021	72.1	64.5
2022	74.5	65.7
2023	69.3	66.3
2024	71.1	66.5
2025	73.2	66.7

Libya and Sudan population clocks and comparison

Population

Libya

Sudan

Table

Year	Population
	Libya	Sudan
1960	1,492,890	8,364,489
1961	1,555,699	8,634,941
1962	1,621,960	8,919,028
1963	1,690,457	9,218,077
1964	1,753,691	9,531,109
1965	1,804,015	9,858,030
1966	1,849,063	10,197,578
1967	1,898,199	10,550,597
1968	1,952,781	10,917,999
1969	2,014,293	11,298,936
1970	2,082,589	11,695,771
1971	2,153,534	12,105,539
1972	2,226,091	12,527,856
1973	2,314,193	13,049,315
1974	2,432,211	13,580,723
1975	2,571,556	14,064,798
1976	2,721,237	14,569,716
1977	2,881,533	15,086,614
1978	3,052,526	15,695,003
1979	3,233,846	16,355,352
1980	3,424,378	17,058,905
1981	3,621,486	17,780,572
1982	3,724,765	18,486,645
1983	3,718,961	19,109,770
1984	3,773,633	19,546,528
1985	3,898,745	19,905,872
1986	4,017,403	20,288,238
1987	4,129,739	20,704,904
1988	4,237,755	21,138,431
1989	4,342,920	21,578,022
1990	4,445,239	22,021,481
1991	4,544,400	22,470,676
1992	4,640,352	22,927,355
1993	4,733,045	23,445,592
1994	4,822,037	24,043,948
1995	4,906,843	24,672,143
1996	4,987,393	25,231,528
1997	5,064,639	25,799,821
1998	5,140,704	26,458,999
1999	5,218,038	27,130,613
2000	5,305,021	27,816,745
2001	5,403,639	28,516,770
2002	5,508,410	29,228,727
2003	5,619,398	29,896,035
2004	5,736,693	30,556,637
2005	5,858,798	31,262,444
2006	5,980,211	31,992,435
2007	6,104,380	32,764,135
2008	6,235,430	33,623,980
2009	6,366,686	34,569,113
2010	6,497,839	35,414,399
2011	6,343,203	36,140,806
2012	6,179,328	36,923,178
2013	6,304,628	37,785,849
2014	6,427,252	38,823,318
2015	6,531,819	40,024,431
2016	6,632,126	41,259,892
2017	6,738,770	42,714,306
2018	6,849,055	44,230,596
2019	6,951,033	45,548,175
2020	7,045,399	46,789,231
2021	7,135,175	48,066,924
2022	7,223,805	49,383,346
2023	7,305,659	50,042,791
2024	7,381,023	50,448,963

Fertility rates in Libya and Sudan

Fertility rate

Libya

Sudan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Libya	Sudan
1960	7.51	6.66
1961	7.56	6.66
1962	7.61	6.7
1963	7.69	6.76
1964	7.75	6.8
1965	7.82	6.84
1966	7.89	6.88
1967	7.93	6.91
1968	7.97	6.95
1969	8.01	6.97
1970	8.05	6.99
1971	8.1	7.02
1972	8.07	6.98
1973	8.05	6.94
1974	8.02	6.91
1975	7.98	6.87
1976	7.93	6.82
1977	7.87	6.78
1978	7.79	6.72
1979	7.68	6.65
1980	7.54	6.59
1981	7.37	6.53
1982	7.16	6.47
1983	6.91	6.41
1984	6.62	6.34
1985	6.33	6.28
1986	6.02	6.23
1987	5.72	6.18
1988	5.41	6.13
1989	5.09	6.11
1990	4.78	6.07
1991	4.46	6.05
1992	4.16	6.02
1993	3.88	5.97
1994	3.65	5.91
1995	3.44	5.86
1996	3.26	5.79
1997	3.13	5.72
1998	3.04	5.65
1999	2.97	5.62
2000	2.91	5.6
2001	2.87	5.56
2002	2.83	5.53
2003	2.8	5.49
2004	2.77	5.46
2005	2.77	5.4
2006	2.7	5.33
2007	2.65	5.27
2008	2.6	5.21
2009	2.56	5.17
2010	2.6	5.14
2011	2.65	5.09
2012	2.68	5.03
2013	2.72	4.97
2014	2.75	4.91
2015	2.71	4.9
2016	2.67	4.83
2017	2.63	4.76
2018	2.58	4.68
2019	2.54	4.62
2020	2.51	4.54
2021	2.46	4.46
2022	2.4	4.38
2023	2.36	4.32

Libya and Sudan demographics compared

Median age

Libya

Sudan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Libya	Sudan
1960	18.5	16.7
1961	18.2	16.7
1962	17.9	16.7
1963	17.5	16.6
1964	17.2	16.5
1965	16.7	16.5
1966	15.9	16.4
1967	15.3	16.4
1968	14.9	16.3
1969	14.7	16.3
1970	14.7	16.2
1971	14.7	16.2
1972	14.7	16.1
1973	14.9	16
1974	15.3	15.9
1975	15.5	16
1976	15.6	16
1977	15.8	16.1
1978	15.9	16.2
1979	15.9	16.4
1980	16	16.5
1981	16.1	16.6
1982	16.3	16.7
1983	16.5	16.7
1984	16.8	16.8
1985	17.1	16.8
1986	17.3	16.8
1987	17.6	16.9
1988	17.9	16.9
1989	18.2	16.8
1990	18.6	16.8
1991	18.9	16.8
1992	19.3	16.8
1993	19.7	16.8
1994	20.1	16.8
1995	20.6	16.8
1996	21.1	16.8
1997	21.5	16.8
1998	22	16.8
1999	22.4	16.9
2000	22.7	16.9
2001	22.9	17
2002	23.1	17
2003	23.2	17.1
2004	23.4	17.1
2005	23.6	17.1
2006	23.8	17.2
2007	24.2	17.3
2008	24.6	17.3
2009	25	17.4
2010	25.3	17.5
2011	25.5	17.4
2012	25.7	17.5
2013	25.9	17.5
2014	26.2	17.7
2015	26.4	17.9
2016	26.6	18.1
2017	26.8	18.3
2018	27	18.6
2019	27.2	18.7
2020	27.5	18.9
2021	27.7	19
2022	28	19.2
2023	28.2	19.3
2024	28.5	19.4

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