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Libya vs Suriname statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Libya has a population of 7.38M (ranked 105/197), compared with 634K in Suriname (ranked 165/197). Libya's land area is 679,362 sq mi versus 61,972 sq mi for Suriname (ranked 16th vs. 90th).

By GDP, Libya ranks 96/197 ($46.6B) and Suriname ranks 164/197 ($4.71B). By GDP per capita, Libya ranks 110/197 ($6,318), while Suriname ranks 101/197 ($7,431).

Main facts and rankings

Libya Suriname
Population
7523849
644193
Population rank 105/197 165/197
GDP
$46.6B
2024
$4.71B
2024
GDP rank 96/197 164/197
GDP per capita
$6,318
2024
$7,431
2024
GDP per capita rank 110/197 101/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$13,954
2024
$22,067
2024
Government debt n/a
$4.11B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio n/a
86.6%
2025
Government debt per person n/a
$6,481
2024
Government debt per person rank n/a 71/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$3,735
2025
$3,252
2025
Land area
679,362 sq mi
2025
61,972 sq mi
2025
Population density
10.9 ppl/mi²
2024
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.36
2023
2.25
2023
Median age
28.5 years
2024
29.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
73.2 years
2025
73.9 years
2025

Libya and Suriname: Comparison Charts

Libya and Suriname economies compared

GDP
Libya

Suriname
Year GDP
Libya Suriname
1960 $401,644,249 $99,650,000
1961 $443,905,612 $107,700,000
1962 $619,725,785 $116,150,000
1963 $892,327,911 $125,950,000
1964 $1,341,395,421 $134,400,000
1965 $1,804,979,680 $154,150,000
1966 $2,312,438,536 $190,350,000
1967 $2,726,986,913 $220,700,000
1968 $3,850,623,095 $241,350,000
1969 $4,380,987,481 $259,650,000
1970 $4,601,649,451 $274,900,000
1971 $5,260,185,125 $301,000,000
1972 $6,299,395,544 $311,950,000
1973 $8,625,889,430 $339,450,000
1974 $15,112,543,717 $409,850,000
1975 $14,710,912,458 $465,500,000
1976 $19,096,943,017 $505,500,000
1977 $22,428,297,108 $641,500,000
1978 $22,136,422,643 $735,500,000
1979 $30,536,429,497 $782,500,000
1980 $40,953,924,949 $795,000,000
1981 $36,374,353,880 $889,000,000
1982 $33,760,146,991 $915,000,000
1983 $33,200,520,140 $883,500,000
1984 $29,476,109,153 $864,000,000
1985 $31,530,566,324 $873,000,000
1986 $24,180,400,959 $891,000,000
1987 $26,697,659,335 $980,000,000
1988 $24,308,959,591 $1,161,000,000
1989 $25,156,707,899 $542,600,000
1990 $28,904,183,602 $388,400,000
1991 $31,991,821,265 $448,100,000
1992 $33,887,047,909 $404,600,000
1993 $30,660,051,911 $428,764,706
1994 $28,610,549,763 $605,492,537
1995 $25,541,379,187 $691,590,498
1996 $27,884,615,385 $861,372,806
1997 $30,700,897,875 $926,422,500
1998 $27,251,301,398 $1,110,850,000
1999 $35,975,860,857 $886,290,698
2000 $38,270,954,138 $947,671,970
2001 $34,112,093,927 $834,279,358
2002 $20,481,889,764 $1,093,574,468
2003 $26,265,625,000 $1,274,190,311
2004 $33,122,307,692 $1,484,092,538
2005 $47,334,691,241 $1,793,410,397
2006 $60,094,231,607 $2,626,380,435
2007 $68,032,978,391 $2,936,612,022
2008 $86,710,767,415 $3,532,969,035
2009 $60,808,562,033 $3,875,409,836
2010 $75,380,825,062 $4,368,370,998
2011 $48,169,263,294 $4,422,276,622
2012 $92,540,938,129 $4,980,000,000
2013 $75,351,107,029 $5,145,757,576
2014 $57,372,355,592 $5,240,606,061
2015 $48,717,501,321 $5,126,237,646
2016 $49,912,073,701 $3,317,421,648
2017 $67,157,452,182 $3,591,679,431
2018 $76,686,029,772 $3,996,198,867
2019 $69,254,496,472 $4,016,040,575
2020 $46,854,285,441 $2,911,807,496
2021 $35,217,995,647 $3,107,923,198
2022 $43,246,297,922 $3,791,603,200
2023 $45,096,462,972 $3,455,146,281
2024 $46,636,278,902 $4,714,267,822

Libya and Suriname economies compared

GDP per capita
Libya

Suriname
Year GDP per capita
Libya Suriname
1960 $269 $378
1961 $285.3 $395
1962 $382 $409
1963 $528 $424
1964 $765 $435
1965 $1,001 $482
1966 $1,251 $575
1967 $1,437 $644
1968 $1,972 $681
1969 $2,175 $708
1970 $2,210 $724
1971 $2,443 $768
1972 $2,830 $785
1973 $3,727 $858
1974 $6,214 $1,041
1975 $5,721 $1,190
1976 $7,018 $1,302
1977 $7,783 $1,666
1978 $7,252 $1,928
1979 $9,443 $2,072
1980 $11,960 $2,118
1981 $10,044 $2,368
1982 $9,064 $2,430
1983 $8,927 $2,333
1984 $7,811 $2,261
1985 $8,087 $2,256
1986 $6,019 $2,271
1987 $6,465 $2,469
1988 $5,736 $2,886
1989 $5,793 $1,329
1990 $6,502 $942
1991 $7,040 $1,080
1992 $7,303 $969
1993 $6,478 $1,022
1994 $5,933 $1,434
1995 $5,205 $1,610
1996 $5,591 $1,963
1997 $6,062 $2,068
1998 $5,301 $2,429
1999 $6,895 $1,898
2000 $7,214 $1,988
2001 $6,313 $1,715
2002 $3,718 $2,202
2003 $4,674 $2,516
2004 $5,774 $2,888
2005 $8,079 $3,453
2006 $10,049 $5,003
2007 $11,145 $5,530
2008 $13,906 $6,576
2009 $9,551 $7,130
2010 $11,601 $7,944
2011 $7,594 $7,950
2012 $14,976 $8,851
2013 $11,952 $9,043
2014 $8,926 $9,108
2015 $7,458 $8,814
2016 $7,526 $5,644
2017 $9,966 $6,050
2018 $11,197 $6,666
2019 $9,963 $6,630
2020 $6,650 $4,755
2021 $4,936 $5,030
2022 $5,987 $6,084
2023 $6,173 $5,494
2024 $6,318 $7,431

Libya vs. Suriname life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Libya

Suriname
Year Life expectancy, years
Libya Suriname
1950 33.1 50.7
1951 33.5 51.1
1952 33.8 51.4
1953 34.2 52.1
1954 34.7 52.8
1955 35.2 53.5
1956 36 54.1
1957 36.9 54.7
1958 38 55.4
1959 39.3 55.9
1960 40.8 56.6
1961 42.4 57.3
1962 44.1 58
1963 45.6 58.5
1964 47.7 58.9
1965 49.3 59.1
1966 50.9 59.2
1967 52.5 59.2
1968 53.8 59.3
1969 55.2 59.4
1970 56.4 59.5
1971 57.6 59.6
1972 58.7 59.7
1973 59.7 59.8
1974 60.7 59.9
1975 61.6 60
1976 62.4 60.2
1977 63.1 60.3
1978 63.8 60.4
1979 64.3 60.5
1980 64.8 60.7
1981 65.3 60.8
1982 65.8 60.9
1983 66.3 61.1
1984 66.7 61.2
1985 67.3 61.4
1986 67.8 61.2
1987 68.3 61.3
1988 68.6 61.5
1989 69 62
1990 69.3 62.1
1991 69.6 62.2
1992 70 62.2
1993 70.2 62.4
1994 70.5 62.5
1995 70.6 62.8
1996 70.7 63.1
1997 70.7 63.4
1998 70.7 63.7
1999 70.6 64
2000 70.5 64.4
2001 70.7 64.8
2002 70.8 65.3
2003 71 65.8
2004 71.2 66.4
2005 71.4 67
2006 71.6 67.6
2007 71.8 68.3
2008 71.9 68.9
2009 72.1 69.3
2010 72.2 69.6
2011 69.9 69.8
2012 72.2 70
2013 72.3 70.1
2014 71.3 70.3
2015 71.6 70.6
2016 71.8 71
2017 72.7 71.2
2018 73.2 71.5
2019 72.9 71.8
2020 72.4 72.3
2021 72.1 68.9
2022 74.5 73.3
2023 69.3 73.6
2024 71.1 73.8
2025 73.2 73.9

Libya and Suriname population clocks and comparison

Population
Libya

Suriname
Year Population
Libya Suriname
1960 1,492,890 263,918
1961 1,555,699 272,791
1962 1,621,960 283,912
1963 1,690,457 297,034
1964 1,753,691 309,041
1965 1,804,015 320,000
1966 1,849,063 331,135
1967 1,898,199 342,679
1968 1,952,781 354,616
1969 2,014,293 366,906
1970 2,082,589 379,442
1971 2,153,534 391,932
1972 2,226,091 397,413
1973 2,314,193 395,772
1974 2,432,211 393,676
1975 2,571,556 391,170
1976 2,721,237 388,289
1977 2,881,533 385,067
1978 3,052,526 381,502
1979 3,233,846 377,602
1980 3,424,378 375,377
1981 3,621,486 375,459
1982 3,724,765 376,555
1983 3,718,961 378,746
1984 3,773,633 382,193
1985 3,898,745 386,972
1986 4,017,403 392,330
1987 4,129,739 396,911
1988 4,237,755 402,227
1989 4,342,920 408,409
1990 4,445,239 412,493
1991 4,544,400 415,013
1992 4,640,352 417,589
1993 4,733,045 419,352
1994 4,822,037 422,375
1995 4,906,843 429,606
1996 4,987,393 438,830
1997 5,064,639 448,067
1998 5,140,704 457,406
1999 5,218,038 466,916
2000 5,305,021 476,643
2001 5,403,639 486,560
2002 5,508,410 496,551
2003 5,619,398 506,414
2004 5,736,693 513,923
2005 5,858,798 519,313
2006 5,980,211 524,997
2007 6,104,380 531,016
2008 6,235,430 537,245
2009 6,366,686 543,568
2010 6,497,839 549,923
2011 6,343,203 556,269
2012 6,179,328 562,633
2013 6,304,628 569,020
2014 6,427,252 575,373
2015 6,531,819 581,627
2016 6,632,126 587,757
2017 6,738,770 593,713
2018 6,849,055 599,513
2019 6,951,033 605,768
2020 7,045,399 612,317
2021 7,135,175 617,896
2022 7,223,805 623,164
2023 7,305,659 628,886
2024 7,381,023 634,431

Fertility rates in Libya and Suriname

Fertility rate
Libya

Suriname
Year Fertility rate
Libya Suriname
1960 7.51 6.59
1961 7.56 6.58
1962 7.61 6.57
1963 7.69 6.51
1964 7.75 6.43
1965 7.82 6.32
1966 7.89 6.2
1967 7.93 6.04
1968 7.97 5.86
1969 8.01 5.7
1970 8.05 5.53
1971 8.1 5.36
1972 8.07 5.18
1973 8.05 5.01
1974 8.02 4.81
1975 7.98 4.63
1976 7.93 4.45
1977 7.87 4.26
1978 7.79 4.08
1979 7.68 3.93
1980 7.54 3.79
1981 7.37 3.75
1982 7.16 3.82
1983 6.91 3.87
1984 6.62 3.8
1985 6.33 3.71
1986 6.02 3.61
1987 5.72 3.53
1988 5.41 3.46
1989 5.09 3.39
1990 4.78 3.23
1991 4.46 3.09
1992 4.16 3.01
1993 3.88 2.94
1994 3.65 2.9
1995 3.44 2.9
1996 3.26 2.92
1997 3.13 2.95
1998 3.04 2.99
1999 2.97 3.02
2000 2.91 3.05
2001 2.87 3.06
2002 2.83 2.96
2003 2.8 2.84
2004 2.77 2.74
2005 2.77 2.71
2006 2.7 2.73
2007 2.65 2.74
2008 2.6 2.73
2009 2.56 2.71
2010 2.6 2.69
2011 2.65 2.67
2012 2.68 2.67
2013 2.72 2.65
2014 2.75 2.62
2015 2.71 2.57
2016 2.67 2.5
2017 2.63 2.43
2018 2.58 2.38
2019 2.54 2.35
2020 2.51 2.31
2021 2.46 2.3
2022 2.4 2.27
2023 2.36 2.25

Libya and Suriname demographics compared

Median age
Libya

Suriname
Year Median age, years
Libya Suriname
1960 18.5 18.1
1961 18.2 18.2
1962 17.9 17.8
1963 17.5 17.3
1964 17.2 16.8
1965 16.7 16.4
1966 15.9 16.1
1967 15.3 15.8
1968 14.9 15.6
1969 14.7 15.6
1970 14.7 15.6
1971 14.7 15.7
1972 14.7 16
1973 14.9 16.3
1974 15.3 16.7
1975 15.5 17
1976 15.6 17.4
1977 15.8 17.6
1978 15.9 17.9
1979 15.9 18.1
1980 16 18.4
1981 16.1 18.7
1982 16.3 18.9
1983 16.5 19.2
1984 16.8 19.5
1985 17.1 19.7
1986 17.3 20
1987 17.6 20.2
1988 17.9 20.4
1989 18.2 20.6
1990 18.6 20.8
1991 18.9 21
1992 19.3 21.2
1993 19.7 21.5
1994 20.1 21.7
1995 20.6 22
1996 21.1 22.4
1997 21.5 22.8
1998 22 23.2
1999 22.4 23.6
2000 22.7 24
2001 22.9 24.4
2002 23.1 24.7
2003 23.2 25
2004 23.4 25.3
2005 23.6 25.5
2006 23.8 25.6
2007 24.2 25.8
2008 24.6 26.1
2009 25 26.3
2010 25.3 26.5
2011 25.5 26.7
2012 25.7 26.9
2013 25.9 27.1
2014 26.2 27.3
2015 26.4 27.5
2016 26.6 27.7
2017 26.8 27.9
2018 27 28.1
2019 27.2 28.3
2020 27.5 28.6
2021 27.7 28.7
2022 28 28.9
2023 28.2 29.2
2024 28.5 29.4

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Libya Suriname
GNI, Atlas method
$46.6B
2024
$3.72B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
65.7%
2025
29.2%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
2.26%
1999
2.87%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
15.5%
2014
n/a
Armed forces personnel
0
2020
2,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+0.21%
2025
-1.18%
2025
Unemployment rate
30%
2004
7.92%
2016
Services, % of GDP
34.3%
2024
48.3%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
68.3%
2024
39.9%
2023
Economic freedom index
35.9
2012
50.9
2025
Income share by richest 10% n/a
30.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10% n/a
2.2%
2022
Total reserves including gold
$92.9B
2024
$1.63B
2024
Personal remittances received
$0
2023
$160M
2024
International tourist arrivals
760,000
2008
279,000
2017
International tourism as share of exports
0.34%
2010
0.78%
2020
Banked people share
33.1%
2024
n/a

Energy

Libya Suriname
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,539 kg
2022
1,695 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$4.83
2022
$12.5
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
61.3 megatons
2023
2.63 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
8.39 tons
2023
4.18 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
96.3%
2022
90.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
3.1%
2021
14.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
0%
2022
10.3%
2023
Net energy imports use share
-249.7%
2022
12.3%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
3,979 kWh
2022
2,897 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
0.02%
2021
41.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
61%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
73.2%
2023
99.6%
2023

Society

Libya Suriname
% of world population
0.09%
2024
0.008%
2024
Annual migration change
+3,448
2024
-1,166
2024
Urban population
81.9%
2024
66.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.79 ft
2025
5.73 ft
2025
Average female height
5.33 ft
2025
5.32 ft
2025
Quality of life index
30.9
2025
47.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
13
2024
40
2024
Higher education index
27
2025
22
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.5
2015
7.28
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
21.3
2019
15.3
2019
Visa free countries
52
2025
88
2025
Adult literacy rate
76.5%
1994
95%
2021
English speaking
2%
2025
87.1%
2023
People using the Internet
88.5%
2023
78.4%
2023

Health

Libya Suriname
Government health expenditure per capita
$278.4
2022
$344
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$84.8
2022
$79.4
2022
Life expectancy
73.2 years
2025
73.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
1.82%
2022
1.47%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.16
2017
1.48
2021
Maternal mortality per 100K births
59
2023
84
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
30.8
2023
16.2
2023
Obesity rate
37.9%
2022
29.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
15.8%
2024
13.8%
2024
Air quality index
70
2025
63
2025
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.01 liters
2020
5.93 liters
2020

Territory

Libya Suriname
% of world land
1.18%
2025
0.11%
2025
Land area per capita
92,042 sq mi
2024
97,682 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
59,267 sq mi
2025
275.8 sq mi
2025
Forest area
838 sq mi
2025
58,531 sq mi
2025
Roads length
22,991 mi
2010
2,674 mi
2003

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