Libya vs United Arab Emirates statistics compared

Libya has a population of 7.38M (ranked 105/197), compared with 10.9M in The United Arab Emirates (ranked 88/197). Libya's land area is 679,362 sq mi versus 27,421 sq mi for The United Arab Emirates (ranked 16th vs. 117th).

By GDP, Libya ranks 96/197 ($46.6B) and The United Arab Emirates ranks 29/197 ($537B). By GDP per capita, Libya ranks 110/197 ($6,318), while The United Arab Emirates ranks 24/197 ($49,378).

Libya and United Arab Emirates: Comparison Charts

Libya and United Arab Emirates economies compared

GDP

Libya

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	GDP
	Libya	UAE
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	$685,986,701
1971	$5,260,185,125	$939,893,600
1972	$6,299,395,544	$1,415,086,929
1973	$8,625,889,430	$4,231,243,616
1974	$15,112,543,717	$11,651,505,689
1975	$14,710,912,458	$14,720,728,249
1976	$19,096,943,017	$19,213,158,779
1977	$22,428,297,108	$24,871,775,165
1978	$22,136,422,643	$23,775,764,225
1979	$30,536,429,497	$31,225,659,621
1980	$40,953,924,949	$43,599,160,050
1981	$36,374,353,880	$49,333,424,135
1982	$33,760,146,991	$46,622,718,605
1983	$33,200,520,140	$42,803,323,345
1984	$29,476,109,153	$41,807,954,236
1985	$31,530,566,324	$40,603,650,232
1986	$24,180,400,959	$33,943,612,095
1987	$26,697,659,335	$36,384,908,744
1988	$24,308,959,591	$36,275,674,203
1989	$25,156,707,899	$41,464,995,914
1990	$28,904,183,602	$50,701,443,748
1991	$31,991,821,265	$51,552,165,622
1992	$33,887,047,909	$54,239,171,888
1993	$30,660,051,911	$55,625,170,253
1994	$28,610,549,763	$59,305,093,980
1995	$25,541,379,187	$65,743,666,576
1996	$27,884,615,385	$73,571,233,996
1997	$30,700,897,875	$78,839,008,445
1998	$27,251,301,398	$75,674,336,283
1999	$35,975,860,857	$84,445,473,111
2000	$38,270,954,138	$104,337,372,362
2001	$34,112,093,927	$103,311,640,572
2002	$20,481,889,764	$109,816,201,498
2003	$26,265,625,000	$124,346,358,067
2004	$33,122,307,692	$147,824,370,320
2005	$47,334,691,241	$180,617,467,965
2006	$60,094,231,607	$222,116,541,865
2007	$68,032,978,391	$257,916,133,424
2008	$86,710,767,415	$315,474,615,739
2009	$60,808,562,033	$253,547,358,747
2010	$75,380,825,062	$300,189,052,689
2011	$48,169,263,294	$360,832,739,551
2012	$92,540,938,129	$384,610,125,391
2013	$75,351,107,029	$400,218,529,748
2014	$57,372,355,592	$414,105,366,753
2015	$48,717,501,321	$370,275,469,571
2016	$49,912,073,701	$369,255,326,236
2017	$67,157,452,182	$390,516,804,030
2018	$76,686,029,772	$427,049,432,158
2019	$69,254,496,472	$417,989,721,743
2020	$46,854,285,441	$349,473,015,330
2021	$35,217,995,647	$415,178,792,757
2022	$43,246,297,922	$502,731,935,194
2023	$45,096,462,972	$514,130,432,648
2024	$46,636,278,902	$537,078,829,135

Libya and United Arab Emirates economies compared

GDP per capita

Libya

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Libya	UAE
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	$2,394
1971	$2,443	$2,805
1972	$2,830	$3,675
1973	$3,727	$9,696
1974	$6,214	$23,823
1975	$5,721	$27,117
1976	$7,018	$31,197
1977	$7,783	$35,020
1978	$7,252	$29,379
1979	$9,443	$34,238
1980	$11,960	$42,925
1981	$10,044	$44,854
1982	$9,064	$39,972
1983	$8,927	$34,650
1984	$7,811	$32,012
1985	$8,087	$29,468
1986	$6,019	$23,132
1987	$6,465	$23,113
1988	$5,736	$21,570
1989	$5,793	$23,167
1990	$6,502	$26,710
1991	$7,040	$25,691
1992	$7,303	$25,648
1993	$6,478	$25,033
1994	$5,933	$25,473
1995	$5,205	$27,003
1996	$5,591	$28,323
1997	$6,062	$27,983
1998	$5,301	$24,889
1999	$6,895	$25,856
2000	$7,214	$29,866
2001	$6,313	$27,745
2002	$3,718	$27,754
2003	$4,674	$29,660
2004	$5,774	$33,377
2005	$8,079	$38,719
2006	$10,049	$44,343
2007	$11,145	$45,855
2008	$13,906	$50,054
2009	$9,551	$37,803
2010	$11,601	$43,697
2011	$7,594	$50,789
2012	$14,976	$52,034
2013	$11,952	$52,024
2014	$8,926	$51,381
2015	$7,458	$43,535
2016	$7,526	$41,326
2017	$9,966	$42,341
2018	$11,197	$45,690
2019	$9,963	$44,251
2020	$6,650	$37,174
2021	$4,936	$43,360
2022	$5,987	$49,899
2023	$6,173	$49,041
2024	$6,318	$49,378

Libya vs. United Arab Emirates life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Libya

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Libya	UAE
1950	33.1	42.1
1951	33.5	42.9
1952	33.8	43.6
1953	34.2	44.4
1954	34.7	45.2
1955	35.2	46
1956	36	46.9
1957	36.9	47.8
1958	38	48.8
1959	39.3	49.7
1960	40.8	50.7
1961	42.4	51.6
1962	44.1	52.5
1963	45.6	53.5
1964	47.7	54.5
1965	49.3	55.5
1966	50.9	56.6
1967	52.5	57.6
1968	53.8	58.7
1969	55.2	59.8
1970	56.4	60.8
1971	57.6	61.8
1972	58.7	62.7
1973	59.7	63.5
1974	60.7	64.4
1975	61.6	65.1
1976	62.4	65.8
1977	63.1	66.5
1978	63.8	67.1
1979	64.3	67.6
1980	64.8	68.2
1981	65.3	68.6
1982	65.8	69.1
1983	66.3	69.4
1984	66.7	69.8
1985	67.3	70.1
1986	67.8	70.4
1987	68.3	70.6
1988	68.6	70.8
1989	69	71
1990	69.3	71.1
1991	69.6	71.1
1992	70	71.2
1993	70.2	71.2
1994	70.5	71.2
1995	70.6	71.4
1996	70.7	71.8
1997	70.7	72.6
1998	70.7	73.7
1999	70.6	75
2000	70.5	76.3
2001	70.7	77.6
2002	70.8	78.7
2003	71	79.6
2004	71.2	80.3
2005	71.4	80.8
2006	71.6	81.2
2007	71.8	81.4
2008	71.9	81.6
2009	72.1	81.7
2010	72.2	81.9
2011	69.9	81.9
2012	72.2	81.9
2013	72.3	82
2014	71.3	82
2015	71.6	82.1
2016	71.8	82.2
2017	72.7	82.4
2018	73.2	82.4
2019	72.9	82.6
2020	72.4	81.9
2021	72.1	79.1
2022	74.5	80.5
2023	69.3	82.9
2024	71.1	83.1
2025	73.2	83.2

Libya and United Arab Emirates population clocks and comparison

Population

Libya

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Population
	Libya	UAE
1960	1,492,890	131,334
1961	1,555,699	137,989
1962	1,621,960	144,946
1963	1,690,457	152,211
1964	1,753,691	159,692
1965	1,804,015	167,103
1966	1,849,063	173,976
1967	1,898,199	179,700
1968	1,952,781	199,416
1969	2,014,293	239,660
1970	2,082,589	286,536
1971	2,153,534	335,027
1972	2,226,091	385,014
1973	2,314,193	436,399
1974	2,432,211	489,087
1975	2,571,556	542,856
1976	2,721,237	615,866
1977	2,881,533	710,209
1978	3,052,526	809,274
1979	3,233,846	912,010
1980	3,424,378	1,015,700
1981	3,621,486	1,099,855
1982	3,724,765	1,166,370
1983	3,718,961	1,235,305
1984	3,773,633	1,305,996
1985	3,898,745	1,377,911
1986	4,017,403	1,467,383
1987	4,129,739	1,574,244
1988	4,237,755	1,681,788
1989	4,342,920	1,789,851
1990	4,445,239	1,898,220
1991	4,544,400	2,006,626
1992	4,640,352	2,114,730
1993	4,733,045	2,222,093
1994	4,822,037	2,328,188
1995	4,906,843	2,434,662
1996	4,987,393	2,597,564
1997	5,064,639	2,817,410
1998	5,140,704	3,040,421
1999	5,218,038	3,266,009
2000	5,305,021	3,493,575
2001	5,403,639	3,723,590
2002	5,508,410	3,956,826
2003	5,619,398	4,192,457
2004	5,736,693	4,428,967
2005	5,858,798	4,664,790
2006	5,980,211	5,009,100
2007	6,104,380	5,624,635
2008	6,235,430	6,302,664
2009	6,366,686	6,707,058
2010	6,497,839	6,869,838
2011	6,343,203	7,104,538
2012	6,179,328	7,391,448
2013	6,304,628	7,693,031
2014	6,427,252	8,059,440
2015	6,531,819	8,505,237
2016	6,632,126	8,935,095
2017	6,738,770	9,223,225
2018	6,849,055	9,346,701
2019	6,951,033	9,445,785
2020	7,045,399	9,401,038
2021	7,135,175	9,575,152
2022	7,223,805	10,074,977
2023	7,305,659	10,483,751
2024	7,381,023	10,876,981

Fertility rates in Libya and United Arab Emirates

Fertility rate

Libya

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Libya	UAE
1960	7.51	6.5
1961	7.56	6.49
1962	7.61	6.49
1963	7.69	6.5
1964	7.75	6.49
1965	7.82	6.5
1966	7.89	6.5
1967	7.93	6.51
1968	7.97	6.53
1969	8.01	6.52
1970	8.05	6.52
1971	8.1	6.52
1972	8.07	6.5
1973	8.05	6.46
1974	8.02	6.41
1975	7.98	6.35
1976	7.93	6.29
1977	7.87	6.22
1978	7.79	6.15
1979	7.68	6.06
1980	7.54	5.95
1981	7.37	5.81
1982	7.16	5.66
1983	6.91	5.48
1984	6.62	5.3
1985	6.33	5.13
1986	6.02	5
1987	5.72	4.88
1988	5.41	4.77
1989	5.09	4.65
1990	4.78	4.51
1991	4.46	4.25
1992	4.16	4.09
1993	3.88	3.82
1994	3.65	3.76
1995	3.44	3.28
1996	3.26	3.06
1997	3.13	2.83
1998	3.04	2.77
1999	2.97	2.79
2000	2.91	2.73
2001	2.87	2.62
2002	2.83	2.54
2003	2.8	2.49
2004	2.77	2.38
2005	2.77	2.23
2006	2.7	1.96
2007	2.65	1.79
2008	2.6	1.52
2009	2.56	1.58
2010	2.6	1.57
2011	2.65	1.54
2012	2.68	1.53
2013	2.72	1.53
2014	2.75	1.48
2015	2.71	1.42
2016	2.67	1.37
2017	2.63	1.35
2018	2.58	1.29
2019	2.54	1.25
2020	2.51	1.29
2021	2.46	1.16
2022	2.4	1.15
2023	2.36	1.2

Libya and United Arab Emirates demographics compared

Median age

Libya

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Libya	UAE
1960	18.5	19.6
1961	18.2	20.1
1962	17.9	20.6
1963	17.5	21
1964	17.2	21.5
1965	16.7	22
1966	15.9	22.6
1967	15.3	23.3
1968	14.9	23.5
1969	14.7	23.1
1970	14.7	23
1971	14.7	23.2
1972	14.7	23.6
1973	14.9	24.1
1974	15.3	24.7
1975	15.5	25.4
1976	15.6	25.6
1977	15.8	25.4
1978	15.9	25.5
1979	15.9	25.8
1980	16	26.2
1981	16.1	26.4
1982	16.3	26.4
1983	16.5	26.4
1984	16.8	26.4
1985	17.1	26.6
1986	17.3	26.5
1987	17.6	26.1
1988	17.9	25.9
1989	18.2	25.8
1990	18.6	25.8
1991	18.9	26
1992	19.3	26.4
1993	19.7	26.8
1994	20.1	27.4
1995	20.6	28
1996	21.1	28.1
1997	21.5	27.9
1998	22	27.9
1999	22.4	28
2000	22.7	28.2
2001	22.9	28.6
2002	23.1	29.1
2003	23.2	29.6
2004	23.4	30.3
2005	23.6	30.9
2006	23.8	31.4
2007	24.2	31.6
2008	24.6	31.6
2009	25	31.6
2010	25.3	31.7
2011	25.5	31.7
2012	25.7	31.7
2013	25.9	31.7
2014	26.2	31.8
2015	26.4	31.8
2016	26.6	31.8
2017	26.8	31.8
2018	27	31.8
2019	27.2	31.8
2020	27.5	31.8
2021	27.7	31.9
2022	28	31.9
2023	28.2	32.2
2024	28.5	32.6

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