Libya vs United Kingdom statistics compared

Libya has a population of 7.38M (ranked 105/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). Libya's land area is 679,362 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 16th vs. 78th).

By GDP, Libya ranks 96/197 ($46.6B) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.64T). By GDP per capita, Libya ranks 110/197 ($6,318), while The United Kingdom ranks 23/197 ($52,637).

Libya and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

Libya and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP

Libya

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP
	Libya	United Kingdom
1960	$401,644,249	$73,233,967,692
1961	$443,905,612	$77,741,965,703
1962	$619,725,785	$81,247,564,157
1963	$892,327,911	$86,561,961,812
1964	$1,341,395,421	$94,407,558,351
1965	$1,804,979,680	$101,824,755,079
1966	$2,312,438,536	$108,572,752,102
1967	$2,726,986,913	$113,116,888,211
1968	$3,850,623,095	$107,759,910,068
1969	$4,380,987,481	$116,464,702,803
1970	$4,601,649,451	$130,671,946,244
1971	$5,260,185,125	$148,113,896,325
1972	$6,299,395,544	$169,965,034,965
1973	$8,625,889,430	$192,537,971,583
1974	$15,112,543,717	$206,131,369,799
1975	$14,710,912,458	$241,756,637,168
1976	$19,096,943,017	$232,614,555,256
1977	$22,428,297,108	$263,066,457,352
1978	$22,136,422,643	$335,883,029,722
1979	$30,536,429,497	$438,994,070,309
1980	$40,953,924,949	$564,947,710,899
1981	$36,374,353,880	$540,765,675,241
1982	$33,760,146,991	$515,048,916,841
1983	$33,200,520,140	$489,618,008,186
1984	$29,476,109,153	$461,487,097,632
1985	$31,530,566,324	$489,285,164,271
1986	$24,180,400,959	$601,452,653,181
1987	$26,697,659,335	$745,162,608,269
1988	$24,308,959,591	$910,122,732,124
1989	$25,156,707,899	$926,884,816,754
1990	$28,904,183,602	$1,093,169,389,205
1991	$31,991,821,265	$1,142,797,178,131
1992	$33,887,047,909	$1,179,659,529,660
1993	$30,660,051,911	$1,061,388,722,256
1994	$28,610,549,763	$1,140,489,745,944
1995	$25,541,379,187	$1,344,240,176,740
1996	$27,884,615,385	$1,419,645,865,835
1997	$30,700,897,875	$1,560,911,918,795
1998	$27,251,301,398	$1,653,694,932,097
1999	$35,975,860,857	$1,687,830,448,148
2000	$38,270,954,138	$1,665,534,876,683
2001	$34,112,093,927	$1,649,827,263,567
2002	$20,481,889,764	$1,785,729,916,067
2003	$26,265,625,000	$2,054,422,857,143
2004	$33,122,307,692	$2,421,525,082,387
2005	$47,334,691,241	$2,543,180,000,000
2006	$60,094,231,607	$2,708,441,582,337
2007	$68,032,978,391	$3,090,510,204,082
2008	$86,710,767,415	$2,929,411,764,706
2009	$60,808,562,033	$2,412,840,006,232
2010	$75,380,825,062	$2,485,482,596,185
2011	$48,169,263,294	$2,663,805,834,828
2012	$92,540,938,129	$2,707,089,726,615
2013	$75,351,107,029	$2,784,853,502,534
2014	$57,372,355,592	$3,064,708,247,921
2015	$48,717,501,321	$2,927,911,140,917
2016	$49,912,073,701	$2,689,106,566,900
2017	$67,157,452,182	$2,680,148,052,335
2018	$76,686,029,772	$2,871,340,347,582
2019	$69,254,496,472	$2,851,407,164,908
2020	$46,854,285,441	$2,696,778,386,608
2021	$35,217,995,647	$3,143,323,050,707
2022	$43,246,297,922	$3,114,042,471,144
2023	$45,096,462,972	$3,369,861,888,973
2024	$46,636,278,902	$3,643,834,188,783

Libya and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita

Libya

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Libya	United Kingdom
1960	$269	$1,398
1961	$285.3	$1,472
1962	$382	$1,526
1963	$528	$1,613
1964	$765	$1,748
1965	$1,001	$1,874
1966	$1,251	$1,987
1967	$1,437	$2,059
1968	$1,972	$1,952
1969	$2,175	$2,101
1970	$2,210	$2,348
1971	$2,443	$2,650
1972	$2,830	$3,030
1973	$3,727	$3,426
1974	$6,214	$3,666
1975	$5,721	$4,300
1976	$7,018	$4,138
1977	$7,783	$4,681
1978	$7,252	$5,977
1979	$9,443	$7,805
1980	$11,960	$10,032
1981	$10,044	$9,599
1982	$9,064	$9,146
1983	$8,927	$8,692
1984	$7,811	$8,179
1985	$8,087	$8,652
1986	$6,019	$10,611
1987	$6,465	$13,119
1988	$5,736	$15,987
1989	$5,793	$16,239
1990	$6,502	$19,095
1991	$7,040	$19,901
1992	$7,303	$20,487
1993	$6,478	$18,389
1994	$5,933	$19,709
1995	$5,205	$23,169
1996	$5,591	$24,406
1997	$6,062	$26,766
1998	$5,301	$28,275
1999	$6,895	$28,762
2000	$7,214	$28,281
2001	$6,313	$27,907
2002	$3,718	$30,078
2003	$4,674	$34,443
2004	$5,774	$40,367
2005	$8,079	$42,105
2006	$10,049	$44,512
2007	$11,145	$50,398
2008	$13,906	$47,396
2009	$9,551	$38,744
2010	$11,601	$39,599
2011	$7,594	$42,110
2012	$14,976	$42,490
2013	$11,952	$43,419
2014	$8,926	$47,427
2015	$7,458	$44,984
2016	$7,526	$40,988
2017	$9,966	$40,629
2018	$11,197	$43,315
2019	$9,963	$42,794
2020	$6,650	$40,405
2021	$4,936	$46,926
2022	$5,987	$46,063
2023	$6,173	$49,201
2024	$6,318	$52,637

Libya vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Libya

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Libya	United Kingdom
1950	33.1	68.6
1951	33.5	68.2
1952	33.8	69.5
1953	34.2	69.8
1954	34.7	70.2
1955	35.2	70.1
1956	36	70.4
1957	36.9	70.5
1958	38	70.7
1959	39.3	70.8
1960	40.8	71
1961	42.4	70.8
1962	44.1	70.9
1963	45.6	70.8
1964	47.7	71.5
1965	49.3	71.5
1966	50.9	71.4
1967	52.5	72.1
1968	53.8	71.7
1969	55.2	71.7
1970	56.4	71.9
1971	57.6	72.2
1972	58.7	72
1973	59.7	72.2
1974	60.7	72.4
1975	61.6	72.7
1976	62.4	72.6
1977	63.1	73.1
1978	63.8	73
1979	64.3	73.2
1980	64.8	73.6
1981	65.3	73.9
1982	65.8	74
1983	66.3	74.3
1984	66.7	74.7
1985	67.3	74.5
1986	67.8	74.8
1987	68.3	75.1
1988	68.6	75.3
1989	69	75.4
1990	69.3	75.7
1991	69.6	75.9
1992	70	76.3
1993	70.2	76.2
1994	70.5	76.7
1995	70.6	76.6
1996	70.7	76.9
1997	70.7	77.1
1998	70.7	77.3
1999	70.6	77.4
2000	70.5	77.8
2001	70.7	78.1
2002	70.8	78.2
2003	71	78.3
2004	71.2	78.9
2005	71.4	79.1
2006	71.6	79.3
2007	71.8	79.5
2008	71.9	79.7
2009	72.1	80.2
2010	72.2	80.4
2011	69.9	80.8
2012	72.2	80.9
2013	72.3	80.9
2014	71.3	81.2
2015	71.6	80.9
2016	71.8	81.1
2017	72.7	81.2
2018	73.2	81.1
2019	72.9	81.4
2020	72.4	80.4
2021	72.1	80.7
2022	74.5	81.1
2023	69.3	81.3
2024	71.1	81.4
2025	73.2	81.6

Libya and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population

Libya

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Population
	Libya	United Kingdom
1960	1,492,890	52,400,000
1961	1,555,699	52,800,000
1962	1,621,960	53,250,000
1963	1,690,457	53,650,000
1964	1,753,691	54,000,000
1965	1,804,015	54,348,050
1966	1,849,063	54,648,500
1967	1,898,199	54,943,600
1968	1,952,781	55,211,700
1969	2,014,293	55,441,750
1970	2,082,589	55,663,250
1971	2,153,534	55,896,223
1972	2,226,091	56,086,065
1973	2,314,193	56,194,527
1974	2,432,211	56,229,974
1975	2,571,556	56,225,800
1976	2,721,237	56,211,968
1977	2,881,533	56,193,492
1978	3,052,526	56,196,504
1979	3,233,846	56,246,951
1980	3,424,378	56,314,216
1981	3,621,486	56,333,829
1982	3,724,765	56,313,641
1983	3,718,961	56,332,848
1984	3,773,633	56,422,072
1985	3,898,745	56,550,268
1986	4,017,403	56,681,396
1987	4,129,739	56,802,050
1988	4,237,755	56,928,327
1989	4,342,920	57,076,711
1990	4,445,239	57,247,586
1991	4,544,400	57,424,897
1992	4,640,352	57,580,402
1993	4,733,045	57,718,614
1994	4,822,037	57,865,745
1995	4,906,843	58,019,030
1996	4,987,393	58,166,950
1997	5,064,639	58,316,954
1998	5,140,704	58,487,141
1999	5,218,038	58,682,466
2000	5,305,021	58,892,514
2001	5,403,639	59,119,673
2002	5,508,410	59,370,479
2003	5,619,398	59,647,577
2004	5,736,693	59,987,905
2005	5,858,798	60,401,206
2006	5,980,211	60,846,820
2007	6,104,380	61,322,463
2008	6,235,430	61,806,995
2009	6,366,686	62,276,270
2010	6,497,839	62,766,365
2011	6,343,203	63,258,810
2012	6,179,328	63,711,000
2013	6,304,628	64,139,000
2014	6,427,252	64,620,000
2015	6,531,819	65,088,000
2016	6,632,126	65,607,000
2017	6,738,770	65,966,000
2018	6,849,055	66,289,000
2019	6,951,033	66,631,000
2020	7,045,399	66,744,000
2021	7,135,175	66,984,000
2022	7,223,805	67,604,000
2023	7,305,659	68,492,000
2024	7,381,023	69,226,000

Fertility rates in Libya and United Kingdom

Fertility rate

Libya

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Libya	United Kingdom
1960	7.51	2.69
1961	7.56	2.78
1962	7.61	2.86
1963	7.69	2.88
1964	7.75	2.93
1965	7.82	2.86
1966	7.89	2.78
1967	7.93	2.68
1968	7.97	2.6
1969	8.01	2.51
1970	8.05	2.44
1971	8.1	2.41
1972	8.07	2.2
1973	8.05	2.04
1974	8.02	1.92
1975	7.98	1.81
1976	7.93	1.74
1977	7.87	1.69
1978	7.79	1.75
1979	7.68	1.86
1980	7.54	1.9
1981	7.37	1.82
1982	7.16	1.78
1983	6.91	1.77
1984	6.62	1.77
1985	6.33	1.79
1986	6.02	1.78
1987	5.72	1.81
1988	5.41	1.82
1989	5.09	1.79
1990	4.78	1.83
1991	4.46	1.82
1992	4.16	1.79
1993	3.88	1.76
1994	3.65	1.74
1995	3.44	1.71
1996	3.26	1.73
1997	3.13	1.72
1998	3.04	1.71
1999	2.97	1.68
2000	2.91	1.64
2001	2.87	1.63
2002	2.83	1.63
2003	2.8	1.7
2004	2.77	1.75
2005	2.77	1.76
2006	2.7	1.82
2007	2.65	1.86
2008	2.6	1.91
2009	2.56	1.89
2010	2.6	1.92
2011	2.65	1.91
2012	2.68	1.92
2013	2.72	1.83
2014	2.75	1.81
2015	2.71	1.8
2016	2.67	1.79
2017	2.63	1.74
2018	2.58	1.68
2019	2.54	1.63
2020	2.51	1.57
2021	2.46	1.58
2022	2.4	1.56
2023	2.36	1.56

Libya and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age

Libya

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Libya	United Kingdom
1960	18.5	35.5
1961	18.2	35.4
1962	17.9	35.3
1963	17.5	35.3
1964	17.2	35.2
1965	16.7	35.1
1966	15.9	34.9
1967	15.3	34.8
1968	14.9	34.6
1969	14.7	34.4
1970	14.7	34.2
1971	14.7	34.1
1972	14.7	34
1973	14.9	34
1974	15.3	34
1975	15.5	34
1976	15.6	34
1977	15.8	34.1
1978	15.9	34.2
1979	15.9	34.3
1980	16	34.4
1981	16.1	34.5
1982	16.3	34.8
1983	16.5	35
1984	16.8	35.2
1985	17.1	35.3
1986	17.3	35.4
1987	17.6	35.4
1988	17.9	35.7
1989	18.2	35.9
1990	18.6	36
1991	18.9	36.1
1992	19.3	36.2
1993	19.7	36.3
1994	20.1	36.5
1995	20.6	36.6
1996	21.1	36.8
1997	21.5	37
1998	22	37.2
1999	22.4	37.4
2000	22.7	37.7
2001	22.9	37.9
2002	23.1	38.1
2003	23.2	38.2
2004	23.4	38.4
2005	23.6	38.5
2006	23.8	38.6
2007	24.2	38.8
2008	24.6	38.9
2009	25	39
2010	25.3	39.2
2011	25.5	39.3
2012	25.7	39.5
2013	25.9	39.6
2014	26.2	39.7
2015	26.4	39.8
2016	26.6	39.8
2017	26.8	39.9
2018	27	40
2019	27.2	40.1
2020	27.5	40.2
2021	27.7	40.3
2022	28	40.5
2023	28.2	40.8
2024	28.5	41

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