Libya vs Zambia statistics compared

Libya has a population of 7.38M (ranked 105/197), compared with 21.3M in Zambia (ranked 63/197). Libya's land area is 679,362 sq mi versus 287,024 sq mi for Zambia (ranked 16th vs. 37th).

By GDP, Libya ranks 96/197 ($46.6B) and Zambia ranks 115/197 ($26.3B). By GDP per capita, Libya ranks 110/197 ($6,318), while Zambia ranks 169/197 ($1,235).

Libya and Zambia: Comparison Charts

Libya and Zambia economies compared

GDP

Libya

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP
	Libya	Zambia
1960	$401,644,249	$698,739,721
1961	$443,905,612	$682,359,727
1962	$619,725,785	$679,279,729
1963	$892,327,911	$704,339,719
1964	$1,341,395,421	$822,639,671
1965	$1,804,979,680	$1,061,199,576
1966	$2,312,438,536	$1,238,999,505
1967	$2,726,986,913	$1,340,639,464
1968	$3,850,623,095	$1,573,739,371
1969	$4,380,987,481	$1,926,399,230
1970	$4,601,649,451	$1,788,779,285
1971	$5,260,185,125	$1,653,259,341
1972	$6,299,395,544	$1,872,416,680
1973	$8,625,889,430	$2,434,255,237
1974	$15,112,543,717	$2,910,981,262
1975	$14,710,912,458	$2,442,672,141
1976	$19,096,943,017	$2,742,859,263
1977	$22,428,297,108	$2,515,296,940
1978	$22,136,422,643	$2,811,032,473
1979	$30,536,429,497	$3,353,445,378
1980	$40,953,924,949	$3,884,530,854
1981	$36,374,353,880	$4,008,126,497
1982	$33,760,146,991	$3,871,117,093
1983	$33,200,520,140	$3,321,048,451
1984	$29,476,109,153	$2,719,518,933
1985	$31,530,566,324	$2,252,454,500
1986	$24,180,400,959	$1,664,413,508
1987	$26,697,659,335	$2,265,250,972
1988	$24,308,959,591	$3,728,878,149
1989	$25,156,707,899	$3,994,673,161
1990	$28,904,183,602	$3,288,381,797
1991	$31,991,821,265	$3,376,806,697
1992	$33,887,047,909	$3,182,810,841
1993	$30,660,051,911	$3,273,505,344
1994	$28,610,549,763	$3,656,806,166
1995	$25,541,379,187	$3,806,983,413
1996	$27,884,615,385	$3,597,220,962
1997	$30,700,897,875	$4,303,288,480
1998	$27,251,301,398	$3,537,741,942
1999	$35,975,860,857	$3,404,284,891
2000	$38,270,954,138	$3,600,632,111
2001	$34,112,093,927	$4,094,441,301
2002	$20,481,889,764	$4,193,850,445
2003	$26,265,625,000	$4,901,869,764
2004	$33,122,307,692	$6,221,110,219
2005	$47,334,691,241	$8,331,870,169
2006	$60,094,231,607	$12,756,858,899
2007	$68,032,978,391	$14,056,957,976
2008	$86,710,767,415	$17,910,858,638
2009	$60,808,562,033	$15,328,342,304
2010	$75,380,825,062	$20,265,559,484
2011	$48,169,263,294	$23,459,515,276
2012	$92,540,938,129	$25,503,060,420
2013	$75,351,107,029	$28,037,239,463
2014	$57,372,355,592	$27,141,023,558
2015	$48,717,501,321	$21,251,216,799
2016	$49,912,073,701	$20,958,412,538
2017	$67,157,452,182	$25,873,601,261
2018	$76,686,029,772	$26,311,507,274
2019	$69,254,496,472	$23,308,667,781
2020	$46,854,285,441	$18,137,764,931
2021	$35,217,995,647	$22,096,416,932
2022	$43,246,297,922	$29,163,782,140
2023	$45,096,462,972	$27,577,956,471
2024	$46,636,278,902	$26,325,775,287

Libya and Zambia economies compared

GDP per capita

Libya

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Libya	Zambia
1960	$269	$221.6
1961	$285.3	$209.7
1962	$382	$202.3
1963	$528	$203.2
1964	$765	$230
1965	$1,001	$287.4
1966	$1,251	$325
1967	$1,437	$341
1968	$1,972	$387
1969	$2,175	$459
1970	$2,210	$414
1971	$2,443	$372
1972	$2,830	$410
1973	$3,727	$518
1974	$6,214	$601
1975	$5,721	$490
1976	$7,018	$533
1977	$7,783	$474
1978	$7,252	$514
1979	$9,443	$595
1980	$11,960	$669
1981	$10,044	$670
1982	$9,064	$627
1983	$8,927	$520
1984	$7,811	$413
1985	$8,087	$332
1986	$6,019	$238.2
1987	$6,465	$315
1988	$5,736	$504
1989	$5,793	$526
1990	$6,502	$422
1991	$7,040	$423
1992	$7,303	$389
1993	$6,478	$391
1994	$5,933	$426
1995	$5,205	$433
1996	$5,591	$400
1997	$6,062	$466
1998	$5,301	$373
1999	$6,895	$350
2000	$7,214	$359
2001	$6,313	$397
2002	$3,718	$394
2003	$4,674	$446
2004	$5,774	$549
2005	$8,079	$711
2006	$10,049	$1,052
2007	$11,145	$1,119
2008	$13,906	$1,376
2009	$9,551	$1,136
2010	$11,601	$1,451
2011	$7,594	$1,625
2012	$14,976	$1,710
2013	$11,952	$1,821
2014	$8,926	$1,707
2015	$7,458	$1,296
2016	$7,526	$1,239
2017	$9,966	$1,483
2018	$11,197	$1,464
2019	$9,963	$1,259
2020	$6,650	$952
2021	$4,936	$1,127
2022	$5,987	$1,447
2023	$6,173	$1,331
2024	$6,318	$1,235

Libya vs. Zambia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Libya

Zambia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Libya	Zambia
1950	33.1	46.8
1951	33.5	47.2
1952	33.8	47.6
1953	34.2	48
1954	34.7	48.4
1955	35.2	48.8
1956	36	49.1
1957	36.9	49.5
1958	38	49.9
1959	39.3	50.3
1960	40.8	50.6
1961	42.4	51
1962	44.1	51.3
1963	45.6	51.6
1964	47.7	51.2
1965	49.3	52.1
1966	50.9	52.3
1967	52.5	52.5
1968	53.8	52.7
1969	55.2	53
1970	56.4	53.4
1971	57.6	53.9
1972	58.7	54.4
1973	59.7	54.9
1974	60.7	55.4
1975	61.6	55.7
1976	62.4	56.1
1977	63.1	56.3
1978	63.8	56.3
1979	64.3	56
1980	64.8	55.5
1981	65.3	55
1982	65.8	54.4
1983	66.3	53.7
1984	66.7	52.9
1985	67.3	52
1986	67.8	51.1
1987	68.3	50.4
1988	68.6	49.7
1989	69	48.9
1990	69.3	48.2
1991	69.6	47.4
1992	70	47
1993	70.2	46.7
1994	70.5	46.3
1995	70.6	46.1
1996	70.7	45.8
1997	70.7	45.7
1998	70.7	45.7
1999	70.6	45.9
2000	70.5	46.6
2001	70.7	47.4
2002	70.8	48.5
2003	71	49.6
2004	71.2	50.5
2005	71.4	51.6
2006	71.6	52.7
2007	71.8	53.7
2008	71.9	54.8
2009	72.1	55.9
2010	72.2	56.9
2011	69.9	57.8
2012	72.2	58.7
2013	72.3	59.4
2014	71.3	60.1
2015	71.6	60.7
2016	71.8	61.1
2017	72.7	61.6
2018	73.2	62.1
2019	72.9	62.9
2020	72.4	63.4
2021	72.1	62.4
2022	74.5	65.3
2023	69.3	66.3
2024	71.1	66.5
2025	73.2	66.7

Libya and Zambia population clocks and comparison

Population

Libya

Zambia

Table

Year	Population
	Libya	Zambia
1960	1,492,890	3,153,729
1961	1,555,699	3,254,086
1962	1,621,960	3,358,099
1963	1,690,457	3,465,907
1964	1,753,691	3,577,017
1965	1,804,015	3,692,086
1966	1,849,063	3,812,003
1967	1,898,199	3,936,343
1968	1,952,781	4,065,593
1969	2,014,293	4,197,116
1970	2,082,589	4,321,718
1971	2,153,534	4,442,525
1972	2,226,091	4,569,309
1973	2,314,193	4,702,693
1974	2,432,211	4,842,746
1975	2,571,556	4,990,086
1976	2,721,237	5,143,842
1977	2,881,533	5,302,480
1978	3,052,526	5,465,374
1979	3,233,846	5,631,728
1980	3,424,378	5,802,833
1981	3,621,486	5,983,289
1982	3,724,765	6,178,637
1983	3,718,961	6,381,038
1984	3,773,633	6,580,490
1985	3,898,745	6,780,953
1986	4,017,403	6,986,471
1987	4,129,739	7,191,282
1988	4,237,755	7,391,440
1989	4,342,920	7,589,216
1990	4,445,239	7,786,169
1991	4,544,400	7,981,650
1992	4,640,352	8,176,680
1993	4,733,045	8,373,921
1994	4,822,037	8,576,269
1995	4,906,843	8,785,763
1996	4,987,393	9,004,053
1997	5,064,639	9,237,063
1998	5,140,704	9,482,408
1999	5,218,038	9,740,005
2000	5,305,021	10,017,631
2001	5,403,639	10,325,185
2002	5,508,410	10,647,949
2003	5,619,398	10,983,595
2004	5,736,693	11,338,198
2005	5,858,798	11,718,819
2006	5,980,211	12,129,553
2007	6,104,380	12,565,085
2008	6,235,430	13,021,324
2009	6,366,686	13,490,389
2010	6,497,839	13,965,594
2011	6,343,203	14,437,796
2012	6,179,328	14,913,629
2013	6,304,628	15,398,997
2014	6,427,252	15,895,315
2015	6,531,819	16,399,089
2016	6,632,126	16,914,423
2017	6,738,770	17,441,320
2018	6,849,055	17,973,569
2019	6,951,033	18,513,839
2020	7,045,399	19,059,395
2021	7,135,175	19,603,607
2022	7,223,805	20,152,938
2023	7,305,659	20,723,965
2024	7,381,023	21,314,956

Fertility rates in Libya and Zambia

Fertility rate

Libya

Zambia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Libya	Zambia
1960	7.51	6.95
1961	7.56	6.98
1962	7.61	7.01
1963	7.69	7.06
1964	7.75	7.09
1965	7.82	7.12
1966	7.89	7.14
1967	7.93	7.15
1968	7.97	7.18
1969	8.01	7.18
1970	8.05	7.22
1971	8.1	7.26
1972	8.07	7.3
1973	8.05	7.34
1974	8.02	7.36
1975	7.98	7.42
1976	7.93	7.39
1977	7.87	7.35
1978	7.79	7.29
1979	7.68	7.22
1980	7.54	7.14
1981	7.37	7.07
1982	7.16	7.04
1983	6.91	7.01
1984	6.62	6.97
1985	6.33	6.93
1986	6.02	6.87
1987	5.72	6.8
1988	5.41	6.7
1989	5.09	6.64
1990	4.78	6.57
1991	4.46	6.46
1992	4.16	6.35
1993	3.88	6.3
1994	3.65	6.26
1995	3.44	6.23
1996	3.26	6.18
1997	3.13	6.12
1998	3.04	6.07
1999	2.97	6
2000	2.91	5.92
2001	2.87	5.85
2002	2.83	5.77
2003	2.8	5.71
2004	2.77	5.7
2005	2.77	5.7
2006	2.7	5.68
2007	2.65	5.61
2008	2.6	5.53
2009	2.56	5.45
2010	2.6	5.36
2011	2.65	5.26
2012	2.68	5.14
2013	2.72	5.01
2014	2.75	4.89
2015	2.71	4.78
2016	2.67	4.67
2017	2.63	4.57
2018	2.58	4.49
2019	2.54	4.42
2020	2.51	4.32
2021	2.46	4.25
2022	2.4	4.18
2023	2.36	4.1

Libya and Zambia demographics compared

Median age

Libya

Zambia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Libya	Zambia
1960	18.5	17
1961	18.2	16.9
1962	17.9	16.8
1963	17.5	16.7
1964	17.2	16.6
1965	16.7	16.6
1966	15.9	16.5
1967	15.3	16.5
1968	14.9	16.4
1969	14.7	16.4
1970	14.7	16.2
1971	14.7	16.1
1972	14.7	15.9
1973	14.9	15.8
1974	15.3	15.7
1975	15.5	15.5
1976	15.6	15.4
1977	15.8	15.4
1978	15.9	15.3
1979	15.9	15.3
1980	16	15.2
1981	16.1	15.3
1982	16.3	15.3
1983	16.5	15.4
1984	16.8	15.4
1985	17.1	15.5
1986	17.3	15.5
1987	17.6	15.6
1988	17.9	15.6
1989	18.2	15.7
1990	18.6	15.7
1991	18.9	15.7
1992	19.3	15.8
1993	19.7	15.8
1994	20.1	15.8
1995	20.6	15.8
1996	21.1	15.8
1997	21.5	15.8
1998	22	15.8
1999	22.4	15.8
2000	22.7	15.9
2001	22.9	15.9
2002	23.1	16
2003	23.2	16.1
2004	23.4	16.2
2005	23.6	16.3
2006	23.8	16.3
2007	24.2	16.4
2008	24.6	16.5
2009	25	16.6
2010	25.3	16.7
2011	25.5	16.8
2012	25.7	16.9
2013	25.9	17
2014	26.2	17.1
2015	26.4	17.2
2016	26.6	17.4
2017	26.8	17.5
2018	27	17.7
2019	27.2	17.9
2020	27.5	18
2021	27.7	18.2
2022	28	18.4
2023	28.2	18.6
2024	28.5	18.8

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