Libya vs Zimbabwe statistics compared

Libya has a population of 7.38M (ranked 105/197), compared with 16.6M in Zimbabwe (ranked 74/197). Libya's land area is 679,362 sq mi versus 149,364 sq mi for Zimbabwe (ranked 16th vs. 60th).

By GDP, Libya ranks 96/197 ($46.6B) and Zimbabwe ranks 99/197 ($44.2B). By GDP per capita, Libya ranks 110/197 ($6,318), while Zimbabwe ranks 144/197 ($2,656).

Libya and Zimbabwe: Comparison Charts

Libya and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP

Libya

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP
	Libya	Zimbabwe
1960	$401,644,249	$1,052,990,485
1961	$443,905,612	$1,096,646,688
1962	$619,725,785	$1,117,601,690
1963	$892,327,911	$1,159,511,793
1964	$1,341,395,421	$1,217,138,098
1965	$1,804,979,680	$1,311,435,906
1966	$2,312,438,536	$1,281,749,603
1967	$2,726,986,913	$1,397,002,112
1968	$3,850,623,095	$1,479,600,019
1969	$4,380,987,481	$1,747,998,941
1970	$4,601,649,451	$1,884,206,452
1971	$5,260,185,125	$2,178,716,475
1972	$6,299,395,544	$2,677,729,616
1973	$8,625,889,430	$3,309,353,866
1974	$15,112,543,717	$3,982,161,721
1975	$14,710,912,458	$4,371,301,052
1976	$19,096,943,017	$4,318,372,348
1977	$22,428,297,108	$4,364,382,451
1978	$22,136,422,643	$4,351,600,850
1979	$30,536,429,497	$5,177,459,817
1980	$40,953,924,949	$6,678,868,738
1981	$36,374,353,880	$8,011,374,445
1982	$33,760,146,991	$8,539,701,388
1983	$33,200,520,140	$7,764,067,625
1984	$29,476,109,153	$6,352,126,411
1985	$31,530,566,324	$5,637,259,754
1986	$24,180,400,959	$6,217,524,201
1987	$26,697,659,335	$6,741,215,643
1988	$24,308,959,591	$7,814,784,729
1989	$25,156,707,899	$8,286,323,367
1990	$28,904,183,602	$8,783,817,407
1991	$31,991,821,265	$8,641,482,396
1992	$33,887,047,909	$6,751,472,744
1993	$30,660,051,911	$6,563,813,829
1994	$28,610,549,763	$6,890,675,555
1995	$25,541,379,187	$7,111,271,273
1996	$27,884,615,385	$8,553,147,289
1997	$30,700,897,875	$8,529,572,287
1998	$27,251,301,398	$6,401,968,715
1999	$35,975,860,857	$6,858,013,652
2000	$38,270,954,138	$6,689,958,139
2001	$34,112,093,927	$6,777,385,246
2002	$20,481,889,764	$6,342,116,911
2003	$26,265,625,000	$5,727,592,261
2004	$33,122,307,692	$5,805,598,867
2005	$47,334,691,241	$5,755,215,663
2006	$60,094,231,607	$5,443,896,938
2007	$68,032,978,391	$5,291,950,526
2008	$86,710,767,415	$4,415,703,156
2009	$60,808,562,033	$9,665,815,601
2010	$75,380,825,062	$12,041,602,762
2011	$48,169,263,294	$14,101,801,031
2012	$92,540,938,129	$17,114,762,914
2013	$75,351,107,029	$19,091,004,042
2014	$57,372,355,592	$19,495,547,523
2015	$48,717,501,321	$19,963,058,858
2016	$49,912,073,701	$20,548,759,858
2017	$67,157,452,182	$51,074,726,484
2018	$76,686,029,772	$34,156,057,417
2019	$69,254,496,472	$25,715,657,177
2020	$46,854,285,441	$26,868,564,055
2021	$35,217,995,647	$27,240,507,842
2022	$43,246,297,922	$32,789,657,378
2023	$45,096,462,972	$35,231,369,343
2024	$46,636,278,902	$44,187,704,410

Libya and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP per capita

Libya

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Libya	Zimbabwe
1960	$269	$276.4
1961	$285.3	$279
1962	$382	$275.5
1963	$528	$277
1964	$765	$281.7
1965	$1,001	$294.1
1966	$1,251	$278.6
1967	$1,437	$294.2
1968	$1,972	$302
1969	$2,175	$346
1970	$2,210	$361
1971	$2,443	$405
1972	$2,830	$483
1973	$3,727	$579
1974	$6,214	$674
1975	$5,721	$717
1976	$7,018	$687
1977	$7,783	$677
1978	$7,252	$665
1979	$9,443	$779
1980	$11,960	$949
1981	$10,044	$1,068
1982	$9,064	$1,095
1983	$8,927	$959
1984	$7,811	$757
1985	$8,087	$649
1986	$6,019	$692
1987	$6,465	$726
1988	$5,736	$815
1989	$5,793	$840
1990	$6,502	$866
1991	$7,040	$831
1992	$7,303	$631
1993	$6,478	$604
1994	$5,933	$634
1995	$5,205	$648
1996	$5,591	$767
1997	$6,062	$750
1998	$5,301	$552
1999	$6,895	$582
2000	$7,214	$563
2001	$6,313	$566
2002	$3,718	$525
2003	$4,674	$468
2004	$5,774	$469
2005	$8,079	$461
2006	$10,049	$431
2007	$11,145	$413
2008	$13,906	$341
2009	$9,551	$735
2010	$11,601	$902
2011	$7,594	$1,037
2012	$14,976	$1,239
2013	$11,952	$1,362
2014	$8,926	$1,372
2015	$7,458	$1,386
2016	$7,526	$1,407
2017	$9,966	$3,448
2018	$11,197	$2,272
2019	$9,963	$1,684
2020	$6,650	$1,730
2021	$4,936	$1,724
2022	$5,987	$2,041
2023	$6,173	$2,156
2024	$6,318	$2,656

Libya vs. Zimbabwe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Libya

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Libya	Zimbabwe
1950	33.1	49.4
1951	33.5	49.8
1952	33.8	50.2
1953	34.2	50.6
1954	34.7	51
1955	35.2	51.4
1956	36	51.8
1957	36.9	52.2
1958	38	52.6
1959	39.3	53
1960	40.8	53.5
1961	42.4	54
1962	44.1	54.5
1963	45.6	54.9
1964	47.7	55.4
1965	49.3	55.9
1966	50.9	56.4
1967	52.5	56.8
1968	53.8	57.1
1969	55.2	57.5
1970	56.4	57.8
1971	57.6	58
1972	58.7	58.2
1973	59.7	58.1
1974	60.7	58.2
1975	61.6	58.2
1976	62.4	57.6
1977	63.1	57
1978	63.8	54.7
1979	64.3	54.9
1980	64.8	59.1
1981	65.3	59.4
1982	65.8	59.9
1983	66.3	60
1984	66.7	60.6
1985	67.3	60.9
1986	67.8	61
1987	68.3	60.7
1988	68.6	60.2
1989	69	59.4
1990	69.3	58.3
1991	69.6	57
1992	70	55.6
1993	70.2	54
1994	70.5	52.5
1995	70.6	51.1
1996	70.7	49
1997	70.7	48.5
1998	70.7	47.6
1999	70.6	46.4
2000	70.5	46
2001	70.7	44.5
2002	70.8	45.9
2003	71	45.4
2004	71.2	46
2005	71.4	46.6
2006	71.6	47.1
2007	71.8	47.6
2008	71.9	48.5
2009	72.1	49.7
2010	72.2	51.9
2011	69.9	53.9
2012	72.2	55.4
2013	72.3	56.8
2014	71.3	58.1
2015	71.6	59
2016	71.8	59.8
2017	72.7	60.3
2018	73.2	60.9
2019	72.9	61.1
2020	72.4	61.5
2021	72.1	60.1
2022	74.5	62.4
2023	69.3	62.8
2024	71.1	63.1
2025	73.2	63.3

Libya and Zimbabwe population clocks and comparison

Population

Libya

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Population
	Libya	Zimbabwe
1960	1,492,890	3,809,389
1961	1,555,699	3,930,401
1962	1,621,960	4,055,959
1963	1,690,457	4,185,877
1964	1,753,691	4,320,006
1965	1,804,015	4,458,462
1966	1,849,063	4,601,217
1967	1,898,199	4,748,307
1968	1,952,781	4,900,440
1969	2,014,293	5,058,181
1970	2,082,589	5,215,918
1971	2,153,534	5,374,712
1972	2,226,091	5,542,445
1973	2,314,193	5,720,404
1974	2,432,211	5,908,328
1975	2,571,556	6,098,658
1976	2,721,237	6,287,105
1977	2,881,533	6,449,512
1978	3,052,526	6,543,575
1979	3,233,846	6,647,556
1980	3,424,378	7,041,303
1981	3,621,486	7,498,635
1982	3,724,765	7,796,496
1983	3,718,961	8,098,404
1984	3,773,633	8,391,488
1985	3,898,745	8,686,813
1986	4,017,403	8,982,578
1987	4,129,739	9,284,644
1988	4,237,755	9,583,094
1989	4,342,920	9,864,798
1990	4,445,239	10,137,281
1991	4,544,400	10,404,816
1992	4,640,352	10,702,700
1993	4,733,045	10,860,288
1994	4,822,037	10,873,148
1995	4,906,843	10,974,599
1996	4,987,393	11,158,360
1997	5,064,639	11,369,827
1998	5,140,704	11,594,297
1999	5,218,038	11,783,458
2000	5,305,021	11,892,055
2001	5,403,639	11,971,901
2002	5,508,410	12,087,653
2003	5,619,398	12,232,323
2004	5,736,693	12,365,896
2005	5,858,798	12,483,432
2006	5,980,211	12,636,445
2007	6,104,380	12,804,058
2008	6,235,430	12,959,149
2009	6,366,686	13,142,790
2010	6,497,839	13,356,548
2011	6,343,203	13,595,424
2012	6,179,328	13,817,887
2013	6,304,628	14,013,808
2014	6,427,252	14,207,359
2015	6,531,819	14,399,013
2016	6,632,126	14,600,294
2017	6,738,770	14,812,482
2018	6,849,055	15,034,452
2019	6,951,033	15,271,368
2020	7,045,399	15,526,888
2021	7,135,175	15,797,210
2022	7,223,805	16,069,056
2023	7,305,659	16,340,822
2024	7,381,023	16,634,373

Fertility rates in Libya and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate

Libya

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Libya	Zimbabwe
1960	7.51	7.2
1961	7.56	7.21
1962	7.61	7.23
1963	7.69	7.23
1964	7.75	7.23
1965	7.82	7.23
1966	7.89	7.2
1967	7.93	7.16
1968	7.97	7.11
1969	8.01	7.04
1970	8.05	6.98
1971	8.1	6.94
1972	8.07	6.94
1973	8.05	6.94
1974	8.02	6.88
1975	7.98	6.83
1976	7.93	6.77
1977	7.87	6.71
1978	7.79	6.66
1979	7.68	6.59
1980	7.54	6.52
1981	7.37	6.45
1982	7.16	6.33
1983	6.91	6.2
1984	6.62	6.04
1985	6.33	5.87
1986	6.02	5.69
1987	5.72	5.5
1988	5.41	5.28
1989	5.09	5.07
1990	4.78	4.88
1991	4.46	4.72
1992	4.16	4.57
1993	3.88	4.39
1994	3.65	4.28
1995	3.44	4.15
1996	3.26	4.11
1997	3.13	4.08
1998	3.04	4.07
1999	2.97	4.06
2000	2.91	4.01
2001	2.87	3.98
2002	2.83	3.93
2003	2.8	3.86
2004	2.77	3.78
2005	2.77	3.69
2006	2.7	3.64
2007	2.65	3.68
2008	2.6	3.78
2009	2.56	3.95
2010	2.6	4.04
2011	2.65	4.13
2012	2.68	4.13
2013	2.72	4.11
2014	2.75	4.01
2015	2.71	3.91
2016	2.67	3.83
2017	2.63	3.77
2018	2.58	3.74
2019	2.54	3.75
2020	2.51	3.75
2021	2.46	3.77
2022	2.4	3.77
2023	2.36	3.72

Libya and Zimbabwe demographics compared

Median age

Libya

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Libya	Zimbabwe
1960	18.5	16.4
1961	18.2	16.2
1962	17.9	16
1963	17.5	15.8
1964	17.2	15.7
1965	16.7	15.7
1966	15.9	15.7
1967	15.3	15.7
1968	14.9	15.7
1969	14.7	15.7
1970	14.7	15.7
1971	14.7	15.8
1972	14.7	15.8
1973	14.9	15.8
1974	15.3	15.9
1975	15.5	15.9
1976	15.6	15.8
1977	15.8	15.8
1978	15.9	15.7
1979	15.9	15.6
1980	16	15.6
1981	16.1	15.7
1982	16.3	15.8
1983	16.5	15.8
1984	16.8	15.8
1985	17.1	15.9
1986	17.3	15.9
1987	17.6	15.9
1988	17.9	15.9
1989	18.2	16.1
1990	18.6	16.3
1991	18.9	16.5
1992	19.3	16.4
1993	19.7	16.3
1994	20.1	16.4
1995	20.6	16.6
1996	21.1	16.9
1997	21.5	17.2
1998	22	17.5
1999	22.4	17.7
2000	22.7	17.8
2001	22.9	18
2002	23.1	18.1
2003	23.2	18.2
2004	23.4	18.3
2005	23.6	18.3
2006	23.8	18.5
2007	24.2	18.5
2008	24.6	18.5
2009	25	18.4
2010	25.3	18.3
2011	25.5	18.2
2012	25.7	18.1
2013	25.9	18
2014	26.2	18
2015	26.4	18
2016	26.6	18
2017	26.8	18.1
2018	27	18.2
2019	27.2	18.3
2020	27.5	18.5
2021	27.7	18.6
2022	28	18.7
2023	28.2	18.9
2024	28.5	19

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