Population in Algeria compared to Libya: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Algeria and Libya: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Algeria	Libya	Algeria	Libya
1960	11,424,922	1,492,890	-	-
1961	11,628,883	1,555,699	1.79%	4.21%
1962	11,800,771	1,621,960	1.48%	4.26%
1963	11,982,118	1,690,457	1.54%	4.22%
1964	12,179,813	1,753,691	1.65%	3.74%
1965	12,365,976	1,804,015	1.53%	2.87%
1966	12,590,069	1,849,063	1.81%	2.5%
1967	12,876,118	1,898,199	2.27%	2.66%
1968	13,172,614	1,952,781	2.3%	2.88%
1969	13,475,960	2,014,293	2.3%	3.15%
1970	13,783,719	2,082,589	2.28%	3.39%
1971	14,098,936	2,153,534	2.29%	3.41%
1972	14,427,072	2,226,091	2.33%	3.37%
1973	14,771,147	2,314,193	2.38%	3.96%
1974	15,133,502	2,432,211	2.45%	5.1%
1975	15,678,596	2,571,556	3.6%	5.73%
1976	16,409,170	2,721,237	4.66%	5.82%
1977	17,015,994	2,881,533	3.7%	5.89%
1978	17,506,974	3,052,526	2.89%	5.93%
1979	18,036,655	3,233,846	3.03%	5.94%
1980	18,607,174	3,424,378	3.16%	5.89%
1981	19,220,704	3,621,486	3.3%	5.76%
1982	19,872,348	3,724,765	3.39%	2.85%
1983	20,558,115	3,718,961	3.45%	-0.16%
1984	21,271,969	3,773,633	3.47%	1.47%
1985	22,008,544	3,898,745	3.46%	3.32%
1986	22,745,499	4,017,403	3.35%	3.04%
1987	23,443,624	4,129,739	3.07%	2.8%
1988	24,109,536	4,237,755	2.84%	2.62%
1989	24,754,485	4,342,920	2.68%	2.48%
1990	25,375,810	4,445,239	2.51%	2.36%
1991	25,987,928	4,544,400	2.41%	2.23%
1992	26,628,568	4,640,352	2.47%	2.11%
1993	27,277,048	4,733,045	2.44%	2%
1994	27,887,279	4,822,037	2.24%	1.88%
1995	28,470,191	4,906,843	2.09%	1.76%
1996	29,033,044	4,987,393	1.98%	1.64%
1997	29,579,301	5,064,639	1.88%	1.55%
1998	30,054,133	5,140,704	1.61%	1.5%
1999	30,474,354	5,218,038	1.4%	1.5%
2000	30,903,893	5,305,021	1.41%	1.67%
2001	31,331,221	5,403,639	1.38%	1.86%
2002	31,750,835	5,508,410	1.34%	1.94%
2003	32,175,818	5,619,398	1.34%	2.01%
2004	32,628,286	5,736,693	1.41%	2.09%
2005	33,109,249	5,858,798	1.47%	2.13%
2006	33,623,506	5,980,211	1.55%	2.07%
2007	34,189,416	6,104,380	1.68%	2.08%
2008	34,816,961	6,235,430	1.84%	2.15%
2009	35,490,445	6,366,686	1.93%	2.11%
2010	36,188,236	6,497,839	1.97%	2.06%
2011	36,903,376	6,343,203	1.98%	-2.38%
2012	37,646,166	6,179,328	2.01%	-2.58%
2013	38,414,171	6,304,628	2.04%	2.03%
2014	39,205,031	6,427,252	2.06%	1.94%
2015	40,019,529	6,531,819	2.08%	1.63%
2016	40,850,721	6,632,126	2.08%	1.54%
2017	41,689,299	6,738,770	2.05%	1.61%
2018	42,505,035	6,849,055	1.96%	1.64%
2019	43,294,546	6,951,033	1.86%	1.49%
2020	44,042,091	7,045,399	1.73%	1.36%
2021	44,761,099	7,135,175	1.63%	1.27%
2022	45,477,389	7,223,805	1.6%	1.24%
2023	46,164,219	7,305,659	1.51%	1.13%
2024	46,814,308	7,381,023	1.41%	1.03%
2025	47,435,316	7,458,547	1.33%	1.05%
2026	48,028,344	7,539,842	1.25%	1.09%
2027	48,593,419	7,627,487	1.18%	1.16%
2028	49,135,532	7,716,839	1.12%	1.17%
2029	49,655,386	7,802,209	1.06%	1.11%
2030	50,154,168	7,885,801	1%	1.07%
2031	50,637,369	7,969,103	0.96%	1.06%
2032	51,113,505	8,048,491	0.94%	1%
2033	51,584,249	8,126,634	0.92%	0.97%
2034	52,048,009	8,206,611	0.9%	0.98%
2035	52,516,794	8,283,950	0.9%	0.94%
2036	52,986,277	8,357,480	0.89%	0.89%
2037	53,452,788	8,431,722	0.88%	0.89%
2038	53,921,847	8,506,595	0.88%	0.89%
2039	54,396,263	8,579,849	0.88%	0.86%
2040	54,873,482	8,651,409	0.88%	0.83%
2041	55,351,998	8,719,609	0.87%	0.79%
2042	55,834,554	8,786,619	0.87%	0.77%
2043	56,319,606	8,854,384	0.87%	0.77%
2044	56,806,185	8,920,015	0.86%	0.74%
2045	57,290,162	8,983,943	0.85%	0.72%
2046	57,767,681	9,043,667	0.83%	0.66%
2047	58,234,183	9,098,399	0.81%	0.61%
2048	58,690,893	9,154,058	0.78%	0.61%
2049	59,136,165	9,208,602	0.76%	0.6%
2050	59,565,558	9,260,603	0.73%	0.56%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Algeria increased by 6,910,280 people (a 20.9% growth), while Libya gained 673,021 people (a 11.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Algeria gained 7,892,153 (a 19.7% growth), while Libya's population increased by 992,030 (a 15.2% growth).

Algeria was ranked 34th most populous country in 2005 and is 33rd in 2025. Libya was ranked 104th in 2005 and ranked 105th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Algeria's population will grow by 24.3% to 59,565,558 people and will still be ranked 33rd. The population of Libya will increase by 23.1% to 9,260,603 people and will still be ranked 105th.