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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Egypt	Libya	Egypt	Libya
1960	26,896,479	1,492,890	-	-
1961	27,600,898	1,555,699	2.62%	4.21%
1962	28,337,013	1,621,960	2.67%	4.26%
1963	29,091,869	1,690,457	2.66%	4.22%
1964	29,858,922	1,753,691	2.64%	3.74%
1965	30,629,174	1,804,015	2.58%	2.87%
1966	31,406,541	1,849,063	2.54%	2.5%
1967	32,196,360	1,898,199	2.51%	2.66%
1968	32,998,319	1,952,781	2.49%	2.88%
1969	33,811,615	2,014,293	2.46%	3.15%
1970	34,623,990	2,082,589	2.4%	3.39%
1971	35,433,368	2,153,534	2.34%	3.41%
1972	36,258,328	2,226,091	2.33%	3.37%
1973	37,102,043	2,314,193	2.33%	3.96%
1974	37,969,667	2,432,211	2.34%	5.1%
1975	38,875,327	2,571,556	2.39%	5.73%
1976	39,795,557	2,721,237	2.37%	5.82%
1977	40,748,870	2,881,533	2.4%	5.89%
1978	41,761,431	3,052,526	2.48%	5.93%
1979	42,818,628	3,233,846	2.53%	5.94%
1980	43,950,413	3,424,378	2.64%	5.89%
1981	45,147,224	3,621,486	2.72%	5.76%
1982	46,407,611	3,724,765	2.79%	2.85%
1983	47,786,402	3,718,961	2.97%	-0.16%
1984	49,247,334	3,773,633	3.06%	1.47%
1985	50,734,968	3,898,745	3.02%	3.32%
1986	52,206,295	4,017,403	2.9%	3.04%
1987	53,674,435	4,129,739	2.81%	2.8%
1988	55,187,681	4,237,755	2.82%	2.62%
1989	56,710,642	4,342,920	2.76%	2.48%
1990	58,396,618	4,445,239	2.97%	2.36%
1991	60,028,997	4,544,400	2.8%	2.23%
1992	61,480,660	4,640,352	2.42%	2.11%
1993	62,915,681	4,733,045	2.33%	2%
1994	64,285,589	4,822,037	2.18%	1.88%
1995	65,652,622	4,906,843	2.13%	1.76%
1996	67,028,048	4,987,393	2.1%	1.64%
1997	68,431,740	5,064,639	2.09%	1.55%
1998	69,943,294	5,140,704	2.21%	1.5%
1999	71,520,954	5,218,038	2.26%	1.5%
2000	73,083,284	5,305,021	2.18%	1.67%
2001	74,652,029	5,403,639	2.15%	1.86%
2002	76,239,137	5,508,410	2.13%	1.94%
2003	77,853,548	5,619,398	2.12%	2.01%
2004	79,477,443	5,736,693	2.09%	2.09%
2005	81,101,004	5,858,798	2.04%	2.13%
2006	82,700,403	5,980,211	1.97%	2.07%
2007	84,276,225	6,104,380	1.91%	2.08%
2008	85,864,789	6,235,430	1.88%	2.15%
2009	87,501,636	6,366,686	1.91%	2.11%
2010	89,196,072	6,497,839	1.94%	2.06%
2011	91,093,059	6,343,203	2.13%	-2.38%
2012	93,161,001	6,179,328	2.27%	-2.58%
2013	95,333,553	6,304,628	2.33%	2.03%
2014	97,528,654	6,427,252	2.3%	1.94%
2015	99,597,342	6,531,819	2.12%	1.63%
2016	101,644,589	6,632,126	2.06%	1.54%
2017	103,696,057	6,738,770	2.02%	1.61%
2018	105,682,094	6,849,055	1.92%	1.64%
2019	107,553,158	6,951,033	1.77%	1.49%
2020	109,315,124	7,045,399	1.64%	1.36%
2021	110,957,008	7,135,175	1.5%	1.27%
2022	112,618,250	7,223,805	1.5%	1.24%
2023	114,535,772	7,305,659	1.7%	1.13%
2024	116,538,258	7,381,023	1.75%	1.03%
2025	118,365,997	7,458,547	1.57%	1.05%
2026	120,101,181	7,539,842	1.47%	1.09%
2027	121,847,622	7,627,487	1.45%	1.16%
2028	123,608,457	7,716,839	1.45%	1.17%
2029	125,373,058	7,802,209	1.43%	1.11%
2030	127,139,323	7,885,801	1.41%	1.07%
2031	128,912,256	7,969,103	1.39%	1.06%
2032	130,695,084	8,048,491	1.38%	1%
2033	132,485,612	8,126,634	1.37%	0.97%
2034	134,287,838	8,206,611	1.36%	0.98%
2035	136,097,214	8,283,950	1.35%	0.94%
2036	137,913,263	8,357,480	1.33%	0.89%
2037	139,738,699	8,431,722	1.32%	0.89%
2038	141,565,835	8,506,595	1.31%	0.89%
2039	143,393,267	8,579,849	1.29%	0.86%
2040	145,213,662	8,651,409	1.27%	0.83%
2041	147,018,554	8,719,609	1.24%	0.79%
2042	148,800,785	8,786,619	1.21%	0.77%
2043	150,547,655	8,854,384	1.17%	0.77%
2044	152,255,332	8,920,015	1.13%	0.74%
2045	153,919,190	8,983,943	1.09%	0.72%
2046	155,535,951	9,043,667	1.05%	0.66%
2047	157,114,404	9,098,399	1.01%	0.61%
2048	158,657,392	9,154,058	0.98%	0.61%
2049	160,161,615	9,208,602	0.95%	0.6%
2050	161,630,197	9,260,603	0.92%	0.56%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Egypt increased by 18,944,186 people (a 22.9% growth), while Libya gained 651,915 people (a 10.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Egypt gained 18,475,678 (a 18.2% growth), while Libya's population increased by 908,673 (a 13.7% growth).

Egypt was ranked 13th most populous country in 2006 and is still 13th in 2026. Libya was ranked 104th in 2006 and ranked 105th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Egypt's population will grow by 34.6% to 161,630,197 people with a rank change from 13th to 11th. The population of Libya will increase by 22.8% to 9,260,603 people and will still be ranked 105th.