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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Libya	Malawi	Libya	Malawi
1960	1,492,890	3,628,134	-	-
1961	1,555,699	3,715,534	4.21%	2.41%
1962	1,621,960	3,806,307	4.26%	2.44%
1963	1,690,457	3,900,506	4.22%	2.47%
1964	1,753,691	3,997,305	3.74%	2.48%
1965	1,804,015	4,096,157	2.87%	2.47%
1966	1,849,063	4,197,926	2.5%	2.48%
1967	1,898,199	4,303,012	2.66%	2.5%
1968	1,952,781	4,411,054	2.88%	2.51%
1969	2,014,293	4,521,184	3.15%	2.5%
1970	2,082,589	4,633,944	3.39%	2.49%
1971	2,153,534	4,751,434	3.41%	2.54%
1972	2,226,091	4,874,475	3.37%	2.59%
1973	2,314,193	5,003,938	3.96%	2.66%
1974	2,432,211	5,141,337	5.1%	2.75%
1975	2,571,556	5,287,367	5.73%	2.84%
1976	2,721,237	5,443,384	5.82%	2.95%
1977	2,881,533	5,614,983	5.89%	3.15%
1978	3,052,526	5,810,132	5.93%	3.48%
1979	3,233,846	6,028,749	5.94%	3.76%
1980	3,424,378	6,265,529	5.89%	3.93%
1981	3,621,486	6,516,454	5.76%	4%
1982	3,724,765	6,778,879	2.85%	4.03%
1983	3,718,961	7,051,709	-0.16%	4.02%
1984	3,773,633	7,332,810	1.47%	3.99%
1985	3,898,745	7,620,508	3.32%	3.92%
1986	4,017,403	7,906,480	3.04%	3.75%
1987	4,129,739	8,293,174	2.8%	4.89%
1988	4,237,755	8,753,262	2.62%	5.55%
1989	4,342,920	9,176,220	2.48%	4.83%
1990	4,445,239	9,545,852	2.36%	4.03%
1991	4,544,400	9,844,227	2.23%	3.13%
1992	4,640,352	10,135,079	2.11%	2.95%
1993	4,733,045	10,284,024	2%	1.47%
1994	4,822,037	10,164,894	1.88%	-1.16%
1995	4,906,843	10,150,117	1.76%	-0.15%
1996	4,987,393	10,352,228	1.64%	1.99%
1997	5,064,639	10,562,035	1.55%	2.03%
1998	5,140,704	10,792,876	1.5%	2.19%
1999	5,218,038	11,047,804	1.5%	2.36%
2000	5,305,021	11,315,942	1.67%	2.43%
2001	5,403,639	11,593,058	1.86%	2.45%
2002	5,508,410	11,880,440	1.94%	2.48%
2003	5,619,398	12,181,574	2.01%	2.53%
2004	5,736,693	12,500,737	2.09%	2.62%
2005	5,858,798	12,840,031	2.13%	2.71%
2006	5,980,211	13,198,701	2.07%	2.79%
2007	6,104,380	13,576,343	2.08%	2.86%
2008	6,235,430	13,976,417	2.15%	2.95%
2009	6,366,686	14,395,788	2.11%	3%
2010	6,497,839	14,826,463	2.06%	2.99%
2011	6,343,203	15,265,022	-2.38%	2.96%
2012	6,179,328	15,709,577	-2.58%	2.91%
2013	6,304,628	16,161,816	2.03%	2.88%
2014	6,427,252	16,621,538	1.94%	2.84%
2015	6,531,819	17,085,587	1.63%	2.79%
2016	6,632,126	17,557,739	1.54%	2.76%
2017	6,738,770	18,039,715	1.61%	2.75%
2018	6,849,055	18,528,081	1.64%	2.71%
2019	6,951,033	19,025,752	1.49%	2.69%
2020	7,045,399	19,533,888	1.36%	2.67%
2021	7,135,175	20,047,258	1.27%	2.63%
2022	7,223,805	20,568,728	1.24%	2.6%
2023	7,305,659	21,104,482	1.13%	2.6%
2024	7,381,023	21,655,286	1.03%	2.61%
2025	7,458,547	22,216,113	1.05%	2.59%
2026	7,539,842	22,785,530	1.09%	2.56%
2027	7,627,487	23,366,187	1.16%	2.55%
2028	7,716,839	23,954,450	1.17%	2.52%
2029	7,802,209	24,553,499	1.11%	2.5%
2030	7,885,801	25,160,293	1.07%	2.47%
2031	7,969,103	25,763,534	1.06%	2.4%
2032	8,048,491	26,366,760	1%	2.34%
2033	8,126,634	26,978,417	0.97%	2.32%
2034	8,206,611	27,595,295	0.98%	2.29%
2035	8,283,950	28,213,784	0.94%	2.24%
2036	8,357,480	28,835,595	0.89%	2.2%
2037	8,431,722	29,462,509	0.89%	2.17%
2038	8,506,595	30,081,741	0.89%	2.1%
2039	8,579,849	30,691,578	0.86%	2.03%
2040	8,651,409	31,302,092	0.83%	1.99%
2041	8,719,609	31,911,242	0.79%	1.95%
2042	8,786,619	32,517,509	0.77%	1.9%
2043	8,854,384	33,122,481	0.77%	1.86%
2044	8,920,015	33,736,523	0.74%	1.85%
2045	8,983,943	34,350,947	0.72%	1.82%
2046	9,043,667	34,959,606	0.66%	1.77%
2047	9,098,399	35,567,989	0.61%	1.74%
2048	9,154,058	36,165,757	0.61%	1.68%
2049	9,208,602	36,760,998	0.6%	1.65%
2050	9,260,603	37,361,672	0.56%	1.63%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Libya increased by 673,021 people (a 11.5% growth), while Malawi gained 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Libya gained 992,030 (a 15.2% growth), while Malawi's population increased by 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2005 and is 105th in 2025. Malawi was ranked 69th in 2005 and ranked 61st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Libya's population will grow by 23.1% to 9,260,603 people and will still be ranked 105th. The population of Malawi will increase by 64.8% to 37,361,672 people and rank change from 61st to 55th.