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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Libya	Malaysia	Libya	Malaysia
1960	1,492,890	7,956,197	-	-
1961	1,555,699	8,164,443	4.21%	2.62%
1962	1,621,960	8,380,172	4.26%	2.64%
1963	1,690,457	8,602,160	4.22%	2.65%
1964	1,753,691	8,828,406	3.74%	2.63%
1965	1,804,015	9,056,408	2.87%	2.58%
1966	1,849,063	9,284,688	2.5%	2.52%
1967	1,898,199	9,507,099	2.66%	2.4%
1968	1,952,781	9,725,281	2.88%	2.29%
1969	2,014,293	9,947,597	3.15%	2.29%
1970	2,082,589	10,178,802	3.39%	2.32%
1971	2,153,534	10,423,453	3.41%	2.4%
1972	2,226,091	10,676,835	3.37%	2.43%
1973	2,314,193	10,935,621	3.96%	2.42%
1974	2,432,211	11,200,906	5.1%	2.43%
1975	2,571,556	11,471,914	5.73%	2.42%
1976	2,721,237	11,750,097	5.82%	2.42%
1977	2,881,533	12,035,713	5.89%	2.43%
1978	3,052,526	12,328,157	5.93%	2.43%
1979	3,233,846	12,627,862	5.94%	2.43%
1980	3,424,378	12,983,363	5.89%	2.82%
1981	3,621,486	13,399,203	5.76%	3.2%
1982	3,724,765	13,832,798	2.85%	3.24%
1983	3,718,961	14,285,907	-0.16%	3.28%
1984	3,773,633	14,759,009	1.47%	3.31%
1985	3,898,745	15,252,258	3.32%	3.34%
1986	4,017,403	15,760,419	3.04%	3.33%
1987	4,129,739	16,276,737	2.8%	3.28%
1988	4,237,755	16,796,605	2.62%	3.19%
1989	4,342,920	17,314,997	2.48%	3.09%
1990	4,445,239	17,833,171	2.36%	2.99%
1991	4,544,400	18,342,464	2.23%	2.86%
1992	4,640,352	18,834,572	2.11%	2.68%
1993	4,733,045	19,322,664	2%	2.59%
1994	4,822,037	19,820,446	1.88%	2.58%
1995	4,906,843	20,330,599	1.76%	2.57%
1996	4,987,393	20,850,087	1.64%	2.56%
1997	5,064,639	21,375,218	1.55%	2.52%
1998	5,140,704	21,906,713	1.5%	2.49%
1999	5,218,038	22,435,531	1.5%	2.41%
2000	5,305,021	22,967,816	1.67%	2.37%
2001	5,403,639	23,526,538	1.86%	2.43%
2002	5,508,410	24,102,477	1.94%	2.45%
2003	5,619,398	24,679,602	2.01%	2.39%
2004	5,736,693	25,256,772	2.09%	2.34%
2005	5,858,798	25,836,071	2.13%	2.29%
2006	5,980,211	26,417,909	2.07%	2.25%
2007	6,104,380	26,998,389	2.08%	2.2%
2008	6,235,430	27,570,059	2.15%	2.12%
2009	6,366,686	28,124,778	2.11%	2.01%
2010	6,497,839	28,655,776	2.06%	1.89%
2011	6,343,203	29,162,039	-2.38%	1.77%
2012	6,179,328	29,662,831	-2.58%	1.72%
2013	6,304,628	30,174,265	2.03%	1.72%
2014	6,427,252	30,696,137	1.94%	1.73%
2015	6,531,819	31,232,798	1.63%	1.75%
2016	6,632,126	31,789,685	1.54%	1.78%
2017	6,738,770	32,355,644	1.61%	1.78%
2018	6,849,055	32,910,967	1.64%	1.72%
2019	6,951,033	33,440,596	1.49%	1.61%
2020	7,045,399	33,889,558	1.36%	1.34%
2021	7,135,175	34,282,399	1.27%	1.16%
2022	7,223,805	34,695,493	1.24%	1.2%
2023	7,305,659	35,126,298	1.13%	1.24%
2024	7,381,023	35,557,673	1.03%	1.23%
2025	7,458,547	35,977,838	1.05%	1.18%
2026	7,539,842	36,385,119	1.09%	1.13%
2027	7,627,487	36,785,089	1.16%	1.1%
2028	7,716,839	37,182,773	1.17%	1.08%
2029	7,802,209	37,574,292	1.11%	1.05%
2030	7,885,801	37,961,722	1.07%	1.03%
2031	7,969,103	38,347,786	1.06%	1.02%
2032	8,048,491	38,728,383	1%	0.99%
2033	8,126,634	39,097,871	0.97%	0.95%
2034	8,206,611	39,457,849	0.98%	0.92%
2035	8,283,950	39,814,834	0.94%	0.9%
2036	8,357,480	40,166,904	0.89%	0.88%
2037	8,431,722	40,512,289	0.89%	0.86%
2038	8,506,595	40,853,318	0.89%	0.84%
2039	8,579,849	41,185,892	0.86%	0.81%
2040	8,651,409	41,509,646	0.83%	0.79%
2041	8,719,609	41,828,594	0.79%	0.77%
2042	8,786,619	42,144,474	0.77%	0.76%
2043	8,854,384	42,455,952	0.77%	0.74%
2044	8,920,015	42,754,140	0.74%	0.7%
2045	8,983,943	43,038,205	0.72%	0.66%
2046	9,043,667	43,313,754	0.66%	0.64%
2047	9,098,399	43,580,459	0.61%	0.62%
2048	9,154,058	43,831,577	0.61%	0.58%
2049	9,208,602	44,065,538	0.6%	0.53%
2050	9,260,603	44,289,765	0.56%	0.51%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Libya increased by 673,021 people (a 11.5% growth), while Malaysia gained 5,396,727 people (a 20.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Libya gained 992,030 (a 15.2% growth), while Malaysia's population increased by 5,072,200 (a 16.2% growth).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2005 and is 105th in 2025. Malaysia was ranked 44th in 2005 and ranked 45th 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 Malaysia will increase by 22% to 44,289,765 people and rank change from 45th to 49th.