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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Libya	Maldives	Libya	Maldives
1960	1,492,890	91,189	-	-
1961	1,555,699	93,450	4.21%	2.48%
1962	1,621,960	95,802	4.26%	2.52%
1963	1,690,457	98,222	4.22%	2.53%
1964	1,753,691	100,662	3.74%	2.48%
1965	1,804,015	104,102	2.87%	3.42%
1966	1,849,063	108,507	2.5%	4.23%
1967	1,898,199	112,528	2.66%	3.71%
1968	1,952,781	116,075	2.88%	3.15%
1969	2,014,293	119,564	3.15%	3.01%
1970	2,082,589	123,219	3.39%	3.06%
1971	2,153,534	127,035	3.41%	3.1%
1972	2,226,091	130,968	3.37%	3.1%
1973	2,314,193	134,952	3.96%	3.04%
1974	2,432,211	138,978	5.1%	2.98%
1975	2,571,556	143,158	5.73%	3.01%
1976	2,721,237	147,525	5.82%	3.05%
1977	2,881,533	151,930	5.89%	2.99%
1978	3,052,526	156,159	5.93%	2.78%
1979	3,233,846	160,360	5.94%	2.69%
1980	3,424,378	164,835	5.89%	2.79%
1981	3,621,486	169,532	5.76%	2.85%
1982	3,724,765	174,333	2.85%	2.83%
1983	3,718,961	179,128	-0.16%	2.75%
1984	3,773,633	184,198	1.47%	2.83%
1985	3,898,745	190,169	3.32%	3.24%
1986	4,017,403	196,935	3.04%	3.56%
1987	4,129,739	203,944	2.8%	3.56%
1988	4,237,755	210,885	2.62%	3.4%
1989	4,342,920	217,738	2.48%	3.25%
1990	4,445,239	224,762	2.36%	3.23%
1991	4,544,400	231,802	2.23%	3.13%
1992	4,640,352	238,543	2.11%	2.91%
1993	4,733,045	244,884	2%	2.66%
1994	4,822,037	250,822	1.88%	2.42%
1995	4,906,843	256,649	1.76%	2.32%
1996	4,987,393	262,347	1.64%	2.22%
1997	5,064,639	267,707	1.55%	2.04%
1998	5,140,704	272,723	1.5%	1.87%
1999	5,218,038	277,412	1.5%	1.72%
2000	5,305,021	282,019	1.67%	1.66%
2001	5,403,639	286,767	1.86%	1.68%
2002	5,508,410	291,616	1.94%	1.69%
2003	5,619,398	296,491	2.01%	1.67%
2004	5,736,693	301,413	2.09%	1.66%
2005	5,858,798	306,429	2.13%	1.66%
2006	5,980,211	313,851	2.07%	2.42%
2007	6,104,380	324,479	2.08%	3.39%
2008	6,235,430	336,170	2.15%	3.6%
2009	6,366,686	348,275	2.11%	3.6%
2010	6,497,839	360,792	2.06%	3.59%
2011	6,343,203	373,674	-2.38%	3.57%
2012	6,179,328	386,818	-2.58%	3.52%
2013	6,304,628	400,070	2.03%	3.43%
2014	6,427,252	413,617	1.94%	3.39%
2015	6,531,819	428,154	1.63%	3.51%
2016	6,632,126	443,308	1.54%	3.54%
2017	6,738,770	458,287	1.61%	3.38%
2018	6,849,055	473,099	1.64%	3.23%
2019	6,951,033	487,731	1.49%	3.09%
2020	7,045,399	502,118	1.36%	2.95%
2021	7,135,175	516,154	1.27%	2.8%
2022	7,223,805	524,106	1.24%	1.54%
2023	7,305,659	525,994	1.13%	0.36%
2024	7,381,023	527,799	1.03%	0.34%
2025	7,458,547	529,677	1.05%	0.36%
2026	7,539,842	531,514	1.09%	0.35%
2027	7,627,487	533,433	1.16%	0.36%
2028	7,716,839	535,502	1.17%	0.39%
2029	7,802,209	537,574	1.11%	0.39%
2030	7,885,801	539,667	1.07%	0.39%
2031	7,969,103	541,929	1.06%	0.42%
2032	8,048,491	544,288	1%	0.44%
2033	8,126,634	546,723	0.97%	0.45%
2034	8,206,611	549,162	0.98%	0.45%
2035	8,283,950	551,599	0.94%	0.44%
2036	8,357,480	554,092	0.89%	0.45%
2037	8,431,722	556,637	0.89%	0.46%
2038	8,506,595	559,231	0.89%	0.47%
2039	8,579,849	561,958	0.86%	0.49%
2040	8,651,409	564,800	0.83%	0.51%
2041	8,719,609	567,606	0.79%	0.5%
2042	8,786,619	570,381	0.77%	0.49%
2043	8,854,384	573,138	0.77%	0.48%
2044	8,920,015	575,811	0.74%	0.47%
2045	8,983,943	578,459	0.72%	0.46%
2046	9,043,667	581,026	0.66%	0.44%
2047	9,098,399	583,393	0.61%	0.41%
2048	9,154,058	585,720	0.61%	0.4%
2049	9,208,602	587,988	0.6%	0.39%
2050	9,260,603	589,960	0.56%	0.34%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Libya increased by 673,021 people (a 11.5% growth), while Maldives gained 121,725 people (a 39.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Libya gained 992,030 (a 15.2% growth), while Maldives' population increased by 102,998 (a 24.1% growth).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2005 and is 105th in 2025. Maldives was ranked 171st in 2005 and ranked 168th 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 Maldives will increase by 11.1% to 589,960 people and rank change from 168th to 166th.