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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Libya	Mali	Libya	Mali
1960	1,492,890	5,402,550	-	-
1961	1,555,699	5,482,283	4.21%	1.48%
1962	1,621,960	5,563,917	4.26%	1.49%
1963	1,690,457	5,646,605	4.22%	1.49%
1964	1,753,691	5,730,125	3.74%	1.48%
1965	1,804,015	5,815,487	2.87%	1.49%
1966	1,849,063	5,902,204	2.5%	1.49%
1967	1,898,199	5,990,906	2.66%	1.5%
1968	1,952,781	6,082,979	2.88%	1.54%
1969	2,014,293	6,177,704	3.15%	1.56%
1970	2,082,589	6,276,472	3.39%	1.6%
1971	2,153,534	6,377,944	3.41%	1.62%
1972	2,226,091	6,483,726	3.37%	1.66%
1973	2,314,193	6,597,106	3.96%	1.75%
1974	2,432,211	6,715,436	5.1%	1.79%
1975	2,571,556	6,837,261	5.73%	1.81%
1976	2,721,237	6,960,979	5.82%	1.81%
1977	2,881,533	7,090,979	5.89%	1.87%
1978	3,052,526	7,229,651	5.93%	1.96%
1979	3,233,846	7,375,266	5.94%	2.01%
1980	3,424,378	7,530,515	5.89%	2.1%
1981	3,621,486	7,692,766	5.76%	2.15%
1982	3,724,765	7,860,194	2.85%	2.18%
1983	3,718,961	8,034,400	-0.16%	2.22%
1984	3,773,633	8,208,599	1.47%	2.17%
1985	3,898,745	8,374,663	3.32%	2.02%
1986	4,017,403	8,531,277	3.04%	1.87%
1987	4,129,739	8,681,164	2.8%	1.76%
1988	4,237,755	8,833,996	2.62%	1.76%
1989	4,342,920	8,999,938	2.48%	1.88%
1990	4,445,239	9,178,830	2.36%	1.99%
1991	4,544,400	9,362,888	2.23%	2.01%
1992	4,640,352	9,553,540	2.11%	2.04%
1993	4,733,045	9,754,786	2%	2.11%
1994	4,822,037	9,967,031	1.88%	2.18%
1995	4,906,843	10,185,365	1.76%	2.19%
1996	4,987,393	10,407,278	1.64%	2.18%
1997	5,064,639	10,646,495	1.55%	2.3%
1998	5,140,704	10,919,573	1.5%	2.56%
1999	5,218,038	11,227,415	1.5%	2.82%
2000	5,305,021	11,559,290	1.67%	2.96%
2001	5,403,639	11,912,158	1.86%	3.05%
2002	5,508,410	12,288,050	1.94%	3.16%
2003	5,619,398	12,684,955	2.01%	3.23%
2004	5,736,693	13,102,409	2.09%	3.29%
2005	5,858,798	13,538,647	2.13%	3.33%
2006	5,980,211	13,990,139	2.07%	3.33%
2007	6,104,380	14,457,775	2.08%	3.34%
2008	6,235,430	14,940,782	2.15%	3.34%
2009	6,366,686	15,435,539	2.11%	3.31%
2010	6,497,839	15,945,198	2.06%	3.3%
2011	6,343,203	16,469,049	-2.38%	3.29%
2012	6,179,328	16,957,033	-2.58%	2.96%
2013	6,304,628	17,459,615	2.03%	2.96%
2014	6,427,252	18,020,267	1.94%	3.21%
2015	6,531,819	18,593,022	1.63%	3.18%
2016	6,632,126	19,191,289	1.54%	3.22%
2017	6,738,770	19,813,011	1.61%	3.24%
2018	6,849,055	20,442,030	1.64%	3.17%
2019	6,951,033	21,068,405	1.49%	3.06%
2020	7,045,399	21,713,836	1.36%	3.06%
2021	7,135,175	22,388,630	1.27%	3.11%
2022	7,223,805	23,072,640	1.24%	3.06%
2023	7,305,659	23,769,127	1.13%	3.02%
2024	7,381,023	24,478,595	1.03%	2.98%
2025	7,458,547	25,198,817	1.05%	2.94%
2026	7,539,842	25,932,275	1.09%	2.91%
2027	7,627,487	26,679,171	1.16%	2.88%
2028	7,716,839	27,440,613	1.17%	2.85%
2029	7,802,209	28,215,513	1.11%	2.82%
2030	7,885,801	29,002,864	1.07%	2.79%
2031	7,969,103	29,804,545	1.06%	2.76%
2032	8,048,491	30,618,893	1%	2.73%
2033	8,126,634	31,442,801	0.97%	2.69%
2034	8,206,611	32,276,672	0.98%	2.65%
2035	8,283,950	33,118,344	0.94%	2.61%
2036	8,357,480	33,967,889	0.89%	2.57%
2037	8,431,722	34,823,450	0.89%	2.52%
2038	8,506,595	35,685,576	0.89%	2.48%
2039	8,579,849	36,549,487	0.86%	2.42%
2040	8,651,409	37,413,641	0.83%	2.36%
2041	8,719,609	38,280,868	0.79%	2.32%
2042	8,786,619	39,151,280	0.77%	2.27%
2043	8,854,384	40,026,317	0.77%	2.24%
2044	8,920,015	40,902,500	0.74%	2.19%
2045	8,983,943	41,778,984	0.72%	2.14%
2046	9,043,667	42,655,642	0.66%	2.1%
2047	9,098,399	43,530,852	0.61%	2.05%
2048	9,154,058	44,405,715	0.61%	2.01%
2049	9,208,602	45,279,772	0.6%	1.97%
2050	9,260,603	46,154,079	0.56%	1.93%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Libya increased by 651,915 people (a 10.9% growth), while Mali gained 5,201,150 people (a 37.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Libya gained 908,673 (a 13.7% growth), while Mali's population increased by 6,749,148 (a 35.2% growth).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2006 and is 105th in 2026. Mali was ranked 66th in 2006 and ranked 58th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Libya's population will grow by 22.8% to 9,260,603 people and will still be ranked 105th. The population of Mali will increase by 77.9% to 46,154,079 people and rank change from 58th to 46th.