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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Libya	Malta	Libya	Malta
1960	1,492,890	326,550	-	-
1961	1,555,699	325,250	4.21%	-0.4%
1962	1,621,960	323,900	4.26%	-0.42%
1963	1,690,457	322,550	4.22%	-0.42%
1964	1,753,691	321,250	3.74%	-0.4%
1965	1,804,015	318,800	2.87%	-0.76%
1966	1,849,063	315,200	2.5%	-1.13%
1967	1,898,199	311,550	2.66%	-1.16%
1968	1,952,781	307,900	2.88%	-1.17%
1969	2,014,293	304,300	3.15%	-1.17%
1970	2,082,589	302,650	3.39%	-0.54%
1971	2,153,534	302,700	3.41%	0.02%
1972	2,226,091	302,450	3.37%	-0.08%
1973	2,314,193	302,200	3.96%	-0.08%
1974	2,432,211	301,996	5.1%	-0.07%
1975	2,571,556	304,222	5.73%	0.74%
1976	2,721,237	305,774	5.82%	0.51%
1977	2,881,533	306,970	5.89%	0.39%
1978	3,052,526	310,182	5.93%	1.05%
1979	3,233,846	313,342	5.94%	1.02%
1980	3,424,378	316,645	5.89%	1.05%
1981	3,621,486	318,982	5.76%	0.74%
1982	3,724,765	325,898	2.85%	2.17%
1983	3,718,961	330,524	-0.16%	1.42%
1984	3,773,633	330,593	1.47%	0.02%
1985	3,898,745	336,452	3.32%	1.77%
1986	4,017,403	342,121	3.04%	1.68%
1987	4,129,739	344,485	2.8%	0.69%
1988	4,237,755	347,325	2.62%	0.82%
1989	4,342,920	350,722	2.48%	0.98%
1990	4,445,239	354,170	2.36%	0.98%
1991	4,544,400	363,845	2.23%	2.73%
1992	4,640,352	367,618	2.11%	1.04%
1993	4,733,045	371,308	2%	1%
1994	4,822,037	374,797	1.88%	0.94%
1995	4,906,843	377,419	1.76%	0.7%
1996	4,987,393	379,905	1.64%	0.66%
1997	5,064,639	382,791	1.55%	0.76%
1998	5,140,704	385,287	1.5%	0.65%
1999	5,218,038	387,578	1.5%	0.59%
2000	5,305,021	390,087	1.67%	0.65%
2001	5,403,639	393,028	1.86%	0.75%
2002	5,508,410	395,969	1.94%	0.75%
2003	5,619,398	398,582	2.01%	0.66%
2004	5,736,693	401,268	2.09%	0.67%
2005	5,858,798	403,834	2.13%	0.64%
2006	5,980,211	405,308	2.07%	0.37%
2007	6,104,380	406,724	2.08%	0.35%
2008	6,235,430	409,379	2.15%	0.65%
2009	6,366,686	412,477	2.11%	0.76%
2010	6,497,839	414,508	2.06%	0.49%
2011	6,343,203	416,268	-2.38%	0.42%
2012	6,179,328	420,028	-2.58%	0.9%
2013	6,304,628	424,810	2.03%	1.14%
2014	6,427,252	433,481	1.94%	2.04%
2015	6,531,819	444,220	1.63%	2.48%
2016	6,632,126	454,505	1.54%	2.32%
2017	6,738,770	467,106	1.61%	2.77%
2018	6,849,055	483,903	1.64%	3.6%
2019	6,951,033	503,912	1.49%	4.13%
2020	7,045,399	515,490	1.36%	2.3%
2021	7,135,175	518,150	1.27%	0.52%
2022	7,223,805	531,113	1.24%	2.5%
2023	7,305,659	552,747	1.13%	4.07%
2024	7,381,023	574,346	1.03%	3.91%
2025	7,458,547	580,514	1.05%	1.07%
2026	7,539,842	584,351	1.09%	0.66%
2027	7,627,487	586,444	1.16%	0.36%
2028	7,716,839	588,290	1.17%	0.31%
2029	7,802,209	589,776	1.11%	0.25%
2030	7,885,801	590,973	1.07%	0.2%
2031	7,969,103	591,921	1.06%	0.16%
2032	8,048,491	592,622	1%	0.12%
2033	8,126,634	592,974	0.97%	0.06%
2034	8,206,611	592,827	0.98%	-0.02%
2035	8,283,950	592,332	0.94%	-0.08%
2036	8,357,480	591,668	0.89%	-0.11%
2037	8,431,722	590,830	0.89%	-0.14%
2038	8,506,595	589,771	0.89%	-0.18%
2039	8,579,849	588,528	0.86%	-0.21%
2040	8,651,409	587,256	0.83%	-0.22%
2041	8,719,609	585,895	0.79%	-0.23%
2042	8,786,619	584,467	0.77%	-0.24%
2043	8,854,384	582,966	0.77%	-0.26%
2044	8,920,015	581,355	0.74%	-0.28%
2045	8,983,943	579,693	0.72%	-0.29%
2046	9,043,667	577,954	0.66%	-0.3%
2047	9,098,399	576,050	0.61%	-0.33%
2048	9,154,058	574,050	0.61%	-0.35%
2049	9,208,602	572,187	0.6%	-0.32%
2050	9,260,603	570,210	0.56%	-0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Libya increased by 673,021 people (a 11.5% growth), while Malta gained 40,386 people (a 10% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Libya gained 992,030 (a 15.2% growth), while Malta's population increased by 139,376 (a 31.4% growth).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2005 and is 105th in 2025. Malta was ranked 168th in 2005 and ranked 167th 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 Malta will decrease by 2.29% to 570,210 people and will still be ranked 167th.