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	568,847	1.03%	2.91%
2025	7,458,547	574,955	1.05%	1.07%
2026	7,539,842	578,756	1.09%	0.66%
2027	7,627,487	580,829	1.16%	0.36%
2028	7,716,839	582,657	1.17%	0.31%
2029	7,802,209	584,129	1.11%	0.25%
2030	7,885,801	585,315	1.07%	0.2%
2031	7,969,103	586,254	1.06%	0.16%
2032	8,048,491	586,948	1%	0.12%
2033	8,126,634	587,297	0.97%	0.06%
2034	8,206,611	587,151	0.98%	-0.02%
2035	8,283,950	586,661	0.94%	-0.08%
2036	8,357,480	586,003	0.89%	-0.11%
2037	8,431,722	585,174	0.89%	-0.14%
2038	8,506,595	584,125	0.89%	-0.18%
2039	8,579,849	582,893	0.86%	-0.21%
2040	8,651,409	581,634	0.83%	-0.22%
2041	8,719,609	580,285	0.79%	-0.23%
2042	8,786,619	578,871	0.77%	-0.24%
2043	8,854,384	577,384	0.77%	-0.26%
2044	8,920,015	575,789	0.74%	-0.28%
2045	8,983,943	574,143	0.72%	-0.29%
2046	9,043,667	572,420	0.66%	-0.3%
2047	9,098,399	570,534	0.61%	-0.33%
2048	9,154,058	568,553	0.61%	-0.35%
2049	9,208,602	566,709	0.6%	-0.32%
2050	9,260,603	564,751	0.56%	-0.35%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Libya increased by 651,915 people (a 10.9% growth), while Malta gained 49,197 people (a 12.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Libya gained 908,673 (a 13.7% growth), while Malta's population increased by 124,273 (a 27.3% growth).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2006 and is 105th in 2026. Malta was ranked 168th in 2006 and ranked 167th 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 Malta will decrease by 2.42% to 564,751 people and rank change from 167th to 168th.