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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Libya	Mauritania	Libya	Mauritania
1960	1,492,890	824,298	-	-
1961	1,555,699	846,167	4.21%	2.65%
1962	1,621,960	869,184	4.26%	2.72%
1963	1,690,457	893,423	4.22%	2.79%
1964	1,753,691	918,955	3.74%	2.86%
1965	1,804,015	945,838	2.87%	2.93%
1966	1,849,063	974,157	2.5%	2.99%
1967	1,898,199	1,003,843	2.66%	3.05%
1968	1,952,781	1,034,739	2.88%	3.08%
1969	2,014,293	1,066,754	3.15%	3.09%
1970	2,082,589	1,099,806	3.39%	3.1%
1971	2,153,534	1,133,702	3.41%	3.08%
1972	2,226,091	1,168,355	3.37%	3.06%
1973	2,314,193	1,203,838	3.96%	3.04%
1974	2,432,211	1,240,188	5.1%	3.02%
1975	2,571,556	1,277,330	5.73%	2.99%
1976	2,721,237	1,315,336	5.82%	2.98%
1977	2,881,533	1,353,768	5.89%	2.92%
1978	3,052,526	1,392,713	5.93%	2.88%
1979	3,233,846	1,432,758	5.94%	2.88%
1980	3,424,378	1,474,043	5.89%	2.88%
1981	3,621,486	1,516,877	5.76%	2.91%
1982	3,724,765	1,561,176	2.85%	2.92%
1983	3,718,961	1,606,746	-0.16%	2.92%
1984	3,773,633	1,653,693	1.47%	2.92%
1985	3,898,745	1,702,107	3.32%	2.93%
1986	4,017,403	1,751,835	3.04%	2.92%
1987	4,129,739	1,803,014	2.8%	2.92%
1988	4,237,755	1,855,859	2.62%	2.93%
1989	4,342,920	1,903,048	2.48%	2.54%
1990	4,445,239	1,951,878	2.36%	2.57%
1991	4,544,400	2,009,738	2.23%	2.96%
1992	4,640,352	2,088,135	2.11%	3.9%
1993	4,733,045	2,174,328	2%	4.13%
1994	4,822,037	2,249,454	1.88%	3.46%
1995	4,906,843	2,312,017	1.76%	2.78%
1996	4,987,393	2,358,188	1.64%	2%
1997	5,064,639	2,411,306	1.55%	2.25%
1998	5,140,704	2,474,651	1.5%	2.63%
1999	5,218,038	2,541,698	1.5%	2.71%
2000	5,305,021	2,613,441	1.67%	2.82%
2001	5,403,639	2,678,760	1.86%	2.5%
2002	5,508,410	2,738,655	1.94%	2.24%
2003	5,619,398	2,802,046	2.01%	2.31%
2004	5,736,693	2,868,664	2.09%	2.38%
2005	5,858,798	2,939,059	2.13%	2.45%
2006	5,980,211	3,013,660	2.07%	2.54%
2007	6,104,380	3,093,059	2.08%	2.63%
2008	6,235,430	3,183,269	2.15%	2.92%
2009	6,366,686	3,284,448	2.11%	3.18%
2010	6,497,839	3,390,965	2.06%	3.24%
2011	6,343,203	3,502,811	-2.38%	3.3%
2012	6,179,328	3,619,034	-2.58%	3.32%
2013	6,304,628	3,734,318	2.03%	3.19%
2014	6,427,252	3,848,514	1.94%	3.06%
2015	6,531,819	3,965,959	1.63%	3.05%
2016	6,632,126	4,086,657	1.54%	3.04%
2017	6,738,770	4,210,600	1.61%	3.03%
2018	6,849,055	4,337,685	1.64%	3.02%
2019	6,951,033	4,467,708	1.49%	3%
2020	7,045,399	4,600,131	1.36%	2.96%
2021	7,135,175	4,734,874	1.27%	2.93%
2022	7,223,805	4,875,637	1.24%	2.97%
2023	7,305,659	5,022,441	1.13%	3.01%
2024	7,381,023	5,169,395	1.03%	2.93%
2025	7,458,547	5,315,063	1.05%	2.82%
2026	7,539,842	5,461,313	1.09%	2.75%
2027	7,627,487	5,608,785	1.16%	2.7%
2028	7,716,839	5,757,952	1.17%	2.66%
2029	7,802,209	5,909,186	1.11%	2.63%
2030	7,885,801	6,062,523	1.07%	2.59%
2031	7,969,103	6,217,791	1.06%	2.56%
2032	8,048,491	6,374,839	1%	2.53%
2033	8,126,634	6,533,828	0.97%	2.49%
2034	8,206,611	6,694,445	0.98%	2.46%
2035	8,283,950	6,856,314	0.94%	2.42%
2036	8,357,480	7,019,227	0.89%	2.38%
2037	8,431,722	7,183,105	0.89%	2.33%
2038	8,506,595	7,348,357	0.89%	2.3%
2039	8,579,849	7,514,734	0.86%	2.26%
2040	8,651,409	7,681,907	0.83%	2.22%
2041	8,719,609	7,850,210	0.79%	2.19%
2042	8,786,619	8,020,480	0.77%	2.17%
2043	8,854,384	8,192,542	0.77%	2.15%
2044	8,920,015	8,365,171	0.74%	2.11%
2045	8,983,943	8,538,521	0.72%	2.07%
2046	9,043,667	8,713,247	0.66%	2.05%
2047	9,098,399	8,888,466	0.61%	2.01%
2048	9,154,058	9,064,207	0.61%	1.98%
2049	9,208,602	9,240,169	0.6%	1.94%
2050	9,260,603	9,415,589	0.56%	1.9%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Libya increased by 673,021 people (a 11.5% growth), while Mauritania gained 1,026,900 people (a 34.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Libya gained 992,030 (a 15.2% growth), while Mauritania's population increased by 1,466,583 (a 37% growth).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2005 and is 105th in 2025. Mauritania was ranked 133rd in 2005 and ranked 123rd 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 Mauritania will increase by 73.3% to 9,415,589 people and rank change from 123rd to 103rd.