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 2006 to 2016, the population of Libya increased by 651,915 people (a 10.9% growth), while Mauritania gained 1,072,997 people (a 35.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Libya gained 908,673 (a 13.7% growth), while Mauritania's population increased by 1,376,267 (a 33.7% growth).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2006 and is 105th in 2026. Mauritania was ranked 132nd in 2006 and ranked 123rd 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 Mauritania will increase by 72.4% to 9,415,589 people and rank change from 123rd to 103rd.