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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Libya was 7,381,023 in 2024 vs 130,861,007 people in Mexico in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Libya's population is 7,523,849 people compared to 132,790,957 in Mexico.

Population statistics:

  • Mexico's population is 17.6 times bigger than Libya's.
  • Libya is ranked the 105th most populous country in the world, while Mexico is the 11th.
  • The countries together account for 1.7% of the world: 0.09% for Libya vs 1.61% for Mexico.
  • For the last 10 years, Libya has had an average growth rate of +1.44% per year vs +0.92% in Mexico.
  • Since 2005, the population of Libya has increased from 5.86M people to 7.52M (28.4% growth), while Mexico has grown from 106M to 133M (25.5% growth).
  • Libya is projected to reach its peak in 2086 at 9.97M people compared to the peak of 150M people in 2058 for Mexico.

Libya vs Mexico: live population counter

Libya Mexico
Current population
7523849
132790957
Population rank 105/197 11/197
Percent of world population 0.09% 1.61%
One net population change
6.97 minutes
28.1 seconds
One birth every
4.23 minutes
15.5 seconds
One death every
10.8 minutes
39.5 seconds
One migration net change every
2.54 hours
5.03 minutes
Annual migration change +3,448 -104,581
Daily growth/decline +206 +3,072
Annual growth/decline +75,364 +1,121,248
Annual growth/decline rate +1.03% +0.86%
Population growth rate rank 101/197 113/197

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

Libya
Population

Growth rate
Mexico
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Libya Mexico Libya Mexico
1960 1,492,890 36,724,615 - -
1961 1,555,699 37,890,118 4.21% 3.17%
1962 1,621,960 39,129,200 4.26% 3.27%
1963 1,690,457 40,424,065 4.22% 3.31%
1964 1,753,691 41,772,049 3.74% 3.33%
1965 1,804,015 43,174,477 2.87% 3.36%
1966 1,849,063 44,629,106 2.5% 3.37%
1967 1,898,199 46,129,608 2.66% 3.36%
1968 1,952,781 47,668,303 2.88% 3.34%
1969 2,014,293 49,233,194 3.15% 3.28%
1970 2,082,589 50,814,953 3.39% 3.21%
1971 2,153,534 52,412,558 3.41% 3.14%
1972 2,226,091 54,030,168 3.37% 3.09%
1973 2,314,193 55,667,284 3.96% 3.03%
1974 2,432,211 57,320,149 5.1% 2.97%
1975 2,571,556 58,982,400 5.73% 2.9%
1976 2,721,237 60,645,512 5.82% 2.82%
1977 2,881,533 62,308,493 5.89% 2.74%
1978 3,052,526 63,979,046 5.93% 2.68%
1979 3,233,846 65,648,865 5.94% 2.61%
1980 3,424,378 67,300,334 5.89% 2.52%
1981 3,621,486 68,892,108 5.76% 2.37%
1982 3,724,765 70,433,260 2.85% 2.24%
1983 3,718,961 71,971,240 -0.16% 2.18%
1984 3,773,633 73,506,846 1.47% 2.13%
1985 3,898,745 75,043,414 3.32% 2.09%
1986 4,017,403 76,585,637 3.04% 2.06%
1987 4,129,739 78,136,651 2.8% 2.03%
1988 4,237,755 79,695,531 2.62% 2%
1989 4,342,920 81,247,182 2.48% 1.95%
1990 4,445,239 82,820,170 2.36% 1.94%
1991 4,544,400 84,430,572 2.23% 1.94%
1992 4,640,352 86,044,809 2.11% 1.91%
1993 4,733,045 87,653,807 2% 1.87%
1994 4,822,037 89,259,205 1.88% 1.83%
1995 4,906,843 90,862,455 1.76% 1.8%
1996 4,987,393 92,452,702 1.64% 1.75%
1997 5,064,639 94,021,207 1.55% 1.7%
1998 5,140,704 95,575,245 1.5% 1.65%
1999 5,218,038 97,115,707 1.5% 1.61%
2000 5,305,021 98,625,552 1.67% 1.55%
2001 5,403,639 100,099,099 1.86% 1.49%
2002 5,508,410 101,548,624 1.94% 1.45%
2003 5,619,398 102,978,515 2.01% 1.41%
2004 5,736,693 104,394,131 2.09% 1.37%
2005 5,858,798 105,811,504 2.13% 1.36%
2006 5,980,211 107,253,666 2.07% 1.36%
2007 6,104,380 108,774,360 2.08% 1.42%
2008 6,235,430 110,374,288 2.15% 1.47%
2009 6,366,686 111,999,721 2.11% 1.47%
2010 6,497,839 113,623,895 2.06% 1.45%
2011 6,343,203 115,243,504 -2.38% 1.43%
2012 6,179,328 116,818,208 -2.58% 1.37%
2013 6,304,628 118,343,573 2.03% 1.31%
2014 6,427,252 119,784,261 1.94% 1.22%
2015 6,531,819 121,072,306 1.63% 1.08%
2016 6,632,126 122,251,351 1.54% 0.97%
2017 6,738,770 123,400,057 1.61% 0.94%
2018 6,849,055 124,573,711 1.64% 0.95%
2019 6,951,033 125,762,982 1.49% 0.95%
2020 7,045,399 126,799,054 1.36% 0.82%
2021 7,135,175 127,648,148 1.27% 0.67%
2022 7,223,805 128,613,117 1.24% 0.76%
2023 7,305,659 129,739,759 1.13% 0.88%
2024 7,381,023 130,861,007 1.03% 0.86%
2025 7,458,547 131,946,905 1.05% 0.83%
2026 7,539,842 132,997,664 1.09% 0.8%
2027 7,627,487 134,017,711 1.16% 0.77%
2028 7,716,839 135,008,697 1.17% 0.74%
2029 7,802,209 135,970,893 1.11% 0.71%
2030 7,885,801 136,904,747 1.07% 0.69%
2031 7,969,103 137,811,068 1.06% 0.66%
2032 8,048,491 138,690,189 1% 0.64%
2033 8,126,634 139,542,087 0.97% 0.61%
2034 8,206,611 140,362,026 0.98% 0.59%
2035 8,283,950 141,150,818 0.94% 0.56%
2036 8,357,480 141,909,168 0.89% 0.54%
2037 8,431,722 142,637,546 0.89% 0.51%
2038 8,506,595 143,336,222 0.89% 0.49%
2039 8,579,849 143,998,296 0.86% 0.46%
2040 8,651,409 144,624,328 0.83% 0.43%
2041 8,719,609 145,217,780 0.79% 0.41%
2042 8,786,619 145,777,459 0.77% 0.39%
2043 8,854,384 146,300,011 0.77% 0.36%
2044 8,920,015 146,787,722 0.74% 0.33%
2045 8,983,943 147,240,096 0.72% 0.31%
2046 9,043,667 147,654,160 0.66% 0.28%
2047 9,098,399 148,030,153 0.61% 0.25%
2048 9,154,058 148,372,233 0.61% 0.23%
2049 9,208,602 148,677,894 0.6% 0.21%
2050 9,260,603 148,946,272 0.56% 0.18%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Libya increased by 673,021 people (a 11.5% growth), while Mexico gained 15,260,802 people (a 14.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Libya gained 992,030 (a 15.2% growth), while Mexico's population increased by 11,718,651 (a 9.68% growth).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2005 and is 105th in 2025. Mexico was ranked 11th in 2005 and still ranked 11th 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 Mexico will increase by 12.2% to 148,946,272 people and rank change from 11th to 12th.

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