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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Libya	Moldova	Libya	Moldova
1960	1,492,890	2,058,020	-	-
1961	1,555,699	2,103,327	4.21%	2.2%
1962	1,621,960	2,147,227	4.26%	2.09%
1963	1,690,457	2,188,895	4.22%	1.94%
1964	1,753,691	2,228,000	3.74%	1.79%
1965	1,804,015	2,265,287	2.87%	1.67%
1966	1,849,063	2,301,871	2.5%	1.61%
1967	1,898,199	2,337,695	2.66%	1.56%
1968	1,952,781	2,373,073	2.88%	1.51%
1969	2,014,293	2,408,469	3.15%	1.49%
1970	2,082,589	2,437,590	3.39%	1.21%
1971	2,153,534	2,460,611	3.41%	0.94%
1972	2,226,091	2,484,742	3.37%	0.98%
1973	2,314,193	2,510,584	3.96%	1.04%
1974	2,432,211	2,538,164	5.1%	1.1%
1975	2,571,556	2,566,998	5.73%	1.14%
1976	2,721,237	2,596,491	5.82%	1.15%
1977	2,881,533	2,626,298	5.89%	1.15%
1978	3,052,526	2,656,211	5.93%	1.14%
1979	3,233,846	2,683,035	5.94%	1.01%
1980	3,424,378	2,708,675	5.89%	0.96%
1981	3,621,486	2,735,987	5.76%	1.01%
1982	3,724,765	2,763,101	2.85%	0.99%
1983	3,718,961	2,791,207	-0.16%	1.02%
1984	3,773,633	2,820,518	1.47%	1.05%
1985	3,898,745	2,850,787	3.32%	1.07%
1986	4,017,403	2,883,057	3.04%	1.13%
1987	4,129,739	2,916,306	2.8%	1.15%
1988	4,237,755	2,948,891	2.62%	1.12%
1989	4,342,920	2,970,039	2.48%	0.72%
1990	4,445,239	2,977,912	2.36%	0.27%
1991	4,544,400	2,981,566	2.23%	0.12%
1992	4,640,352	2,980,965	2.11%	-0.02%
1993	4,733,045	2,975,966	2%	-0.17%
1994	4,822,037	2,966,745	1.88%	-0.31%
1995	4,906,843	2,953,200	1.76%	-0.46%
1996	4,987,393	2,947,293	1.64%	-0.2%
1997	5,064,639	2,936,413	1.55%	-0.37%
1998	5,140,704	2,935,227	1.5%	-0.04%
1999	5,218,038	2,930,622	1.5%	-0.16%
2000	5,305,021	2,924,668	1.67%	-0.2%
2001	5,403,639	2,918,135	1.86%	-0.22%
2002	5,508,410	2,911,385	1.94%	-0.23%
2003	5,619,398	2,903,198	2.01%	-0.28%
2004	5,736,693	2,896,023	2.09%	-0.25%
2005	5,858,798	2,888,985	2.13%	-0.24%
2006	5,980,211	2,880,967	2.07%	-0.28%
2007	6,104,380	2,874,299	2.08%	-0.23%
2008	6,235,430	2,868,833	2.15%	-0.19%
2009	6,366,686	2,865,213	2.11%	-0.13%
2010	6,497,839	2,862,354	2.06%	-0.1%
2011	6,343,203	2,860,699	-2.38%	-0.06%
2012	6,179,328	2,860,324	-2.58%	-0.01%
2013	6,304,628	2,859,558	2.03%	-0.03%
2014	6,427,252	2,857,815	1.94%	-0.06%
2015	6,531,819	2,835,978	1.63%	-0.76%
2016	6,632,126	2,803,186	1.54%	-1.16%
2017	6,738,770	2,755,189	1.61%	-1.71%
2018	6,849,055	2,707,203	1.64%	-1.74%
2019	6,951,033	2,664,224	1.49%	-1.59%
2020	7,045,399	2,635,130	1.36%	-1.09%
2021	7,135,175	2,595,809	1.27%	-1.49%
2022	7,223,805	2,528,654	1.24%	-2.59%
2023	7,305,659	2,457,783	1.13%	-2.8%
2024	7,381,023	2,402,306	1.03%	-2.26%
2025	7,458,547	2,371,543	1.05%	-1.28%
2026	7,539,842	2,343,963	1.09%	-1.16%
2027	7,627,487	2,321,110	1.16%	-0.97%
2028	7,716,839	2,298,239	1.17%	-0.99%
2029	7,802,209	2,275,251	1.11%	-1%
2030	7,885,801	2,252,131	1.07%	-1.02%
2031	7,969,103	2,229,191	1.06%	-1.02%
2032	8,048,491	2,206,559	1%	-1.02%
2033	8,126,634	2,183,929	0.97%	-1.03%
2034	8,206,611	2,161,282	0.98%	-1.04%
2035	8,283,950	2,138,754	0.94%	-1.04%
2036	8,357,480	2,116,659	0.89%	-1.03%
2037	8,431,722	2,095,127	0.89%	-1.02%
2038	8,506,595	2,074,054	0.89%	-1.01%
2039	8,579,849	2,053,352	0.86%	-1%
2040	8,651,409	2,033,323	0.83%	-0.98%
2041	8,719,609	2,014,222	0.79%	-0.94%
2042	8,786,619	1,995,750	0.77%	-0.92%
2043	8,854,384	1,977,688	0.77%	-0.9%
2044	8,920,015	1,960,241	0.74%	-0.88%
2045	8,983,943	1,943,187	0.72%	-0.87%
2046	9,043,667	1,926,432	0.66%	-0.86%
2047	9,098,399	1,910,142	0.61%	-0.85%
2048	9,154,058	1,894,069	0.61%	-0.84%
2049	9,208,602	1,877,822	0.6%	-0.86%
2050	9,260,603	1,861,554	0.56%	-0.87%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Libya increased by 651,915 people (a 10.9% growth), while Moldova lost 77,781 people (a 2.7% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Libya gained 908,673 (a 13.7% growth), while Moldova's population decreased by -459,223 (a 16.4% decline).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2006 and is 105th in 2026. Moldova was ranked 134th in 2006 and ranked 144th 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 Moldova will decrease by 20.6% to 1,861,554 people and rank change from 144th to 150th.