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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Libya	Namibia	Libya	Namibia
1960	1,492,890	591,465	-	-
1961	1,555,699	603,067	4.21%	1.96%
1962	1,621,960	615,759	4.26%	2.1%
1963	1,690,457	629,589	4.22%	2.25%
1964	1,753,691	644,530	3.74%	2.37%
1965	1,804,015	660,558	2.87%	2.49%
1966	1,849,063	677,655	2.5%	2.59%
1967	1,898,199	696,045	2.66%	2.71%
1968	1,952,781	715,542	2.88%	2.8%
1969	2,014,293	736,120	3.15%	2.88%
1970	2,082,589	757,868	3.39%	2.95%
1971	2,153,534	780,584	3.41%	3%
1972	2,226,091	804,399	3.37%	3.05%
1973	2,314,193	828,928	3.96%	3.05%
1974	2,432,211	854,320	5.1%	3.06%
1975	2,571,556	881,032	5.73%	3.13%
1976	2,721,237	906,566	5.82%	2.9%
1977	2,881,533	931,104	5.89%	2.71%
1978	3,052,526	947,269	5.93%	1.74%
1979	3,233,846	962,825	5.94%	1.64%
1980	3,424,378	981,434	5.89%	1.93%
1981	3,621,486	992,500	5.76%	1.13%
1982	3,724,765	1,010,308	2.85%	1.79%
1983	3,718,961	1,037,511	-0.16%	2.69%
1984	3,773,633	1,065,989	1.47%	2.74%
1985	3,898,745	1,096,890	3.32%	2.9%
1986	4,017,403	1,131,081	3.04%	3.12%
1987	4,129,739	1,167,889	2.8%	3.25%
1988	4,237,755	1,209,696	2.62%	3.58%
1989	4,342,920	1,288,947	2.48%	6.55%
1990	4,445,239	1,369,303	2.36%	6.23%
1991	4,544,400	1,415,684	2.23%	3.39%
1992	4,640,352	1,461,322	2.11%	3.22%
1993	4,733,045	1,508,697	2%	3.24%
1994	4,822,037	1,556,304	1.88%	3.16%
1995	4,906,843	1,602,170	1.76%	2.95%
1996	4,987,393	1,646,103	1.64%	2.74%
1997	5,064,639	1,689,264	1.55%	2.62%
1998	5,140,704	1,732,745	1.5%	2.57%
1999	5,218,038	1,776,368	1.5%	2.52%
2000	5,305,021	1,818,647	1.67%	2.38%
2001	5,403,639	1,857,048	1.86%	2.11%
2002	5,508,410	1,889,970	1.94%	1.77%
2003	5,619,398	1,917,464	2.01%	1.45%
2004	5,736,693	1,942,082	2.09%	1.28%
2005	5,858,798	1,966,582	2.13%	1.26%
2006	5,980,211	1,991,888	2.07%	1.29%
2007	6,104,380	2,018,600	2.08%	1.34%
2008	6,235,430	2,047,056	2.15%	1.41%
2009	6,366,686	2,077,394	2.11%	1.48%
2010	6,497,839	2,109,811	2.06%	1.56%
2011	6,343,203	2,146,325	-2.38%	1.73%
2012	6,179,328	2,194,654	-2.58%	2.25%
2013	6,304,628	2,252,508	2.03%	2.64%
2014	6,427,252	2,312,139	1.94%	2.65%
2015	6,531,819	2,374,300	1.63%	2.69%
2016	6,632,126	2,439,213	1.54%	2.73%
2017	6,738,770	2,506,853	1.61%	2.77%
2018	6,849,055	2,577,327	1.64%	2.81%
2019	6,951,033	2,650,494	1.49%	2.84%
2020	7,045,399	2,728,762	1.36%	2.95%
2021	7,135,175	2,810,548	1.27%	3%
2022	7,223,805	2,889,662	1.24%	2.81%
2023	7,305,659	2,963,095	1.13%	2.54%
2024	7,381,023	3,030,131	1.03%	2.26%
2025	7,458,547	3,092,826	1.05%	2.07%
2026	7,539,842	3,153,252	1.09%	1.95%
2027	7,627,487	3,212,910	1.16%	1.89%
2028	7,716,839	3,272,166	1.17%	1.84%
2029	7,802,209	3,330,819	1.11%	1.79%
2030	7,885,801	3,389,961	1.07%	1.78%
2031	7,969,103	3,449,508	1.06%	1.76%
2032	8,048,491	3,508,245	1%	1.7%
2033	8,126,634	3,565,349	0.97%	1.63%
2034	8,206,611	3,621,829	0.98%	1.58%
2035	8,283,950	3,678,888	0.94%	1.58%
2036	8,357,480	3,735,939	0.89%	1.55%
2037	8,431,722	3,792,807	0.89%	1.52%
2038	8,506,595	3,850,310	0.89%	1.52%
2039	8,579,849	3,907,182	0.86%	1.48%
2040	8,651,409	3,962,414	0.83%	1.41%
2041	8,719,609	4,017,690	0.79%	1.4%
2042	8,786,619	4,073,359	0.77%	1.39%
2043	8,854,384	4,129,577	0.77%	1.38%
2044	8,920,015	4,186,114	0.74%	1.37%
2045	8,983,943	4,243,359	0.72%	1.37%
2046	9,043,667	4,299,969	0.66%	1.33%
2047	9,098,399	4,355,507	0.61%	1.29%
2048	9,154,058	4,409,459	0.61%	1.24%
2049	9,208,602	4,460,507	0.6%	1.16%
2050	9,260,603	4,512,307	0.56%	1.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Libya increased by 673,021 people (a 11.5% growth), while Namibia gained 407,718 people (a 20.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Libya gained 992,030 (a 15.2% growth), while Namibia's population increased by 767,064 (a 32.3% growth).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2005 and is 105th in 2025. Namibia was ranked 143rd in 2005 and ranked 134th 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 Namibia will increase by 43.6% to 4,512,307 people and rank change from 134th to 131st.