Population in Libya compared to New Zealand: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Libya and New Zealand: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Libya	New Zealand	Libya	New Zealand
1960	1,492,890	2,371,800	-	-
1961	1,555,699	2,419,700	4.21%	2.02%
1962	1,621,960	2,482,000	4.26%	2.57%
1963	1,690,457	2,531,800	4.22%	2.01%
1964	1,753,691	2,585,400	3.74%	2.12%
1965	1,804,015	2,628,400	2.87%	1.66%
1966	1,849,063	2,675,900	2.5%	1.81%
1967	1,898,199	2,724,100	2.66%	1.8%
1968	1,952,781	2,748,100	2.88%	0.88%
1969	2,014,293	2,772,800	3.15%	0.9%
1970	2,082,589	2,810,700	3.39%	1.37%
1971	2,153,534	2,853,000	3.41%	1.5%
1972	2,226,091	2,903,900	3.37%	1.78%
1973	2,314,193	2,961,300	3.96%	1.98%
1974	2,432,211	3,023,700	5.1%	2.11%
1975	2,571,556	3,083,100	5.73%	1.96%
1976	2,721,237	3,110,500	5.82%	0.89%
1977	2,881,533	3,120,200	5.89%	0.31%
1978	3,052,526	3,121,200	5.93%	0.03%
1979	3,233,846	3,109,000	5.94%	-0.39%
1980	3,424,378	3,112,900	5.89%	0.13%
1981	3,621,486	3,124,900	5.76%	0.39%
1982	3,724,765	3,156,100	2.85%	1%
1983	3,718,961	3,199,300	-0.16%	1.37%
1984	3,773,633	3,227,100	1.47%	0.87%
1985	3,898,745	3,247,100	3.32%	0.62%
1986	4,017,403	3,246,300	3.04%	-0.02%
1987	4,129,739	3,274,400	2.8%	0.87%
1988	4,237,755	3,283,400	2.62%	0.27%
1989	4,342,920	3,299,200	2.48%	0.48%
1990	4,445,239	3,329,800	2.36%	0.93%
1991	4,544,400	3,495,100	2.23%	4.96%
1992	4,640,352	3,531,700	2.11%	1.05%
1993	4,733,045	3,572,200	2%	1.15%
1994	4,822,037	3,620,000	1.88%	1.34%
1995	4,906,843	3,673,400	1.76%	1.48%
1996	4,987,393	3,732,000	1.64%	1.6%
1997	5,064,639	3,781,300	1.55%	1.32%
1998	5,140,704	3,815,000	1.5%	0.89%
1999	5,218,038	3,835,100	1.5%	0.53%
2000	5,305,021	3,857,700	1.67%	0.59%
2001	5,403,639	3,880,500	1.86%	0.59%
2002	5,508,410	3,948,500	1.94%	1.75%
2003	5,619,398	4,027,200	2.01%	1.99%
2004	5,736,693	4,087,500	2.09%	1.5%
2005	5,858,798	4,133,900	2.13%	1.14%
2006	5,980,211	4,184,600	2.07%	1.23%
2007	6,104,380	4,223,800	2.08%	0.94%
2008	6,235,430	4,259,800	2.15%	0.85%
2009	6,366,686	4,302,600	2.11%	1%
2010	6,497,839	4,350,700	2.06%	1.12%
2011	6,343,203	4,384,000	-2.38%	0.77%
2012	6,179,328	4,408,100	-2.58%	0.55%
2013	6,304,628	4,442,100	2.03%	0.77%
2014	6,427,252	4,516,500	1.94%	1.67%
2015	6,531,819	4,609,400	1.63%	2.06%
2016	6,632,126	4,714,100	1.54%	2.27%
2017	6,738,770	4,813,600	1.61%	2.11%
2018	6,849,055	4,900,600	1.64%	1.81%
2019	6,951,033	4,979,200	1.49%	1.6%
2020	7,045,399	5,090,200	1.36%	2.23%
2021	7,135,175	5,111,300	1.27%	0.41%
2022	7,223,805	5,117,100	1.24%	0.11%
2023	7,305,659	5,245,000	1.13%	2.5%
2024	7,381,023	5,338,500	1.03%	1.78%
2025	7,458,547	5,377,360	1.05%	0.73%
2026	7,539,842	5,413,790	1.09%	0.68%
2027	7,627,487	5,447,979	1.16%	0.63%
2028	7,716,839	5,479,675	1.17%	0.58%
2029	7,802,209	5,509,133	1.11%	0.54%
2030	7,885,801	5,536,522	1.07%	0.5%
2031	7,969,103	5,562,256	1.06%	0.46%
2032	8,048,491	5,586,456	1%	0.44%
2033	8,126,634	5,609,501	0.97%	0.41%
2034	8,206,611	5,631,457	0.98%	0.39%
2035	8,283,950	5,652,480	0.94%	0.37%
2036	8,357,480	5,673,146	0.89%	0.37%
2037	8,431,722	5,693,185	0.89%	0.35%
2038	8,506,595	5,713,185	0.89%	0.35%
2039	8,579,849	5,732,750	0.86%	0.34%
2040	8,651,409	5,751,482	0.83%	0.33%
2041	8,719,609	5,770,413	0.79%	0.33%
2042	8,786,619	5,789,187	0.77%	0.33%
2043	8,854,384	5,806,468	0.77%	0.3%
2044	8,920,015	5,822,166	0.74%	0.27%
2045	8,983,943	5,836,730	0.72%	0.25%
2046	9,043,667	5,849,932	0.66%	0.23%
2047	9,098,399	5,861,661	0.61%	0.2%
2048	9,154,058	5,872,796	0.61%	0.19%
2049	9,208,602	5,882,711	0.6%	0.17%
2050	9,260,603	5,892,766	0.56%	0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Libya increased by 673,021 people (a 11.5% growth), while New Zealand gained 475,500 people (a 11.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Libya gained 992,030 (a 15.2% growth), while New Zealand's population increased by 797,223 (a 17.3% growth).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2005 and is 105th in 2025. New Zealand was ranked 122nd in 2005 and ranked 124th 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 New Zealand will increase by 8.99% to 5,892,766 people and rank change from 124th to 122nd.