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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Libya	Niger	Libya	Niger
1960	1,492,890	3,505,050	-	-
1961	1,555,699	3,608,162	4.21%	2.94%
1962	1,621,960	3,714,520	4.26%	2.95%
1963	1,690,457	3,823,873	4.22%	2.94%
1964	1,753,691	3,935,814	3.74%	2.93%
1965	1,804,015	4,049,695	2.87%	2.89%
1966	1,849,063	4,165,544	2.5%	2.86%
1967	1,898,199	4,283,590	2.66%	2.83%
1968	1,952,781	4,403,637	2.88%	2.8%
1969	2,014,293	4,525,725	3.15%	2.77%
1970	2,082,589	4,650,275	3.39%	2.75%
1971	2,153,534	4,776,225	3.41%	2.71%
1972	2,226,091	4,904,845	3.37%	2.69%
1973	2,314,193	5,037,865	3.96%	2.71%
1974	2,432,211	5,174,953	5.1%	2.72%
1975	2,571,556	5,317,019	5.73%	2.75%
1976	2,721,237	5,464,962	5.82%	2.78%
1977	2,881,533	5,619,716	5.89%	2.83%
1978	3,052,526	5,782,932	5.93%	2.9%
1979	3,233,846	5,955,556	5.94%	2.99%
1980	3,424,378	6,135,971	5.89%	3.03%
1981	3,621,486	6,322,006	5.76%	3.03%
1982	3,724,765	6,512,732	2.85%	3.02%
1983	3,718,961	6,708,644	-0.16%	3.01%
1984	3,773,633	6,909,971	1.47%	3%
1985	3,898,745	7,118,457	3.32%	3.02%
1986	4,017,403	7,335,811	3.04%	3.05%
1987	4,129,739	7,561,150	2.8%	3.07%
1988	4,237,755	7,793,748	2.62%	3.08%
1989	4,342,920	8,034,780	2.48%	3.09%
1990	4,445,239	8,286,059	2.36%	3.13%
1991	4,544,400	8,546,900	2.23%	3.15%
1992	4,640,352	8,817,633	2.11%	3.17%
1993	4,733,045	9,100,789	2%	3.21%
1994	4,822,037	9,398,258	1.88%	3.27%
1995	4,906,843	9,714,529	1.76%	3.37%
1996	4,987,393	10,044,852	1.64%	3.4%
1997	5,064,639	10,383,969	1.55%	3.38%
1998	5,140,704	10,741,413	1.5%	3.44%
1999	5,218,038	11,117,411	1.5%	3.5%
2000	5,305,021	11,509,630	1.67%	3.53%
2001	5,403,639	11,920,647	1.86%	3.57%
2002	5,508,410	12,349,144	1.94%	3.59%
2003	5,619,398	12,796,984	2.01%	3.63%
2004	5,736,693	13,265,836	2.09%	3.66%
2005	5,858,798	13,756,192	2.13%	3.7%
2006	5,980,211	14,268,581	2.07%	3.72%
2007	6,104,380	14,803,610	2.08%	3.75%
2008	6,235,430	15,361,915	2.15%	3.77%
2009	6,366,686	15,943,675	2.11%	3.79%
2010	6,497,839	16,548,835	2.06%	3.8%
2011	6,343,203	17,176,283	-2.38%	3.79%
2012	6,179,328	17,836,769	-2.58%	3.85%
2013	6,304,628	18,519,898	2.03%	3.83%
2014	6,427,252	19,215,909	1.94%	3.76%
2015	6,531,819	19,939,498	1.63%	3.77%
2016	6,632,126	20,685,753	1.54%	3.74%
2017	6,738,770	21,435,446	1.61%	3.62%
2018	6,849,055	22,188,069	1.64%	3.51%
2019	6,951,033	22,947,757	1.49%	3.42%
2020	7,045,399	23,717,613	1.36%	3.35%
2021	7,135,175	24,502,140	1.27%	3.31%
2022	7,223,805	25,311,973	1.24%	3.31%
2023	7,305,659	26,159,867	1.13%	3.35%
2024	7,381,023	27,032,412	1.03%	3.34%
2025	7,458,547	27,917,825	1.05%	3.28%
2026	7,539,842	28,814,872	1.09%	3.21%
2027	7,627,487	29,723,688	1.16%	3.15%
2028	7,716,839	30,643,561	1.17%	3.09%
2029	7,802,209	31,575,091	1.11%	3.04%
2030	7,885,801	32,518,069	1.07%	2.99%
2031	7,969,103	33,469,616	1.06%	2.93%
2032	8,048,491	34,428,638	1%	2.87%
2033	8,126,634	35,397,029	0.97%	2.81%
2034	8,206,611	36,372,374	0.98%	2.76%
2035	8,283,950	37,353,462	0.94%	2.7%
2036	8,357,480	38,340,142	0.89%	2.64%
2037	8,431,722	39,330,372	0.89%	2.58%
2038	8,506,595	40,323,460	0.89%	2.52%
2039	8,579,849	41,318,407	0.86%	2.47%
2040	8,651,409	42,316,733	0.83%	2.42%
2041	8,719,609	43,319,236	0.79%	2.37%
2042	8,786,619	44,326,115	0.77%	2.32%
2043	8,854,384	45,337,248	0.77%	2.28%
2044	8,920,015	46,353,160	0.74%	2.24%
2045	8,983,943	47,374,113	0.72%	2.2%
2046	9,043,667	48,397,993	0.66%	2.16%
2047	9,098,399	49,423,853	0.61%	2.12%
2048	9,154,058	50,452,202	0.61%	2.08%
2049	9,208,602	51,482,559	0.6%	2.04%
2050	9,260,603	52,513,870	0.56%	2%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Libya increased by 673,021 people (a 11.5% growth), while Niger gained 6,183,306 people (a 44.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Libya gained 992,030 (a 15.2% growth), while Niger's population increased by 8,698,905 (a 43.6% growth).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2005 and is 105th in 2025. Niger was ranked 65th in 2005 and ranked 53rd 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 Niger will increase by 83.4% to 52,513,870 people and rank change from 53rd to 38th.