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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Libya	Nigeria	Libya	Nigeria
1960	1,492,890	45,053,782	-	-
1961	1,555,699	45,989,310	4.21%	2.08%
1962	1,621,960	46,965,292	4.26%	2.12%
1963	1,690,457	47,973,575	4.22%	2.15%
1964	1,753,691	49,012,016	3.74%	2.16%
1965	1,804,015	50,086,764	2.87%	2.19%
1966	1,849,063	51,188,234	2.5%	2.2%
1967	1,898,199	52,293,065	2.66%	2.16%
1968	1,952,781	53,432,783	2.88%	2.18%
1969	2,014,293	54,631,914	3.15%	2.24%
1970	2,082,589	55,893,838	3.39%	2.31%
1971	2,153,534	57,214,684	3.41%	2.36%
1972	2,226,091	58,601,748	3.37%	2.42%
1973	2,314,193	60,082,139	3.96%	2.53%
1974	2,432,211	61,679,144	5.1%	2.66%
1975	2,571,556	63,410,815	5.73%	2.81%
1976	2,721,237	65,258,009	5.82%	2.91%
1977	2,881,533	67,234,590	5.89%	3.03%
1978	3,052,526	69,326,532	5.93%	3.11%
1979	3,233,846	71,498,242	5.94%	3.13%
1980	3,424,378	73,764,641	5.89%	3.17%
1981	3,621,486	76,068,103	5.76%	3.12%
1982	3,724,765	78,378,701	2.85%	3.04%
1983	3,718,961	80,438,260	-0.16%	2.63%
1984	3,773,633	82,526,443	1.47%	2.6%
1985	3,898,745	84,897,973	3.32%	2.87%
1986	4,017,403	87,235,953	3.04%	2.75%
1987	4,129,739	89,591,716	2.8%	2.7%
1988	4,237,755	92,020,090	2.62%	2.71%
1989	4,342,920	94,531,014	2.48%	2.73%
1990	4,445,239	97,120,925	2.36%	2.74%
1991	4,544,400	99,720,162	2.23%	2.68%
1992	4,640,352	102,372,770	2.11%	2.66%
1993	4,733,045	105,122,069	2%	2.69%
1994	4,822,037	107,935,714	1.88%	2.68%
1995	4,906,843	110,819,428	1.76%	2.67%
1996	4,987,393	113,754,779	1.64%	2.65%
1997	5,064,639	116,754,792	1.55%	2.64%
1998	5,140,704	119,846,254	1.5%	2.65%
1999	5,218,038	123,047,320	1.5%	2.67%
2000	5,305,021	126,382,494	1.67%	2.71%
2001	5,403,639	129,862,595	1.86%	2.75%
2002	5,508,410	133,471,989	1.94%	2.78%
2003	5,619,398	137,202,644	2.01%	2.8%
2004	5,736,693	141,057,045	2.09%	2.81%
2005	5,858,798	145,017,253	2.13%	2.81%
2006	5,980,211	149,077,334	2.07%	2.8%
2007	6,104,380	153,267,261	2.08%	2.81%
2008	6,235,430	157,595,014	2.15%	2.82%
2009	6,366,686	162,049,464	2.11%	2.83%
2010	6,497,839	166,642,886	2.06%	2.83%
2011	6,343,203	171,379,598	-2.38%	2.84%
2012	6,179,328	176,200,625	-2.58%	2.81%
2013	6,304,628	181,049,443	2.03%	2.75%
2014	6,427,252	185,896,915	1.94%	2.68%
2015	6,531,819	190,671,878	1.63%	2.57%
2016	6,632,126	195,443,700	1.54%	2.5%
2017	6,738,770	200,254,579	1.61%	2.46%
2018	6,849,055	204,938,755	1.64%	2.34%
2019	6,951,033	209,485,641	1.49%	2.22%
2020	7,045,399	213,996,181	1.36%	2.15%
2021	7,135,175	218,529,286	1.27%	2.12%
2022	7,223,805	223,150,896	1.24%	2.11%
2023	7,305,659	227,882,945	1.13%	2.12%
2024	7,381,023	232,679,478	1.03%	2.1%
2025	7,458,547	237,527,783	1.05%	2.08%
2026	7,539,842	242,431,830	1.09%	2.06%
2027	7,627,487	247,374,258	1.16%	2.04%
2028	7,716,839	252,346,128	1.17%	2.01%
2029	7,802,209	257,352,638	1.11%	1.98%
2030	7,885,801	262,380,975	1.07%	1.95%
2031	7,969,103	267,421,079	1.06%	1.92%
2032	8,048,491	272,483,635	1%	1.89%
2033	8,126,634	277,555,116	0.97%	1.86%
2034	8,206,611	282,622,388	0.98%	1.83%
2035	8,283,950	287,685,757	0.94%	1.79%
2036	8,357,480	292,739,390	0.89%	1.76%
2037	8,431,722	297,773,236	0.89%	1.72%
2038	8,506,595	302,782,350	0.89%	1.68%
2039	8,579,849	307,764,754	0.86%	1.65%
2040	8,651,409	312,710,403	0.83%	1.61%
2041	8,719,609	317,607,237	0.79%	1.57%
2042	8,786,619	322,450,302	0.77%	1.52%
2043	8,854,384	327,243,941	0.77%	1.49%
2044	8,920,015	331,983,354	0.74%	1.45%
2045	8,983,943	336,662,502	0.72%	1.41%
2046	9,043,667	341,281,757	0.66%	1.37%
2047	9,098,399	345,844,004	0.61%	1.34%
2048	9,154,058	350,347,757	0.61%	1.3%
2049	9,208,602	354,792,418	0.6%	1.27%
2050	9,260,603	359,185,550	0.56%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Libya increased by 673,021 people (a 11.5% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Libya gained 992,030 (a 15.2% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2005 and is 105th in 2025. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2005 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.