Population in Libya compared to North Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Libya and North Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Libya	North Korea	Libya	North Korea
1960	1,492,890	11,722,953	-	-
1961	1,555,699	11,990,713	4.21%	2.28%
1962	1,621,960	12,262,882	4.26%	2.27%
1963	1,690,457	12,567,057	4.22%	2.48%
1964	1,753,691	12,889,770	3.74%	2.57%
1965	1,804,015	13,219,369	2.87%	2.56%
1966	1,849,063	13,569,094	2.5%	2.65%
1967	1,898,199	13,958,350	2.66%	2.87%
1968	1,952,781	14,365,596	2.88%	2.92%
1969	2,014,293	14,767,615	3.15%	2.8%
1970	2,082,589	15,172,775	3.39%	2.74%
1971	2,153,534	15,572,457	3.41%	2.63%
1972	2,226,091	15,975,069	3.37%	2.59%
1973	2,314,193	16,350,367	3.96%	2.35%
1974	2,432,211	16,673,121	5.1%	1.97%
1975	2,571,556	16,971,055	5.73%	1.79%
1976	2,721,237	17,243,450	5.82%	1.61%
1977	2,881,533	17,492,798	5.89%	1.45%
1978	3,052,526	17,735,995	5.93%	1.39%
1979	3,233,846	17,983,470	5.94%	1.4%
1980	3,424,378	18,236,786	5.89%	1.41%
1981	3,621,486	18,501,295	5.76%	1.45%
1982	3,724,765	18,776,357	2.85%	1.49%
1983	3,718,961	19,054,034	-0.16%	1.48%
1984	3,773,633	19,335,043	1.47%	1.47%
1985	3,898,745	19,620,388	3.32%	1.48%
1986	4,017,403	19,910,855	3.04%	1.48%
1987	4,129,739	20,205,483	2.8%	1.48%
1988	4,237,755	20,503,161	2.62%	1.47%
1989	4,342,920	20,804,367	2.48%	1.47%
1990	4,445,239	21,112,137	2.36%	1.48%
1991	4,544,400	21,428,638	2.23%	1.5%
1992	4,640,352	21,750,911	2.11%	1.5%
1993	4,733,045	22,073,352	2%	1.48%
1994	4,822,037	22,393,975	1.88%	1.45%
1995	4,906,843	22,669,304	1.76%	1.23%
1996	4,987,393	22,895,746	1.64%	1%
1997	5,064,639	23,110,830	1.55%	0.94%
1998	5,140,704	23,311,564	1.5%	0.87%
1999	5,218,038	23,497,599	1.5%	0.8%
2000	5,305,021	23,665,910	1.67%	0.72%
2001	5,403,639	23,815,358	1.86%	0.63%
2002	5,508,410	23,943,973	1.94%	0.54%
2003	5,619,398	24,090,380	2.01%	0.61%
2004	5,736,693	24,254,943	2.09%	0.68%
2005	5,858,798	24,396,433	2.13%	0.58%
2006	5,980,211	24,524,507	2.07%	0.52%
2007	6,104,380	24,646,383	2.08%	0.5%
2008	6,235,430	24,764,618	2.15%	0.48%
2009	6,366,686	24,878,332	2.11%	0.46%
2010	6,497,839	24,987,258	2.06%	0.44%
2011	6,343,203	25,097,874	-2.38%	0.44%
2012	6,179,328	25,211,728	-2.58%	0.45%
2013	6,304,628	25,329,451	2.03%	0.47%
2014	6,427,252	25,451,262	1.94%	0.48%
2015	6,531,819	25,575,350	1.63%	0.49%
2016	6,632,126	25,698,326	1.54%	0.48%
2017	6,738,770	25,817,709	1.61%	0.46%
2018	6,849,055	25,931,147	1.64%	0.44%
2019	6,951,033	26,037,632	1.49%	0.41%
2020	7,045,399	26,136,312	1.36%	0.38%
2021	7,135,175	26,232,534	1.27%	0.37%
2022	7,223,805	26,328,845	1.24%	0.37%
2023	7,305,659	26,418,204	1.13%	0.34%
2024	7,381,023	26,498,823	1.03%	0.31%
2025	7,458,547	26,571,033	1.05%	0.27%
2026	7,539,842	26,633,682	1.09%	0.24%
2027	7,627,487	26,686,492	1.16%	0.2%
2028	7,716,839	26,729,261	1.17%	0.16%
2029	7,802,209	26,762,008	1.11%	0.12%
2030	7,885,801	26,784,894	1.07%	0.09%
2031	7,969,103	26,797,946	1.06%	0.05%
2032	8,048,491	26,801,071	1%	0.01%
2033	8,126,634	26,795,061	0.97%	-0.02%
2034	8,206,611	26,780,481	0.98%	-0.05%
2035	8,283,950	26,757,705	0.94%	-0.09%
2036	8,357,480	26,727,309	0.89%	-0.11%
2037	8,431,722	26,689,907	0.89%	-0.14%
2038	8,506,595	26,646,323	0.89%	-0.16%
2039	8,579,849	26,596,967	0.86%	-0.19%
2040	8,651,409	26,542,417	0.83%	-0.21%
2041	8,719,609	26,483,475	0.79%	-0.22%
2042	8,786,619	26,420,812	0.77%	-0.24%
2043	8,854,384	26,354,324	0.77%	-0.25%
2044	8,920,015	26,284,000	0.74%	-0.27%
2045	8,983,943	26,210,196	0.72%	-0.28%
2046	9,043,667	26,132,922	0.66%	-0.29%
2047	9,098,399	26,052,086	0.61%	-0.31%
2048	9,154,058	25,967,581	0.61%	-0.32%
2049	9,208,602	25,879,244	0.6%	-0.34%
2050	9,260,603	25,787,120	0.56%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Libya increased by 673,021 people (a 11.5% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Libya gained 992,030 (a 15.2% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2005 and is 105th in 2025. North Korea was ranked 46th in 2005 and ranked 56th 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 North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.