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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Libya	North Macedonia	Libya	North Macedonia
1960	1,492,890	1,435,059	-	-
1961	1,555,699	1,455,171	4.21%	1.4%
1962	1,621,960	1,471,745	4.26%	1.14%
1963	1,690,457	1,488,737	4.22%	1.15%
1964	1,753,691	1,510,900	3.74%	1.49%
1965	1,804,015	1,533,466	2.87%	1.49%
1966	1,849,063	1,557,349	2.5%	1.56%
1967	1,898,199	1,582,492	2.66%	1.61%
1968	1,952,781	1,608,930	2.88%	1.67%
1969	2,014,293	1,636,345	3.15%	1.7%
1970	2,082,589	1,664,208	3.39%	1.7%
1971	2,153,534	1,691,216	3.41%	1.62%
1972	2,226,091	1,717,395	3.37%	1.55%
1973	2,314,193	1,743,816	3.96%	1.54%
1974	2,432,211	1,770,545	5.1%	1.53%
1975	2,571,556	1,797,972	5.73%	1.55%
1976	2,721,237	1,825,830	5.82%	1.55%
1977	2,881,533	1,853,138	5.89%	1.5%
1978	3,052,526	1,879,847	5.93%	1.44%
1979	3,233,846	1,906,523	5.94%	1.42%
1980	3,424,378	1,933,038	5.89%	1.39%
1981	3,621,486	1,959,065	5.76%	1.35%
1982	3,724,765	1,978,956	2.85%	1.02%
1983	3,718,961	1,991,901	-0.16%	0.65%
1984	3,773,633	2,003,399	1.47%	0.58%
1985	3,898,745	2,014,331	3.32%	0.55%
1986	4,017,403	2,024,732	3.04%	0.52%
1987	4,129,739	2,035,157	2.8%	0.51%
1988	4,237,755	2,045,737	2.62%	0.52%
1989	4,342,920	2,055,649	2.48%	0.48%
1990	4,445,239	2,063,689	2.36%	0.39%
1991	4,544,400	2,055,994	2.23%	-0.37%
1992	4,640,352	2,032,523	2.11%	-1.14%
1993	4,733,045	2,006,854	2%	-1.26%
1994	4,822,037	1,992,666	1.88%	-0.71%
1995	4,906,843	1,998,534	1.76%	0.29%
1996	4,987,393	2,012,553	1.64%	0.7%
1997	5,064,639	1,996,869	1.55%	-0.78%
1998	5,140,704	2,007,523	1.5%	0.53%
1999	5,218,038	2,017,142	1.5%	0.48%
2000	5,305,021	2,026,350	1.67%	0.46%
2001	5,403,639	2,034,882	1.86%	0.42%
2002	5,508,410	2,020,157	1.94%	-0.72%
2003	5,619,398	2,022,725	2.01%	0.13%
2004	5,736,693	2,016,186	2.09%	-0.32%
2005	5,858,798	2,005,330	2.13%	-0.54%
2006	5,980,211	1,994,287	2.07%	-0.55%
2007	6,104,380	1,982,933	2.08%	-0.57%
2008	6,235,430	1,971,493	2.15%	-0.58%
2009	6,366,686	1,958,782	2.11%	-0.64%
2010	6,497,839	1,946,298	2.06%	-0.64%
2011	6,343,203	1,937,398	-2.38%	-0.46%
2012	6,179,328	1,929,821	-2.58%	-0.39%
2013	6,304,628	1,922,716	2.03%	-0.37%
2014	6,427,252	1,917,557	1.94%	-0.27%
2015	6,531,819	1,912,430	1.63%	-0.27%
2016	6,632,126	1,906,313	1.54%	-0.32%
2017	6,738,770	1,898,657	1.61%	-0.4%
2018	6,849,055	1,889,051	1.64%	-0.51%
2019	6,951,033	1,876,262	1.49%	-0.68%
2020	7,045,399	1,856,124	1.36%	-1.07%
2021	7,135,175	1,837,114	1.27%	-1.02%
2022	7,223,805	1,831,712	1.24%	-0.29%
2023	7,305,659	1,827,816	1.13%	-0.21%
2024	7,381,023	1,824,359	1.03%	-0.19%
2025	7,458,547	1,815,133	1.05%	-0.51%
2026	7,539,842	1,805,395	1.09%	-0.54%
2027	7,627,487	1,795,422	1.16%	-0.55%
2028	7,716,839	1,785,331	1.17%	-0.56%
2029	7,802,209	1,774,860	1.11%	-0.59%
2030	7,885,801	1,763,791	1.07%	-0.62%
2031	7,969,103	1,752,330	1.06%	-0.65%
2032	8,048,491	1,740,795	1%	-0.66%
2033	8,126,634	1,729,225	0.97%	-0.66%
2034	8,206,611	1,717,480	0.98%	-0.68%
2035	8,283,950	1,705,456	0.94%	-0.7%
2036	8,357,480	1,693,196	0.89%	-0.72%
2037	8,431,722	1,680,741	0.89%	-0.74%
2038	8,506,595	1,668,308	0.89%	-0.74%
2039	8,579,849	1,655,824	0.86%	-0.75%
2040	8,651,409	1,643,124	0.83%	-0.77%
2041	8,719,609	1,630,336	0.79%	-0.78%
2042	8,786,619	1,617,428	0.77%	-0.79%
2043	8,854,384	1,604,359	0.77%	-0.81%
2044	8,920,015	1,591,423	0.74%	-0.81%
2045	8,983,943	1,578,519	0.72%	-0.81%
2046	9,043,667	1,565,479	0.66%	-0.83%
2047	9,098,399	1,552,566	0.61%	-0.82%
2048	9,154,058	1,539,797	0.61%	-0.82%
2049	9,208,602	1,526,883	0.6%	-0.84%
2050	9,260,603	1,513,804	0.56%	-0.86%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Libya increased by 651,915 people (a 10.9% growth), while North Macedonia lost 87,974 people (a 4.41% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Libya gained 908,673 (a 13.7% growth), while North Macedonia's population decreased by -100,918 (a 5.29% decline).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2006 and is 105th in 2026. North Macedonia was ranked 142nd in 2006 and ranked 150th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Libya's population will grow by 22.8% to 9,260,603 people and will still be ranked 105th. The population of North Macedonia will decrease by 16.2% to 1,513,804 people and rank change from 150th to 152nd.