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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Libya	Norway	Libya	Norway
1960	1,492,890	3,581,239	-	-
1961	1,555,699	3,609,800	4.21%	0.8%
1962	1,621,960	3,638,918	4.26%	0.81%
1963	1,690,457	3,666,537	4.22%	0.76%
1964	1,753,691	3,694,339	3.74%	0.76%
1965	1,804,015	3,723,168	2.87%	0.78%
1966	1,849,063	3,753,012	2.5%	0.8%
1967	1,898,199	3,784,539	2.66%	0.84%
1968	1,952,781	3,816,486	2.88%	0.84%
1969	2,014,293	3,847,707	3.15%	0.82%
1970	2,082,589	3,875,763	3.39%	0.73%
1971	2,153,534	3,903,039	3.41%	0.7%
1972	2,226,091	3,933,004	3.37%	0.77%
1973	2,314,193	3,960,612	3.96%	0.7%
1974	2,432,211	3,985,258	5.1%	0.62%
1975	2,571,556	4,007,313	5.73%	0.55%
1976	2,721,237	4,026,152	5.82%	0.47%
1977	2,881,533	4,043,205	5.89%	0.42%
1978	3,052,526	4,058,671	5.93%	0.38%
1979	3,233,846	4,072,517	5.94%	0.34%
1980	3,424,378	4,085,620	5.89%	0.32%
1981	3,621,486	4,099,702	5.76%	0.34%
1982	3,724,765	4,114,787	2.85%	0.37%
1983	3,718,961	4,128,432	-0.16%	0.33%
1984	3,773,633	4,140,099	1.47%	0.28%
1985	3,898,745	4,152,516	3.32%	0.3%
1986	4,017,403	4,167,354	3.04%	0.36%
1987	4,129,739	4,186,905	2.8%	0.47%
1988	4,237,755	4,209,488	2.62%	0.54%
1989	4,342,920	4,226,901	2.48%	0.41%
1990	4,445,239	4,241,473	2.36%	0.34%
1991	4,544,400	4,261,732	2.23%	0.48%
1992	4,640,352	4,286,401	2.11%	0.58%
1993	4,733,045	4,311,991	2%	0.6%
1994	4,822,037	4,336,613	1.88%	0.57%
1995	4,906,843	4,359,184	1.76%	0.52%
1996	4,987,393	4,381,336	1.64%	0.51%
1997	5,064,639	4,405,157	1.55%	0.54%
1998	5,140,704	4,431,464	1.5%	0.6%
1999	5,218,038	4,461,913	1.5%	0.69%
2000	5,305,021	4,490,967	1.67%	0.65%
2001	5,403,639	4,513,751	1.86%	0.51%
2002	5,508,410	4,538,159	1.94%	0.54%
2003	5,619,398	4,564,855	2.01%	0.59%
2004	5,736,693	4,591,910	2.09%	0.59%
2005	5,858,798	4,623,291	2.13%	0.68%
2006	5,980,211	4,660,677	2.07%	0.81%
2007	6,104,380	4,709,153	2.08%	1.04%
2008	6,235,430	4,768,212	2.15%	1.25%
2009	6,366,686	4,828,726	2.11%	1.27%
2010	6,497,839	4,889,252	2.06%	1.25%
2011	6,343,203	4,953,088	-2.38%	1.31%
2012	6,179,328	5,018,573	-2.58%	1.32%
2013	6,304,628	5,079,623	2.03%	1.22%
2014	6,427,252	5,137,232	1.94%	1.13%
2015	6,531,819	5,188,607	1.63%	1%
2016	6,632,126	5,234,519	1.54%	0.88%
2017	6,738,770	5,276,968	1.61%	0.81%
2018	6,849,055	5,311,916	1.64%	0.66%
2019	6,951,033	5,347,896	1.49%	0.68%
2020	7,045,399	5,379,475	1.36%	0.59%
2021	7,135,175	5,408,320	1.27%	0.54%
2022	7,223,805	5,457,127	1.24%	0.9%
2023	7,305,659	5,519,594	1.13%	1.14%
2024	7,381,023	5,572,272	1.03%	0.95%
2025	7,458,547	5,618,653	1.05%	0.83%
2026	7,539,842	5,648,542	1.09%	0.53%
2027	7,627,487	5,669,085	1.16%	0.36%
2028	7,716,839	5,688,775	1.17%	0.35%
2029	7,802,209	5,707,206	1.11%	0.32%
2030	7,885,801	5,724,586	1.07%	0.3%
2031	7,969,103	5,741,140	1.06%	0.29%
2032	8,048,491	5,756,663	1%	0.27%
2033	8,126,634	5,771,048	0.97%	0.25%
2034	8,206,611	5,784,408	0.98%	0.23%
2035	8,283,950	5,796,851	0.94%	0.22%
2036	8,357,480	5,808,721	0.89%	0.2%
2037	8,431,722	5,819,995	0.89%	0.19%
2038	8,506,595	5,830,604	0.89%	0.18%
2039	8,579,849	5,840,493	0.86%	0.17%
2040	8,651,409	5,849,273	0.83%	0.15%
2041	8,719,609	5,857,345	0.79%	0.14%
2042	8,786,619	5,864,766	0.77%	0.13%
2043	8,854,384	5,870,957	0.77%	0.11%
2044	8,920,015	5,876,291	0.74%	0.09%
2045	8,983,943	5,881,391	0.72%	0.09%
2046	9,043,667	5,885,772	0.66%	0.07%
2047	9,098,399	5,889,156	0.61%	0.06%
2048	9,154,058	5,892,131	0.61%	0.05%
2049	9,208,602	5,894,300	0.6%	0.04%
2050	9,260,603	5,895,192	0.56%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Libya increased by 673,021 people (a 11.5% growth), while Norway gained 565,316 people (a 12.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Libya gained 992,030 (a 15.2% growth), while Norway's population increased by 454,055 (a 8.75% growth).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2005 and is 105th in 2025. Norway was ranked 116th in 2005 and ranked 119th 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 Norway will increase by 4.48% to 5,895,192 people and rank change from 119th to 121st.