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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Libya was 7,381,023 in 2024 vs 251,269,164 people in Pakistan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Libya's population is 7,523,849 people compared to 258,497,127 in Pakistan.

Population statistics:

  • Pakistan's population is 34.4 times bigger than Libya's.
  • Libya is ranked the 105th most populous country in the world, while Pakistan is the 5th.
  • The countries together account for 3.22% of the world: 0.09% for Libya vs 3.13% for Pakistan.
  • For the last 10 years, Libya has had an average growth rate of +1.44% per year vs +1.6% in Pakistan.
  • Since 2005, the population of Libya has increased from 5.86M people to 7.52M (28.4% growth), while Pakistan has grown from 175M to 258M (47.3% growth).
  • Libya is projected to reach its peak in 2086 at 9.97M people compared to the peak of 511M people in 2100 for Pakistan.

Libya vs Pakistan: live population counter

Libya Pakistan
Current population
7523849
258497127
Population rank 105/197 5/197
Percent of world population 0.09% 3.13%
One net population change
6.97 minutes
8.38 seconds
One birth every
4.23 minutes
4.58 seconds
One death every
10.8 minutes
19.7 seconds
One migration net change every
2.54 hours
22.5 seconds
Annual migration change +3,448 -1,401,173
Daily growth/decline +206 +10,314
Annual growth/decline +75,364 +3,764,669
Annual growth/decline rate +1.03% +1.52%
Population growth rate rank 101/197 73/197

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

Libya
Population

Growth rate
Pakistan
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Libya Pakistan Libya Pakistan
1960 1,492,890 45,709,310 - -
1961 1,555,699 46,921,277 4.21% 2.65%
1962 1,621,960 48,156,128 4.26% 2.63%
1963 1,690,457 49,447,776 4.22% 2.68%
1964 1,753,691 50,799,999 3.74% 2.73%
1965 1,804,015 52,209,010 2.87% 2.77%
1966 1,849,063 53,678,667 2.5% 2.81%
1967 1,898,199 55,214,768 2.66% 2.86%
1968 1,952,781 56,810,507 2.88% 2.89%
1969 2,014,293 58,460,939 3.15% 2.91%
1970 2,082,589 60,166,719 3.39% 2.92%
1971 2,153,534 61,847,899 3.41% 2.79%
1972 2,226,091 63,583,194 3.37% 2.81%
1973 2,314,193 65,461,912 3.96% 2.95%
1974 2,432,211 67,415,487 5.1% 2.98%
1975 2,571,556 69,461,175 5.73% 3.03%
1976 2,721,237 71,620,254 5.82% 3.11%
1977 2,881,533 73,901,827 5.89% 3.19%
1978 3,052,526 76,307,379 5.93% 3.26%
1979 3,233,846 78,997,039 5.94% 3.52%
1980 3,424,378 82,291,010 5.89% 4.17%
1981 3,621,486 85,802,049 5.76% 4.27%
1982 3,724,765 89,089,246 2.85% 3.83%
1983 3,718,961 92,227,711 -0.16% 3.52%
1984 3,773,633 95,164,936 1.47% 3.18%
1985 3,898,745 98,229,285 3.32% 3.22%
1986 4,017,403 101,606,764 3.04% 3.44%
1987 4,129,739 105,130,717 2.8% 3.47%
1988 4,237,755 108,724,739 2.62% 3.42%
1989 4,342,920 112,336,629 2.48% 3.32%
1990 4,445,239 116,155,576 2.36% 3.4%
1991 4,544,400 120,060,406 2.23% 3.36%
1992 4,640,352 123,546,848 2.11% 2.9%
1993 4,733,045 127,020,117 2% 2.81%
1994 4,822,037 130,748,083 1.88% 2.93%
1995 4,906,843 134,582,253 1.76% 2.93%
1996 4,987,393 138,557,092 1.64% 2.95%
1997 5,064,639 142,531,804 1.55% 2.87%
1998 5,140,704 146,522,356 1.5% 2.8%
1999 5,218,038 150,565,377 1.5% 2.76%
2000 5,305,021 154,879,127 1.67% 2.87%
2001 5,403,639 159,270,907 1.86% 2.84%
2002 5,508,410 163,222,549 1.94% 2.48%
2003 5,619,398 167,110,248 2.01% 2.38%
2004 5,736,693 171,286,000 2.09% 2.5%
2005 5,858,798 175,453,212 2.13% 2.43%
2006 5,980,211 179,682,690 2.07% 2.41%
2007 6,104,380 184,493,231 2.08% 2.68%
2008 6,235,430 189,499,113 2.15% 2.71%
2009 6,366,686 194,376,534 2.11% 2.57%
2010 6,497,839 199,239,047 2.06% 2.5%
2011 6,343,203 203,746,065 -2.38% 2.26%
2012 6,179,328 207,667,125 -2.58% 1.92%
2013 6,304,628 211,073,978 2.03% 1.64%
2014 6,427,252 214,264,647 1.94% 1.51%
2015 6,531,819 217,290,883 1.63% 1.41%
2016 6,632,126 220,138,869 1.54% 1.31%
2017 6,738,770 223,273,967 1.61% 1.42%
2018 6,849,055 226,928,892 1.64% 1.64%
2019 6,951,033 230,800,899 1.49% 1.71%
2020 7,045,399 235,001,746 1.36% 1.82%
2021 7,135,175 239,477,801 1.27% 1.9%
2022 7,223,805 243,700,667 1.24% 1.76%
2023 7,305,659 247,504,495 1.13% 1.56%
2024 7,381,023 251,269,164 1.03% 1.52%
2025 7,458,547 255,219,564 1.05% 1.57%
2026 7,539,842 259,299,796 1.09% 1.6%
2027 7,627,487 263,515,827 1.16% 1.63%
2028 7,716,839 267,881,923 1.17% 1.66%
2029 7,802,209 272,337,520 1.11% 1.66%
2030 7,885,801 276,883,261 1.07% 1.67%
2031 7,969,103 281,528,070 1.06% 1.68%
2032 8,048,491 286,241,141 1% 1.67%
2033 8,126,634 291,012,268 0.97% 1.67%
2034 8,206,611 295,820,153 0.98% 1.65%
2035 8,283,950 300,643,518 0.94% 1.63%
2036 8,357,480 305,491,504 0.89% 1.61%
2037 8,431,722 310,353,293 0.89% 1.59%
2038 8,506,595 315,227,709 0.89% 1.57%
2039 8,579,849 320,105,882 0.86% 1.55%
2040 8,651,409 324,937,703 0.83% 1.51%
2041 8,719,609 329,746,478 0.79% 1.48%
2042 8,786,619 334,551,874 0.77% 1.46%
2043 8,854,384 339,334,851 0.77% 1.43%
2044 8,920,015 344,095,467 0.74% 1.4%
2045 8,983,943 348,837,732 0.72% 1.38%
2046 9,043,667 353,552,859 0.66% 1.35%
2047 9,098,399 358,207,159 0.61% 1.32%
2048 9,154,058 362,796,532 0.61% 1.28%
2049 9,208,602 367,344,429 0.6% 1.25%
2050 9,260,603 371,863,804 0.56% 1.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Libya increased by 673,021 people (a 11.5% growth), while Pakistan gained 41,837,671 people (a 23.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Libya gained 992,030 (a 15.2% growth), while Pakistan's population increased by 41,206,244 (a 19% growth).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2005 and is 105th in 2025. Pakistan was ranked 6th in 2005 and ranked 5th 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 Pakistan will increase by 43.9% to 371,863,804 people and rank change from 5th to 4th.

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