Population in Libya compared to Papua New Guinea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Libya and Papua New Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Libya	Papua New Guinea	Libya	Papua New Guinea
1960	1,492,890	1,995,110	-	-
1961	1,555,699	2,046,127	4.21%	2.56%
1962	1,621,960	2,093,919	4.26%	2.34%
1963	1,690,457	2,141,376	4.22%	2.27%
1964	1,753,691	2,188,325	3.74%	2.19%
1965	1,804,015	2,235,820	2.87%	2.17%
1966	1,849,063	2,285,774	2.5%	2.23%
1967	1,898,199	2,337,532	2.66%	2.26%
1968	1,952,781	2,390,803	2.88%	2.28%
1969	2,014,293	2,446,927	3.15%	2.35%
1970	2,082,589	2,505,628	3.39%	2.4%
1971	2,153,534	2,566,421	3.41%	2.43%
1972	2,226,091	2,628,432	3.37%	2.42%
1973	2,314,193	2,690,629	3.96%	2.37%
1974	2,432,211	2,752,671	5.1%	2.31%
1975	2,571,556	2,814,820	5.73%	2.26%
1976	2,721,237	2,877,327	5.82%	2.22%
1977	2,881,533	2,940,327	5.89%	2.19%
1978	3,052,526	3,003,714	5.93%	2.16%
1979	3,233,846	3,067,341	5.94%	2.12%
1980	3,424,378	3,131,512	5.89%	2.09%
1981	3,621,486	3,197,019	5.76%	2.09%
1982	3,724,765	3,264,291	2.85%	2.1%
1983	3,718,961	3,333,633	-0.16%	2.12%
1984	3,773,633	3,405,198	1.47%	2.15%
1985	3,898,745	3,478,936	3.32%	2.17%
1986	4,017,403	3,554,793	3.04%	2.18%
1987	4,129,739	3,632,543	2.8%	2.19%
1988	4,237,755	3,711,880	2.62%	2.18%
1989	4,342,920	3,796,078	2.48%	2.27%
1990	4,445,239	3,896,481	2.36%	2.64%
1991	4,544,400	4,021,837	2.23%	3.22%
1992	4,640,352	4,166,699	2.11%	3.6%
1993	4,733,045	4,320,872	2%	3.7%
1994	4,822,037	4,480,208	1.88%	3.69%
1995	4,906,843	4,644,278	1.76%	3.66%
1996	4,987,393	4,813,361	1.64%	3.64%
1997	5,064,639	4,987,883	1.55%	3.63%
1998	5,140,704	5,166,390	1.5%	3.58%
1999	5,218,038	5,349,333	1.5%	3.54%
2000	5,305,021	5,537,064	1.67%	3.51%
2001	5,403,639	5,728,435	1.86%	3.46%
2002	5,508,410	5,924,003	1.94%	3.41%
2003	5,619,398	6,123,997	2.01%	3.38%
2004	5,736,693	6,328,041	2.09%	3.33%
2005	5,858,798	6,535,905	2.13%	3.28%
2006	5,980,211	6,747,720	2.07%	3.24%
2007	6,104,380	6,963,345	2.08%	3.2%
2008	6,235,430	7,183,002	2.15%	3.15%
2009	6,366,686	7,406,438	2.11%	3.11%
2010	6,497,839	7,633,523	2.06%	3.07%
2011	6,343,203	7,859,346	-2.38%	2.96%
2012	6,179,328	8,081,390	-2.58%	2.83%
2013	6,304,628	8,302,698	2.03%	2.74%
2014	6,427,252	8,523,441	1.94%	2.66%
2015	6,531,819	8,743,246	1.63%	2.58%
2016	6,632,126	8,961,718	1.54%	2.5%
2017	6,738,770	9,178,714	1.61%	2.42%
2018	6,849,055	9,394,513	1.64%	2.35%
2019	6,951,033	9,609,010	1.49%	2.28%
2020	7,045,399	9,815,746	1.36%	2.15%
2021	7,135,175	10,012,896	1.27%	2.01%
2022	7,223,805	10,203,169	1.24%	1.9%
2023	7,305,659	10,389,635	1.13%	1.83%
2024	7,381,023	10,576,502	1.03%	1.8%
2025	7,458,547	10,762,813	1.05%	1.76%
2026	7,539,842	10,947,845	1.09%	1.72%
2027	7,627,487	11,131,268	1.16%	1.68%
2028	7,716,839	11,312,895	1.17%	1.63%
2029	7,802,209	11,492,799	1.11%	1.59%
2030	7,885,801	11,671,420	1.07%	1.55%
2031	7,969,103	11,848,221	1.06%	1.51%
2032	8,048,491	12,023,121	1%	1.48%
2033	8,126,634	12,196,639	0.97%	1.44%
2034	8,206,611	12,369,248	0.98%	1.42%
2035	8,283,950	12,540,596	0.94%	1.39%
2036	8,357,480	12,710,682	0.89%	1.36%
2037	8,431,722	12,879,737	0.89%	1.33%
2038	8,506,595	13,047,122	0.89%	1.3%
2039	8,579,849	13,212,668	0.86%	1.27%
2040	8,651,409	13,376,156	0.83%	1.24%
2041	8,719,609	13,537,361	0.79%	1.21%
2042	8,786,619	13,696,139	0.77%	1.17%
2043	8,854,384	13,853,410	0.77%	1.15%
2044	8,920,015	14,009,926	0.74%	1.13%
2045	8,983,943	14,165,578	0.72%	1.11%
2046	9,043,667	14,318,889	0.66%	1.08%
2047	9,098,399	14,469,210	0.61%	1.05%
2048	9,154,058	14,617,364	0.61%	1.02%
2049	9,208,602	14,763,600	0.6%	1%
2050	9,260,603	14,906,584	0.56%	0.97%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Libya increased by 651,915 people (a 10.9% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Libya gained 908,673 (a 13.7% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2006 and is 105th in 2026. Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th in 2006 and ranked 89th 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 Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.1% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 89th to 85th.