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Population in Libya compared to the Philippines: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Libya was 7,381,023 in 2024 vs 115,843,670 people in the Philippines in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Libya's population is 7,523,849 people compared to 117,540,050 in the Philippines.

Population statistics:

  • The Philippines' population is 15.6 times bigger than Libya's.
  • Libya is ranked the 105th most populous country in the world, while the Philippines is the 14th.
  • The countries together account for 1.51% of the world: 0.09% for Libya vs 1.42% for the Philippines.
  • For the last 10 years, Libya has had an average growth rate of +1.44% per year vs +1.16% in the Philippines.
  • Since 2005, the population of Libya has increased from 5.86M people to 7.52M (28.4% growth), while the Philippines has grown from 88M to 118M (33.5% growth).
  • Libya is projected to reach its peak in 2086 at 9.97M people compared to the peak of 135M people in 2057 for the Philippines.

Libya vs Philippines: live population counter

Libya Philippines
Current population
7523849
117540050
Population rank 105/197 14/197
Percent of world population 0.09% 1.42%
One net population change
6.97 minutes
33.1 seconds
One birth every
4.23 minutes
17.1 seconds
One death every
10.8 minutes
44 seconds
One migration net change every
2.54 hours
3.28 minutes
Annual migration change +3,448 -160,373
Daily growth/decline +206 +2,610
Annual growth/decline +75,364 +952,471
Annual growth/decline rate +1.03% +0.83%
Population growth rate rank 101/197 115/197

Libya and the Philippines: population history and growth rate by year chart

Libya
Population

Growth rate
Philippines
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Libya Philippines Libya Philippines
1960 1,492,890 27,891,897 - -
1961 1,555,699 28,792,621 4.21% 3.23%
1962 1,621,960 29,723,536 4.26% 3.23%
1963 1,690,457 30,674,731 4.22% 3.2%
1964 1,753,691 31,643,032 3.74% 3.16%
1965 1,804,015 32,625,316 2.87% 3.1%
1966 1,849,063 33,617,170 2.5% 3.04%
1967 1,898,199 34,621,320 2.66% 2.99%
1968 1,952,781 35,638,342 2.88% 2.94%
1969 2,014,293 36,660,799 3.15% 2.87%
1970 2,082,589 37,622,204 3.39% 2.62%
1971 2,153,534 38,518,659 3.41% 2.38%
1972 2,226,091 39,408,560 3.37% 2.31%
1973 2,314,193 40,294,130 3.96% 2.25%
1974 2,432,211 41,174,341 5.1% 2.18%
1975 2,571,556 42,120,826 5.73% 2.3%
1976 2,721,237 43,201,488 5.82% 2.57%
1977 2,881,533 44,367,962 5.89% 2.7%
1978 3,052,526 45,575,281 5.93% 2.72%
1979 3,233,846 46,807,103 5.94% 2.7%
1980 3,424,378 48,043,740 5.89% 2.64%
1981 3,621,486 49,311,727 5.76% 2.64%
1982 3,724,765 50,695,707 2.85% 2.81%
1983 3,718,961 52,194,620 -0.16% 2.96%
1984 3,773,633 53,726,181 1.47% 2.93%
1985 3,898,745 55,213,006 3.32% 2.77%
1986 4,017,403 56,645,077 3.04% 2.59%
1987 4,129,739 58,157,496 2.8% 2.67%
1988 4,237,755 59,739,052 2.62% 2.72%
1989 4,342,920 61,265,260 2.48% 2.55%
1990 4,445,239 62,854,666 2.36% 2.59%
1991 4,544,400 64,382,249 2.23% 2.43%
1992 4,640,352 65,926,125 2.11% 2.4%
1993 4,733,045 67,530,621 2% 2.43%
1994 4,822,037 69,019,291 1.88% 2.2%
1995 4,906,843 70,546,246 1.76% 2.21%
1996 4,987,393 72,190,242 1.64% 2.33%
1997 5,064,639 73,908,810 1.55% 2.38%
1998 5,140,704 75,791,024 1.5% 2.55%
1999 5,218,038 77,753,257 1.5% 2.59%
2000 5,305,021 79,625,397 1.67% 2.41%
2001 5,403,639 81,401,488 1.86% 2.23%
2002 5,508,410 83,068,889 1.94% 2.05%
2003 5,619,398 84,731,835 2.01% 2%
2004 5,736,693 86,394,504 2.09% 1.96%
2005 5,858,798 88,015,962 2.13% 1.88%
2006 5,980,211 89,508,986 2.07% 1.7%
2007 6,104,380 91,075,184 2.08% 1.75%
2008 6,235,430 92,699,095 2.15% 1.78%
2009 6,366,686 94,384,250 2.11% 1.82%
2010 6,497,839 96,337,125 2.06% 2.07%
2011 6,343,203 98,248,614 -2.38% 1.98%
2012 6,179,328 100,175,512 -2.58% 1.96%
2013 6,304,628 102,076,336 2.03% 1.9%
2014 6,427,252 103,767,130 1.94% 1.66%
2015 6,531,819 105,312,992 1.63% 1.49%
2016 6,632,126 106,735,719 1.54% 1.35%
2017 6,738,770 108,119,693 1.61% 1.3%
2018 6,849,055 109,465,287 1.64% 1.24%
2019 6,951,033 110,804,683 1.49% 1.22%
2020 7,045,399 112,081,264 1.36% 1.15%
2021 7,135,175 113,100,950 1.27% 0.91%
2022 7,223,805 113,964,338 1.24% 0.76%
2023 7,305,659 114,891,199 1.13% 0.81%
2024 7,381,023 115,843,670 1.03% 0.83%
2025 7,458,547 116,786,968 1.05% 0.81%
2026 7,539,842 117,724,479 1.09% 0.8%
2027 7,627,487 118,656,426 1.16% 0.79%
2028 7,716,839 119,583,984 1.17% 0.78%
2029 7,802,209 120,502,132 1.11% 0.77%
2030 7,885,801 121,408,897 1.07% 0.75%
2031 7,969,103 122,301,606 1.06% 0.74%
2032 8,048,491 123,180,341 1% 0.72%
2033 8,126,634 124,049,036 0.97% 0.71%
2034 8,206,611 124,904,124 0.98% 0.69%
2035 8,283,950 125,740,977 0.94% 0.67%
2036 8,357,480 126,558,232 0.89% 0.65%
2037 8,431,722 127,352,607 0.89% 0.63%
2038 8,506,595 128,118,535 0.89% 0.6%
2039 8,579,849 128,850,047 0.86% 0.57%
2040 8,651,409 129,546,666 0.83% 0.54%
2041 8,719,609 130,209,810 0.79% 0.51%
2042 8,786,619 130,837,005 0.77% 0.48%
2043 8,854,384 131,427,404 0.77% 0.45%
2044 8,920,015 131,979,673 0.74% 0.42%
2045 8,983,943 132,492,038 0.72% 0.39%
2046 9,043,667 132,962,001 0.66% 0.35%
2047 9,098,399 133,385,290 0.61% 0.32%
2048 9,154,058 133,759,436 0.61% 0.28%
2049 9,208,602 134,089,011 0.6% 0.25%
2050 9,260,603 134,373,439 0.56% 0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Libya increased by 673,021 people (a 11.5% growth), while the Philippines gained 17,297,030 people (a 19.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Libya gained 992,030 (a 15.2% growth), while the Philippines' population increased by 12,227,058 (a 11.6% growth).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2005 and is 105th in 2025. The Philippines was ranked 12th in 2005 and ranked 14th 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 the Philippines will increase by 14.3% to 134,373,439 people and will still be ranked 14th.

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