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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Libya	Qatar	Libya	Qatar
1960	1,492,890	36,010	-	-
1961	1,555,699	39,680	4.21%	10.2%
1962	1,621,960	44,630	4.26%	12.5%
1963	1,690,457	50,380	4.22%	12.9%
1964	1,753,691	56,867	3.74%	12.9%
1965	1,804,015	64,065	2.87%	12.7%
1966	1,849,063	72,192	2.5%	12.7%
1967	1,898,199	81,439	2.66%	12.8%
1968	1,952,781	91,749	2.88%	12.7%
1969	2,014,293	103,025	3.15%	12.3%
1970	2,082,589	116,350	3.39%	12.9%
1971	2,153,534	131,346	3.41%	12.9%
1972	2,226,091	146,506	3.37%	11.5%
1973	2,314,193	161,841	3.96%	10.5%
1974	2,432,211	177,362	5.1%	9.59%
1975	2,571,556	193,087	5.73%	8.87%
1976	2,721,237	209,052	5.82%	8.27%
1977	2,881,533	225,285	5.89%	7.77%
1978	3,052,526	241,808	5.93%	7.33%
1979	3,233,846	258,670	5.94%	6.97%
1980	3,424,378	275,913	5.89%	6.67%
1981	3,621,486	293,553	5.76%	6.39%
1982	3,724,765	311,537	2.85%	6.13%
1983	3,718,961	329,709	-0.16%	5.83%
1984	3,773,633	347,878	1.47%	5.51%
1985	3,898,745	365,940	3.32%	5.19%
1986	4,017,403	382,422	3.04%	4.5%
1987	4,129,739	397,005	2.8%	3.81%
1988	4,237,755	411,264	2.62%	3.59%
1989	4,342,920	425,646	2.48%	3.5%
1990	4,445,239	440,175	2.36%	3.41%
1991	4,544,400	454,853	2.23%	3.33%
1992	4,640,352	469,657	2.11%	3.25%
1993	4,733,045	484,545	2%	3.17%
1994	4,822,037	499,459	1.88%	3.08%
1995	4,906,843	514,325	1.76%	2.98%
1996	4,987,393	529,019	1.64%	2.86%
1997	5,064,639	550,500	1.55%	4.06%
1998	5,140,704	580,540	1.5%	5.46%
1999	5,218,038	612,500	1.5%	5.51%
2000	5,305,021	644,989	1.67%	5.3%
2001	5,403,639	677,925	1.86%	5.11%
2002	5,508,410	711,205	1.94%	4.91%
2003	5,619,398	744,682	2.01%	4.71%
2004	5,736,693	773,332	2.09%	3.85%
2005	5,858,798	825,408	2.13%	6.73%
2006	5,980,211	972,831	2.07%	17.9%
2007	6,104,380	1,208,595	2.08%	24.2%
2008	6,235,430	1,426,938	2.15%	18.1%
2009	6,366,686	1,608,903	2.11%	12.8%
2010	6,497,839	1,616,832	2.06%	0.49%
2011	6,343,203	1,624,761	-2.38%	0.49%
2012	6,179,328	1,722,438	-2.58%	6.01%
2013	6,304,628	1,916,426	2.03%	11.3%
2014	6,427,252	2,151,745	1.94%	12.3%
2015	6,531,819	2,344,557	1.63%	8.96%
2016	6,632,126	2,477,113	1.54%	5.65%
2017	6,738,770	2,545,820	1.61%	2.77%
2018	6,849,055	2,580,734	1.64%	1.37%
2019	6,951,033	2,638,657	1.49%	2.24%
2020	7,045,399	2,794,148	1.36%	5.89%
2021	7,135,175	2,504,910	1.27%	-10.4%
2022	7,223,805	2,657,333	1.24%	6.08%
2023	7,305,659	2,656,032	1.13%	-0.05%
2024	7,381,023	2,857,822	1.03%	7.6%
2025	7,458,547	2,921,065	1.05%	2.21%
2026	7,539,842	2,975,134	1.09%	1.85%
2027	7,627,487	3,019,526	1.16%	1.49%
2028	7,716,839	3,057,695	1.17%	1.26%
2029	7,802,209	3,092,803	1.11%	1.15%
2030	7,885,801	3,125,174	1.07%	1.05%
2031	7,969,103	3,156,754	1.06%	1.01%
2032	8,048,491	3,189,188	1%	1.03%
2033	8,126,634	3,222,500	0.97%	1.04%
2034	8,206,611	3,256,691	0.98%	1.06%
2035	8,283,950	3,291,711	0.94%	1.08%
2036	8,357,480	3,327,585	0.89%	1.09%
2037	8,431,722	3,364,333	0.89%	1.1%
2038	8,506,595	3,401,906	0.89%	1.12%
2039	8,579,849	3,440,293	0.86%	1.13%
2040	8,651,409	3,479,439	0.83%	1.14%
2041	8,719,609	3,519,302	0.79%	1.15%
2042	8,786,619	3,559,840	0.77%	1.15%
2043	8,854,384	3,601,019	0.77%	1.16%
2044	8,920,015	3,642,784	0.74%	1.16%
2045	8,983,943	3,685,111	0.72%	1.16%
2046	9,043,667	3,727,959	0.66%	1.16%
2047	9,098,399	3,771,287	0.61%	1.16%
2048	9,154,058	3,815,108	0.61%	1.16%
2049	9,208,602	3,859,368	0.6%	1.16%
2050	9,260,603	3,904,074	0.56%	1.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Libya increased by 673,021 people (a 11.5% growth), while Qatar gained 1,519,149 people (a 184% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Libya gained 992,030 (a 15.2% growth), while Qatar's population increased by 619,940 (a 26.4% growth).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2005 and is 105th in 2025. Qatar was ranked 159th in 2005 and ranked 137th 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 Qatar will increase by 31.7% to 3,904,074 people and rank change from 137th to 134th.