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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Libya	Romania	Libya	Romania
1960	1,492,890	18,406,905	-	-
1961	1,555,699	18,555,250	4.21%	0.81%
1962	1,621,960	18,676,550	4.26%	0.65%
1963	1,690,457	18,797,850	4.22%	0.65%
1964	1,753,691	18,919,126	3.74%	0.65%
1965	1,804,015	19,031,576	2.87%	0.59%
1966	1,849,063	19,215,450	2.5%	0.97%
1967	1,898,199	19,534,242	2.66%	1.66%
1968	1,952,781	19,799,831	2.88%	1.36%
1969	2,014,293	20,009,141	3.15%	1.06%
1970	2,082,589	20,250,398	3.39%	1.21%
1971	2,153,534	20,461,567	3.41%	1.04%
1972	2,226,091	20,657,957	3.37%	0.96%
1973	2,314,193	20,835,681	3.96%	0.86%
1974	2,432,211	21,029,429	5.1%	0.93%
1975	2,571,556	21,293,583	5.73%	1.26%
1976	2,721,237	21,551,634	5.82%	1.21%
1977	2,881,533	21,756,096	5.89%	0.95%
1978	3,052,526	21,951,464	5.93%	0.9%
1979	3,233,846	22,090,488	5.94%	0.63%
1980	3,424,378	22,207,282	5.89%	0.53%
1981	3,621,486	22,353,070	5.76%	0.66%
1982	3,724,765	22,475,741	2.85%	0.55%
1983	3,718,961	22,560,478	-0.16%	0.38%
1984	3,773,633	22,640,547	1.47%	0.35%
1985	3,898,745	22,732,999	3.32%	0.41%
1986	4,017,403	22,836,841	3.04%	0.46%
1987	4,129,739	22,949,430	2.8%	0.49%
1988	4,237,755	23,057,662	2.62%	0.47%
1989	4,342,920	23,161,458	2.48%	0.45%
1990	4,445,239	23,201,835	2.36%	0.17%
1991	4,544,400	23,001,155	2.23%	-0.86%
1992	4,640,352	22,794,284	2.11%	-0.9%
1993	4,733,045	22,763,280	2%	-0.14%
1994	4,822,037	22,730,211	1.88%	-0.15%
1995	4,906,843	22,684,270	1.76%	-0.2%
1996	4,987,393	22,619,004	1.64%	-0.29%
1997	5,064,639	22,553,978	1.55%	-0.29%
1998	5,140,704	22,507,344	1.5%	-0.21%
1999	5,218,038	22,472,040	1.5%	-0.16%
2000	5,305,021	22,442,971	1.67%	-0.13%
2001	5,403,639	22,131,970	1.86%	-1.39%
2002	5,508,410	21,730,496	1.94%	-1.81%
2003	5,619,398	21,574,326	2.01%	-0.72%
2004	5,736,693	21,451,748	2.09%	-0.57%
2005	5,858,798	21,319,685	2.13%	-0.62%
2006	5,980,211	21,193,760	2.07%	-0.59%
2007	6,104,380	20,882,982	2.08%	-1.47%
2008	6,235,430	20,537,875	2.15%	-1.65%
2009	6,366,686	20,367,487	2.11%	-0.83%
2010	6,497,839	20,246,871	2.06%	-0.59%
2011	6,343,203	20,147,528	-2.38%	-0.49%
2012	6,179,328	20,058,035	-2.58%	-0.44%
2013	6,304,628	19,983,693	2.03%	-0.37%
2014	6,427,252	19,908,979	1.94%	-0.37%
2015	6,531,819	19,815,616	1.63%	-0.47%
2016	6,632,126	19,702,267	1.54%	-0.57%
2017	6,738,770	19,588,715	1.61%	-0.58%
2018	6,849,055	19,473,970	1.64%	-0.59%
2019	6,951,033	19,371,648	1.49%	-0.53%
2020	7,045,399	19,265,250	1.36%	-0.55%
2021	7,135,175	19,122,059	1.27%	-0.74%
2022	7,223,805	19,048,502	1.24%	-0.38%
2023	7,305,659	19,061,062	1.13%	0.07%
2024	7,381,023	19,051,804	1.03%	-0.05%
2025	7,458,547	18,945,157	1.05%	-0.56%
2026	7,539,842	18,836,893	1.09%	-0.57%
2027	7,627,487	18,727,645	1.16%	-0.58%
2028	7,716,839	18,617,757	1.17%	-0.59%
2029	7,802,209	18,506,702	1.11%	-0.6%
2030	7,885,801	18,394,947	1.07%	-0.6%
2031	7,969,103	18,282,991	1.06%	-0.61%
2032	8,048,491	18,170,681	1%	-0.61%
2033	8,126,634	18,057,661	0.97%	-0.62%
2034	8,206,611	17,943,814	0.98%	-0.63%
2035	8,283,950	17,828,772	0.94%	-0.64%
2036	8,357,480	17,712,177	0.89%	-0.65%
2037	8,431,722	17,595,189	0.89%	-0.66%
2038	8,506,595	17,477,597	0.89%	-0.67%
2039	8,579,849	17,360,012	0.86%	-0.67%
2040	8,651,409	17,242,939	0.83%	-0.67%
2041	8,719,609	17,124,773	0.79%	-0.69%
2042	8,786,619	17,006,515	0.77%	-0.69%
2043	8,854,384	16,888,882	0.77%	-0.69%
2044	8,920,015	16,770,593	0.74%	-0.7%
2045	8,983,943	16,652,406	0.72%	-0.7%
2046	9,043,667	16,534,847	0.66%	-0.71%
2047	9,098,399	16,416,456	0.61%	-0.72%
2048	9,154,058	16,297,099	0.61%	-0.73%
2049	9,208,602	16,177,534	0.6%	-0.73%
2050	9,260,603	16,058,209	0.56%	-0.74%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Libya increased by 651,915 people (a 10.9% growth), while Romania lost 1,491,493 people (a 7.04% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Libya gained 908,673 (a 13.7% growth), while Romania's population decreased by -865,374 (a 4.39% decline).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2006 and is 105th in 2026. Romania was ranked 51st in 2006 and ranked 70th 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 Romania will decrease by 14.8% to 16,058,209 people and rank change from 70th to 81st.