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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Libya	Rwanda	Libya	Rwanda
1960	1,492,890	3,022,294	-	-
1961	1,555,699	3,106,779	4.21%	2.8%
1962	1,621,960	3,186,025	4.26%	2.55%
1963	1,690,457	3,258,890	4.22%	2.29%
1964	1,753,691	3,334,834	3.74%	2.33%
1965	1,804,015	3,423,210	2.87%	2.65%
1966	1,849,063	3,521,626	2.5%	2.87%
1967	1,898,199	3,629,577	2.66%	3.07%
1968	1,952,781	3,744,010	2.88%	3.15%
1969	2,014,293	3,861,271	3.15%	3.13%
1970	2,082,589	3,980,669	3.39%	3.09%
1971	2,153,534	4,100,044	3.41%	3%
1972	2,226,091	4,220,335	3.37%	2.93%
1973	2,314,193	4,345,047	3.96%	2.96%
1974	2,432,211	4,474,228	5.1%	2.97%
1975	2,571,556	4,607,728	5.73%	2.98%
1976	2,721,237	4,745,954	5.82%	3%
1977	2,881,533	4,888,240	5.89%	3%
1978	3,052,526	5,035,171	5.93%	3.01%
1979	3,233,846	5,189,541	5.94%	3.07%
1980	3,424,378	5,353,259	5.89%	3.15%
1981	3,621,486	5,527,230	5.76%	3.25%
1982	3,724,765	5,711,549	2.85%	3.33%
1983	3,718,961	5,905,311	-0.16%	3.39%
1984	3,773,633	6,107,627	1.47%	3.43%
1985	3,898,745	6,317,228	3.32%	3.43%
1986	4,017,403	6,531,881	3.04%	3.4%
1987	4,129,739	6,749,493	2.8%	3.33%
1988	4,237,755	6,968,071	2.62%	3.24%
1989	4,342,920	7,184,706	2.48%	3.11%
1990	4,445,239	7,375,307	2.36%	2.65%
1991	4,544,400	7,526,966	2.23%	2.06%
1992	4,640,352	7,683,266	2.11%	2.08%
1993	4,733,045	7,981,132	2%	3.88%
1994	4,822,037	6,792,352	1.88%	-14.9%
1995	4,906,843	5,674,118	1.76%	-16.5%
1996	4,987,393	6,708,764	1.64%	18.2%
1997	5,064,639	7,755,238	1.55%	15.6%
1998	5,140,704	8,081,681	1.5%	4.21%
1999	5,218,038	8,147,912	1.5%	0.82%
2000	5,305,021	8,213,931	1.67%	0.81%
2001	5,403,639	8,287,094	1.86%	0.89%
2002	5,508,410	8,400,180	1.94%	1.36%
2003	5,619,398	8,586,875	2.01%	2.22%
2004	5,736,693	8,816,844	2.09%	2.68%
2005	5,858,798	9,054,528	2.13%	2.7%
2006	5,980,211	9,299,246	2.07%	2.7%
2007	6,104,380	9,549,933	2.08%	2.7%
2008	6,235,430	9,804,269	2.15%	2.66%
2009	6,366,686	10,060,432	2.11%	2.61%
2010	6,497,839	10,317,553	2.06%	2.56%
2011	6,343,203	10,573,733	-2.38%	2.48%
2012	6,179,328	10,829,901	-2.58%	2.42%
2013	6,304,628	11,093,340	2.03%	2.43%
2014	6,427,252	11,364,757	1.94%	2.45%
2015	6,531,819	11,640,022	1.63%	2.42%
2016	6,632,126	11,919,183	1.54%	2.4%
2017	6,738,770	12,202,060	1.61%	2.37%
2018	6,849,055	12,487,996	1.64%	2.34%
2019	6,951,033	12,776,103	1.49%	2.31%
2020	7,045,399	13,065,837	1.36%	2.27%
2021	7,135,175	13,355,260	1.27%	2.22%
2022	7,223,805	13,651,030	1.24%	2.21%
2023	7,305,659	13,954,471	1.13%	2.22%
2024	7,381,023	14,256,567	1.03%	2.16%
2025	7,458,547	14,569,343	1.05%	2.19%
2026	7,539,842	14,889,694	1.09%	2.2%
2027	7,627,487	15,214,324	1.16%	2.18%
2028	7,716,839	15,536,461	1.17%	2.12%
2029	7,802,209	15,844,649	1.11%	1.98%
2030	7,885,801	16,154,698	1.07%	1.96%
2031	7,969,103	16,473,106	1.06%	1.97%
2032	8,048,491	16,771,820	1%	1.81%
2033	8,126,634	17,073,475	0.97%	1.8%
2034	8,206,611	17,402,250	0.98%	1.93%
2035	8,283,950	17,746,315	0.94%	1.98%
2036	8,357,480	18,076,769	0.89%	1.86%
2037	8,431,722	18,395,838	0.89%	1.77%
2038	8,506,595	18,729,778	0.89%	1.82%
2039	8,579,849	19,076,783	0.86%	1.85%
2040	8,651,409	19,440,762	0.83%	1.91%
2041	8,719,609	19,806,170	0.79%	1.88%
2042	8,786,619	20,153,979	0.77%	1.76%
2043	8,854,384	20,500,826	0.77%	1.72%
2044	8,920,015	20,837,079	0.74%	1.64%
2045	8,983,943	21,152,650	0.72%	1.51%
2046	9,043,667	21,459,144	0.66%	1.45%
2047	9,098,399	21,764,578	0.61%	1.42%
2048	9,154,058	22,086,112	0.61%	1.48%
2049	9,208,602	22,403,887	0.6%	1.44%
2050	9,260,603	22,707,896	0.56%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Libya increased by 651,915 people (a 10.9% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Libya gained 908,673 (a 13.7% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 2,974,058 (a 25% growth).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2006 and is 105th in 2026. Rwanda was ranked 86th in 2006 and ranked 77th 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 Rwanda will increase by 52.5% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.