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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Libya	Samoa	Libya	Samoa
1960	1,492,890	112,490	-	-
1961	1,555,699	115,496	4.21%	2.67%
1962	1,621,960	118,597	4.26%	2.68%
1963	1,690,457	121,764	4.22%	2.67%
1964	1,753,691	124,894	3.74%	2.57%
1965	1,804,015	127,978	2.87%	2.47%
1966	1,849,063	131,073	2.5%	2.42%
1967	1,898,199	133,764	2.66%	2.05%
1968	1,952,781	136,020	2.88%	1.69%
1969	2,014,293	138,233	3.15%	1.63%
1970	2,082,589	140,400	3.39%	1.57%
1971	2,153,534	142,503	3.41%	1.5%
1972	2,226,091	144,538	3.37%	1.43%
1973	2,314,193	146,516	3.96%	1.37%
1974	2,432,211	149,431	5.1%	1.99%
1975	2,571,556	153,344	5.73%	2.62%
1976	2,721,237	157,113	5.82%	2.46%
1977	2,881,533	159,753	5.89%	1.68%
1978	3,052,526	161,375	5.93%	1.02%
1979	3,233,846	162,882	5.94%	0.93%
1980	3,424,378	164,322	5.89%	0.88%
1981	3,621,486	165,678	5.76%	0.83%
1982	3,724,765	166,484	2.85%	0.49%
1983	3,718,961	166,714	-0.16%	0.14%
1984	3,773,633	166,796	1.47%	0.05%
1985	3,898,745	166,849	3.32%	0.03%
1986	4,017,403	167,061	3.04%	0.13%
1987	4,129,739	167,661	2.8%	0.36%
1988	4,237,755	168,346	2.62%	0.41%
1989	4,342,920	168,768	2.48%	0.25%
1990	4,445,239	169,042	2.36%	0.16%
1991	4,544,400	169,368	2.23%	0.19%
1992	4,640,352	170,331	2.11%	0.57%
1993	4,733,045	171,774	2%	0.85%
1994	4,822,037	173,159	1.88%	0.81%
1995	4,906,843	174,571	1.76%	0.82%
1996	4,987,393	176,071	1.64%	0.86%
1997	5,064,639	177,547	1.55%	0.84%
1998	5,140,704	178,905	1.5%	0.76%
1999	5,218,038	180,275	1.5%	0.77%
2000	5,305,021	181,685	1.67%	0.78%
2001	5,403,639	183,166	1.86%	0.82%
2002	5,508,410	184,471	1.94%	0.71%
2003	5,619,398	185,430	2.01%	0.52%
2004	5,736,693	186,249	2.09%	0.44%
2005	5,858,798	186,978	2.13%	0.39%
2006	5,980,211	187,709	2.07%	0.39%
2007	6,104,380	188,753	2.08%	0.56%
2008	6,235,430	190,107	2.15%	0.72%
2009	6,366,686	191,513	2.11%	0.74%
2010	6,497,839	193,023	2.06%	0.79%
2011	6,343,203	194,713	-2.38%	0.88%
2012	6,179,328	196,498	-2.58%	0.92%
2013	6,304,628	198,268	2.03%	0.9%
2014	6,427,252	200,037	1.94%	0.89%
2015	6,531,819	201,782	1.63%	0.87%
2016	6,632,126	203,499	1.54%	0.85%
2017	6,738,770	205,415	1.61%	0.94%
2018	6,849,055	207,582	1.64%	1.05%
2019	6,951,033	209,780	1.49%	1.06%
2020	7,045,399	211,944	1.36%	1.03%
2021	7,135,175	213,779	1.27%	0.87%
2022	7,223,805	215,261	1.24%	0.69%
2023	7,305,659	216,663	1.13%	0.65%
2024	7,381,023	218,019	1.03%	0.63%
2025	7,458,547	219,302	1.05%	0.59%
2026	7,539,842	220,530	1.09%	0.56%
2027	7,627,487	221,772	1.16%	0.56%
2028	7,716,839	223,104	1.17%	0.6%
2029	7,802,209	224,504	1.11%	0.63%
2030	7,885,801	225,968	1.07%	0.65%
2031	7,969,103	227,581	1.06%	0.71%
2032	8,048,491	229,298	1%	0.75%
2033	8,126,634	231,110	0.97%	0.79%
2034	8,206,611	233,061	0.98%	0.84%
2035	8,283,950	235,172	0.94%	0.91%
2036	8,357,480	237,415	0.89%	0.95%
2037	8,431,722	239,730	0.89%	0.98%
2038	8,506,595	242,155	0.89%	1.01%
2039	8,579,849	244,653	0.86%	1.03%
2040	8,651,409	247,196	0.83%	1.04%
2041	8,719,609	249,796	0.79%	1.05%
2042	8,786,619	252,427	0.77%	1.05%
2043	8,854,384	255,023	0.77%	1.03%
2044	8,920,015	257,609	0.74%	1.01%
2045	8,983,943	260,250	0.72%	1.03%
2046	9,043,667	262,849	0.66%	1%
2047	9,098,399	265,365	0.61%	0.96%
2048	9,154,058	267,836	0.61%	0.93%
2049	9,208,602	270,291	0.6%	0.92%
2050	9,260,603	272,711	0.56%	0.9%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Libya increased by 651,915 people (a 10.9% growth), while Samoa gained 15,790 people (a 8.41% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Libya gained 908,673 (a 13.7% growth), while Samoa's population increased by 17,044 (a 8.38% growth).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2006 and is 105th in 2026. Samoa was ranked 176th in 2006 and ranked 177th 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 Samoa will increase by 23.7% to 272,711 people and rank change from 177th to 176th.