Population in Libya compared to Saudi Arabia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Libya and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Libya	Saudi Arabia	Libya	Saudi Arabia
1960	1,492,890	2,435,403	-	-
1961	1,555,699	2,526,347	4.21%	3.73%
1962	1,621,960	2,620,910	4.26%	3.74%
1963	1,690,457	2,719,341	4.22%	3.76%
1964	1,753,691	2,821,968	3.74%	3.77%
1965	1,804,015	2,928,771	2.87%	3.78%
1966	1,849,063	3,039,887	2.5%	3.79%
1967	1,898,199	3,157,242	2.66%	3.86%
1968	1,952,781	3,282,711	2.88%	3.97%
1969	2,014,293	3,417,114	3.15%	4.09%
1970	2,082,589	3,562,470	3.39%	4.25%
1971	2,153,534	3,724,031	3.41%	4.54%
1972	2,226,091	3,905,722	3.37%	4.88%
1973	2,314,193	4,106,344	3.96%	5.14%
1974	2,432,211	4,323,632	5.1%	5.29%
1975	2,571,556	4,556,287	5.73%	5.38%
1976	2,721,237	4,807,933	5.82%	5.52%
1977	2,881,533	5,083,048	5.89%	5.72%
1978	3,052,526	5,381,902	5.93%	5.88%
1979	3,233,846	5,703,698	5.94%	5.98%
1980	3,424,378	6,047,997	5.89%	6.04%
1981	3,621,486	6,420,551	5.76%	6.16%
1982	3,724,765	6,824,486	2.85%	6.29%
1983	3,718,961	7,252,941	-0.16%	6.28%
1984	3,773,633	7,697,307	1.47%	6.13%
1985	3,898,745	8,151,779	3.32%	5.9%
1986	4,017,403	8,628,639	3.04%	5.85%
1987	4,129,739	9,130,194	2.8%	5.81%
1988	4,237,755	9,629,165	2.62%	5.47%
1989	4,342,920	10,128,394	2.48%	5.18%
1990	4,445,239	10,640,691	2.36%	5.06%
1991	4,544,400	11,160,744	2.23%	4.89%
1992	4,640,352	11,686,676	2.11%	4.71%
1993	4,733,045	12,215,862	2%	4.53%
1994	4,822,037	12,750,040	1.88%	4.37%
1995	4,906,843	13,289,245	1.76%	4.23%
1996	4,987,393	13,831,009	1.64%	4.08%
1997	5,064,639	14,374,943	1.55%	3.93%
1998	5,140,704	14,922,185	1.5%	3.81%
1999	5,218,038	15,472,075	1.5%	3.69%
2000	5,305,021	16,177,722	1.67%	4.56%
2001	5,403,639	17,041,397	1.86%	5.34%
2002	5,508,410	17,910,910	1.94%	5.1%
2003	5,619,398	18,786,767	2.01%	4.89%
2004	5,736,693	19,669,480	2.09%	4.7%
2005	5,858,798	20,559,890	2.13%	4.53%
2006	5,980,211	21,459,144	2.07%	4.37%
2007	6,104,380	22,368,313	2.08%	4.24%
2008	6,235,430	23,287,877	2.15%	4.11%
2009	6,366,686	24,217,654	2.11%	3.99%
2010	6,497,839	23,978,487	2.06%	-0.99%
2011	6,343,203	25,091,867	-2.38%	4.64%
2012	6,179,328	26,168,861	-2.58%	4.29%
2013	6,304,628	27,624,004	2.03%	5.56%
2014	6,427,252	28,309,273	1.94%	2.48%
2015	6,531,819	29,816,382	1.63%	5.32%
2016	6,632,126	30,954,198	1.54%	3.82%
2017	6,738,770	30,977,355	1.61%	0.07%
2018	6,849,055	30,196,281	1.64%	-2.52%
2019	6,951,033	30,063,799	1.49%	-0.44%
2020	7,045,399	31,552,510	1.36%	4.95%
2021	7,135,175	30,784,383	1.27%	-2.43%
2022	7,223,805	32,175,224	1.24%	4.52%
2023	7,305,659	33,702,731	1.13%	4.75%
2024	7,381,023	35,300,280	1.03%	4.74%
2025	7,458,547	35,927,625	1.05%	1.78%
2026	7,539,842	36,550,694	1.09%	1.73%
2027	7,627,487	37,167,513	1.16%	1.69%
2028	7,716,839	37,775,810	1.17%	1.64%
2029	7,802,209	38,364,377	1.11%	1.56%
2030	7,885,801	38,918,375	1.07%	1.44%
2031	7,969,103	39,450,880	1.06%	1.37%
2032	8,048,491	39,983,934	1%	1.35%
2033	8,126,634	40,517,599	0.97%	1.33%
2034	8,206,611	41,052,423	0.98%	1.32%
2035	8,283,950	41,588,429	0.94%	1.31%
2036	8,357,480	42,125,184	0.89%	1.29%
2037	8,431,722	42,661,908	0.89%	1.27%
2038	8,506,595	43,198,420	0.89%	1.26%
2039	8,579,849	43,734,316	0.86%	1.24%
2040	8,651,409	44,269,571	0.83%	1.22%
2041	8,719,609	44,804,338	0.79%	1.21%
2042	8,786,619	45,338,111	0.77%	1.19%
2043	8,854,384	45,870,896	0.77%	1.18%
2044	8,920,015	46,403,116	0.74%	1.16%
2045	8,983,943	46,934,822	0.72%	1.15%
2046	9,043,667	47,465,267	0.66%	1.13%
2047	9,098,399	47,993,976	0.61%	1.11%
2048	9,154,058	48,521,364	0.61%	1.1%
2049	9,208,602	49,047,461	0.6%	1.08%
2050	9,260,603	49,572,202	0.56%	1.07%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Libya increased by 651,915 people (a 10.9% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,495,054 people (a 44.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Libya gained 908,673 (a 13.7% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 5,603,237 (a 18.1% growth).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2006 and is 105th in 2026. Saudi Arabia was ranked 50th in 2006 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 35.6% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.