Population in Libya compared to Sierra Leone: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Libya and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Libya	Sierra Leone	Libya	Sierra Leone
1960	1,492,890	2,268,356	-	-
1961	1,555,699	2,304,227	4.21%	1.58%
1962	1,621,960	2,342,242	4.26%	1.65%
1963	1,690,457	2,382,258	4.22%	1.71%
1964	1,753,691	2,424,390	3.74%	1.77%
1965	1,804,015	2,468,666	2.87%	1.83%
1966	1,849,063	2,514,638	2.5%	1.86%
1967	1,898,199	2,562,384	2.66%	1.9%
1968	1,952,781	2,611,532	2.88%	1.92%
1969	2,014,293	2,661,365	3.15%	1.91%
1970	2,082,589	2,712,286	3.39%	1.91%
1971	2,153,534	2,763,222	3.41%	1.88%
1972	2,226,091	2,814,388	3.37%	1.85%
1973	2,314,193	2,866,955	3.96%	1.87%
1974	2,432,211	2,920,459	5.1%	1.87%
1975	2,571,556	2,974,657	5.73%	1.86%
1976	2,721,237	3,028,820	5.82%	1.82%
1977	2,881,533	3,085,354	5.89%	1.87%
1978	3,052,526	3,145,517	5.93%	1.95%
1979	3,233,846	3,207,499	5.94%	1.97%
1980	3,424,378	3,272,089	5.89%	2.01%
1981	3,621,486	3,338,940	5.76%	2.04%
1982	3,724,765	3,408,183	2.85%	2.07%
1983	3,718,961	3,481,646	-0.16%	2.16%
1984	3,773,633	3,558,758	1.47%	2.21%
1985	3,898,745	3,638,438	3.32%	2.24%
1986	4,017,403	3,728,380	3.04%	2.47%
1987	4,129,739	3,829,718	2.8%	2.72%
1988	4,237,755	3,934,517	2.62%	2.74%
1989	4,342,920	4,034,037	2.48%	2.53%
1990	4,445,239	4,196,828	2.36%	4.04%
1991	4,544,400	4,246,267	2.23%	1.18%
1992	4,640,352	4,166,366	2.11%	-1.88%
1993	4,733,045	4,157,130	2%	-0.22%
1994	4,822,037	4,173,105	1.88%	0.38%
1995	4,906,843	4,179,179	1.76%	0.15%
1996	4,987,393	4,199,210	1.64%	0.48%
1997	5,064,639	4,253,716	1.55%	1.3%
1998	5,140,704	4,295,785	1.5%	0.99%
1999	5,218,038	4,318,043	1.5%	0.52%
2000	5,305,021	4,423,611	1.67%	2.44%
2001	5,403,639	4,692,716	1.86%	6.08%
2002	5,508,410	4,971,435	1.94%	5.94%
2003	5,619,398	5,177,687	2.01%	4.15%
2004	5,736,693	5,355,717	2.09%	3.44%
2005	5,858,798	5,501,712	2.13%	2.73%
2006	5,980,211	5,624,466	2.07%	2.23%
2007	6,104,380	5,749,352	2.08%	2.22%
2008	6,235,430	5,894,722	2.15%	2.53%
2009	6,366,686	6,055,646	2.11%	2.73%
2010	6,497,839	6,222,714	2.06%	2.76%
2011	6,343,203	6,387,251	-2.38%	2.64%
2012	6,179,328	6,551,080	-2.58%	2.56%
2013	6,304,628	6,714,051	2.03%	2.49%
2014	6,427,252	6,876,385	1.94%	2.42%
2015	6,531,819	7,037,655	1.63%	2.35%
2016	6,632,126	7,205,328	1.54%	2.38%
2017	6,738,770	7,379,299	1.61%	2.41%
2018	6,849,055	7,554,563	1.64%	2.38%
2019	6,951,033	7,731,991	1.49%	2.35%
2020	7,045,399	7,912,558	1.36%	2.34%
2021	7,135,175	8,094,602	1.27%	2.3%
2022	7,223,805	8,276,807	1.24%	2.25%
2023	7,305,659	8,460,512	1.13%	2.22%
2024	7,381,023	8,642,022	1.03%	2.15%
2025	7,458,547	8,819,789	1.05%	2.06%
2026	7,539,842	8,996,743	1.09%	2.01%
2027	7,627,487	9,174,695	1.16%	1.98%
2028	7,716,839	9,349,021	1.17%	1.9%
2029	7,802,209	9,520,811	1.11%	1.84%
2030	7,885,801	9,694,851	1.07%	1.83%
2031	7,969,103	9,870,295	1.06%	1.81%
2032	8,048,491	10,047,193	1%	1.79%
2033	8,126,634	10,221,006	0.97%	1.73%
2034	8,206,611	10,391,485	0.98%	1.67%
2035	8,283,950	10,563,163	0.94%	1.65%
2036	8,357,480	10,734,341	0.89%	1.62%
2037	8,431,722	10,902,263	0.89%	1.56%
2038	8,506,595	11,066,143	0.89%	1.5%
2039	8,579,849	11,230,060	0.86%	1.48%
2040	8,651,409	11,398,391	0.83%	1.5%
2041	8,719,609	11,566,213	0.79%	1.47%
2042	8,786,619	11,728,787	0.77%	1.41%
2043	8,854,384	11,887,934	0.77%	1.36%
2044	8,920,015	12,049,424	0.74%	1.36%
2045	8,983,943	12,208,872	0.72%	1.32%
2046	9,043,667	12,363,446	0.66%	1.27%
2047	9,098,399	12,512,739	0.61%	1.21%
2048	9,154,058	12,659,609	0.61%	1.17%
2049	9,208,602	12,805,136	0.6%	1.15%
2050	9,260,603	12,948,320	0.56%	1.12%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Libya increased by 673,021 people (a 11.5% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Libya gained 992,030 (a 15.2% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2005 and is 105th in 2025. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2005 and ranked 102nd 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 Sierra Leone will increase by 44.5% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.