Population in Libya compared to South Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Libya and South Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Libya	South Korea	Libya	South Korea
1960	1,492,890	25,012,374	-	-
1961	1,555,699	25,765,673	4.21%	3.01%
1962	1,621,960	26,513,030	4.26%	2.9%
1963	1,690,457	27,261,747	4.22%	2.82%
1964	1,753,691	27,984,155	3.74%	2.65%
1965	1,804,015	28,704,674	2.87%	2.57%
1966	1,849,063	29,435,571	2.5%	2.55%
1967	1,898,199	30,130,983	2.66%	2.36%
1968	1,952,781	30,838,302	2.88%	2.35%
1969	2,014,293	31,544,266	3.15%	2.29%
1970	2,082,589	32,240,827	3.39%	2.21%
1971	2,153,534	32,882,704	3.41%	1.99%
1972	2,226,091	33,505,406	3.37%	1.89%
1973	2,314,193	34,103,149	3.96%	1.78%
1974	2,432,211	34,692,266	5.1%	1.73%
1975	2,571,556	35,280,725	5.73%	1.7%
1976	2,721,237	35,848,523	5.82%	1.61%
1977	2,881,533	36,411,795	5.89%	1.57%
1978	3,052,526	36,969,185	5.93%	1.53%
1979	3,233,846	37,534,236	5.94%	1.53%
1980	3,424,378	38,123,775	5.89%	1.57%
1981	3,621,486	38,723,248	5.76%	1.57%
1982	3,724,765	39,326,352	2.85%	1.56%
1983	3,718,961	39,910,403	-0.16%	1.49%
1984	3,773,633	40,405,956	1.47%	1.24%
1985	3,898,745	40,805,744	3.32%	0.99%
1986	4,017,403	41,213,674	3.04%	1%
1987	4,129,739	41,621,690	2.8%	0.99%
1988	4,237,755	42,031,247	2.62%	0.98%
1989	4,342,920	42,449,038	2.48%	0.99%
1990	4,445,239	42,869,283	2.36%	0.99%
1991	4,544,400	43,295,704	2.23%	0.99%
1992	4,640,352	43,747,962	2.11%	1.04%
1993	4,733,045	44,194,628	2%	1.02%
1994	4,822,037	44,641,540	1.88%	1.01%
1995	4,906,843	45,092,991	1.76%	1.01%
1996	4,987,393	45,524,681	1.64%	0.96%
1997	5,064,639	45,953,580	1.55%	0.94%
1998	5,140,704	46,286,503	1.5%	0.72%
1999	5,218,038	46,616,677	1.5%	0.71%
2000	5,305,021	47,008,111	1.67%	0.84%
2001	5,403,639	47,370,164	1.86%	0.77%
2002	5,508,410	47,644,736	1.94%	0.58%
2003	5,619,398	47,892,330	2.01%	0.52%
2004	5,736,693	48,082,519	2.09%	0.4%
2005	5,858,798	48,184,561	2.13%	0.21%
2006	5,980,211	48,438,292	2.07%	0.53%
2007	6,104,380	48,683,638	2.08%	0.51%
2008	6,235,430	49,054,708	2.15%	0.76%
2009	6,366,686	49,307,835	2.11%	0.52%
2010	6,497,839	49,554,112	2.06%	0.5%
2011	6,343,203	49,936,638	-2.38%	0.77%
2012	6,179,328	50,199,853	-2.58%	0.53%
2013	6,304,628	50,428,893	2.03%	0.46%
2014	6,427,252	50,746,659	1.94%	0.63%
2015	6,531,819	51,014,947	1.63%	0.53%
2016	6,632,126	51,217,803	1.54%	0.4%
2017	6,738,770	51,361,911	1.61%	0.28%
2018	6,849,055	51,585,058	1.64%	0.43%
2019	6,951,033	51,764,822	1.49%	0.35%
2020	7,045,399	51,836,239	1.36%	0.14%
2021	7,135,175	51,769,539	1.27%	-0.13%
2022	7,223,805	51,672,569	1.24%	-0.19%
2023	7,305,659	51,712,619	1.13%	0.08%
2024	7,381,023	51,751,065	1.03%	0.07%
2025	7,458,547	51,700,480	1.05%	-0.1%
2026	7,539,842	51,633,793	1.09%	-0.13%
2027	7,627,487	51,552,198	1.16%	-0.16%
2028	7,716,839	51,456,707	1.17%	-0.19%
2029	7,802,209	51,347,230	1.11%	-0.21%
2030	7,885,801	51,221,713	1.07%	-0.24%
2031	7,969,103	51,081,220	1.06%	-0.27%
2032	8,048,491	50,924,233	1%	-0.31%
2033	8,126,634	50,747,132	0.97%	-0.35%
2034	8,206,611	50,549,508	0.98%	-0.39%
2035	8,283,950	50,333,286	0.94%	-0.43%
2036	8,357,480	50,098,951	0.89%	-0.47%
2037	8,431,722	49,845,669	0.89%	-0.51%
2038	8,506,595	49,573,234	0.89%	-0.55%
2039	8,579,849	49,283,770	0.86%	-0.58%
2040	8,651,409	48,980,369	0.83%	-0.62%
2041	8,719,609	48,661,905	0.79%	-0.65%
2042	8,786,619	48,331,004	0.77%	-0.68%
2043	8,854,384	47,990,085	0.77%	-0.71%
2044	8,920,015	47,634,183	0.74%	-0.74%
2045	8,983,943	47,263,526	0.72%	-0.78%
2046	9,043,667	46,881,228	0.66%	-0.81%
2047	9,098,399	46,482,133	0.61%	-0.85%
2048	9,154,058	46,063,595	0.61%	-0.9%
2049	9,208,602	45,626,805	0.6%	-0.95%
2050	9,260,603	45,172,356	0.56%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Libya increased by 673,021 people (a 11.5% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Libya gained 992,030 (a 15.2% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2005 and is 105th in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st 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 South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.