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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Libya	Spain	Libya	Spain
1960	1,492,890	30,455,000	-	-
1961	1,555,699	30,739,250	4.21%	0.93%
1962	1,621,960	31,023,366	4.26%	0.92%
1963	1,690,457	31,296,651	4.22%	0.88%
1964	1,753,691	31,609,195	3.74%	1%
1965	1,804,015	31,954,292	2.87%	1.09%
1966	1,849,063	32,283,194	2.5%	1.03%
1967	1,898,199	32,682,947	2.66%	1.24%
1968	1,952,781	33,113,134	2.88%	1.32%
1969	2,014,293	33,441,054	3.15%	0.99%
1970	2,082,589	33,814,531	3.39%	1.12%
1971	2,153,534	34,224,490	3.41%	1.21%
1972	2,226,091	34,604,469	3.37%	1.11%
1973	2,314,193	34,988,947	3.96%	1.11%
1974	2,432,211	35,373,335	5.1%	1.1%
1975	2,571,556	35,757,900	5.73%	1.09%
1976	2,721,237	36,137,812	5.82%	1.06%
1977	2,881,533	36,511,638	5.89%	1.03%
1978	3,052,526	36,864,898	5.93%	0.97%
1979	3,233,846	37,191,330	5.94%	0.89%
1980	3,424,378	37,491,165	5.89%	0.81%
1981	3,621,486	37,758,631	5.76%	0.71%
1982	3,724,765	37,986,012	2.85%	0.6%
1983	3,718,961	38,171,525	-0.16%	0.49%
1984	3,773,633	38,330,364	1.47%	0.42%
1985	3,898,745	38,469,512	3.32%	0.36%
1986	4,017,403	38,584,624	3.04%	0.3%
1987	4,129,739	38,684,815	2.8%	0.26%
1988	4,237,755	38,766,939	2.62%	0.21%
1989	4,342,920	38,827,764	2.48%	0.16%
1990	4,445,239	38,867,322	2.36%	0.1%
1991	4,544,400	38,966,376	2.23%	0.25%
1992	4,640,352	39,157,685	2.11%	0.49%
1993	4,733,045	39,361,262	2%	0.52%
1994	4,822,037	39,549,108	1.88%	0.48%
1995	4,906,843	39,724,050	1.76%	0.44%
1996	4,987,393	39,889,852	1.64%	0.42%
1997	5,064,639	40,057,389	1.55%	0.42%
1998	5,140,704	40,223,509	1.5%	0.41%
1999	5,218,038	40,386,875	1.5%	0.41%
2000	5,305,021	40,567,864	1.67%	0.45%
2001	5,403,639	40,850,412	1.86%	0.7%
2002	5,508,410	41,431,558	1.94%	1.42%
2003	5,619,398	42,187,645	2.01%	1.82%
2004	5,736,693	42,921,895	2.09%	1.74%
2005	5,858,798	43,653,155	2.13%	1.7%
2006	5,980,211	44,397,319	2.07%	1.7%
2007	6,104,380	45,226,803	2.08%	1.87%
2008	6,235,430	45,954,106	2.15%	1.61%
2009	6,366,686	46,362,946	2.11%	0.89%
2010	6,497,839	46,576,897	2.06%	0.46%
2011	6,343,203	46,742,697	-2.38%	0.36%
2012	6,179,328	46,773,055	-2.58%	0.06%
2013	6,304,628	46,604,197	2.03%	-0.36%
2014	6,427,252	46,460,733	1.94%	-0.31%
2015	6,531,819	46,422,303	1.63%	-0.08%
2016	6,632,126	46,458,139	1.54%	0.08%
2017	6,738,770	46,571,232	1.61%	0.24%
2018	6,849,055	46,782,011	1.64%	0.45%
2019	6,951,033	47,118,501	1.49%	0.72%
2020	7,045,399	47,359,424	1.36%	0.51%
2021	7,135,175	47,443,821	1.27%	0.18%
2022	7,223,805	47,786,102	1.24%	0.72%
2023	7,305,659	48,347,910	1.13%	1.18%
2024	7,381,023	48,807,137	1.03%	0.95%
2025	7,458,547	48,786,181	1.05%	-0.04%
2026	7,539,842	48,746,279	1.09%	-0.08%
2027	7,627,487	48,696,847	1.16%	-0.1%
2028	7,716,839	48,642,132	1.17%	-0.11%
2029	7,802,209	48,578,166	1.11%	-0.13%
2030	7,885,801	48,501,513	1.07%	-0.16%
2031	7,969,103	48,412,854	1.06%	-0.18%
2032	8,048,491	48,321,195	1%	-0.19%
2033	8,126,634	48,230,054	0.97%	-0.19%
2034	8,206,611	48,136,421	0.98%	-0.19%
2035	8,283,950	48,036,650	0.94%	-0.21%
2036	8,357,480	47,929,957	0.89%	-0.22%
2037	8,431,722	47,819,257	0.89%	-0.23%
2038	8,506,595	47,706,580	0.89%	-0.24%
2039	8,579,849	47,588,878	0.86%	-0.25%
2040	8,651,409	47,463,597	0.83%	-0.26%
2041	8,719,609	47,332,618	0.79%	-0.28%
2042	8,786,619	47,194,588	0.77%	-0.29%
2043	8,854,384	47,052,293	0.77%	-0.3%
2044	8,920,015	46,902,636	0.74%	-0.32%
2045	8,983,943	46,738,565	0.72%	-0.35%
2046	9,043,667	46,564,383	0.66%	-0.37%
2047	9,098,399	46,381,681	0.61%	-0.39%
2048	9,154,058	46,190,642	0.61%	-0.41%
2049	9,208,602	45,985,428	0.6%	-0.44%
2050	9,260,603	45,769,362	0.56%	-0.47%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Libya increased by 673,021 people (a 11.5% growth), while Spain gained 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Libya gained 992,030 (a 15.2% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2005 and is 105th in 2025. Spain was ranked 28th in 2005 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.