Population in Libya compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Libya and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Libya	Sri Lanka	Libya	Sri Lanka
1960	1,492,890	9,661,389	-	-
1961	1,555,699	9,899,372	4.21%	2.46%
1962	1,621,960	10,143,754	4.26%	2.47%
1963	1,690,457	10,395,040	4.22%	2.48%
1964	1,753,691	10,653,397	3.74%	2.49%
1965	1,804,015	10,916,965	2.87%	2.47%
1966	1,849,063	11,183,928	2.5%	2.45%
1967	1,898,199	11,457,328	2.66%	2.44%
1968	1,952,781	11,736,088	2.88%	2.43%
1969	2,014,293	12,013,858	3.15%	2.37%
1970	2,082,589	12,287,110	3.39%	2.27%
1971	2,153,534	12,551,910	3.41%	2.16%
1972	2,226,091	12,809,205	3.37%	2.05%
1973	2,314,193	13,060,916	3.96%	1.97%
1974	2,432,211	13,305,693	5.1%	1.87%
1975	2,571,556	13,548,984	5.73%	1.83%
1976	2,721,237	13,796,770	5.82%	1.83%
1977	2,881,533	14,049,371	5.89%	1.83%
1978	3,052,526	14,310,128	5.93%	1.86%
1979	3,233,846	14,579,614	5.94%	1.88%
1980	3,424,378	14,847,974	5.89%	1.84%
1981	3,621,486	15,099,414	5.76%	1.69%
1982	3,724,765	15,286,567	2.85%	1.24%
1983	3,718,961	15,388,794	-0.16%	0.67%
1984	3,773,633	15,441,860	1.47%	0.34%
1985	3,898,745	15,544,154	3.32%	0.66%
1986	4,017,403	15,731,256	3.04%	1.2%
1987	4,129,739	15,916,576	2.8%	1.18%
1988	4,237,755	16,078,621	2.62%	1.02%
1989	4,342,920	16,248,557	2.48%	1.06%
1990	4,445,239	16,352,458	2.36%	0.64%
1991	4,544,400	16,475,354	2.23%	0.75%
1992	4,640,352	16,739,284	2.11%	1.6%
1993	4,733,045	17,025,918	2%	1.71%
1994	4,822,037	17,275,773	1.88%	1.47%
1995	4,906,843	17,564,068	1.76%	1.67%
1996	4,987,393	17,905,018	1.64%	1.94%
1997	5,064,639	18,248,200	1.55%	1.92%
1998	5,140,704	18,596,003	1.5%	1.91%
1999	5,218,038	18,944,731	1.5%	1.88%
2000	5,305,021	19,293,054	1.67%	1.84%
2001	5,403,639	19,600,362	1.86%	1.59%
2002	5,508,410	19,805,752	1.94%	1.05%
2003	5,619,398	19,951,521	2.01%	0.74%
2004	5,736,693	20,087,605	2.09%	0.68%
2005	5,858,798	20,216,524	2.13%	0.64%
2006	5,980,211	20,352,411	2.07%	0.67%
2007	6,104,380	20,492,545	2.08%	0.69%
2008	6,235,430	20,629,378	2.15%	0.67%
2009	6,366,686	20,756,435	2.11%	0.62%
2010	6,497,839	20,879,089	2.06%	0.59%
2011	6,343,203	21,009,048	-2.38%	0.62%
2012	6,179,328	21,169,458	-2.58%	0.76%
2013	6,304,628	20,585,000	2.03%	-2.76%
2014	6,427,252	20,778,000	1.94%	0.94%
2015	6,531,819	20,970,000	1.63%	0.92%
2016	6,632,126	21,209,000	1.54%	1.14%
2017	6,738,770	21,453,000	1.61%	1.15%
2018	6,849,055	21,670,000	1.64%	1.01%
2019	6,951,033	21,803,000	1.49%	0.61%
2020	7,045,399	21,919,000	1.36%	0.53%
2021	7,135,175	22,156,000	1.27%	1.08%
2022	7,223,805	22,181,000	1.24%	0.11%
2023	7,305,659	22,037,000	1.13%	-0.65%
2024	7,381,023	21,916,000	1.03%	-0.55%
2025	7,458,547	22,035,440	1.05%	0.54%
2026	7,539,842	22,148,172	1.09%	0.51%
2027	7,627,487	22,255,601	1.16%	0.49%
2028	7,716,839	22,357,682	1.17%	0.46%
2029	7,802,209	22,453,922	1.11%	0.43%
2030	7,885,801	22,546,245	1.07%	0.41%
2031	7,969,103	22,635,106	1.06%	0.39%
2032	8,048,491	22,720,118	1%	0.38%
2033	8,126,634	22,802,043	0.97%	0.36%
2034	8,206,611	22,879,527	0.98%	0.34%
2035	8,283,950	22,952,739	0.94%	0.32%
2036	8,357,480	23,022,027	0.89%	0.3%
2037	8,431,722	23,088,877	0.89%	0.29%
2038	8,506,595	23,152,480	0.89%	0.28%
2039	8,579,849	23,211,633	0.86%	0.26%
2040	8,651,409	23,265,986	0.83%	0.23%
2041	8,719,609	23,315,260	0.79%	0.21%
2042	8,786,619	23,359,578	0.77%	0.19%
2043	8,854,384	23,398,752	0.77%	0.17%
2044	8,920,015	23,433,096	0.74%	0.15%
2045	8,983,943	23,464,943	0.72%	0.14%
2046	9,043,667	23,492,738	0.66%	0.12%
2047	9,098,399	23,512,629	0.61%	0.08%
2048	9,154,058	23,525,953	0.61%	0.06%
2049	9,208,602	23,533,940	0.6%	0.03%
2050	9,260,603	23,538,230	0.56%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Libya increased by 651,915 people (a 10.9% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Libya gained 908,673 (a 13.7% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 940,346 (a 4.43% growth).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2006 and is 105th in 2026. Sri Lanka was ranked 55th in 2006 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.27% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.