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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Libya	Syria	Libya	Syria
1960	1,492,890	4,673,500	-	-
1961	1,555,699	4,815,466	4.21%	3.04%
1962	1,621,960	4,959,340	4.26%	2.99%
1963	1,690,457	5,110,467	4.22%	3.05%
1964	1,753,691	5,269,087	3.74%	3.1%
1965	1,804,015	5,435,267	2.87%	3.15%
1966	1,849,063	5,609,047	2.5%	3.2%
1967	1,898,199	5,790,198	2.66%	3.23%
1968	1,952,781	5,978,742	2.88%	3.26%
1969	2,014,293	6,175,166	3.15%	3.29%
1970	2,082,589	6,380,609	3.39%	3.33%
1971	2,153,534	6,598,094	3.41%	3.41%
1972	2,226,091	6,826,024	3.37%	3.45%
1973	2,314,193	7,060,321	3.96%	3.43%
1974	2,432,211	7,302,160	5.1%	3.43%
1975	2,571,556	7,554,364	5.73%	3.45%
1976	2,721,237	7,817,320	5.82%	3.48%
1977	2,881,533	8,090,501	5.89%	3.49%
1978	3,052,526	8,372,759	5.93%	3.49%
1979	3,233,846	8,661,909	5.94%	3.45%
1980	3,424,378	8,957,663	5.89%	3.41%
1981	3,621,486	9,260,189	5.76%	3.38%
1982	3,724,765	9,572,511	2.85%	3.37%
1983	3,718,961	9,904,809	-0.16%	3.47%
1984	3,773,633	10,258,398	1.47%	3.57%
1985	3,898,745	10,625,672	3.32%	3.58%
1986	4,017,403	11,002,844	3.04%	3.55%
1987	4,129,739	11,388,923	2.8%	3.51%
1988	4,237,755	11,782,264	2.62%	3.45%
1989	4,342,920	12,179,060	2.48%	3.37%
1990	4,445,239	12,579,208	2.36%	3.29%
1991	4,544,400	12,980,821	2.23%	3.19%
1992	4,640,352	13,385,571	2.11%	3.12%
1993	4,733,045	13,795,686	2%	3.06%
1994	4,822,037	14,208,583	1.88%	2.99%
1995	4,906,843	14,616,801	1.76%	2.87%
1996	4,987,393	15,018,104	1.64%	2.75%
1997	5,064,639	15,417,542	1.55%	2.66%
1998	5,140,704	15,820,413	1.5%	2.61%
1999	5,218,038	16,228,061	1.5%	2.58%
2000	5,305,021	16,637,888	1.67%	2.53%
2001	5,403,639	17,051,338	1.86%	2.48%
2002	5,508,410	17,468,332	1.94%	2.45%
2003	5,619,398	17,889,296	2.01%	2.41%
2004	5,736,693	18,336,875	2.09%	2.5%
2005	5,858,798	18,814,091	2.13%	2.6%
2006	5,980,211	19,637,022	2.07%	4.37%
2007	6,104,380	20,884,125	2.08%	6.35%
2008	6,235,430	21,636,564	2.15%	3.6%
2009	6,366,686	21,976,969	2.11%	1.57%
2010	6,497,839	22,482,421	2.06%	2.3%
2011	6,343,203	22,878,098	-2.38%	1.76%
2012	6,179,328	22,759,763	-2.58%	-0.52%
2013	6,304,628	21,666,917	2.03%	-4.8%
2014	6,427,252	20,273,659	1.94%	-6.43%
2015	6,531,819	19,424,618	1.63%	-4.19%
2016	6,632,126	19,193,834	1.54%	-1.19%
2017	6,738,770	19,224,668	1.61%	0.16%
2018	6,849,055	19,577,845	1.64%	1.84%
2019	6,951,033	20,353,534	1.49%	3.96%
2020	7,045,399	21,049,429	1.36%	3.42%
2021	7,135,175	21,628,839	1.27%	2.75%
2022	7,223,805	22,462,173	1.24%	3.85%
2023	7,305,659	23,594,623	1.13%	5.04%
2024	7,381,023	24,672,760	1.03%	4.57%
2025	7,458,547	25,620,422	1.05%	3.84%
2026	7,539,842	26,472,499	1.09%	3.33%
2027	7,627,487	27,261,544	1.16%	2.98%
2028	7,716,839	28,006,558	1.17%	2.73%
2029	7,802,209	28,719,309	1.11%	2.54%
2030	7,885,801	29,395,545	1.07%	2.35%
2031	7,969,103	30,029,824	1.06%	2.16%
2032	8,048,491	30,633,661	1%	2.01%
2033	8,126,634	31,212,478	0.97%	1.89%
2034	8,206,611	31,768,138	0.98%	1.78%
2035	8,283,950	32,294,792	0.94%	1.66%
2036	8,357,480	32,788,153	0.89%	1.53%
2037	8,431,722	33,258,407	0.89%	1.43%
2038	8,506,595	33,710,718	0.89%	1.36%
2039	8,579,849	34,131,238	0.86%	1.25%
2040	8,651,409	34,533,185	0.83%	1.18%
2041	8,719,609	34,916,936	0.79%	1.11%
2042	8,786,619	35,279,863	0.77%	1.04%
2043	8,854,384	35,623,325	0.77%	0.97%
2044	8,920,015	35,944,394	0.74%	0.9%
2045	8,983,943	36,265,295	0.72%	0.89%
2046	9,043,667	36,583,260	0.66%	0.88%
2047	9,098,399	36,878,640	0.61%	0.81%
2048	9,154,058	37,171,029	0.61%	0.79%
2049	9,208,602	37,477,690	0.6%	0.83%
2050	9,260,603	37,793,378	0.56%	0.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Libya increased by 651,915 people (a 10.9% growth), while Syria lost 443,188 people (a 2.26% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Libya gained 908,673 (a 13.7% growth), while Syria's population increased by 7,287,288 (a 38% growth).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2006 and is 105th in 2026. Syria was ranked 58th in 2006 and ranked 57th 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 Syria will increase by 42.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.