The latest officially reported population of Libya was 7,381,023 in 2024 vs 10,590,927 people in Tajikistan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Libya's population is 7,523,849 people compared to 10,940,854 in Tajikistan.
Population statistics:
- Tajikistan's population is 1.45 times bigger than Libya's.
- Libya is ranked the 105th most populous country in the world, while Tajikistan is the 88th.
- The countries together account for 0.22% of the world: 0.09% for Libya vs 0.13% for Tajikistan.
- For the last 10 years, Libya has had an average growth rate of +1.44% per year vs +2.33% in Tajikistan.
- Since 2005, the population of Libya has increased from 5.86M people to 7.52M (28.4% growth), while Tajikistan has grown from 6.92M to 10.9M (58% growth).
- Libya is projected to reach its peak in 2086 at 9.97M people compared to the peak of 20.2M people in 2100 for Tajikistan.
Libya vs Tajikistan: live population counter
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| Current population |
7523849
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10940854
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| Population rank | 105/197 | 88/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.09% | 0.13% |
| One net population change |
6.97 minutes
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2.61 minutes
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| One birth every |
4.23 minutes
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1.94 minutes
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| One death every |
10.8 minutes
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11 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.54 hours
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| Annual migration change | +3,448 | -21,236 |
| Daily growth/decline | +206 | +551 |
| Annual growth/decline | +75,364 | +201,128 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.03% | +1.94% |
| Population growth rate rank | 101/197 | 57/197 |
Libya and Tajikistan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 1,492,890 | 2,112,131 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,555,699 | 2,181,805 | 4.21% | 3.3% |
| 1962 | 1,621,960 | 2,255,026 | 4.26% | 3.36% |
| 1963 | 1,690,457 | 2,331,736 | 4.22% | 3.4% |
| 1964 | 1,753,691 | 2,411,260 | 3.74% | 3.41% |
| 1965 | 1,804,015 | 2,492,998 | 2.87% | 3.39% |
| 1966 | 1,849,063 | 2,577,184 | 2.5% | 3.38% |
| 1967 | 1,898,199 | 2,664,130 | 2.66% | 3.37% |
| 1968 | 1,952,781 | 2,753,848 | 2.88% | 3.37% |
| 1969 | 2,014,293 | 2,845,273 | 3.15% | 3.32% |
| 1970 | 2,082,589 | 2,936,779 | 3.39% | 3.22% |
| 1971 | 2,153,534 | 3,028,837 | 3.41% | 3.13% |
| 1972 | 2,226,091 | 3,123,691 | 3.37% | 3.13% |
| 1973 | 2,314,193 | 3,222,290 | 3.96% | 3.16% |
| 1974 | 2,432,211 | 3,324,499 | 5.1% | 3.17% |
| 1975 | 2,571,556 | 3,430,425 | 5.73% | 3.19% |
| 1976 | 2,721,237 | 3,540,076 | 5.82% | 3.2% |
| 1977 | 2,881,533 | 3,653,265 | 5.89% | 3.2% |
| 1978 | 3,052,526 | 3,768,508 | 5.93% | 3.15% |
| 1979 | 3,233,846 | 3,882,691 | 5.94% | 3.03% |
| 1980 | 3,424,378 | 3,995,256 | 5.89% | 2.9% |
| 1981 | 3,621,486 | 4,109,022 | 5.76% | 2.85% |
| 1982 | 3,724,765 | 4,227,171 | 2.85% | 2.88% |
| 1983 | 3,718,961 | 4,350,874 | -0.16% | 2.93% |
| 1984 | 3,773,633 | 4,480,026 | 1.47% | 2.97% |
| 1985 | 3,898,745 | 4,619,003 | 3.32% | 3.1% |
| 1986 | 4,017,403 | 4,772,139 | 3.04% | 3.32% |
| 1987 | 4,129,739 | 4,939,059 | 2.8% | 3.5% |
| 1988 | 4,237,755 | 5,114,989 | 2.62% | 3.56% |
| 1989 | 4,342,920 | 5,267,249 | 2.48% | 2.98% |
| 1990 | 4,445,239 | 5,398,768 | 2.36% | 2.5% |
| 1991 | 4,544,400 | 5,541,205 | 2.23% | 2.64% |
| 1992 | 4,640,352 | 5,649,400 | 2.11% | 1.95% |
| 1993 | 4,733,045 | 5,724,993 | 2% | 1.34% |
| 1994 | 4,822,037 | 5,825,368 | 1.88% | 1.75% |
| 1995 | 4,906,843 | 5,948,584 | 1.76% | 2.12% |
| 1996 | 4,987,393 | 6,066,523 | 1.64% | 1.98% |
| 1997 | 5,064,639 | 6,139,829 | 1.55% | 1.21% |
| 1998 | 5,140,704 | 6,176,397 | 1.5% | 0.6% |
| 1999 | 5,218,038 | 6,208,370 | 1.5% | 0.52% |
| 2000 | 5,305,021 | 6,284,735 | 1.67% | 1.23% |
| 2001 | 5,403,639 | 6,407,377 | 1.86% | 1.95% |
| 2002 | 5,508,410 | 6,531,669 | 1.94% | 1.94% |
| 2003 | 5,619,398 | 6,658,575 | 2.01% | 1.94% |
| 2004 | 5,736,693 | 6,790,547 | 2.09% | 1.98% |
| 2005 | 5,858,798 | 6,924,720 | 2.13% | 1.98% |
| 2006 | 5,980,211 | 7,057,566 | 2.07% | 1.92% |
| 2007 | 6,104,380 | 7,194,477 | 2.08% | 1.94% |
| 2008 | 6,235,430 | 7,338,403 | 2.15% | 2% |
| 2009 | 6,366,686 | 7,490,230 | 2.11% | 2.07% |
| 2010 | 6,497,839 | 7,652,141 | 2.06% | 2.16% |
| 2011 | 6,343,203 | 7,824,785 | -2.38% | 2.26% |
| 2012 | 6,179,328 | 8,014,084 | -2.58% | 2.42% |
| 2013 | 6,304,628 | 8,216,724 | 2.03% | 2.53% |
| 2014 | 6,427,252 | 8,425,552 | 1.94% | 2.54% |
| 2015 | 6,531,819 | 8,643,840 | 1.63% | 2.59% |
| 2016 | 6,632,126 | 8,865,631 | 1.54% | 2.57% |
| 2017 | 6,738,770 | 9,085,946 | 1.61% | 2.49% |
| 2018 | 6,849,055 | 9,307,333 | 1.64% | 2.44% |
| 2019 | 6,951,033 | 9,529,966 | 1.49% | 2.39% |
| 2020 | 7,045,399 | 9,749,310 | 1.36% | 2.3% |
| 2021 | 7,135,175 | 9,966,908 | 1.27% | 2.23% |
| 2022 | 7,223,805 | 10,182,222 | 1.24% | 2.16% |
| 2023 | 7,305,659 | 10,389,799 | 1.13% | 2.04% |
| 2024 | 7,381,023 | 10,590,927 | 1.03% | 1.94% |
| 2025 | 7,458,547 | 10,786,735 | 1.05% | 1.85% |
| 2026 | 7,539,842 | 10,978,598 | 1.09% | 1.78% |
| 2027 | 7,627,487 | 11,168,387 | 1.16% | 1.73% |
| 2028 | 7,716,839 | 11,356,920 | 1.17% | 1.69% |
| 2029 | 7,802,209 | 11,545,276 | 1.11% | 1.66% |
| 2030 | 7,885,801 | 11,733,066 | 1.07% | 1.63% |
| 2031 | 7,969,103 | 11,920,472 | 1.06% | 1.6% |
| 2032 | 8,048,491 | 12,110,150 | 1% | 1.59% |
| 2033 | 8,126,634 | 12,302,290 | 0.97% | 1.59% |
| 2034 | 8,206,611 | 12,496,888 | 0.98% | 1.58% |
| 2035 | 8,283,950 | 12,695,586 | 0.94% | 1.59% |
| 2036 | 8,357,480 | 12,899,096 | 0.89% | 1.6% |
| 2037 | 8,431,722 | 13,104,339 | 0.89% | 1.59% |
| 2038 | 8,506,595 | 13,308,237 | 0.89% | 1.56% |
| 2039 | 8,579,849 | 13,511,372 | 0.86% | 1.53% |
| 2040 | 8,651,409 | 13,713,948 | 0.83% | 1.5% |
| 2041 | 8,719,609 | 13,915,192 | 0.79% | 1.47% |
| 2042 | 8,786,619 | 14,115,137 | 0.77% | 1.44% |
| 2043 | 8,854,384 | 14,311,598 | 0.77% | 1.39% |
| 2044 | 8,920,015 | 14,504,865 | 0.74% | 1.35% |
| 2045 | 8,983,943 | 14,694,858 | 0.72% | 1.31% |
| 2046 | 9,043,667 | 14,879,388 | 0.66% | 1.26% |
| 2047 | 9,098,399 | 15,059,869 | 0.61% | 1.21% |
| 2048 | 9,154,058 | 15,236,594 | 0.61% | 1.17% |
| 2049 | 9,208,602 | 15,408,032 | 0.6% | 1.13% |
| 2050 | 9,260,603 | 15,574,643 | 0.56% | 1.08% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Libya increased by 673,021 people (a 11.5% growth), while Tajikistan gained 1,719,120 people (a 24.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Libya gained 992,030 (a 15.2% growth), while Tajikistan's population increased by 2,297,014 (a 26.6% growth).
Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2005 and is 105th in 2025. Tajikistan was ranked 99th in 2005 and ranked 88th 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 Tajikistan will increase by 42.4% to 15,574,643 people and rank change from 88th to 83rd.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Tripoli | 1.29M |
| Misrata | 1.01M |
| Benghazi | 632K |
| Ajdabiya | 416K |
| Al-Khums | 202K |
| Zawiya | 199K |
| Gharyan | 188K |
| Tobruk | 136K |
| Sabratha | 102K |
| Sabha | 99K |
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| City | Population |
| Dushanbe | 863K |
| Khujand | 199K |
| Qurghonteppa | 127K |
| Istaravshan | 64.3K |
| Konibodom | 54.4K |
| Tursunzoda | 46.7K |
| Panjakent | 33K |
| Buston | 29.8K |
| Ghafurov | 18.4K |
| Istiklol | 14.2K |
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Population differences between Libya and Tajikistan
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| Life expectancy | 73.2 years | 72.1 years |
| Average age | 30.7 years | 26.3 years |
| Median age | 28.5 years | 23 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.8:49.2 | 49.1:50.9 |
| Fertility rate | 2.36 births per woman | 3.07 births per woman |
| Population density | 10.9 ppl/mi² | 197.6 ppl/mi² |
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