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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Libya	Tanzania	Libya	Tanzania
1960	1,492,890	9,901,419	-	-
1961	1,555,699	10,187,886	4.21%	2.89%
1962	1,621,960	10,487,756	4.26%	2.94%
1963	1,690,457	10,799,528	4.22%	2.97%
1964	1,753,691	11,127,826	3.74%	3.04%
1965	1,804,015	11,470,728	2.87%	3.08%
1966	1,849,063	11,827,459	2.5%	3.11%
1967	1,898,199	12,200,109	2.66%	3.15%
1968	1,952,781	12,602,076	2.88%	3.29%
1969	2,014,293	13,036,700	3.15%	3.45%
1970	2,082,589	13,492,677	3.39%	3.5%
1971	2,153,534	13,971,451	3.41%	3.55%
1972	2,226,091	14,479,308	3.37%	3.63%
1973	2,314,193	15,010,101	3.96%	3.67%
1974	2,432,211	15,561,630	5.1%	3.67%
1975	2,571,556	16,138,361	5.73%	3.71%
1976	2,721,237	16,736,211	5.82%	3.7%
1977	2,881,533	17,352,929	5.89%	3.68%
1978	3,052,526	17,976,566	5.93%	3.59%
1979	3,233,846	18,592,038	5.94%	3.42%
1980	3,424,378	19,189,769	5.89%	3.21%
1981	3,621,486	19,784,703	5.76%	3.1%
1982	3,724,765	20,398,571	2.85%	3.1%
1983	3,718,961	21,079,874	-0.16%	3.34%
1984	3,773,633	21,779,066	1.47%	3.32%
1985	3,898,745	22,501,693	3.32%	3.32%
1986	4,017,403	23,258,959	3.04%	3.37%
1987	4,129,739	24,030,378	2.8%	3.32%
1988	4,237,755	24,769,686	2.62%	3.08%
1989	4,342,920	25,438,759	2.48%	2.7%
1990	4,445,239	26,110,207	2.36%	2.64%
1991	4,544,400	26,780,436	2.23%	2.57%
1992	4,640,352	27,457,588	2.11%	2.53%
1993	4,733,045	28,332,692	2%	3.19%
1994	4,822,037	29,442,356	1.88%	3.92%
1995	4,906,843	30,383,497	1.76%	3.2%
1996	4,987,393	30,945,762	1.64%	1.85%
1997	5,064,639	31,578,089	1.55%	2.04%
1998	5,140,704	32,420,458	1.5%	2.67%
1999	5,218,038	33,300,330	1.5%	2.71%
2000	5,305,021	34,260,139	1.67%	2.88%
2001	5,403,639	35,198,299	1.86%	2.74%
2002	5,508,410	36,121,304	1.94%	2.62%
2003	5,619,398	37,089,555	2.01%	2.68%
2004	5,736,693	38,109,668	2.09%	2.75%
2005	5,858,798	39,182,076	2.13%	2.81%
2006	5,980,211	40,294,902	2.07%	2.84%
2007	6,104,380	41,435,512	2.08%	2.83%
2008	6,235,430	42,570,728	2.15%	2.74%
2009	6,366,686	43,633,982	2.11%	2.5%
2010	6,497,839	44,758,488	2.06%	2.58%
2011	6,343,203	46,029,367	-2.38%	2.84%
2012	6,179,328	47,374,260	-2.58%	2.92%
2013	6,304,628	48,824,128	2.03%	3.06%
2014	6,427,252	50,351,512	1.94%	3.13%
2015	6,531,819	52,020,962	1.63%	3.32%
2016	6,632,126	53,824,013	1.54%	3.47%
2017	6,738,770	55,652,890	1.61%	3.4%
2018	6,849,055	57,437,145	1.64%	3.21%
2019	6,951,033	59,174,891	1.49%	3.03%
2020	7,045,399	60,972,798	1.36%	3.04%
2021	7,135,175	62,830,412	1.27%	3.05%
2022	7,223,805	64,711,821	1.24%	2.99%
2023	7,305,659	66,617,606	1.13%	2.95%
2024	7,381,023	68,560,157	1.03%	2.92%
2025	7,458,547	70,545,858	1.05%	2.9%
2026	7,539,842	72,563,773	1.09%	2.86%
2027	7,627,487	74,604,804	1.16%	2.81%
2028	7,716,839	76,670,483	1.17%	2.77%
2029	7,802,209	78,773,192	1.11%	2.74%
2030	7,885,801	80,913,118	1.07%	2.72%
2031	7,969,103	83,087,927	1.06%	2.69%
2032	8,048,491	85,293,126	1%	2.65%
2033	8,126,634	87,520,491	0.97%	2.61%
2034	8,206,611	89,788,673	0.98%	2.59%
2035	8,283,950	92,091,418	0.94%	2.56%
2036	8,357,480	94,420,808	0.89%	2.53%
2037	8,431,722	96,775,766	0.89%	2.49%
2038	8,506,595	99,156,465	0.89%	2.46%
2039	8,579,849	101,567,525	0.86%	2.43%
2040	8,651,409	103,999,350	0.83%	2.39%
2041	8,719,609	106,448,475	0.79%	2.35%
2042	8,786,619	108,926,272	0.77%	2.33%
2043	8,854,384	111,433,788	0.77%	2.3%
2044	8,920,015	113,966,263	0.74%	2.27%
2045	8,983,943	116,525,463	0.72%	2.25%
2046	9,043,667	119,109,670	0.66%	2.22%
2047	9,098,399	121,721,018	0.61%	2.19%
2048	9,154,058	124,351,294	0.61%	2.16%
2049	9,208,602	126,981,394	0.6%	2.12%
2050	9,260,603	129,621,083	0.56%	2.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Libya increased by 673,021 people (a 11.5% growth), while Tanzania gained 12,838,886 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Libya gained 992,030 (a 15.2% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 20,145,844 (a 38.7% growth).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2005 and is 105th in 2025. Tanzania was ranked 31st in 2005 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 79.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.