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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Libya	Tonga	Libya	Tonga
1960	1,492,890	66,170	-	-
1961	1,555,699	68,037	4.21%	2.82%
1962	1,621,960	69,940	4.26%	2.8%
1963	1,690,457	71,885	4.22%	2.78%
1964	1,753,691	73,879	3.74%	2.77%
1965	1,804,015	75,924	2.87%	2.77%
1966	1,849,063	78,002	2.5%	2.74%
1967	1,898,199	79,814	2.66%	2.32%
1968	1,952,781	81,353	2.88%	1.93%
1969	2,014,293	82,885	3.15%	1.88%
1970	2,082,589	84,401	3.39%	1.83%
1971	2,153,534	85,896	3.41%	1.77%
1972	2,226,091	87,356	3.37%	1.7%
1973	2,314,193	88,805	3.96%	1.66%
1974	2,432,211	90,683	5.1%	2.11%
1975	2,571,556	93,017	5.73%	2.57%
1976	2,721,237	95,325	5.82%	2.48%
1977	2,881,533	96,725	5.89%	1.47%
1978	3,052,526	97,204	5.93%	0.5%
1979	3,233,846	97,544	5.94%	0.35%
1980	3,424,378	97,769	5.89%	0.23%
1981	3,621,486	97,909	5.76%	0.14%
1982	3,724,765	97,980	2.85%	0.07%
1983	3,718,961	97,998	-0.16%	0.02%
1984	3,773,633	97,990	1.47%	-0.008%
1985	3,898,745	97,984	3.32%	-0.006%
1986	4,017,403	98,010	3.04%	0.03%
1987	4,129,739	98,376	2.8%	0.37%
1988	4,237,755	98,969	2.62%	0.6%
1989	4,342,920	99,403	2.48%	0.44%
1990	4,445,239	99,700	2.36%	0.3%
1991	4,544,400	99,895	2.23%	0.2%
1992	4,640,352	100,022	2.11%	0.13%
1993	4,733,045	100,103	2%	0.08%
1994	4,822,037	100,166	1.88%	0.06%
1995	4,906,843	100,225	1.76%	0.06%
1996	4,987,393	100,275	1.64%	0.05%
1997	5,064,639	100,674	1.55%	0.4%
1998	5,140,704	101,388	1.5%	0.71%
1999	5,218,038	102,046	1.5%	0.65%
2000	5,305,021	102,677	1.67%	0.62%
2001	5,403,639	103,288	1.86%	0.6%
2002	5,508,410	103,874	1.94%	0.57%
2003	5,619,398	104,464	2.01%	0.57%
2004	5,736,693	105,071	2.09%	0.58%
2005	5,858,798	105,671	2.13%	0.57%
2006	5,980,211	106,253	2.07%	0.55%
2007	6,104,380	106,726	2.08%	0.45%
2008	6,235,430	107,020	2.15%	0.28%
2009	6,366,686	107,203	2.11%	0.17%
2010	6,497,839	107,400	2.06%	0.18%
2011	6,343,203	107,570	-2.38%	0.16%
2012	6,179,328	107,460	-2.58%	-0.1%
2013	6,304,628	107,078	2.03%	-0.36%
2014	6,427,252	106,609	1.94%	-0.44%
2015	6,531,819	106,095	1.63%	-0.48%
2016	6,632,126	105,524	1.54%	-0.54%
2017	6,738,770	105,356	1.61%	-0.16%
2018	6,849,055	105,567	1.64%	0.2%
2019	6,951,033	105,669	1.49%	0.1%
2020	7,045,399	105,704	1.36%	0.03%
2021	7,135,175	105,490	1.27%	-0.2%
2022	7,223,805	105,042	1.24%	-0.42%
2023	7,305,659	104,597	1.13%	-0.42%
2024	7,381,023	104,175	1.03%	-0.4%
2025	7,458,547	103,744	1.05%	-0.41%
2026	7,539,842	103,290	1.09%	-0.44%
2027	7,627,487	102,899	1.16%	-0.38%
2028	7,716,839	102,568	1.17%	-0.32%
2029	7,802,209	102,280	1.11%	-0.28%
2030	7,885,801	102,069	1.07%	-0.21%
2031	7,969,103	101,927	1.06%	-0.14%
2032	8,048,491	101,837	1%	-0.09%
2033	8,126,634	101,807	0.97%	-0.03%
2034	8,206,611	101,806	0.98%	-0.001%
2035	8,283,950	101,833	0.94%	0.03%
2036	8,357,480	101,895	0.89%	0.06%
2037	8,431,722	101,993	0.89%	0.1%
2038	8,506,595	102,173	0.89%	0.18%
2039	8,579,849	102,367	0.86%	0.19%
2040	8,651,409	102,568	0.83%	0.2%
2041	8,719,609	102,805	0.79%	0.23%
2042	8,786,619	103,038	0.77%	0.23%
2043	8,854,384	103,306	0.77%	0.26%
2044	8,920,015	103,612	0.74%	0.3%
2045	8,983,943	103,928	0.72%	0.3%
2046	9,043,667	104,232	0.66%	0.29%
2047	9,098,399	104,502	0.61%	0.26%
2048	9,154,058	104,744	0.61%	0.23%
2049	9,208,602	104,975	0.6%	0.22%
2050	9,260,603	105,193	0.56%	0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Libya increased by 673,021 people (a 11.5% growth), while Tonga gained 424 people (a 0.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Libya gained 992,030 (a 15.2% growth), while Tonga's population decreased by -2,351 (a 2.22% decline).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2005 and is 105th in 2025. Tonga was ranked 182nd in 2005 and ranked 183rd 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 Tonga will increase by 1.4% to 105,193 people and will still be ranked 183rd.