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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Libya	Turkmenistan	Libya	Turkmenistan
1960	1,492,890	1,643,457	-	-
1961	1,555,699	1,695,400	4.21%	3.16%
1962	1,621,960	1,749,214	4.26%	3.17%
1963	1,690,457	1,804,272	4.22%	3.15%
1964	1,753,691	1,859,997	3.74%	3.09%
1965	1,804,015	1,915,916	2.87%	3.01%
1966	1,849,063	1,971,737	2.5%	2.91%
1967	1,898,199	2,027,403	2.66%	2.82%
1968	1,952,781	2,083,069	2.88%	2.75%
1969	2,014,293	2,139,024	3.15%	2.69%
1970	2,082,589	2,195,616	3.39%	2.65%
1971	2,153,534	2,253,119	3.41%	2.62%
1972	2,226,091	2,311,430	3.37%	2.59%
1973	2,314,193	2,370,919	3.96%	2.57%
1974	2,432,211	2,432,028	5.1%	2.58%
1975	2,571,556	2,494,570	5.73%	2.57%
1976	2,721,237	2,558,521	5.82%	2.56%
1977	2,881,533	2,623,948	5.89%	2.56%
1978	3,052,526	2,691,088	5.93%	2.56%
1979	3,233,846	2,760,358	5.94%	2.57%
1980	3,424,378	2,832,203	5.89%	2.6%
1981	3,621,486	2,907,187	5.76%	2.65%
1982	3,724,765	2,985,557	2.85%	2.7%
1983	3,718,961	3,067,534	-0.16%	2.75%
1984	3,773,633	3,154,079	1.47%	2.82%
1985	3,898,745	3,247,534	3.32%	2.96%
1986	4,017,403	3,347,809	3.04%	3.09%
1987	4,129,739	3,452,731	2.8%	3.13%
1988	4,237,755	3,559,363	2.62%	3.09%
1989	4,342,920	3,662,459	2.48%	2.9%
1990	4,445,239	3,760,562	2.36%	2.68%
1991	4,544,400	3,855,894	2.23%	2.54%
1992	4,640,352	3,944,689	2.11%	2.3%
1993	4,733,045	4,032,407	2%	2.22%
1994	4,822,037	4,116,662	1.88%	2.09%
1995	4,906,843	4,191,203	1.76%	1.81%
1996	4,987,393	4,263,819	1.64%	1.73%
1997	5,064,639	4,336,730	1.55%	1.71%
1998	5,140,704	4,410,507	1.5%	1.7%
1999	5,218,038	4,492,170	1.5%	1.85%
2000	5,305,021	4,582,677	1.67%	2.01%
2001	5,403,639	4,675,409	1.86%	2.02%
2002	5,508,410	4,769,465	1.94%	2.01%
2003	5,619,398	4,863,865	2.01%	1.98%
2004	5,736,693	4,958,093	2.09%	1.94%
2005	5,858,798	5,052,257	2.13%	1.9%
2006	5,980,211	5,147,105	2.07%	1.88%
2007	6,104,380	5,244,046	2.08%	1.88%
2008	6,235,430	5,345,029	2.15%	1.93%
2009	6,366,686	5,451,592	2.11%	1.99%
2010	6,497,839	5,564,356	2.06%	2.07%
2011	6,343,203	5,683,417	-2.38%	2.14%
2012	6,179,328	5,808,546	-2.58%	2.2%
2013	6,304,628	5,939,341	2.03%	2.25%
2014	6,427,252	6,075,283	1.94%	2.29%
2015	6,531,819	6,215,770	1.63%	2.31%
2016	6,632,126	6,360,041	1.54%	2.32%
2017	6,738,770	6,507,061	1.61%	2.31%
2018	6,849,055	6,655,524	1.64%	2.28%
2019	6,951,033	6,803,944	1.49%	2.23%
2020	7,045,399	6,949,912	1.36%	2.15%
2021	7,135,175	7,092,043	1.27%	2.05%
2022	7,223,805	7,230,193	1.24%	1.95%
2023	7,305,659	7,364,438	1.13%	1.86%
2024	7,381,023	7,494,498	1.03%	1.77%
2025	7,458,547	7,618,855	1.05%	1.66%
2026	7,539,842	7,736,635	1.09%	1.55%
2027	7,627,487	7,847,563	1.16%	1.43%
2028	7,716,839	7,951,300	1.17%	1.32%
2029	7,802,209	8,047,445	1.11%	1.21%
2030	7,885,801	8,135,732	1.07%	1.1%
2031	7,969,103	8,218,959	1.06%	1.02%
2032	8,048,491	8,300,260	1%	0.99%
2033	8,126,634	8,380,356	0.97%	0.96%
2034	8,206,611	8,459,731	0.98%	0.95%
2035	8,283,950	8,538,678	0.94%	0.93%
2036	8,357,480	8,617,567	0.89%	0.92%
2037	8,431,722	8,696,458	0.89%	0.92%
2038	8,506,595	8,775,204	0.89%	0.91%
2039	8,579,849	8,853,842	0.86%	0.9%
2040	8,651,409	8,932,237	0.83%	0.89%
2041	8,719,609	9,010,272	0.79%	0.87%
2042	8,786,619	9,087,668	0.77%	0.86%
2043	8,854,384	9,164,056	0.77%	0.84%
2044	8,920,015	9,239,278	0.74%	0.82%
2045	8,983,943	9,312,825	0.72%	0.8%
2046	9,043,667	9,384,188	0.66%	0.77%
2047	9,098,399	9,452,893	0.61%	0.73%
2048	9,154,058	9,518,558	0.61%	0.69%
2049	9,208,602	9,580,906	0.6%	0.66%
2050	9,260,603	9,639,711	0.56%	0.61%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Libya increased by 651,915 people (a 10.9% growth), while Turkmenistan gained 1,212,936 people (a 23.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Libya gained 908,673 (a 13.7% growth), while Turkmenistan's population increased by 1,377,806 (a 21.7% growth).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2006 and is 105th in 2026. Turkmenistan was ranked 113th in 2006 and ranked 104th 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 Turkmenistan will increase by 24.6% to 9,639,711 people and rank change from 104th to 101st.