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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Libya was 7,381,023 in 2024 vs 37,860,221 people in Ukraine in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Libya's population is 7,523,849 people compared to 39,426,577 in Ukraine.

Population statistics:

  • Ukraine's population is 5.24 times bigger than Libya's.
  • Libya is ranked the 105th most populous country in the world, while Ukraine is the 40th.
  • The countries together account for 0.57% of the world: 0.09% for Libya vs 0.48% for Ukraine.
  • For the last 10 years, Libya has had an average growth rate of +1.44% per year vs -1.74% in Ukraine.
  • Since 2005, the population of Libya has increased from 5.86M people to 7.52M (28.4% growth), while Ukraine has declined from 47.6M to 39.4M (17.1% decline).
  • Libya is projected to reach its peak in 2086 at 9.97M people, while Ukraine's population already peaked in 1993 at 52.4M people and is projected to decrease to 15.2M people by 2100.

Libya vs Ukraine: live population counter

Libya Ukraine
Current population
7523849
39426577
Population rank 105/197 40/197
Percent of world population 0.09% 0.48%
One net population change
6.97 minutes
4.13 minutes
One birth every
4.23 minutes
2.48 minutes
One death every
10.8 minutes
1.06 minutes
One migration net change every
2.54 hours
27.5 seconds
Annual migration change +3,448 +1,146,012
Daily growth/decline +206 +349
Annual growth/decline +75,364 +127,385
Annual growth/decline rate +1.03% +0.34%
Population growth rate rank 101/197 146/197

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

Libya
Population

Growth rate
Ukraine
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Libya Ukraine Libya Ukraine
1960 1,492,890 42,824,093 - -
1961 1,555,699 43,399,766 4.21% 1.34%
1962 1,621,960 43,943,674 4.26% 1.25%
1963 1,690,457 44,462,372 4.22% 1.18%
1964 1,753,691 44,951,156 3.74% 1.1%
1965 1,804,015 45,386,892 2.87% 0.97%
1966 1,849,063 45,802,519 2.5% 0.92%
1967 1,898,199 46,215,988 2.66% 0.9%
1968 1,952,781 46,614,325 2.88% 0.86%
1969 2,014,293 46,976,256 3.15% 0.78%
1970 2,082,589 47,261,306 3.39% 0.61%
1971 2,153,534 47,573,287 3.41% 0.66%
1972 2,226,091 47,946,893 3.37% 0.79%
1973 2,314,193 48,277,121 3.96% 0.69%
1974 2,432,211 48,576,570 5.1% 0.62%
1975 2,571,556 48,865,229 5.73% 0.59%
1976 2,721,237 49,120,842 5.82% 0.52%
1977 2,881,533 49,336,481 5.89% 0.44%
1978 3,052,526 49,521,243 5.93% 0.37%
1979 3,233,846 49,721,381 5.94% 0.4%
1980 3,424,378 49,955,152 5.89% 0.47%
1981 3,621,486 50,189,281 5.76% 0.47%
1982 3,724,765 50,402,724 2.85% 0.43%
1983 3,718,961 50,637,029 -0.16% 0.46%
1984 3,773,633 50,887,599 1.47% 0.49%
1985 3,898,745 51,108,770 3.32% 0.43%
1986 4,017,403 51,318,745 3.04% 0.41%
1987 4,129,739 51,515,732 2.8% 0.38%
1988 4,237,755 51,724,853 2.62% 0.41%
1989 4,342,920 51,917,817 2.48% 0.37%
1990 4,445,239 52,054,092 2.36% 0.26%
1991 4,544,400 52,170,961 2.23% 0.22%
1992 4,640,352 52,323,671 2.11% 0.29%
1993 4,733,045 52,350,126 2% 0.05%
1994 4,822,037 52,075,998 1.88% -0.52%
1995 4,906,843 51,665,539 1.76% -0.79%
1996 4,987,393 51,226,109 1.64% -0.85%
1997 5,064,639 50,786,885 1.55% -0.86%
1998 5,140,704 50,379,731 1.5% -0.8%
1999 5,218,038 49,976,446 1.5% -0.8%
2000 5,305,021 49,556,660 1.67% -0.84%
2001 5,403,639 49,106,855 1.86% -0.91%
2002 5,508,410 48,677,281 1.94% -0.87%
2003 5,619,398 48,315,136 2.01% -0.74%
2004 5,736,693 47,979,507 2.09% -0.69%
2005 5,858,798 47,585,556 2.13% -0.82%
2006 5,980,211 47,278,694 2.07% -0.64%
2007 6,104,380 47,062,798 2.08% -0.46%
2008 6,235,430 46,819,175 2.15% -0.52%
2009 6,366,686 46,623,731 2.11% -0.42%
2010 6,497,839 46,456,003 2.06% -0.36%
2011 6,343,203 46,307,853 -2.38% -0.32%
2012 6,179,328 46,210,056 -2.58% -0.21%
2013 6,304,628 46,126,770 2.03% -0.18%
2014 6,427,252 45,972,380 1.94% -0.33%
2015 6,531,819 45,784,896 1.63% -0.41%
2016 6,632,126 45,616,832 1.54% -0.37%
2017 6,738,770 45,436,041 1.61% -0.4%
2018 6,849,055 45,208,907 1.64% -0.5%
2019 6,951,033 44,957,458 1.49% -0.56%
2020 7,045,399 44,680,014 1.36% -0.62%
2021 7,135,175 44,298,640 1.27% -0.85%
2022 7,223,805 41,048,766 1.24% -7.34%
2023 7,305,659 37,732,836 1.13% -8.08%
2024 7,381,023 37,860,221 1.03% 0.34%
2025 7,458,547 38,980,379 1.05% 2.96%
2026 7,539,842 39,535,850 1.09% 1.43%
2027 7,627,487 39,245,208 1.16% -0.74%
2028 7,716,839 38,952,086 1.17% -0.75%
2029 7,802,209 38,654,416 1.11% -0.76%
2030 7,885,801 38,353,848 1.07% -0.78%
2031 7,969,103 38,050,624 1.06% -0.79%
2032 8,048,491 37,746,688 1% -0.8%
2033 8,126,634 37,442,088 0.97% -0.81%
2034 8,206,611 37,135,839 0.98% -0.82%
2035 8,283,950 36,828,149 0.94% -0.83%
2036 8,357,480 36,519,767 0.89% -0.84%
2037 8,431,722 36,209,679 0.89% -0.85%
2038 8,506,595 35,897,705 0.89% -0.86%
2039 8,579,849 35,584,263 0.86% -0.87%
2040 8,651,409 35,270,911 0.83% -0.88%
2041 8,719,609 34,957,580 0.79% -0.89%
2042 8,786,619 34,641,778 0.77% -0.9%
2043 8,854,384 34,324,132 0.77% -0.92%
2044 8,920,015 34,004,074 0.74% -0.93%
2045 8,983,943 33,680,448 0.72% -0.95%
2046 9,043,667 33,351,499 0.66% -0.98%
2047 9,098,399 33,017,828 0.61% -1%
2048 9,154,058 32,680,968 0.61% -1.02%
2049 9,208,602 32,338,515 0.6% -1.05%
2050 9,260,603 31,990,136 0.56% -1.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Libya increased by 673,021 people (a 11.5% growth), while Ukraine lost 1,800,660 people (a 3.78% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Libya gained 992,030 (a 15.2% growth), while Ukraine's population decreased by -6,358,319 (a 13.9% decline).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2005 and is 105th in 2025. Ukraine was ranked 26th in 2005 and ranked 40th 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 Ukraine will decrease by 18.9% to 31,990,136 people and rank change from 40th to 60th.

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