Population in Libya compared to the United Arab Emirates: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Libya and the United Arab Emirates: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Libya	UAE	Libya	UAE
1960	1,492,890	131,334	-	-
1961	1,555,699	137,989	4.21%	5.07%
1962	1,621,960	144,946	4.26%	5.04%
1963	1,690,457	152,211	4.22%	5.01%
1964	1,753,691	159,692	3.74%	4.91%
1965	1,804,015	167,103	2.87%	4.64%
1966	1,849,063	173,976	2.5%	4.11%
1967	1,898,199	179,700	2.66%	3.29%
1968	1,952,781	199,416	2.88%	11%
1969	2,014,293	239,660	3.15%	20.2%
1970	2,082,589	286,536	3.39%	19.6%
1971	2,153,534	335,027	3.41%	16.9%
1972	2,226,091	385,014	3.37%	14.9%
1973	2,314,193	436,399	3.96%	13.3%
1974	2,432,211	489,087	5.1%	12.1%
1975	2,571,556	542,856	5.73%	11%
1976	2,721,237	615,866	5.82%	13.4%
1977	2,881,533	710,209	5.89%	15.3%
1978	3,052,526	809,274	5.93%	13.9%
1979	3,233,846	912,010	5.94%	12.7%
1980	3,424,378	1,015,700	5.89%	11.4%
1981	3,621,486	1,099,855	5.76%	8.29%
1982	3,724,765	1,166,370	2.85%	6.05%
1983	3,718,961	1,235,305	-0.16%	5.91%
1984	3,773,633	1,305,996	1.47%	5.72%
1985	3,898,745	1,377,911	3.32%	5.51%
1986	4,017,403	1,467,383	3.04%	6.49%
1987	4,129,739	1,574,244	2.8%	7.28%
1988	4,237,755	1,681,788	2.62%	6.83%
1989	4,342,920	1,789,851	2.48%	6.43%
1990	4,445,239	1,898,220	2.36%	6.05%
1991	4,544,400	2,006,626	2.23%	5.71%
1992	4,640,352	2,114,730	2.11%	5.39%
1993	4,733,045	2,222,093	2%	5.08%
1994	4,822,037	2,328,188	1.88%	4.77%
1995	4,906,843	2,434,662	1.76%	4.57%
1996	4,987,393	2,597,564	1.64%	6.69%
1997	5,064,639	2,817,410	1.55%	8.46%
1998	5,140,704	3,040,421	1.5%	7.92%
1999	5,218,038	3,266,009	1.5%	7.42%
2000	5,305,021	3,493,575	1.67%	6.97%
2001	5,403,639	3,723,590	1.86%	6.58%
2002	5,508,410	3,956,826	1.94%	6.26%
2003	5,619,398	4,192,457	2.01%	5.96%
2004	5,736,693	4,428,967	2.09%	5.64%
2005	5,858,798	4,664,790	2.13%	5.32%
2006	5,980,211	5,009,100	2.07%	7.38%
2007	6,104,380	5,624,635	2.08%	12.3%
2008	6,235,430	6,302,664	2.15%	12.1%
2009	6,366,686	6,707,058	2.11%	6.42%
2010	6,497,839	6,869,838	2.06%	2.43%
2011	6,343,203	7,104,538	-2.38%	3.42%
2012	6,179,328	7,391,448	-2.58%	4.04%
2013	6,304,628	7,693,031	2.03%	4.08%
2014	6,427,252	8,059,440	1.94%	4.76%
2015	6,531,819	8,505,237	1.63%	5.53%
2016	6,632,126	8,935,095	1.54%	5.05%
2017	6,738,770	9,223,225	1.61%	3.22%
2018	6,849,055	9,346,701	1.64%	1.34%
2019	6,951,033	9,445,785	1.49%	1.06%
2020	7,045,399	9,401,038	1.36%	-0.47%
2021	7,135,175	9,575,152	1.27%	1.85%
2022	7,223,805	10,074,977	1.24%	5.22%
2023	7,305,659	10,483,751	1.13%	4.06%
2024	7,381,023	10,986,400	1.03%	4.79%
2025	7,458,547	11,304,093	1.05%	2.89%
2026	7,539,842	11,531,926	1.09%	2.02%
2027	7,627,487	11,712,175	1.16%	1.56%
2028	7,716,839	11,868,257	1.17%	1.33%
2029	7,802,209	12,010,111	1.11%	1.2%
2030	7,885,801	12,145,577	1.07%	1.13%
2031	7,969,103	12,281,573	1.06%	1.12%
2032	8,048,491	12,421,758	1%	1.14%
2033	8,126,634	12,565,679	0.97%	1.16%
2034	8,206,611	12,712,942	0.98%	1.17%
2035	8,283,950	12,863,015	0.94%	1.18%
2036	8,357,480	13,015,458	0.89%	1.19%
2037	8,431,722	13,169,969	0.89%	1.19%
2038	8,506,595	13,326,337	0.89%	1.19%
2039	8,579,849	13,484,193	0.86%	1.18%
2040	8,651,409	13,643,197	0.83%	1.18%
2041	8,719,609	13,803,349	0.79%	1.17%
2042	8,786,619	13,964,553	0.77%	1.17%
2043	8,854,384	14,126,724	0.77%	1.16%
2044	8,920,015	14,289,828	0.74%	1.15%
2045	8,983,943	14,453,775	0.72%	1.15%
2046	9,043,667	14,619,554	0.66%	1.15%
2047	9,098,399	14,788,991	0.61%	1.16%
2048	9,154,058	14,961,419	0.61%	1.17%
2049	9,208,602	15,135,496	0.6%	1.16%
2050	9,260,603	15,310,628	0.56%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Libya increased by 651,915 people (a 10.9% growth), while the United Arab Emirates gained 3,925,995 people (a 78.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Libya gained 908,673 (a 13.7% growth), while the United Arab Emirates' population increased by 2,598,800 (a 29.1% growth).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2006 and is 105th in 2026. The United Arab Emirates was ranked 114th in 2006 and ranked 86th 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 the United Arab Emirates will increase by 32.7% to 15,310,628 people and rank change from 86th to 84th.