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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Libya	United Kingdom	Libya	United Kingdom
1960	1,492,890	52,400,000	-	-
1961	1,555,699	52,800,000	4.21%	0.76%
1962	1,621,960	53,250,000	4.26%	0.85%
1963	1,690,457	53,650,000	4.22%	0.75%
1964	1,753,691	54,000,000	3.74%	0.65%
1965	1,804,015	54,348,050	2.87%	0.64%
1966	1,849,063	54,648,500	2.5%	0.55%
1967	1,898,199	54,943,600	2.66%	0.54%
1968	1,952,781	55,211,700	2.88%	0.49%
1969	2,014,293	55,441,750	3.15%	0.42%
1970	2,082,589	55,663,250	3.39%	0.4%
1971	2,153,534	55,896,223	3.41%	0.42%
1972	2,226,091	56,086,065	3.37%	0.34%
1973	2,314,193	56,194,527	3.96%	0.19%
1974	2,432,211	56,229,974	5.1%	0.06%
1975	2,571,556	56,225,800	5.73%	-0.007%
1976	2,721,237	56,211,968	5.82%	-0.02%
1977	2,881,533	56,193,492	5.89%	-0.03%
1978	3,052,526	56,196,504	5.93%	0.005%
1979	3,233,846	56,246,951	5.94%	0.09%
1980	3,424,378	56,314,216	5.89%	0.12%
1981	3,621,486	56,333,829	5.76%	0.03%
1982	3,724,765	56,313,641	2.85%	-0.04%
1983	3,718,961	56,332,848	-0.16%	0.03%
1984	3,773,633	56,422,072	1.47%	0.16%
1985	3,898,745	56,550,268	3.32%	0.23%
1986	4,017,403	56,681,396	3.04%	0.23%
1987	4,129,739	56,802,050	2.8%	0.21%
1988	4,237,755	56,928,327	2.62%	0.22%
1989	4,342,920	57,076,711	2.48%	0.26%
1990	4,445,239	57,247,586	2.36%	0.3%
1991	4,544,400	57,424,897	2.23%	0.31%
1992	4,640,352	57,580,402	2.11%	0.27%
1993	4,733,045	57,718,614	2%	0.24%
1994	4,822,037	57,865,745	1.88%	0.25%
1995	4,906,843	58,019,030	1.76%	0.26%
1996	4,987,393	58,166,950	1.64%	0.25%
1997	5,064,639	58,316,954	1.55%	0.26%
1998	5,140,704	58,487,141	1.5%	0.29%
1999	5,218,038	58,682,466	1.5%	0.33%
2000	5,305,021	58,892,514	1.67%	0.36%
2001	5,403,639	59,119,673	1.86%	0.39%
2002	5,508,410	59,370,479	1.94%	0.42%
2003	5,619,398	59,647,577	2.01%	0.47%
2004	5,736,693	59,987,905	2.09%	0.57%
2005	5,858,798	60,401,206	2.13%	0.69%
2006	5,980,211	60,846,820	2.07%	0.74%
2007	6,104,380	61,322,463	2.08%	0.78%
2008	6,235,430	61,806,995	2.15%	0.79%
2009	6,366,686	62,276,270	2.11%	0.76%
2010	6,497,839	62,766,365	2.06%	0.79%
2011	6,343,203	63,258,810	-2.38%	0.78%
2012	6,179,328	63,711,000	-2.58%	0.71%
2013	6,304,628	64,139,000	2.03%	0.67%
2014	6,427,252	64,620,000	1.94%	0.75%
2015	6,531,819	65,088,000	1.63%	0.72%
2016	6,632,126	65,607,000	1.54%	0.8%
2017	6,738,770	65,966,000	1.61%	0.55%
2018	6,849,055	66,289,000	1.64%	0.49%
2019	6,951,033	66,631,000	1.49%	0.52%
2020	7,045,399	66,744,000	1.36%	0.17%
2021	7,135,175	66,984,000	1.27%	0.36%
2022	7,223,805	67,604,000	1.24%	0.93%
2023	7,305,659	68,492,000	1.13%	1.31%
2024	7,381,023	69,226,000	1.03%	1.07%
2025	7,458,547	69,639,673	1.05%	0.6%
2026	7,539,842	70,020,350	1.09%	0.55%
2027	7,627,487	70,382,853	1.16%	0.52%
2028	7,716,839	70,732,699	1.17%	0.5%
2029	7,802,209	71,061,482	1.11%	0.46%
2030	7,885,801	71,377,535	1.07%	0.44%
2031	7,969,103	71,678,351	1.06%	0.42%
2032	8,048,491	71,959,934	1%	0.39%
2033	8,126,634	72,234,509	0.97%	0.38%
2034	8,206,611	72,497,650	0.98%	0.36%
2035	8,283,950	72,749,096	0.94%	0.35%
2036	8,357,480	72,990,847	0.89%	0.33%
2037	8,431,722	73,218,850	0.89%	0.31%
2038	8,506,595	73,441,349	0.89%	0.3%
2039	8,579,849	73,658,392	0.86%	0.3%
2040	8,651,409	73,868,334	0.83%	0.29%
2041	8,719,609	74,074,316	0.79%	0.28%
2042	8,786,619	74,275,779	0.77%	0.27%
2043	8,854,384	74,475,035	0.77%	0.27%
2044	8,920,015	74,667,284	0.74%	0.26%
2045	8,983,943	74,848,605	0.72%	0.24%
2046	9,043,667	75,020,949	0.66%	0.23%
2047	9,098,399	75,184,478	0.61%	0.22%
2048	9,154,058	75,337,543	0.61%	0.2%
2049	9,208,602	75,476,141	0.6%	0.18%
2050	9,260,603	75,600,588	0.56%	0.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Libya increased by 651,915 people (a 10.9% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,760,180 people (a 7.82% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Libya gained 908,673 (a 13.7% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,417,311 (a 6.73% growth).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2006 and is 105th in 2026. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2006 and ranked 22nd 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 Kingdom will increase by 7.96% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.