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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Libya	United States	Libya	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	1,492,890	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	1,555,699	183,691,481	4.21%	1.67%
1962	1,621,960	186,537,737	4.26%	1.55%
1963	1,690,457	189,241,798	4.22%	1.45%
1964	1,753,691	191,888,791	3.74%	1.4%
1965	1,804,015	194,302,963	2.87%	1.26%
1966	1,849,063	196,560,338	2.5%	1.16%
1967	1,898,199	198,712,056	2.66%	1.09%
1968	1,952,781	200,706,052	2.88%	1%
1969	2,014,293	202,676,946	3.15%	0.98%
1970	2,082,589	205,052,174	3.39%	1.17%
1971	2,153,534	207,660,677	3.41%	1.27%
1972	2,226,091	209,896,021	3.37%	1.08%
1973	2,314,193	211,908,788	3.96%	0.96%
1974	2,432,211	213,853,928	5.1%	0.92%
1975	2,571,556	215,973,199	5.73%	0.99%
1976	2,721,237	218,035,164	5.82%	0.95%
1977	2,881,533	220,239,425	5.89%	1.01%
1978	3,052,526	222,584,545	5.93%	1.06%
1979	3,233,846	225,055,487	5.94%	1.11%
1980	3,424,378	226,542,250	5.89%	0.66%
1981	3,621,486	229,465,744	5.76%	1.29%
1982	3,724,765	231,664,432	2.85%	0.96%
1983	3,718,961	233,792,014	-0.16%	0.92%
1984	3,773,633	235,824,908	1.47%	0.87%
1985	3,898,745	237,923,734	3.32%	0.89%
1986	4,017,403	240,132,831	3.04%	0.93%
1987	4,129,739	242,288,936	2.8%	0.9%
1988	4,237,755	244,499,004	2.62%	0.91%
1989	4,342,920	246,819,222	2.48%	0.95%
1990	4,445,239	250,131,894	2.36%	1.34%
1991	4,544,400	253,492,503	2.23%	1.34%
1992	4,640,352	256,894,189	2.11%	1.34%
1993	4,733,045	260,255,352	2%	1.31%
1994	4,822,037	263,435,673	1.88%	1.22%
1995	4,906,843	266,557,091	1.76%	1.18%
1996	4,987,393	269,667,391	1.64%	1.17%
1997	5,064,639	272,911,760	1.55%	1.2%
1998	5,140,704	276,115,288	1.5%	1.17%
1999	5,218,038	279,294,713	1.5%	1.15%
2000	5,305,021	282,162,411	1.67%	1.03%
2001	5,403,639	284,968,955	1.86%	0.99%
2002	5,508,410	287,625,193	1.94%	0.93%
2003	5,619,398	290,107,933	2.01%	0.86%
2004	5,736,693	292,805,298	2.09%	0.93%
2005	5,858,798	295,516,599	2.13%	0.93%
2006	5,980,211	298,379,912	2.07%	0.97%
2007	6,104,380	301,231,207	2.08%	0.96%
2008	6,235,430	304,093,966	2.15%	0.95%
2009	6,366,686	306,771,529	2.11%	0.88%
2010	6,497,839	309,327,143	2.06%	0.83%
2011	6,343,203	311,583,481	-2.38%	0.73%
2012	6,179,328	313,877,662	-2.58%	0.74%
2013	6,304,628	316,059,947	2.03%	0.7%
2014	6,427,252	318,386,329	1.94%	0.74%
2015	6,531,819	320,738,994	1.63%	0.74%
2016	6,632,126	323,071,755	1.54%	0.73%
2017	6,738,770	325,122,128	1.61%	0.63%
2018	6,849,055	326,838,199	1.64%	0.53%
2019	6,951,033	328,329,953	1.49%	0.46%
2020	7,045,399	331,526,933	1.36%	0.97%
2021	7,135,175	331,893,745	1.27%	0.11%
2022	7,223,805	333,271,411	1.24%	0.42%
2023	7,305,659	334,914,895	1.13%	0.49%
2024	7,381,023	340,110,988	1.03%	1.55%
2025	7,458,547	341,931,772	1.05%	0.54%
2026	7,539,842	343,664,369	1.09%	0.51%
2027	7,627,487	345,331,185	1.16%	0.49%
2028	7,716,839	346,981,137	1.17%	0.48%
2029	7,802,209	348,601,982	1.11%	0.47%
2030	7,885,801	350,176,974	1.07%	0.45%
2031	7,969,103	351,725,612	1.06%	0.44%
2032	8,048,491	353,249,060	1%	0.43%
2033	8,126,634	354,749,644	0.97%	0.42%
2034	8,206,611	356,234,239	0.98%	0.42%
2035	8,283,950	357,694,316	0.94%	0.41%
2036	8,357,480	359,119,002	0.89%	0.4%
2037	8,431,722	360,517,853	0.89%	0.39%
2038	8,506,595	361,895,407	0.89%	0.38%
2039	8,579,849	363,229,908	0.86%	0.37%
2040	8,651,409	364,512,364	0.83%	0.35%
2041	8,719,609	365,753,139	0.79%	0.34%
2042	8,786,619	366,969,419	0.77%	0.33%
2043	8,854,384	368,146,925	0.77%	0.32%
2044	8,920,015	369,258,123	0.74%	0.3%
2045	8,983,943	370,318,770	0.72%	0.29%
2046	9,043,667	371,328,255	0.66%	0.27%
2047	9,098,399	372,299,116	0.61%	0.26%
2048	9,154,058	373,230,539	0.61%	0.25%
2049	9,208,602	374,119,803	0.6%	0.24%
2050	9,260,603	374,986,259	0.56%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Libya increased by 673,021 people (a 11.5% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Libya gained 992,030 (a 15.2% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2005 and is 105th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.