Population in Libya compared to the Vatican: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Libya and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Libya	Vatican	Libya	Vatican
1960	1,492,890	-	-	-
1961	1,555,699	-	4.21%	-
1962	1,621,960	-	4.26%	-
1963	1,690,457	-	4.22%	-
1964	1,753,691	-	3.74%	-
1965	1,804,015	-	2.87%	-
1966	1,849,063	-	2.5%	-
1967	1,898,199	-	2.66%	-
1968	1,952,781	-	2.88%	-
1969	2,014,293	-	3.15%	-
1970	2,082,589	-	3.39%	-
1971	2,153,534	-	3.41%	-
1972	2,226,091	-	3.37%	-
1973	2,314,193	-	3.96%	-
1974	2,432,211	-	5.1%	-
1975	2,571,556	-	5.73%	-
1976	2,721,237	-	5.82%	-
1977	2,881,533	-	5.89%	-
1978	3,052,526	-	5.93%	-
1979	3,233,846	-	5.94%	-
1980	3,424,378	-	5.89%	-
1981	3,621,486	-	5.76%	-
1982	3,724,765	-	2.85%	-
1983	3,718,961	-	-0.16%	-
1984	3,773,633	-	1.47%	-
1985	3,898,745	-	3.32%	-
1986	4,017,403	-	3.04%	-
1987	4,129,739	-	2.8%	-
1988	4,237,755	-	2.62%	-
1989	4,342,920	-	2.48%	-
1990	4,445,239	-	2.36%	-
1991	4,544,400	-	2.23%	-
1992	4,640,352	-	2.11%	-
1993	4,733,045	-	2%	-
1994	4,822,037	-	1.88%	-
1995	4,906,843	-	1.76%	-
1996	4,987,393	-	1.64%	-
1997	5,064,639	-	1.55%	-
1998	5,140,704	-	1.5%	-
1999	5,218,038	-	1.5%	-
2000	5,305,021	880	1.67%	-
2001	5,403,639	890	1.86%	1.14%
2002	5,508,410	900	1.94%	1.12%
2003	5,619,398	911	2.01%	1.22%
2004	5,736,693	921	2.09%	1.1%
2005	5,858,798	921	2.13%	0%
2006	5,980,211	932	2.07%	1.19%
2007	6,104,380	821	2.08%	-11.9%
2008	6,235,430	824	2.15%	0.37%
2009	6,366,686	826	2.11%	0.24%
2010	6,497,839	829	2.06%	0.36%
2011	6,343,203	832	-2.38%	0.36%
2012	6,179,328	836	-2.58%	0.48%
2013	6,304,628	839	2.03%	0.36%
2014	6,427,252	842	1.94%	0.36%
2015	6,531,819	1,000	1.63%	18.8%
2016	6,632,126	-	1.54%	0%
2017	6,738,770	1,000	1.61%	0%
2018	6,849,055	-	1.64%	0%
2019	6,951,033	1,000	1.49%	0%
2020	7,045,399	987	1.36%	-1.29%
2021	7,135,175	970	1.27%	-1.68%
2022	7,223,805	944	1.24%	-2.66%
2023	7,305,659	922	1.13%	-2.34%
2024	7,381,023	933	1.03%	1.2%
2025	7,458,547	939	1.05%	0.59%
2026	7,539,842	952	1.09%	1.37%
2027	7,627,487	974	1.16%	2.32%
2028	7,716,839	985	1.17%	1.13%
2029	7,802,209	983	1.11%	-0.19%
2030	7,885,801	976	1.07%	-0.75%
2031	7,969,103	968	1.06%	-0.75%
2032	8,048,491	968	1%	0%
2033	8,126,634	988	0.97%	2.09%
2034	8,206,611	992	0.98%	0.37%
2035	8,283,950	1,000	0.94%	0.74%
2036	8,357,480	998	0.89%	-0.18%
2037	8,431,722	1,003	0.89%	0.55%
2038	8,506,595	1,022	0.89%	1.83%
2039	8,579,849	1,060	0.86%	3.78%
2040	8,651,409	1,095	0.83%	3.3%
2041	8,719,609	1,127	0.79%	2.86%
2042	8,786,619	1,149	0.77%	1.96%
2043	8,854,384	1,169	0.77%	1.76%
2044	8,920,015	1,186	0.74%	1.42%
2045	8,983,943	1,209	0.72%	2.02%
2046	9,043,667	1,224	0.66%	1.22%
2047	9,098,399	1,248	0.61%	1.95%
2048	9,154,058	1,272	0.61%	1.92%
2049	9,208,602	1,296	0.6%	1.88%
2050	9,260,603	1,325	0.56%	2.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Libya increased by 651,915 people (a 10.9% growth), while the Vatican gained 68 people (a 7.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Libya gained 908,673 (a 13.7% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -48 (a 4.8% decline).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2006 and is 105th in 2026. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2006 and still ranked 197th 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 Vatican will increase by 39.2% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.