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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Libya	Yemen	Libya	Yemen
1960	1,492,890	5,532,301	-	-
1961	1,555,699	5,655,232	4.21%	2.22%
1962	1,621,960	5,782,221	4.26%	2.25%
1963	1,690,457	5,911,135	4.22%	2.23%
1964	1,753,691	6,048,006	3.74%	2.32%
1965	1,804,015	6,195,593	2.87%	2.44%
1966	1,849,063	6,351,494	2.5%	2.52%
1967	1,898,199	6,516,444	2.66%	2.6%
1968	1,952,781	6,690,524	2.88%	2.67%
1969	2,014,293	6,875,859	3.15%	2.77%
1970	2,082,589	7,065,279	3.39%	2.75%
1971	2,153,534	7,257,462	3.41%	2.72%
1972	2,226,091	7,460,068	3.37%	2.79%
1973	2,314,193	7,672,796	3.96%	2.85%
1974	2,432,211	7,896,783	5.1%	2.92%
1975	2,571,556	8,133,598	5.73%	3%
1976	2,721,237	8,384,113	5.82%	3.08%
1977	2,881,533	8,648,222	5.89%	3.15%
1978	3,052,526	8,926,586	5.93%	3.22%
1979	3,233,846	9,224,194	5.94%	3.33%
1980	3,424,378	9,543,358	5.89%	3.46%
1981	3,621,486	9,882,362	5.76%	3.55%
1982	3,724,765	10,241,006	2.85%	3.63%
1983	3,718,961	10,621,499	-0.16%	3.72%
1984	3,773,633	11,025,597	1.47%	3.8%
1985	3,898,745	11,453,825	3.32%	3.88%
1986	4,017,403	11,901,040	3.04%	3.9%
1987	4,129,739	12,369,912	2.8%	3.94%
1988	4,237,755	12,859,708	2.62%	3.96%
1989	4,342,920	13,364,174	2.48%	3.92%
1990	4,445,239	13,887,862	2.36%	3.92%
1991	4,544,400	14,430,201	2.23%	3.91%
1992	4,640,352	14,989,494	2.11%	3.88%
1993	4,733,045	15,563,914	2%	3.83%
1994	4,822,037	16,149,147	1.88%	3.76%
1995	4,906,843	16,740,058	1.76%	3.66%
1996	4,987,393	17,313,177	1.64%	3.42%
1997	5,064,639	17,873,936	1.55%	3.24%
1998	5,140,704	18,446,013	1.5%	3.2%
1999	5,218,038	19,029,420	1.5%	3.16%
2000	5,305,021	19,624,141	1.67%	3.13%
2001	5,403,639	20,226,147	1.86%	3.07%
2002	5,508,410	20,835,086	1.94%	3.01%
2003	5,619,398	21,456,379	2.01%	2.98%
2004	5,736,693	22,095,167	2.09%	2.98%
2005	5,858,798	22,790,085	2.13%	3.15%
2006	5,980,211	23,543,083	2.07%	3.3%
2007	6,104,380	24,318,082	2.08%	3.29%
2008	6,235,430	25,111,941	2.15%	3.26%
2009	6,366,686	25,927,724	2.11%	3.25%
2010	6,497,839	26,754,387	2.06%	3.19%
2011	6,343,203	27,582,897	-2.38%	3.1%
2012	6,179,328	28,433,647	-2.58%	3.08%
2013	6,304,628	29,312,952	2.03%	3.09%
2014	6,427,252	30,226,309	1.94%	3.12%
2015	6,531,819	31,159,379	1.63%	3.09%
2016	6,632,126	32,109,010	1.54%	3.05%
2017	6,738,770	33,090,921	1.61%	3.06%
2018	6,849,055	34,085,182	1.64%	3%
2019	6,951,033	35,111,408	1.49%	3.01%
2020	7,045,399	36,134,863	1.36%	2.91%
2021	7,135,175	37,140,230	1.27%	2.78%
2022	7,223,805	38,222,876	1.24%	2.92%
2023	7,305,659	39,390,799	1.13%	3.06%
2024	7,381,023	40,583,164	1.03%	3.03%
2025	7,458,547	41,773,871	1.05%	2.93%
2026	7,539,842	42,961,650	1.09%	2.84%
2027	7,627,487	44,145,620	1.16%	2.76%
2028	7,716,839	45,323,685	1.17%	2.67%
2029	7,802,209	46,497,573	1.11%	2.59%
2030	7,885,801	47,667,649	1.07%	2.52%
2031	7,969,103	48,827,503	1.06%	2.43%
2032	8,048,491	49,979,089	1%	2.36%
2033	8,126,634	51,129,867	0.97%	2.3%
2034	8,206,611	52,279,989	0.98%	2.25%
2035	8,283,950	53,429,308	0.94%	2.2%
2036	8,357,480	54,578,046	0.89%	2.15%
2037	8,431,722	55,724,259	0.89%	2.1%
2038	8,506,595	56,872,152	0.89%	2.06%
2039	8,579,849	58,024,713	0.86%	2.03%
2040	8,651,409	59,181,514	0.83%	1.99%
2041	8,719,609	60,345,667	0.79%	1.97%
2042	8,786,619	61,517,965	0.77%	1.94%
2043	8,854,384	62,696,517	0.77%	1.92%
2044	8,920,015	63,880,172	0.74%	1.89%
2045	8,983,943	65,066,344	0.72%	1.86%
2046	9,043,667	66,253,578	0.66%	1.82%
2047	9,098,399	67,438,796	0.61%	1.79%
2048	9,154,058	68,620,844	0.61%	1.75%
2049	9,208,602	69,799,794	0.6%	1.72%
2050	9,260,603	70,976,389	0.56%	1.69%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Libya increased by 673,021 people (a 11.5% growth), while Yemen gained 8,369,294 people (a 36.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Libya gained 992,030 (a 15.2% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 11,568,609 (a 37.1% growth).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2005 and is 105th in 2025. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2005 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 66.1% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.