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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Libya	Zambia	Libya	Zambia
1960	1,492,890	3,153,729	-	-
1961	1,555,699	3,254,086	4.21%	3.18%
1962	1,621,960	3,358,099	4.26%	3.2%
1963	1,690,457	3,465,907	4.22%	3.21%
1964	1,753,691	3,577,017	3.74%	3.21%
1965	1,804,015	3,692,086	2.87%	3.22%
1966	1,849,063	3,812,003	2.5%	3.25%
1967	1,898,199	3,936,343	2.66%	3.26%
1968	1,952,781	4,065,593	2.88%	3.28%
1969	2,014,293	4,197,116	3.15%	3.24%
1970	2,082,589	4,321,718	3.39%	2.97%
1971	2,153,534	4,442,525	3.41%	2.8%
1972	2,226,091	4,569,309	3.37%	2.85%
1973	2,314,193	4,702,693	3.96%	2.92%
1974	2,432,211	4,842,746	5.1%	2.98%
1975	2,571,556	4,990,086	5.73%	3.04%
1976	2,721,237	5,143,842	5.82%	3.08%
1977	2,881,533	5,302,480	5.89%	3.08%
1978	3,052,526	5,465,374	5.93%	3.07%
1979	3,233,846	5,631,728	5.94%	3.04%
1980	3,424,378	5,802,833	5.89%	3.04%
1981	3,621,486	5,983,289	5.76%	3.11%
1982	3,724,765	6,178,637	2.85%	3.26%
1983	3,718,961	6,381,038	-0.16%	3.28%
1984	3,773,633	6,580,490	1.47%	3.13%
1985	3,898,745	6,780,953	3.32%	3.05%
1986	4,017,403	6,986,471	3.04%	3.03%
1987	4,129,739	7,191,282	2.8%	2.93%
1988	4,237,755	7,391,440	2.62%	2.78%
1989	4,342,920	7,589,216	2.48%	2.68%
1990	4,445,239	7,786,169	2.36%	2.6%
1991	4,544,400	7,981,650	2.23%	2.51%
1992	4,640,352	8,176,680	2.11%	2.44%
1993	4,733,045	8,373,921	2%	2.41%
1994	4,822,037	8,576,269	1.88%	2.42%
1995	4,906,843	8,785,763	1.76%	2.44%
1996	4,987,393	9,004,053	1.64%	2.48%
1997	5,064,639	9,237,063	1.55%	2.59%
1998	5,140,704	9,482,408	1.5%	2.66%
1999	5,218,038	9,740,005	1.5%	2.72%
2000	5,305,021	10,017,631	1.67%	2.85%
2001	5,403,639	10,325,185	1.86%	3.07%
2002	5,508,410	10,647,949	1.94%	3.13%
2003	5,619,398	10,983,595	2.01%	3.15%
2004	5,736,693	11,338,198	2.09%	3.23%
2005	5,858,798	11,718,819	2.13%	3.36%
2006	5,980,211	12,129,553	2.07%	3.5%
2007	6,104,380	12,565,085	2.08%	3.59%
2008	6,235,430	13,021,324	2.15%	3.63%
2009	6,366,686	13,490,389	2.11%	3.6%
2010	6,497,839	13,965,594	2.06%	3.52%
2011	6,343,203	14,437,796	-2.38%	3.38%
2012	6,179,328	14,913,629	-2.58%	3.3%
2013	6,304,628	15,398,997	2.03%	3.25%
2014	6,427,252	15,895,315	1.94%	3.22%
2015	6,531,819	16,399,089	1.63%	3.17%
2016	6,632,126	16,914,423	1.54%	3.14%
2017	6,738,770	17,441,320	1.61%	3.12%
2018	6,849,055	17,973,569	1.64%	3.05%
2019	6,951,033	18,513,839	1.49%	3.01%
2020	7,045,399	19,059,395	1.36%	2.95%
2021	7,135,175	19,603,607	1.27%	2.86%
2022	7,223,805	20,152,938	1.24%	2.8%
2023	7,305,659	20,723,965	1.13%	2.83%
2024	7,381,023	21,314,956	1.03%	2.85%
2025	7,458,547	21,913,869	1.05%	2.81%
2026	7,539,842	22,521,905	1.09%	2.77%
2027	7,627,487	23,138,716	1.16%	2.74%
2028	7,716,839	23,761,368	1.17%	2.69%
2029	7,802,209	24,389,681	1.11%	2.64%
2030	7,885,801	25,024,887	1.07%	2.6%
2031	7,969,103	25,666,496	1.06%	2.56%
2032	8,048,491	26,311,946	1%	2.51%
2033	8,126,634	26,960,073	0.97%	2.46%
2034	8,206,611	27,611,621	0.98%	2.42%
2035	8,283,950	28,266,887	0.94%	2.37%
2036	8,357,480	28,925,103	0.89%	2.33%
2037	8,431,722	29,583,482	0.89%	2.28%
2038	8,506,595	30,240,549	0.89%	2.22%
2039	8,579,849	30,895,586	0.86%	2.17%
2040	8,651,409	31,550,394	0.83%	2.12%
2041	8,719,609	32,204,340	0.79%	2.07%
2042	8,786,619	32,856,596	0.77%	2.03%
2043	8,854,384	33,510,500	0.77%	1.99%
2044	8,920,015	34,165,920	0.74%	1.96%
2045	8,983,943	34,821,101	0.72%	1.92%
2046	9,043,667	35,475,795	0.66%	1.88%
2047	9,098,399	36,129,270	0.61%	1.84%
2048	9,154,058	36,782,260	0.61%	1.81%
2049	9,208,602	37,434,667	0.6%	1.77%
2050	9,260,603	38,083,369	0.56%	1.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Libya increased by 651,915 people (a 10.9% growth), while Zambia gained 4,784,870 people (a 39.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Libya gained 908,673 (a 13.7% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 5,614,223 (a 33.2% growth).

Libya was ranked 104th most populous country in 2006 and is 105th in 2026. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2006 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 69% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.