Population of Libya

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	16 Jun 2024

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The current population of Libya is 7,402,590 as of October 11, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Libya is projected at 6,964,197, or 6.96 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Libya is projected at 6,888,388, or 6.89 million people for the year 2023.

Libya ranks 107th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Libya is ranked 35th among 58 countries and territories in Africa.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Libya population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	1,125,232	1,130,677	10,889	0.963	0.05
1951	1,136,121	1,142,852	13,462	1.178	0.04
1952	1,149,583	1,157,703	16,239	1.403	0.04
1953	1,165,822	1,175,861	20,077	1.707	0.04
1954	1,185,899	1,197,845	23,893	1.995	0.04
1955	1,209,792	1,225,687	31,789	2.594	0.04
1956	1,241,581	1,259,031	34,900	2.772	0.04
1957	1,276,481	1,295,601	38,239	2.952	0.05
1958	1,314,720	1,335,660	41,881	3.136	0.05
1959	1,356,601	1,379,408	45,613	3.307	0.05
1960	1,402,214	1,426,986	49,544	3.472	0.05
1961	1,451,758	1,478,760	54,004	3.652	0.05
1962	1,505,762	1,535,157	58,790	3.830	0.05
1963	1,564,552	1,594,758	60,412	3.789	0.05
1964	1,624,964	1,652,102	54,276	3.286	0.05
1965	1,679,240	1,700,072	41,663	2.451	0.05
1966	1,720,903	1,739,831	37,856	2.176	0.05
1967	1,758,759	1,778,578	39,637	2.229	0.05
1968	1,798,396	1,819,393	41,995	2.308	0.05
1969	1,840,391	1,862,823	44,864	2.409	0.05
1970	1,885,255	1,909,177	47,844	2.506	0.05
1971	1,933,099	1,958,320	50,442	2.576	0.05
1972	1,983,541	2,012,796	58,510	2.907	0.05
1973	2,042,051	2,084,256	84,410	4.050	0.05
1974	2,126,461	2,179,446	105,970	4.863	0.05
1975	2,232,431	2,291,841	118,821	5.186	0.06
1976	2,351,252	2,413,760	125,015	5.180	0.06
1977	2,476,267	2,541,805	131,076	5.158	0.06
1978	2,607,343	2,676,117	137,547	5.141	0.06
1979	2,744,890	2,816,917	144,054	5.115	0.06
1980	2,888,944	2,962,720	147,552	4.981	0.07
1981	3,036,496	3,112,015	151,039	4.854	0.07
1982	3,187,535	3,265,457	155,844	4.773	0.07
1983	3,343,379	3,423,592	160,426	4.687	0.07
1984	3,503,805	3,564,547	121,484	3.408	0.07
1985	3,625,289	3,684,313	118,047	3.204	0.08
1986	3,743,336	3,800,110	113,547	2.988	0.08
1987	3,856,883	3,911,939	110,113	2.815	0.08
1988	3,966,996	4,021,565	109,138	2.714	0.08
1989	4,076,134	4,130,042	107,817	2.611	0.08
1990	4,183,951	4,236,983	106,064	2.503	0.08
1991	4,290,015	4,341,971	103,912	2.393	0.08
1992	4,393,927	4,444,820	101,787	2.290	0.08
1993	4,495,714	4,544,970	98,511	2.168	0.08
1994	4,594,225	4,641,296	94,142	2.028	0.08
1995	4,688,367	4,733,063	89,392	1.889	0.08
1996	4,777,759	4,820,066	84,615	1.756	0.08
1997	4,862,374	4,902,346	79,943	1.631	0.08
1998	4,942,317	4,980,962	77,289	1.552	0.08
1999	5,019,606	5,057,998	76,784	1.518	0.08
2000	5,096,390	5,154,790	116,800	2.266	0.08
2001	5,213,190	5,275,916	125,452	2.378	0.08
2002	5,338,642	5,405,326	133,368	2.467	0.09
2003	5,472,010	5,542,641	141,261	2.549	0.09
2004	5,613,271	5,687,563	148,583	2.613	0.09
2005	5,761,854	5,837,986	152,264	2.608	0.09
2006	5,914,118	5,973,369	118,503	1.984	0.09
2007	6,032,621	6,097,177	129,113	2.118	0.09
2008	6,161,734	6,228,370	133,273	2.140	0.09
2009	6,295,007	6,360,191	130,368	2.050	0.09
2010	6,425,375	6,491,988	133,225	2.052	0.09
2011	6,558,600	6,188,132	-740,936	-11.988	0.09
2012	5,817,664	5,869,870	104,413	1.779	0.08
2013	5,922,077	5,985,221	126,288	2.110	0.08
2014	6,048,365	6,097,764	98,798	1.620	0.08
2015	6,147,163	6,192,235	90,144	1.456	0.08
2016	6,237,307	6,282,196	89,778	1.429	0.08
2017	6,327,085	6,378,261	102,353	1.605	0.08
2018	6,429,438	6,477,793	96,710	1.493	0.08
2019	6,526,148	6,569,088	85,880	1.307	0.08
2020	6,612,028	6,653,942	83,828	1.260	0.08
2021	6,695,856	6,735,277	78,842	1.171	0.09

Libya population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	6,774,698	6,812,341	75,286	1.105	0.09
2023	6,849,984	6,888,388	76,808	1.115	0.09
2024	6,926,792	6,964,197	74,810	1.074	0.09
2025	7,001,602	7,038,380	73,556	1.045	0.09
2026	7,075,158	7,111,388	72,460	1.019	0.09
2027	7,147,618	7,183,416	71,596	0.997	0.09
2028	7,219,214	7,254,484	70,540	0.972	0.09
2029	7,289,754	7,324,828	70,147	0.958	0.09
2030	7,359,901	7,394,813	69,824	0.944	0.09
2031	7,429,725	7,464,206	68,961	0.924	0.09
2032	7,498,686	7,532,997	68,622	0.911	0.09
2033	7,567,308	7,601,269	67,922	0.894	0.09
2034	7,635,230	7,668,904	67,347	0.878	0.09
2035	7,702,577	7,736,015	66,876	0.864	0.09
2036	7,769,453	7,802,411	65,916	0.845	0.09
2037	7,835,369	7,867,801	64,864	0.824	0.09
2038	7,900,233	7,931,947	63,428	0.800	0.09
2039	7,963,661	7,994,743	62,165	0.778	0.09
2040	8,025,826	8,055,989	60,327	0.749	0.09
2041	8,086,153	8,115,476	58,647	0.723	0.09
2042	8,144,800	8,173,019	56,437	0.691	0.09
2043	8,201,237	8,228,242	54,010	0.656	0.09
2044	8,255,247	8,281,052	51,610	0.623	0.09
2045	8,306,857	8,331,094	48,475	0.582	0.09
2046	8,355,332	8,378,414	46,163	0.551	0.09
2047	8,401,495	8,423,078	43,166	0.512	0.09
2048	8,444,661	8,464,938	40,554	0.479	0.09
2049	8,485,215	8,503,951	37,471	0.441	0.09
2050	8,522,686	8,539,976	34,579	0.405	0.09
2051	8,557,265	8,573,131	31,732	0.370	0.09
2052	8,588,997	8,603,356	28,719	0.334	0.09
2053	8,617,716	8,630,728	26,024	0.302	0.09
2054	8,643,740	8,655,606	23,733	0.274	0.09
2055	8,667,473	8,678,317	21,688	0.250	0.09
2056	8,689,161	8,698,904	19,486	0.224	0.09
2057	8,708,647	8,717,460	17,626	0.202	0.09
2058	8,726,273	8,733,980	15,414	0.176	0.09
2059	8,741,687	8,748,708	14,041	0.160	0.09
2060	8,755,728	8,762,154	12,851	0.147	0.09
2061	8,768,579	8,774,597	12,036	0.137	0.09
2062	8,780,615	8,785,841	10,451	0.119	0.09
2063	8,791,066	8,795,728	9,323	0.106	0.09
2064	8,800,389	8,804,763	8,749	0.099	0.09
2065	8,809,138	8,813,079	7,882	0.089	0.09
2066	8,817,020	8,820,363	6,687	0.076	0.09
2067	8,823,707	8,826,865	6,317	0.072	0.09
2068	8,830,024	8,833,112	6,176	0.070	0.09
2069	8,836,200	8,838,942	5,483	0.062	0.09
2070	8,841,683	8,844,245	5,124	0.058	0.09
2071	8,846,807	8,849,103	4,593	0.052	0.09
2072	8,851,400	8,853,353	3,906	0.044	0.09
2073	8,855,306	8,856,802	2,993	0.034	0.09
2074	8,858,299	8,859,394	2,189	0.025	0.09
2075	8,860,488	8,861,026	1,077	0.012	0.09
2076	8,861,565	8,861,519	-93	-0.001	0.09
2077	8,861,472	8,861,034	-876	-0.010	0.09
2078	8,860,596	8,859,502	-2,188	-0.025	0.09
2079	8,858,408	8,856,667	-3,482	-0.039	0.09
2080	8,854,926	8,852,675	-4,502	-0.051	0.09
2081	8,850,424	8,847,275	-6,298	-0.071	0.08
2082	8,844,126	8,840,157	-7,938	-0.090	0.08
2083	8,836,188	8,831,456	-9,464	-0.107	0.08
2084	8,826,724	8,821,228	-10,992	-0.125	0.08
2085	8,815,732	8,809,368	-12,728	-0.144	0.08
2086	8,803,004	8,795,879	-14,251	-0.162	0.08
2087	8,788,753	8,780,828	-15,850	-0.181	0.08
2088	8,772,903	8,764,432	-16,942	-0.193	0.08
2089	8,755,961	8,746,701	-18,519	-0.212	0.08
2090	8,737,442	8,727,534	-19,815	-0.227	0.08
2091	8,717,627	8,707,031	-21,193	-0.243	0.08
2092	8,696,434	8,685,213	-22,441	-0.258	0.08
2093	8,673,993	8,662,166	-23,654	-0.273	0.08
2094	8,650,339	8,637,797	-25,085	-0.290	0.08
2095	8,625,254	8,612,117	-26,274	-0.305	0.08
2096	8,598,980	8,585,567	-26,825	-0.312	0.08
2097	8,572,155	8,558,289	-27,733	-0.324	0.08
2098	8,544,422	8,530,398	-28,048	-0.329	0.08
2099	8,516,374	8,502,055	-28,639	-0.337	0.08
2100	8,487,735	8,473,050	-29,370	-0.347	0.08