Population of Libya

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	07 Dec 2024

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The current population of Libya is 7,422,466 as of January 13, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Libya is projected at 7,381,023, or 7.38 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Libya is projected at 7,305,659, or 7.31 million people for the year 2023.

Libya ranks 106th 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	1,131,460	12,457	1.101	0.045
1951	1,137,689	1,145,387	15,396	1.344	0.045
1952	1,153,085	1,162,479	18,789	1.616	0.045
1953	1,171,874	1,183,292	22,835	1.930	0.045
1954	1,194,709	1,208,177	26,935	2.229	0.045
1955	1,221,644	1,241,377	39,466	3.179	0.045
1956	1,261,110	1,282,958	43,697	3.406	0.046
1957	1,304,807	1,328,854	48,094	3.620	0.047
1958	1,352,901	1,379,207	52,612	3.815	0.047
1959	1,405,513	1,433,966	56,905	3.969	0.048
1960	1,462,418	1,492,890	60,944	4.083	0.050
1961	1,523,362	1,555,699	64,675	4.158	0.051
1962	1,588,037	1,621,960	67,846	4.184	0.052
1963	1,655,883	1,690,457	69,149	4.091	0.053
1964	1,725,032	1,753,691	57,318	3.269	0.054
1965	1,782,350	1,804,015	43,330	2.402	0.054
1966	1,825,680	1,849,063	46,767	2.529	0.054
1967	1,872,447	1,898,199	51,505	2.714	0.055
1968	1,923,952	1,952,781	57,658	2.953	0.055
1969	1,981,610	2,014,293	65,367	3.245	0.056
1970	2,046,977	2,082,589	71,224	3.420	0.056
1971	2,118,201	2,153,534	70,665	3.282	0.057
1972	2,188,866	2,226,091	74,450	3.345	0.058
1973	2,263,316	2,314,193	101,753	4.398	0.059
1974	2,365,069	2,432,211	134,284	5.522	0.061
1975	2,499,353	2,571,556	144,406	5.617	0.063
1976	2,643,759	2,721,237	154,956	5.696	0.066
1977	2,798,715	2,881,533	165,636	5.750	0.068
1978	2,964,351	3,052,526	176,351	5.779	0.071
1979	3,140,702	3,233,846	186,288	5.762	0.074
1980	3,326,990	3,424,378	194,775	5.689	0.077
1981	3,521,765	3,621,486	199,443	5.509	0.080
1982	3,721,208	3,724,765	7,115	0.191	0.081
1983	3,728,323	3,718,961	-18,725	-0.504	0.079
1984	3,709,598	3,773,633	128,071	3.394	0.079
1985	3,837,669	3,898,745	122,152	3.133	0.080
1986	3,959,821	4,017,403	115,165	2.867	0.081
1987	4,074,986	4,129,739	109,506	2.652	0.082
1988	4,184,492	4,237,755	106,525	2.514	0.082
1989	4,291,017	4,342,920	103,806	2.390	0.083
1990	4,394,823	4,445,239	100,833	2.268	0.083
1991	4,495,656	4,544,400	97,487	2.145	0.084
1992	4,593,143	4,640,352	94,418	2.035	0.084
1993	4,687,561	4,733,045	90,968	1.922	0.085
1994	4,778,529	4,822,037	87,016	1.805	0.085
1995	4,865,545	4,906,843	82,596	1.683	0.085
1996	4,948,141	4,987,393	78,504	1.574	0.085
1997	5,026,645	5,064,639	75,988	1.500	0.085
1998	5,102,633	5,140,704	76,143	1.481	0.086
1999	5,178,776	5,218,038	78,523	1.505	0.086
2000	5,257,299	5,305,021	95,445	1.799	0.086
2001	5,352,744	5,403,639	101,790	1.884	0.086
2002	5,454,534	5,508,410	107,753	1.956	0.087
2003	5,562,287	5,619,398	114,221	2.033	0.088
2004	5,676,508	5,736,693	120,369	2.098	0.088
2005	5,796,877	5,858,798	123,842	2.114	0.089
2006	5,920,719	5,980,211	118,984	1.990	0.090
2007	6,039,703	6,104,380	129,353	2.119	0.090
2008	6,169,056	6,235,430	132,748	2.129	0.091
2009	6,301,804	6,366,686	129,765	2.038	0.092
2010	6,431,569	6,497,839	132,540	2.040	0.093
2011	6,564,109	6,343,203	-441,812	-6.968	0.089
2012	6,122,297	6,179,328	114,061	1.846	0.086
2013	6,236,358	6,304,628	136,541	2.166	0.086
2014	6,372,899	6,427,252	108,705	1.691	0.087
2015	6,481,604	6,531,819	100,431	1.538	0.087
2016	6,582,035	6,632,126	100,181	1.511	0.088
2017	6,682,216	6,738,770	113,107	1.678	0.088
2018	6,795,323	6,849,055	107,463	1.569	0.089
2019	6,902,786	6,951,033	96,493	1.388	0.089
2020	6,999,279	7,045,399	92,240	1.309	0.089
2021	7,091,519	7,135,175	87,312	1.224	0.090
2022	7,178,831	7,223,805	89,947	1.245	0.090
2023	7,268,778	7,305,659	73,762	1.010	0.090

Libya population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	7,342,540	7,381,023	76,966	1.043	0.090
2025	7,419,506	7,458,555	78,097	1.047	0.091
2026	7,497,603	7,539,851	84,497	1.121	0.091
2027	7,582,100	7,627,488	90,776	1.190	0.091
2028	7,672,876	7,716,842	87,931	1.139	0.091
2029	7,760,807	7,802,212	82,810	1.061	0.092
2030	7,843,617	7,885,806	84,379	1.070	0.092
2031	7,927,996	7,969,109	82,225	1.032	0.092
2032	8,010,221	8,048,490	76,538	0.951	0.093
2033	8,086,759	8,126,638	79,758	0.981	0.093
2034	8,166,517	8,206,613	80,193	0.977	0.093
2035	8,246,710	8,283,953	74,487	0.899	0.093
2036	8,321,197	8,357,486	72,577	0.868	0.093
2037	8,393,774	8,431,728	75,907	0.900	0.094
2038	8,469,681	8,506,598	73,834	0.868	0.094
2039	8,543,515	8,579,854	72,678	0.847	0.094
2040	8,616,193	8,651,417	70,448	0.814	0.094
2041	8,686,641	8,719,615	65,949	0.756	0.094
2042	8,752,590	8,786,620	68,059	0.775	0.095
2043	8,820,649	8,854,390	67,482	0.762	0.095
2044	8,888,131	8,920,028	63,793	0.715	0.095
2045	8,951,924	8,983,949	64,049	0.713	0.095
2046	9,015,973	9,043,673	55,399	0.613	0.095
2047	9,071,372	9,098,408	54,073	0.594	0.095
2048	9,125,445	9,154,065	57,239	0.625	0.096
2049	9,182,684	9,208,613	51,858	0.563	0.096
2050	9,234,542	9,260,605	52,127	0.563	0.096
2051	9,286,669	9,310,578	47,819	0.514	0.096
2052	9,334,488	9,358,996	49,016	0.524	0.096
2053	9,383,504	9,406,049	45,090	0.479	0.096
2054	9,428,594	9,450,576	43,965	0.465	0.096
2055	9,472,559	9,488,716	32,314	0.341	0.096
2056	9,504,873	9,517,262	24,777	0.260	0.096
2057	9,529,650	9,545,122	30,945	0.324	0.096
2058	9,560,595	9,574,203	27,217	0.284	0.096
2059	9,587,812	9,602,353	29,082	0.303	0.096
2060	9,616,894	9,626,505	19,222	0.200	0.096
2061	9,636,116	9,646,522	20,811	0.216	0.096
2062	9,656,927	9,667,883	21,913	0.227	0.096
2063	9,678,840	9,684,360	11,040	0.114	0.096
2064	9,689,880	9,700,892	22,025	0.227	0.096
2065	9,711,905	9,721,658	19,506	0.201	0.096
2066	9,731,411	9,740,137	17,452	0.179	0.096
2067	9,748,863	9,755,033	12,341	0.127	0.096
2068	9,761,204	9,771,007	19,606	0.201	0.096
2069	9,780,810	9,790,087	18,555	0.190	0.096
2070	9,799,365	9,807,898	17,067	0.174	0.096
2071	9,816,432	9,822,262	11,660	0.119	0.096
2072	9,828,092	9,838,795	21,406	0.218	0.096
2073	9,849,498	9,857,314	15,632	0.159	0.096
2074	9,865,130	9,870,656	11,052	0.112	0.096
2075	9,876,182	9,882,193	12,022	0.122	0.096
2076	9,888,204	9,894,570	12,732	0.129	0.096
2077	9,900,936	9,903,765	5,658	0.057	0.096
2078	9,906,594	9,908,671	4,154	0.042	0.096
2079	9,910,748	9,917,079	12,662	0.128	0.096
2080	9,923,410	9,928,368	9,915	0.100	0.097
2081	9,933,325	9,939,397	12,144	0.122	0.097
2082	9,945,469	9,949,686	8,435	0.085	0.097
2083	9,953,904	9,955,710	3,611	0.036	0.097
2084	9,957,515	9,960,826	6,621	0.066	0.097
2085	9,964,136	9,967,333	6,393	0.064	0.097
2086	9,970,529	9,970,720	383	0.004	0.097
2087	9,970,912	9,969,103	-3,618	-0.036	0.097
2088	9,967,294	9,961,977	-10,635	-0.107	0.097
2089	9,956,659	9,951,464	-10,390	-0.104	0.097
2090	9,946,269	9,938,209	-16,120	-0.162	0.097
2091	9,930,149	9,925,703	-8,892	-0.090	0.097
2092	9,921,257	9,913,953	-14,608	-0.147	0.097
2093	9,906,649	9,899,041	-15,216	-0.154	0.097
2094	9,891,433	9,885,716	-11,434	-0.116	0.097
2095	9,879,999	9,874,245	-11,508	-0.117	0.096
2096	9,868,491	9,860,175	-16,631	-0.169	0.096
2097	9,851,860	9,841,870	-19,980	-0.203	0.096
2098	9,831,880	9,821,377	-21,006	-0.214	0.096
2099	9,810,874	9,802,013	-17,722	-0.181	0.096
2100	9,793,152	9,783,568	-19,167	-0.196	0.096