Population growth in Libya

The population of Libya changed by 1.04% in 2025.

Measure: Population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Libya, 2025 1.04% Annual % change
Change from 2024 +0.02percentage points 2024: 1.03%
World, 2025 0.91% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 98th of 217 See the full ranking

Population growth in Libya over time

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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period LibyaWorld
2025 1.04% 0.91%
2024 1.03% 0.96%
2023 1.13% 0.93%
2022 1.23% 0.87%
2021 1.27% 0.83%
2020 1.35% 0.98%
2019 1.48% 1.05%
2018 1.62% 1.08%
2017 1.60% 1.13%
2016 1.52% 1.16%
2015 1.61% 1.18%
2014 1.93% 1.21%
2013 2.01% 1.23%
2012 -2.62% 1.26%
2011 -2.41% 1.22%
2010 2.04% 1.22%
2009 2.08% 1.25%
2008 2.12% 1.27%
2007 2.06% 1.26%
2006 2.05% 1.27%
2005 2.11% 1.27%
2004 2.07% 1.29%
2003 1.99% 1.29%
2002 1.92% 1.31%
2001 1.84% 1.34%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.02 percentage points from 1.03% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 1.61%, the figure has changed by −0.57 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Libya has the 98th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.91%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.GROW · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 for Libya
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects