Libya - Population Growth 1981
5.60%
−0.13pp from 1980
Libya's population growth was 5.60% in 1981, decreased +0.13pp from 5.72% in 1980. This was the 209th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1981▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Afghanistan | -9.82% | -170.8% |
| 2nd | Grenada | -0.52% | 48.6% |
| 3rd | St. Kitts and Nevis | -0.36% | 16.6% |
| 4th | Dominica | -0.13% | -178.2% |
| 5th | Czechia | -0.03% | -130.4% |
| 6th | Denmark | -0.03% | -123.4% |
| 7th | Belgium | 0.00% | -102.4% |
| 8th | Hungary | 0.01% | -89.6% |
| 9th | Suriname | 0.02% | 103.7% |
| 10th | United Kingdom | 0.03% | -70.9% |
| 11th | Sweden | 0.12% | -40.9% |
| 12th | Italy | 0.12% | -41.7% |
| 13th | Chad | 0.12% | -45.4% |
| 14th | Tonga | 0.14% | -37.9% |
| 15th | Germany | 0.15% | -26.6% |
| 16th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.22% | -93.8% |
| 17th | Gibraltar | 0.23% | -35.2% |
| 18th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.24% | -36.6% |
| 19th | Croatia | 0.25% | 133.9% |
| 20th | Austria | 0.26% | 240,555.3% |
| 21st | Guyana | 0.27% | -51.7% |
| 22nd | Slovenia | 0.27% | -72.3% |
| 23rd | Luxembourg | 0.29% | -17.2% |
| 24th | Barbados | 0.30% | 192.0% |
| 25th | Latvia | 0.31% | 33.9% |
| 26th | Bulgaria | 0.33% | -17.2% |
| 27th | Norway | 0.34% | 7.1% |
| 28th | Serbia | 0.35% | -83.9% |
| 29th | Uruguay | 0.38% | -6.7% |
| 30th | New Zealand | 0.38% | 206.9% |
| 31st | Curaçao | 0.40% | 208.7% |
| 32nd | European Union | 0.43% | -7.6% |
| 33rd | Finland | 0.43% | 37.1% |
| 34th | Cuba | 0.45% | 7.0% |
| 35th | Ukraine | 0.47% | -0.3% |
| 36th | Channel Islands | 0.47% | 153.7% |
| 37th | Switzerland | 0.55% | 37.8% |
| 38th | Lithuania | 0.58% | 27.9% |
| 39th | France | 0.59% | 11.2% |
| 40th | Bermuda | 0.60% | 106.8% |
| 41st | Monaco | 0.63% | -26.2% |
| 42nd | Liechtenstein | 0.63% | 355.1% |
| 43rd | Romania | 0.65% | 24.1% |
| 44th | El Salvador | 0.66% | -50.1% |
| 45th | Russian Federation | 0.67% | -5.9% |
| 46th | Netherlands | 0.69% | -13.3% |
| 47th | Belarus | 0.69% | 12.8% |
| 48th | Estonia | 0.70% | 16.8% |
| 49th | Spain | 0.71% | -11.5% |
| 50th | Slovak Republic | 0.73% | -11.8% |
| 51st | Japan | 0.73% | -7.6% |
| 52nd | Malta | 0.74% | -29.9% |
| 53rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 0.78% | -90.8% |
| 54th | Isle of Man | 0.81% | -38.5% |
| 55th | Georgia | 0.82% | -2.7% |
| 56th | Samoa | 0.82% | -6.6% |
| 57th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.82% | 16.1% |
| 58th | Cyprus | 0.85% | 4.4% |
| 59th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.86% | 1.0% |
| 60th | Portugal | 0.87% | -19.8% |
| 61st | Armenia | 0.89% | -4.3% |
| 62nd | Greece | 0.90% | -8.7% |
| 63rd | Poland | 0.91% | -1.7% |
| 64th | United States | 0.98% | 2.3% |
| 65th | Moldova | 1.00% | 5.5% |
| 66th | Palau | 1.06% | 298.0% |
| 67th | New Caledonia | 1.08% | -4.7% |
| 68th | Aruba | 1.09% | -10.0% |
| 69th | Kazakhstan | 1.12% | -3.5% |
| 70th | Namibia | 1.12% | -41.4% |
| 71st | Central African Republic | 1.13% | 3.1% |
| 72nd | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.13% | -4.7% |
| 73rd | Iceland | 1.14% | 7.7% |
| 74th | Ireland | 1.17% | 1.8% |
| 75th | San Marino | 1.17% | -4.9% |
| 76th | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.19% | -6.2% |
| 77th | Montenegro | 1.19% | 18.2% |
| 78th | Seychelles | 1.22% | 33.2% |
| 79th | Canada | 1.23% | -4.4% |
| 80th | Faroe Islands | 1.28% | -0.7% |
| 81st | China | 1.28% | 2.1% |
| 82nd | Jamaica | 1.30% | 6.2% |
| 83rd | North Macedonia | 1.34% | -3.2% |
| 84th | Cabo Verde | 1.40% | 17.4% |
| 85th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 1.44% | 2.9% |
| 86th | Chile | 1.47% | -0.6% |
| 87th | Mauritius | 1.48% | -12.1% |
| 88th | Korea | 1.56% | 0.1% |
| 89th | St. Lucia | 1.56% | 4.9% |
| 90th | Australia | 1.56% | 28.1% |
| 91st | Azerbaijan | 1.57% | 7.4% |
| 92nd | Guinea-Bissau | 1.57% | 37.3% |
| 93rd | Kiribati | 1.58% | -1.9% |
| 94th | Greenland | 1.58% | 31.5% |
| 95th | Argentina | 1.60% | 0.6% |
| 96th | Cambodia | 1.61% | -25.2% |
| 97th | Timor-Leste | 1.62% | -6.3% |
| 98th | Sri Lanka | 1.68% | -7.9% |
| 99th | Bahamas, The | 1.74% | -6.5% |
| 100th | Kyrgyz Republic | 1.87% | 2.7% |
| 101st | Guinea | 1.88% | 6.8% |
| 102nd | Myanmar | 1.88% | -1.7% |
| 103rd | Haiti | 1.93% | 0.2% |
| 104th | Türkiye | 1.99% | -0.4% |
| 105th | Israel | 1.99% | -17.1% |
| 106th | Albania | 2.00% | -2.2% |
| 107th | Thailand | 2.01% | -2.6% |
| 108th | Sierra Leone | 2.02% | 1.4% |
| 109th | Mozambique | 2.03% | -26.3% |
| 110th | Papua New Guinea | 2.07% | 0.0% |
| 111th | São Tomé and Principe | 2.08% | -11.6% |
| 112th | Uganda | 2.09% | 0.5% |
| 113th | Macao SAR, China | 2.13% | 13.4% |
| 114th | Mali | 2.13% | 2.3% |
| 115th | Tuvalu | 2.15% | -14.1% |
| 116th | Lebanon | 2.16% | 1.2% |
| 117th | Congo, Republic of | 2.20% | -1.4% |
| 118th | Vanuatu | 2.21% | -3.4% |
| 119th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.22% | -1.3% |
| 120th | Lao PDR | 2.22% | 12.7% |
| 121st | Tunisia | 2.28% | -0.7% |
| 122nd | Colombia | 2.31% | 1.0% |
| 123rd | Brazil | 2.33% | -1.3% |
| 124th | Mexico | 2.34% | -5.9% |
| 125th | Indonesia | 2.35% | -1.8% |
| 126th | Nepal | 2.35% | -0.5% |
| 127th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 2.35% | -12.1% |
| 128th | India | 2.35% | -1.5% |
| 129th | Viet Nam | 2.35% | 9.8% |
| 130th | Panama | 2.37% | -0.4% |
| 131st | Fiji | 2.39% | 0.1% |
| 132nd | Dominican Republic | 2.40% | -2.4% |
| 133rd | Mongolia | 2.41% | -0.4% |
| 134th | Nauru | 2.45% | 2.5% |
| 135th | South Sudan | 2.46% | -0.8% |
| 136th | Guam | 2.48% | 7.6% |
| 137th | Peru | 2.49% | -0.2% |
| 138th | St. Martin (French part) | 2.50% | -9.1% |
| 139th | Guatemala | 2.51% | -0.8% |
| 140th | Belize | 2.53% | 7.4% |
| 141st | Senegal | 2.56% | 3.5% |
| 142nd | Bangladesh | 2.56% | 7.2% |
| 143rd | Kosovo | 2.57% | -9.8% |
| 144th | Philippines | 2.61% | -0.1% |
| 145th | Turkmenistan | 2.61% | 1.7% |
| 146th | Uzbekistan | 2.62% | 0.0% |
| 147th | Gabon | 2.64% | 2.5% |
| 148th | Morocco | 2.66% | 1.5% |
| 149th | Ecuador | 2.67% | -0.8% |
| 150th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 2.69% | 3.0% |
| 151st | Eritrea | 2.71% | 1.2% |
| 152nd | Costa Rica | 2.72% | 0.1% |
| 153rd | Paraguay | 2.73% | 3.6% |
| 154th | Burkina Faso | 2.73% | 1.8% |
| 155th | Tajikistan | 2.81% | -1.8% |
| 156th | Ghana | 2.81% | -3.9% |
| 157th | Maldives | 2.81% | 2.1% |
| 158th | Comoros | 2.82% | -5.5% |
| 159th | Nicaragua | 2.83% | 3.2% |
| 160th | Benin | 2.84% | 3.0% |
| 161st | Mauritania | 2.86% | 0.8% |
| 162nd | Lesotho | 2.91% | 0.0% |
| 163rd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 2.91% | -7.1% |
| 164th | Liberia | 2.94% | -1.1% |
| 165th | Madagascar | 2.99% | -1.3% |
| 166th | Niger | 2.99% | 0.1% |
| 167th | Iraq | 3.00% | -4.7% |
| 168th | Honduras | 3.03% | -0.9% |
| 169th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 3.04% | -1.6% |
| 170th | Tanzania | 3.05% | -3.5% |
| 171st | Zambia | 3.06% | 2.3% |
| 172nd | Nigeria | 3.07% | -1.5% |
| 173rd | British Virgin Islands | 3.09% | 106.7% |
| 174th | Brunei Darussalam | 3.10% | 0.0% |
| 175th | Togo | 3.11% | 10.4% |
| 176th | Malaysia | 3.15% | 13.6% |
| 177th | French Polynesia | 3.17% | -0.5% |
| 178th | Rwanda | 3.20% | 3.0% |
| 179th | Algeria | 3.24% | 4.2% |
| 180th | Bhutan | 3.28% | -1.7% |
| 181st | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.32% | -1.1% |
| 182nd | Eswatini | 3.32% | 0.3% |
| 183rd | South Africa | 3.40% | 11.9% |
| 184th | Botswana | 3.41% | -12.3% |
| 185th | Gambia, The | 3.47% | 0.9% |
| 186th | Solomon Islands | 3.47% | -0.6% |
| 187th | Yemen, Republic of | 3.49% | 2.6% |
| 188th | Cameroon | 3.51% | 7.9% |
| 189th | Kenya | 3.58% | 0.9% |
| 190th | American Samoa | 3.58% | 44.7% |
| 191st | Angola | 3.64% | 1.5% |
| 192nd | Andorra | 3.80% | -9.7% |
| 193rd | Malawi | 3.93% | 1.9% |
| 194th | Marshall Islands | 3.96% | 15.6% |
| 195th | Bahrain | 3.97% | -10.1% |
| 196th | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.00% | 1.4% |
| 197th | Jordan | 4.01% | 9.5% |
| 198th | Burundi | 4.07% | -2.9% |
| 199th | Sudan | 4.14% | -1.6% |
| 200th | Pakistan | 4.18% | 2.3% |
| 201st | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4.45% | 28.2% |
| 202nd | Cayman Islands | 4.72% | 8.4% |
| 203rd | Singapore | 4.81% | 278.8% |
| 204th | Equatorial Guinea | 4.94% | 59.5% |
| 205th | Kuwait | 5.09% | -8.2% |
| 206th | Djibouti | 5.15% | -23.8% |
| 207th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 5.25% | 44.9% |
| 208th | Oman | 5.45% | 1.9% |
| 209th | Libya | 5.60% | -2.2% |
| 210th | Saudi Arabia | 5.98% | 2.0% |
| 211th | Qatar | 6.20% | -4.0% |
| 212th | Zimbabwe | 6.29% | 9.4% |
| 213th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 6.94% | 21.9% |
| 214th | United Arab Emirates | 7.96% | -26.1% |
| 215th | Northern Mariana Islands | 11.77% | 76.5% |
FAQ
What was Libya's population growth in 1981?▾
Libya's population growth in 1981 was 5.60%. This ranked 209th globally.
How did Libya's population growth change in 1981?▾
Libya's population growth decreased by 2.2% in 1981 compared to 1980.
Which country had the highest population growth in 1981?▾
Northern Mariana Islands had the highest population growth in 1981 at 11.77%.
What is the population growth of Libya in 1981?▾
The population growth of Libya in 1981 was 5.60%. This ranked 209th globally.
How does 1981 compare to 1980 for Libya's population growth?▾
Libya's population growth went from 5.72% in 1980 to 5.60% in 1981, a 2.2% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Libya matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 1981. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). Outcome 24 months later: 10.6%. View full analysis →
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