Egypt vs Libya: Population census recently completed
Egypt
1
in 2015
Libya
1
in 2015
Egypt rank
1st
Libya rank
1st
Population census recently completed over time
- Egypt
- Libya
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 1 against 1 in Libya, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 266 shared years of data; in 1750 it was Libya ahead.
Egypt ranks 1st and Libya ranks 1st of 67 countries.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 27 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Libya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1750s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1760s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1770s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0.8 | 0 | 0.8 | Egypt |
| 1890s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | Egypt |
| 1900s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Egypt |
| 1910s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Egypt |
| 1920s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Egypt |
| 1930s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Egypt |
| 1940s | 1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | Egypt |
| 1950s | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | Egypt |
| 1960s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Egypt |
| 1990s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Egypt |
| 2000s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Egypt |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population census recently completed, Egypt or Libya?
- Egypt, at 1 against 1 in Libya as of 2015.
- What is the difference in population census recently completed between Egypt and Libya?
- 0, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Libya?
- 266 years are reported by both, from 1750 to 2015.
- How do Egypt and Libya rank globally for population census recently completed?
- Egypt ranks 1st and Libya ranks 1st of 67 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Thomas Brambor et al. (2019) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population census recently completed. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
A census is defined as a population count that meets three requirements: universality, well-defined territory, and simultaneity.