Libya vs Saudi Arabia: Population census recently completed

Libya

in 2015

Saudi Arabia

in 2015

Libya rank

1st

Saudi Arabia rank

1st

Population census recently completed over time

Libya currently reports 1 against 1 in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 266 shared years of data; in 1750 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

Libya ranks 1st and Saudi Arabia ranks 1st of 67 countries.

Indicator: Population census recently completed
Source: Thomas Brambor et al. (2019) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 67 places, 17,822 data points, 1750–2015
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

A census is defined as a population count that meets three requirements: universality, well-defined territory, and simultaneity.