Lesotho vs Libya: World population growth

Lesotho
-0.2%
in 2100
Libya
-0.2%
in 2100
Lesotho rank
106th
Libya rank
104th

World population growth over time

  • Lesotho
  • Libya
-505170019002100

How they compare

Libya currently reports -0.2% against -0.2% in Lesotho, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 25 times across 163 shared years of data; in 1700 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 106th and Libya ranks 104th of 238 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
World population growth
Unit
%
Source
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 38,302 data points, 1700–2100
Last refreshed

Average exponential rate of growth of the population over a given period. It is calculated as ln(P2/P1) where P1 and P2 are the populations on subsequent years. Available from 1700 to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.