What is the difference in population between Hong Kong and Libya?

137,080 people, with Hong Kong ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Hong Kong and Libya?

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Hong Kong vs Libya: Population

Hong Kong

7.44 million people

in 2023

Libya

7.31 million people

in 2023

Hong Kong rank

104th

Libya rank

106th

Population over time

Hong Kong
Libya

How they compare

Hong Kong currently reports 7.44 million people against 7.31 million people in Libya, a difference of 137,080 people.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Libya ahead.

Hong Kong ranks 104th and Libya ranks 106th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Hong Kong averaged higher in 12 and Libya in 28.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Hong Kong	Libya	Difference	Ahead
1000s	179,978 people	500,000 people	320,022 people	Libya
1100s	443,565 people	350,000 people	93,565 people	Hong Kong
1200s	506,955 people	200,000 people	306,955 people	Hong Kong
1300s	13,463 people	300,000 people	286,537 people	Libya
1400s	13,150 people	400,000 people	386,850 people	Libya
1500s	12,844 people	500,000 people	487,156 people	Libya
1600s	12,545 people	500,000 people	487,455 people	Libya
1700s	12,254 people	500,000 people	487,746 people	Libya
1710s	12,764 people	465,166 people	452,402 people	Libya
1720s	13,296 people	468,333 people	455,037 people	Libya
1730s	13,850 people	471,500 people	457,650 people	Libya
1740s	14,427 people	474,666 people	460,239 people	Libya
1750s	15,028 people	477,833 people	462,805 people	Libya
1760s	15,655 people	481,000 people	465,345 people	Libya
1770s	16,307 people	484,166 people	467,859 people	Libya
1780s	16,986 people	487,333 people	470,347 people	Libya
1790s	17,694 people	490,500 people	472,806 people	Libya
1800s	20,000 people	230,677 people	210,677 people	Libya
1810s	20,274 people	232,903 people	212,630 people	Libya
1820s	22,030 people	239,341 people	217,311 people	Libya
1830s	25,637 people	250,478 people	224,841 people	Libya
1840s	31,870 people	263,289 people	231,419 people	Libya
1850s	50,245 people	282,681 people	232,436 people	Libya
1860s	89,849 people	316,629 people	226,780 people	Libya
1870s	139,424 people	355,117 people	215,692 people	Libya
1880s	186,619 people	404,770 people	218,151 people	Libya
1890s	256,971 people	471,995 people	215,024 people	Libya
1900s	367,403 people	551,686 people	184,283 people	Libya
1910s	529,548 people	635,532 people	105,985 people	Libya
1920s	706,487 people	714,783 people	8,296 people	Libya
1930s	1.10 million people	808,144 people	295,080 people	Hong Kong
1940s	1.70 million people	982,338 people	717,464 people	Hong Kong
1950s	2.45 million people	1.25 million people	1.20 million people	Hong Kong
1960s	3.27 million people	1.76 million people	1.50 million people	Hong Kong
1970s	4.36 million people	2.57 million people	1.80 million people	Hong Kong
1980s	5.31 million people	3.89 million people	1.42 million people	Hong Kong
1990s	6.09 million people	4.85 million people	1.24 million people	Hong Kong
2000s	6.89 million people	5.81 million people	1.08 million people	Hong Kong
2010s	7.32 million people	6.55 million people	775,069 people	Hong Kong
2020s	7.47 million people	7.18 million people	293,362 people	Hong Kong

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Hong Kong or Libya?: Hong Kong, at 7.44 million people against 7.31 million people in Libya as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Hong Kong and Libya?: 137,080 people, with Hong Kong ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Hong Kong and Libya?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Hong Kong and Libya rank globally for population?: Hong Kong ranks 104th and Libya ranks 106th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
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, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.