Laos vs Libya: Has the population peaked?

Laos

7.67 million people

in 2023

Libya

7.31 million people

in 2023

Laos rank

103rd

Libya rank

106th

Has the population peaked? over time

Laos currently reports 7.67 million people against 7.31 million people in Libya, a difference of 359,340 people.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Laos ahead.

Laos ranks 103rd and Libya ranks 106th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Has the population peaked?
Unit: people
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown.