Libya vs Turkmenistan: Has the population peaked?

Libya

7.31 million people

in 2023

Turkmenistan

7.36 million people

in 2023

Libya rank

106th

Turkmenistan rank

105th

Has the population peaked? over time

Turkmenistan currently reports 7.36 million people against 7.31 million people in Libya, a difference of 58,780 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Turkmenistan ahead.

Libya ranks 106th and Turkmenistan ranks 105th 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.