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 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.

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.