Libya vs Nicaragua: Population

Libya

7.31 million people

in 2023

Nicaragua

6.82 million people

in 2023

Libya rank

106th

Nicaragua rank

109th

Population over time

Libya currently reports 7.31 million people against 6.82 million people in Nicaragua, a difference of 482,040 people.

That makes Libya's figure about 1.1 times Nicaragua's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Libya ahead.

Libya ranks 106th and Nicaragua ranks 109th 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.