What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Kyrgyzstan and Libya?

232,140 people, with Libya ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kyrgyzstan 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 The global population hockey stick. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Kyrgyzstan vs Libya: The global population hockey stick

Kyrgyzstan

7.07 million people

in 2023

Libya

7.31 million people

in 2023

Kyrgyzstan rank

108th

Libya rank

107th

The global population hockey stick over time

Kyrgyzstan
Libya

How they compare

Libya currently reports 7.31 million people against 7.07 million people in Kyrgyzstan, a difference of 232,140 people.

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

Kyrgyzstan ranks 108th and Libya ranks 107th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Kyrgyzstan averaged higher in 30 and Libya in 10.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kyrgyzstan	Libya	Difference	Ahead
1000s	250,000 people	500,000 people	250,000 people	Libya
1100s	270,000 people	350,000 people	80,000 people	Libya
1200s	290,000 people	200,000 people	90,000 people	Kyrgyzstan
1300s	310,000 people	300,000 people	10,000 people	Kyrgyzstan
1400s	330,000 people	400,000 people	70,000 people	Libya
1500s	350,000 people	500,000 people	150,000 people	Libya
1600s	400,000 people	500,000 people	100,000 people	Libya
1700s	450,000 people	500,000 people	50,000 people	Libya
1710s	475,339 people	465,166 people	10,173 people	Kyrgyzstan
1720s	501,747 people	468,333 people	33,414 people	Kyrgyzstan
1730s	529,622 people	471,500 people	58,122 people	Kyrgyzstan
1740s	559,045 people	474,666 people	84,379 people	Kyrgyzstan
1750s	590,103 people	477,833 people	112,270 people	Kyrgyzstan
1760s	622,887 people	481,000 people	141,887 people	Kyrgyzstan
1770s	657,492 people	484,166 people	173,326 people	Kyrgyzstan
1780s	694,019 people	487,333 people	206,686 people	Kyrgyzstan
1790s	732,576 people	490,500 people	242,076 people	Kyrgyzstan
1800s	530,343 people	230,677 people	299,666 people	Kyrgyzstan
1810s	530,440 people	232,903 people	297,537 people	Kyrgyzstan
1820s	553,219 people	239,341 people	313,878 people	Kyrgyzstan
1830s	605,713 people	250,478 people	355,235 people	Kyrgyzstan
1840s	663,649 people	263,289 people	400,360 people	Kyrgyzstan
1850s	727,074 people	282,681 people	444,393 people	Kyrgyzstan
1860s	796,491 people	316,629 people	479,862 people	Kyrgyzstan
1870s	872,535 people	355,117 people	517,419 people	Kyrgyzstan
1880s	955,840 people	404,770 people	551,070 people	Kyrgyzstan
1890s	1.05 million people	471,995 people	575,105 people	Kyrgyzstan
1900s	1.15 million people	551,686 people	595,385 people	Kyrgyzstan
1910s	1.26 million people	635,532 people	621,061 people	Kyrgyzstan
1920s	1.38 million people	714,783 people	661,941 people	Kyrgyzstan
1930s	1.51 million people	808,144 people	700,263 people	Kyrgyzstan
1940s	1.65 million people	982,338 people	670,810 people	Kyrgyzstan
1950s	1.93 million people	1.25 million people	684,326 people	Kyrgyzstan
1960s	2.58 million people	1.76 million people	812,041 people	Kyrgyzstan
1970s	3.34 million people	2.57 million people	777,326 people	Kyrgyzstan
1980s	4.06 million people	3.89 million people	173,140 people	Kyrgyzstan
1990s	4.71 million people	4.85 million people	141,386 people	Libya
2000s	5.22 million people	5.81 million people	596,013 people	Libya
2010s	5.96 million people	6.55 million people	581,041 people	Libya
2020s	6.88 million people	7.18 million people	299,028 people	Libya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Kyrgyzstan or Libya?: Libya, at 7.31 million people against 7.07 million people in Kyrgyzstan as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Kyrgyzstan and Libya?: 232,140 people, with Libya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kyrgyzstan and Libya?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Kyrgyzstan and Libya rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Kyrgyzstan ranks 108th and Libya ranks 107th of 239 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as The global population hockey stick. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: The global population hockey stick
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: 28 August 2026

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