Libya vs Turkmenistan: The global population hockey stick
Libya
7.31 million people
in 2023
Turkmenistan
7.36 million people
in 2023
Libya rank
107th
Turkmenistan rank
106th
The global population hockey stick over time
- Libya
- Turkmenistan
How they compare
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 3 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Libya ahead.
Libya ranks 107th and Turkmenistan ranks 106th of 239 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Libya averaged higher in 22 and Turkmenistan in 18.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Libya | Turkmenistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 500,000 people | 170,000 people | 330,000 people | Libya |
| 1100s | 350,000 people | 182,000 people | 168,000 people | Libya |
| 1200s | 200,000 people | 194,000 people | 6,000 people | Libya |
| 1300s | 300,000 people | 206,000 people | 94,000 people | Libya |
| 1400s | 400,000 people | 220,000 people | 180,000 people | Libya |
| 1500s | 500,000 people | 240,000 people | 260,000 people | Libya |
| 1600s | 500,000 people | 280,000 people | 220,000 people | Libya |
| 1700s | 500,000 people | 310,000 people | 190,000 people | Libya |
| 1710s | 465,166 people | 330,823 people | 134,343 people | Libya |
| 1720s | 468,333 people | 349,202 people | 119,131 people | Libya |
| 1730s | 471,500 people | 368,602 people | 102,898 people | Libya |
| 1740s | 474,666 people | 389,080 people | 85,586 people | Libya |
| 1750s | 477,833 people | 410,695 people | 67,138 people | Libya |
| 1760s | 481,000 people | 433,512 people | 47,488 people | Libya |
| 1770s | 484,166 people | 457,596 people | 26,570 people | Libya |
| 1780s | 487,333 people | 483,018 people | 4,315 people | Libya |
| 1790s | 490,500 people | 509,852 people | 19,352 people | Turkmenistan |
| 1800s | 230,677 people | 367,215 people | 136,538 people | Turkmenistan |
| 1810s | 232,903 people | 367,282 people | 134,379 people | Turkmenistan |
| 1820s | 239,341 people | 383,055 people | 143,714 people | Turkmenistan |
| 1830s | 250,478 people | 419,402 people | 168,924 people | Turkmenistan |
| 1840s | 263,289 people | 459,517 people | 196,228 people | Turkmenistan |
| 1850s | 282,681 people | 503,365 people | 220,684 people | Turkmenistan |
| 1860s | 316,629 people | 551,258 people | 234,629 people | Turkmenistan |
| 1870s | 355,117 people | 603,709 people | 248,592 people | Turkmenistan |
| 1880s | 404,770 people | 661,150 people | 256,380 people | Turkmenistan |
| 1890s | 471,995 people | 724,056 people | 252,062 people | Turkmenistan |
| 1900s | 551,686 people | 792,948 people | 241,262 people | Turkmenistan |
| 1910s | 635,532 people | 868,406 people | 232,874 people | Turkmenistan |
| 1920s | 714,783 people | 951,349 people | 236,566 people | Turkmenistan |
| 1930s | 808,144 people | 1.04 million people | 234,202 people | Turkmenistan |
| 1940s | 982,338 people | 1.14 million people | 160,156 people | Turkmenistan |
| 1950s | 1.25 million people | 1.41 million people | 163,219 people | Turkmenistan |
| 1960s | 1.76 million people | 1.89 million people | 125,647 people | Turkmenistan |
| 1970s | 2.57 million people | 2.47 million people | 97,777 people | Libya |
| 1980s | 3.89 million people | 3.22 million people | 667,334 people | Libya |
| 1990s | 4.85 million people | 4.14 million people | 709,806 people | Libya |
| 2000s | 5.81 million people | 5.01 million people | 802,910 people | Libya |
| 2010s | 6.55 million people | 6.16 million people | 384,181 people | Libya |
| 2020s | 7.18 million people | 7.16 million people | 18,360 people | Libya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Libya or Turkmenistan?
- Turkmenistan, at 7.36 million people against 7.31 million people in Libya as of 2023.
- What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Libya and Turkmenistan?
- 58,780 people, with Turkmenistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Turkmenistan?
- 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
- How do Libya and Turkmenistan rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
- Libya ranks 107th and Turkmenistan ranks 106th of 239 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) β 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.
Individual pages
About this data
Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.