Libya vs Paraguay
Libya has 6% more people than Paraguay: 7,458,555 vs 7,013,078, a gap of 445,477. Paraguay is growing faster (+1.20% vs +1.04% a year), adding about 84,431 people a year against +77,938. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Paraguay would overtake Libya in about 39 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2064) — a projection, not a forecast. Paraguay is the older society: 6.7% aged 65+ against 5.2% in Libya. Paraguay is 4.2× as densely populated (17.3 vs 4.2 people per km²). People in Paraguay live 2.9 years longer on average (74.0 vs 71.1).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Libya) and 2025 (Paraguay); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Libya vs Paraguay — side by side
 Libya |  Paraguay | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 7,458,5552025 | 7,013,0782025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +1.04%2025 | +1.20%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 16.52024 | 19.72024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 6.52024 | 5.72024 |
| Children per woman | 2.302024 | 2.422024 |
| Life expectancy | 71.1 yrs2024 | 74.0 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 26.8%2025 | 28.4%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 5.2%2025 | 6.7%2025 |
| Density | 4.2 /km²2023 | 17.3 /km²2023 |
| Area | 1,759,540 km²2023 | 406,752 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 87.9%2025 | 70.4%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -1722025 | -12,4232025 |
| GDP per capita | $6,4492025 | $7,0272025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #105 | #107 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.09% | 0.09% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Libya: 5.0× from 1960 to 2025; Paraguay: 3.7× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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