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Libya

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capital
Population
7,458,555 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 7,381,023in 2024[4]
Land area
1,759,540 km²[5]
Total area
1,759,541 km²[6] land and water
Official language
Currency
Land borders
Niger, Sudan, Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Tunisia[10]
Coast
Yes[10]
Continent
Official names
  • Stato della Libia[11]
  • l’État de Libye[12]
  • Ливия дәүләте[13]
  • State of Libya[14]

Parts of Libya

Loading 22 places.

Through time

Population over time[3]
196020257.5M

1,492,890 in 1960, 7,458,555 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
19601,492,890
19611,555,699
19621,621,960
19631,690,457
19641,753,691
19651,804,015
19661,849,063
19671,898,199
19681,952,781
19692,014,293
19702,082,589
19712,153,534
19722,226,091
19732,314,193
19742,432,211
19752,571,556
19762,721,237
19772,881,533
19783,052,526
19793,233,846
19803,424,378
19813,621,486
19823,724,765
19833,718,961
19843,773,633
19853,898,745
19864,017,403
19874,129,739
19884,237,755
19894,342,920
19904,445,239
19914,544,400
19924,640,352
19934,733,045
19944,822,037
19954,906,843
19964,987,393
19975,064,639
19985,140,704
19995,218,038
20005,305,021
20015,403,639
20025,508,410
20035,619,398
20045,736,693
20055,858,798
20065,980,211
20076,104,380
20086,235,430
20096,366,686
20106,497,839
20116,343,203
20126,179,328
20136,304,628
20146,427,252
20156,531,819
20166,632,126
20176,738,770
20186,849,055
20196,951,033
20207,045,399
20217,135,175
20227,223,805
20237,305,659
20247,381,023
20257,458,555

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
LY[15]
ISO alpha-3
LBY[16]
ISO numeric
434[17]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Libya (Q1016), capital: Tripoli (revision 2563852315) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: Libya (Q1016), population (revision 2563852315) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: Libya (Q1016), area (revision 2563852315) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  7. Wikidata: Libya (Q1016), official language: Arabic (revision 2563852315) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of Libya
  8. Wikidata: Libya (Q1016), currency: Libyan dinar (revision 2563852315) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  9. Wikidata: Libya (Q1016), continent: Africa (revision 2563852315) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  10. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  11. Wikidata: Libya (Q1016), official name (revision 2563852315) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  12. Wikidata: Libya (Q1016), official name (revision 2563852315) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  13. Wikidata: Libya (Q1016), official name (revision 2563852315) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  14. Wikidata: Libya (Q1016), official name (revision 2563852315) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  15. Wikidata: Libya (Q1016), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2563852315) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  16. Wikidata: Libya (Q1016), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2563852315) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  17. Wikidata: Libya (Q1016), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2563852315) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

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