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🇱🇾 Libya

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3LBY
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2LY
UN M49 numeric434
IOC codeLBA
Official nameState of Libya
Native name(s)ara: official: دولة ليبيا; common: ليبيا
Alt spellingsLY, State of Libya, Dawlat Libya
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAfrica
SubregionNorthern Africa
UN regional groupAfrican Group
CapitalTripoli
Area (km²)1,759,540
Lat / Lng25.0000, 17.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)DZA, TCD, EGY, NER, SDN, TUN
Top-level domain.ly
Calling coderoot: +2; suffixes: 18

Demographics

Population (World Bank)7,458,555 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)71.121 (2024)
Languagesara: Arabic
Demonymseng: f: Libyan; m: Libyan; fra: f: Libyenne; m: Libyen
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)48,098,909,613.632 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)6,448.824 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)18.758 (2025)
CurrenciesLYD: name: Libyan dinar; symbol: ل.د

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19501,131,460
19511,145,387
19521,162,479
19531,183,292
19541,208,177
19551,241,377
19561,282,958
19571,328,854
19581,379,207
19591,433,966
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

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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