Libya's population rose from 4.99M in 1996 to 7.46M in 2025.
Libya · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
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Libya's population growth fell from 1.6 % in 1996 to 1.0 % in 2025.
Libya's population density rose from 2.7 in 1994 to 4.2 in 2023.
Libya's population, female (% of total) rose from 46.1 % in 1996 to 49.2 % in 2025.
Libya's urbanisation rose from 84.9 % in 1996 to 87.9 % in 2025.
Libya's urban population rose from 4.24M in 1996 to 6.56M in 2025.
Libya's rural population rose from 752,101 in 1996 to 901,647 in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −2.4 %85th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −3.1 %91st of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −1.8 %139th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −1.6 %42nd of 217
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- Median ageup +0.3 yrs133rd of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.6 pts85th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.4 pts51st of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.2 pts146th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.9 pts167th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.2 pts147th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −105.0 %94th of 217
- Migrant stockup +0.5 pts71st of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +10805.6 %31st of 178
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- Life expectancyup +1.8 yrs147th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +2.3 yrs153rd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +1.4 yrs132nd of 217