Demographics of Libya

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Libya is projected at 6.96 million, up by 1.27% compared with 6.87 million in 2020. Libya is ranked 107th in terms of population and 87 th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.12 million births in Libya in 2021. That is 330 per day, which is ranked 103rd. The crude birth rate is 17.35 per 1000 people. There are 35.74 thousand deaths in Libya in 2021. That is 98 per day, which is ranked 122nd. The crude death rate is 5.15 per 1000 people.

5.46 million people are living in urban areas, which is 80.99% of Libya population. Libya is ranked 67th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Libya in 2021 is 101.85 males per 100 females. There are 3.51 million males and 3.45 million females in Libya. The percentage of female population is 49.54% compare to 50.46% male population. Libya has 63.92 thousand more males than females. Libya is at 159th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Libya population

Year Population Growth (%)
19501,124,519-
19551,245,3552.51
19601,448,4163.34
19651,733,3073.93
19702,133,5274.39
19752,645,1364.27
19803,219,4623.96
19853,873,7813.39
19904,436,6632.49
19954,948,7961.93
20005,357,8931.55
20055,798,6151.55
20106,197,6671.04
20156,418,3150.88
20166,492,1601.15
20176,580,7231.36
20186,678,5651.49
20196,777,4531.48
20206,871,2871.38
20216,958,5381.27
  • Total
  • Crude

Libya death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195034,12957,57630.4950.68
195537,74764,10829.8651.12
196034,81173,20523.9750.39
196530,39689,22417.3350.98
197028,239109,51913.1250.99
197525,960124,1239.7746.84
198023,771130,3377.3340.30
198522,968133,9485.9334.63
199022,893130,3245.1629.38
199523,315120,1044.7224.32
200024,892116,1934.6321.63
200526,215123,9944.5321.36
201029,597135,1324.8021.93
201533,027132,3395.1120.46
202035,088122,0625.1217.81
202135,738120,3865.1517.35
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Libya

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
1950219,815904,700-19.547
1955289,027956,3316.0323.208
1960395,7541,052,6636.6927.323
1965583,5411,149,76513.1433.666
19701,059,7371,073,78911.8649.671
19751,660,757984,3826.9062.785
19802,256,637962,8296.0870.094
19852,922,777951,0043.6075.450
19903,359,5791,077,0822.5675.723
19953,760,7871,188,0112.0075.994
20004,091,1031,264,6481.6876.387
20054,465,0291,327,6591.7577.080
20104,815,1541,353,9861.0678.052
20154,942,4791,292,4760.8379.270
20205,375,7711,286,4021.7880.691
20215,463,5981,282,0751.6380.994
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Libya population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 313,002 296,444 609,446 8.76 105.586
05-09 339,866 321,873 661,739 9.51 105.590
10-14 325,857 309,662 635,519 9.13 105.230
15-19 293,039 279,022 572,061 8.22 105.024
20-24 276,386 266,483 542,869 7.80 103.716
25-29 276,503 271,536 548,039 7.88 101.829
30-34 290,473 290,291 580,764 8.35 100.063
35-39 290,080 289,510 579,590 8.33 100.197
40-44 289,276 281,444 570,720 8.20 102.783
45-49 256,885 245,835 502,720 7.22 104.495
50-54 201,424 192,993 394,417 5.67 104.369
55-59 130,922 134,560 265,482 3.82 97.296
60-64 82,732 90,892 173,624 2.50 91.022
65-69 58,534 66,434 124,968 1.80 88.108
70-74 37,716 45,152 82,868 1.19 83.531
75-79 26,334 32,728 59,062 0.85 80.463
80-84 14,778 20,313 35,091 0.50 72.751
85-89 5,799 9,049 14,848 0.21 64.084
90-94 1,436 2,659 4,095 0.06 54.005
95-99 176 404 580 0.01 43.564
100+ 9 27 36 0.00 33.333
Total 3,511,227 3,447,311 6,958,538 101.854