🇱🇾Libya

Tripoli

Middle East & North Africa

Upper middle income

LBY

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Population

7.5M

1.1%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

2.30

births/woman

Life Expectancy

71.1y

GDP / capita

$6.4K

Pop. Growth

1.04%

Net Migration

-172

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Libya by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇵🇸West Bank and Gaza322.9K(36.0%)

+27%

🇸🇴Somalia, Fed. Rep.118K(13.1%)

+27%

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male3.8MTotal 7.5M3.7MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇸🇩Sudan40.3K(4.5%)

+214%

🇸🇦Saudi Arabia40K(4.5%)

+27%

🇪🇬Egypt, Arab Rep.23.7K(2.6%)

+27%

🇯🇴Jordan23K(2.6%)

+27%

🇮🇩Indonesia14.7K(1.6%)

+27%

🇱🇧Lebanon12.5K(1.4%)

+27%

🇰🇼Kuwait12.2K(1.4%)

+27%

🇺🇸United States11.2K(1.2%)

+27%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Libya diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Libya who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇹🇷Turkiye29.5K(18.8%)

+325%

🇮🇹Italy29.3K(18.7%)

−17%

🇯🇴Jordan28.8K(18.4%)

+137%

🇮🇱Israel19.8K(12.6%)

+22%

🇨🇦Canada10.7K(6.8%)

+107%

🇹🇳Tunisia10.2K(6.5%)

+44%

🇲🇹Malta6.6K(4.2%)

10×

🇸🇩Sudan3.7K(2.4%)

+120%

🇦🇺Australia2.8K(1.8%)

+17%

🇪🇬Egypt, Arab Rep.2.6K(1.6%)

−32%

🇩🇿Algeria2.4K(1.5%)

+17%

🇹🇩Chad1.7K(1.1%)

+62%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024