Libya Population (LIVE)

7,438,053

Libya Population (1950 - 2025)

Yearly Population Growth Rate (%)

The current population of Libya is 7,437,655 as of Wednesday, March 26, 2025 based on Worldometer’s elaboration of the latest United Nations data¹.
Libya 2025 population is estimated at 7,458,555 people at mid-year.
Libya population is equivalent to 0.091% of the total world population.
Libya ranks number 105 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
The population density in Libya is 4 per Km² (11 people per mi²).
The total land area is 1,759,540 Km² (679,362 sq. miles).
77.50% of the population is urban (5,780,434 people in 2025)
The median age in Libya is 27.7 years.

1. U.N. Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs - Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Population of Libya (2025 and historical)

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Libya Global Rank
2025	7,458,555	1.05%	77,532	−172	27.7	2.25	4	77.5%	5,780,434	0.091%	8,231,613,070	105
2024	7,381,023	1.03%	75,364	3,448	27.5	2.3	4	77.3%	5,703,871	0.090%	8,161,972,572	106
2023	7,305,659	1.13%	81,854	−2,001	27.2	2.35	4	77%	5,626,565	0.090%	8,091,734,930	106
2022	7,223,805	1.26%	89,203	−2,001	26.9	2.4	4	76.8%	5,547,099	0.090%	8,021,407,192	106
2020	7,045,399	1.53%	102,716	−694	26.5	2.51	4	76.3%	5,375,771	0.089%	7,887,001,292	105
2015	6,531,819	0.1%	6,796	−7,660	25.4	2.71	4	75.7%	4,942,479	0.087%	7,470,491,872	107
2010	6,497,839	2.09%	127,808	9,611	24.3	2.6	4	74.1%	4,815,154	0.093%	7,021,732,148	105
2005	5,858,798	2.01%	110,755	11,024	22.6	2.77	3	76.2%	4,465,029	0.089%	6,586,970,132	105
2000	5,305,021	1.57%	79,636	5,634	21.6	2.91	3	77.1%	4,091,103	0.086%	6,171,702,993	107
1995	4,906,843	2%	92,321	−5,068	19.5	3.44	3	76.6%	3,760,787	0.085%	5,758,878,982	107
1990	4,445,239	2.66%	109,299	946	17.5	4.78	3	75.6%	3,359,579	0.083%	5,327,803,110	110
1985	3,898,745	2.63%	94,873	11,962	16	6.33	2	75%	2,922,777	0.080%	4,868,943,465	111
1980	3,424,378	5.9%	170,564	66,739	15	7.54	2	65.9%	2,256,637	0.077%	4,447,606,236	112
1975	2,571,556	4.31%	97,793	49,544	14.4	7.98	1	64.6%	1,660,757	0.063%	4,070,735,277	124
1970	2,082,589	2.91%	55,715	745	13.6	8.05	1	50.9%	1,059,737	0.056%	3,694,683,794	129
1965	1,804,015	3.86%	62,225	−15,810	15.5	7.82	1	32.3%	583,541	0.054%	3,334,533,703	129
1960	1,492,890	3.76%	50,303	22,559	17.5	7.51	1	26.5%	395,754	0.050%	3,015,470,894	131
1955	1,241,377	1.87%	21,983	14,823	19	7.24	1	23.3%	289,027	0.045%	2,740,213,792	132

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Libya Population Forecast

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Libya Global Rank
2030	7,885,806	1.12%	85,450	7,590	29.3	2.08	4	77.9%	6,140,466	0.092%	8,569,124,911	105
2035	8,283,953	0.99%	79,629	1,021	31	1.97	5	78%	6,460,474	0.093%	8,885,210,181	105
2040	8,651,417	0.87%	73,493	1,558	32.8	1.9	5	78%	6,745,930	0.094%	9,177,190,203	106
2045	8,983,949	0.76%	66,506	4,798	34.5	1.85	5	77.8%	6,992,221	0.095%	9,439,639,668	105
2050	9,260,605	0.61%	55,331	7,282	36.3	1.81	5	77.6%	7,184,097	0.096%	9,664,378,587	105

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Libya Demographics

Main Page: Demographics of Libya

Life Expectancy

73.2 years

(life expectancy at birth, both sexes)

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Infant Mortality Rate

9.8

(infant deaths per 1,000 live births)

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Deaths under age 5

12.1

(per 1,000 live births)

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Notes

The Libya Population (Live) counter shows a continuously updated estimate of the current population of Libya delivered by Worldometer’s RTS algorithm, which processes data collected from the United Nations Population Division.

The Population of Libya (1950 - 2025) chart plots the total population count as of July 1 of each year, from 1950 to 2025.

The Yearly Population Growth Rate chart plots the annual percentage changes in population registered on July 1 of each year, from 1951 to 2025. This value can differ from the Yearly % Change shown in the historical table, which shows the last year equivalent percentage change assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period.

Definitions

Year: as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Population: Overall total population (both sexes and all ages) in the country as of July 1 of the year indicated, as estimated by the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. For forecasted years, the U.N. medium-fertility variant is used.

Yearly % Change: For 2025: percentage change in total population over the last year (from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025). For all other years: latest year annual percentage change equivalent assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period, calculated through reverse compounding.

Yearly Change: For 2025: absolute change in total population (increase or decrease in number of people) over the last year (from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025). For all other years: average annual numerical change over the preceding five year period.

Migrants (net): The average annual number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants over the preceding five year period (running from July 1 to June 30 of the initial and final years), or subsequent five year period (for 2016 data). A negative number means that there are more emigrants than immigrants.

Median Age: age that divides the population into two numerically equal groups: half of the people are older than the median age indicated and half are younger. This parameter provides an indication of age distribution.

Fertility Rate: (Total Fertility Rate, or TFR), it is expressed as children per woman. It is calculated as the average number of children an average woman will have during her reproductive period (15 to 49 years old) based on the current fertility rates of every age group in the country, and assuming she is not subject to mortality.

Density (P/Km²): (Population Density) Population per square Kilometer (Km²).

Urban Pop % : Urban population as a percentage of total population.

Urban Population: Population living in areas classified as urban according to the criteria used by each country.

Country’s Share of World Pop: Total population in the country as a percentage of total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

World Population: Total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Global Rank: Position held by Libya in the list of all countries worldwide ranked by population (from the highest population to the lowest population) as of July 1 of the year indicated.