Libya: Statistical Overview

Capital: Tripoli

Population

Total Population: 7,381,023

Natural Increase: 1.0%

Density: 4 Inhabitants/km²

Urban Population: 87.9%

Population of main cities (including suburbs): Tripoli (940,700); Benghazi (562,100); Misratah (502,700); Murqub (448,300); Jafara (443,800)

Ethnic Origins: About 89% is Arab and/or Berber. The country has a very large majority of Arabs, a few Tuaregs (essentially in the Fezzan, along the border with Algeria and Niger) and a minority that identifies as Berber (in the Djebel Nefusa and at Zwara). (Bureau of Statistics and Census Libya)

Official Language: Arabic

Other Languages Spoken: English, Italian.

Business Language(s): English

Literacy Rate: 84.2%

Local Time:

It is %T:%M %A In Tripoli

Exchange Rate on :

National Currency: Lybian Dinar (LYD)

Country Overview

Area: 1,759,540 km²

Type of State: Libya’s post-revolution legal system is undergoing constant change, influenced by both governmental and non-governmental entities.

Type of Economy: Variable income, often dependent on a single resource (oil/minerals) and not very diversified.
The Libyan economy is growing strongly, driven by oil production, although political fragility and security tensions continue to weigh on economic diversification and development.

HDI*: 0.721/1

HDI (World Rank): 106/192

Note: (*) The HDI, Human Development Index, measures a country's development in terms of quality of life. It mainly takes into account life expectancy, level of education and GDP per capita.

Telecommunication

Telephone Code:
To call from Libya, dial 00
To call Libya, dial +218

Internet Suffix: .ly

Households with a computer: 0.3 per 100 Inhabitants

Mobile phone subscriptions: 193.0 per 100 Inhabitants

Internet Users: 88.5 per 100 Inhabitants

Access to Electricity: 73.2% of the Population

Foreign Trade in Figures

Foreign Trade Indicators	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Imports of Goods (million USD)	14,956	16,127	18,195	18,500	19,312
Exports of Goods (million USD)	30,972	39,196	33,079	30,191	30,085
Imports of Services (million USD)	8,449	8,206	10,055	8,915	10,429
Exports of Services (million USD)	83	84	642	340	599

Source: WTO – World Trade Organisation, Latest data available.

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