Libya · Population

On this page you can find past, current and future population statistics for Libya (from 1950-2100), population map, demographics, live population counter etc. . Question: What is the population of Libya? Answer: Current population of Libya is: 6 823 215*^[1], area 1759540 km², population density 3.88 p/km². Capital of Libya is Tripolis. Continent: Africa.

Libya · Population 1950-2100

Libya · historical and predicted populations (both sexes) for the period 1950-2100 (millions) De facto population in Libya as of 1 July of the year indicated. Source United Nations Population Division [1].

What was the Libya population at your birthday?*

Enter your birth date to find out. [1]

year:***	month:	day:

Current Libya population

6 823 215

Today	This year
Population growth Today xx Changes every 611.403 sec.	Population growth This year xx
Births Today xx Changes every 363.913 sec.	Births This year xx [x]
Deaths Today xx Changes every 899.014 sec.	Deaths This year xx [x]

Sources: [1]
Today's statistic since midnight 00:00.
This year, statistic changes since 1st January
Population = Births** - Deaths

Libya population map

City density ^[2] • population density ^[3] • Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

• Population Growth rate: 141 / day = 5.89 / hour = 0.098 / minute = 0.0016 / seconds
• Births Growth rate**: 237 / day = 9.9 / hour = 0.167 / minute = 0.0031 / seconds
• Deaths Growth rate: 96 / day = 4 / hour = 0.067 / minute = 0.0011 / seconds.

Current Libya population by age and sex for 2026-01-19*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	236 611	⇐+3.8%	228 001
5-9	351 954	⇐+1.7%	346 133
10-14	356 278	⇐+2.4%	347 783
15-19	301 441	⇐+6.6%	282 762
20-24	227 752	⇐+8.2%	210 542
25-29	196 803	+8.6%⇒	213 670
30-34	223 376	+20%⇒	268 019
35-39	246 735	+14.4%⇒	282 329
40-44	297 641	+0.7%⇒	299 791
45-49	291 749	⇐+6%	275 353
50-54	226 097	⇐+0.1%	225 912
55-59	144 419	+7.7%⇒	155 529
60-64	107 903	+4.2%⇒	112 423
65-69	71 556	+9.2%⇒	78 151
70-74	37 617	+18.7%⇒	44 663
75-79	28 409	+27.7%⇒	36 284
80-84	16 111	+47.1%⇒	23 694
85-89	8 620	+41%⇒	12 153
90-94	3 104	+57.1%⇒	4 877
95-99	364	+57.7%⇒	574
100+	6	+333.3%⇒	26

Sources: [1]

Sources, Notices

* Value is calculated with linear interpolation from 2 nearest estimated (date->population) data (unofficial).
** Net migration is included in Births with this calculation: Births = Population[1] + Deaths[1].
*** For years before 1950 we dont have population data. Value is approximate calculation using function: 1900 population = 70% of 1950 population.
[1] United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2015). World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision. Data are estimates and projections according to a medium-fertility variant. Reused with the permission of the United Nations. Downloaded: 2015-11-15 (un.org)
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).