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: 6 788 183*^[1], area 1759540 km², population density 3.86 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

6 788 183

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 2025-05-16*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	242 793	⇐+3.9%	233 675
5-9	350 719	⇐+1.9%	344 248
10-14	352 325	⇐+2.6%	343 402
15-19	298 904	⇐+6.5%	280 789
20-24	228 559	⇐+7.4%	212 802
25-29	200 761	+8.4%⇒	217 555
30-34	225 951	+18.7%⇒	268 305
35-39	248 413	+13.2%⇒	281 301
40-44	294 477	+0.4%⇒	295 554
45-49	285 799	⇐+5.9%	269 897
50-54	220 587	⇐+0.1%	220 400
55-59	141 802	+7.3%⇒	152 091
60-64	105 890	+4.1%⇒	110 190
65-69	70 213	+9.1%⇒	76 604
70-74	37 634	+18.4%⇒	44 575
75-79	28 133	+27.7%⇒	35 915
80-84	15 891	+46.4%⇒	23 262
85-89	8 367	+41.3%⇒	11 820
90-94	2 969	+57.6%⇒	4 679
95-99	347	+58.8%⇒	551
100+	6	+316.7%⇒	25

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).