Key demographics
- Population
- 7.4M
- Density
- 3.8/km²
- HDI
- 0.721 (High)
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 71.1 yrs
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 2.30
- Urban population (2025)
- 87.9%
- Labor force (2025)
- 51.4%
Population structure
- Dependency ratio
- 47.1%
- Profile
- Young
- Urban population (2025)
- 87.9%
- Birth rate (2024)
- 16.5 /1000
- Death rate (2024)
- 6.5 /1000
- Largest city (2025)
- 18.4%
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 2.30
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 7.9 /1000
- Slum population (2022)
- 16.6%
- Tourism (2008)
- 760.0K
Languages and culture
| Language | Native name |
|---|---|
| Arabic | العربية |
| Religion | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Islam | 96.6% |
| Christianity | 2.7% |
| Others | 0.7% |
| Ethnicity | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Arabs | 92.0% |
| Berbers | 5.0% |
| Others | 3.0% |
- Demonym (male)
- Libyan
- Demonym (female)
- Libyan
- National anthem
- Libya, Libya, Libya
Healthcare
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 71.1 yrs
- HALE (2021)
- 62.1 yrs
- Health spending (2023)
- 7.8% of GDP
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 7.9/1000
- UHC index (2023)
- 71/100
- Hospital beds (2022)
- 3.5/1000
- Physicians (2017)
- 2.04/1000
- Nurses (2017)
- 6.38/1000
- Health spending per capita (2023)
- $470
- Out-of-pocket (2023)
- 19.2%
Education and technology
- Internet users (2024)
- 82.0%
- Mobile subscriptions (2022)
- 193.0/100
- Broadband (2022)
- 4.5/100
- Secure servers (2024)
- 389/1M
Broadband connectivity
- Broadband per 100 (2022)
- 4.5
Geography and practical
- Area
- 1,759,540 km²
- Continent
- Africa
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Northern Africa
- Landlocked
- No
- Driving side
- Right
- Timezones
- UTC+01:00
- Calling codes
- +218
- TLD
- .ly
- Maps
- Google Maps · OpenStreetMap
Borders
National symbols
- Flag
- The flag of Libya is composed of three horizontal bands of red, black and green, with the black band twice the height of the other two bands. At the center of the black band is a fly-side facing white crescent and a five-pointed white star placed just outside the crescent opening.
- National anthem
- Libya, Libya, Libya