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Libya: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
7.46 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+1.1%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+1.3%a year

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
20317.97Forecast
20307.89Forecast
20297.80Forecast
20287.72Forecast
20277.63Forecast
20267.54Forecast
20257.46
20247.38
20237.31
20227.22
20217.14
20207.05
20196.95
20186.85
20176.74
20166.63

Sources

  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1827–2014
  • Albers, Jerven & Suesse1900–2015
  • Maddison Project Database1950–2022
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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