Population in Libya

The population of Libya was 7,458,555 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Population (UN estimates) Unit: People Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Libya, 2025 7,458,555 People
Change from 2024 +1.1% 2024: 7,381,023 people
World, 2025 8,215,424,893 people Official aggregate
Position in 2025 105th of 217 See the full ranking

Population in Libya over time

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People. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population (UN estimates) (people), 2006 to 2025
Period Libya
2025 7,458,555 people
2024 7,381,023 people
2023 7,305,659 people
2022 7,223,805 people
2021 7,135,175 people
2020 7,045,399 people
2019 6,951,033 people
2018 6,849,055 people
2017 6,738,770 people
2016 6,632,126 people
2015 6,531,819 people
2014 6,427,252 people
2013 6,304,628 people
2012 6,179,328 people
2011 6,343,203 people
2010 6,497,839 people
2009 6,366,686 people
2008 6,235,430 people
2007 6,104,380 people
2006 5,980,211 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.1% from 7,381,023 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 6,531,819 people, the figure has changed by +14.2%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Libya has the 105th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 8,215,424,893 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.TOTL · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Libya
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects