# Population in Libya

Population in Libya was 7.46 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `ly`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/libya
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/libya.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=ly

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 7,458,555 |
| 2024 | 7,381,023 |
| 2023 | 7,305,659 |
| 2022 | 7,223,805 |
| 2021 | 7,135,175 |
| 2020 | 7,045,399 |
| 2019 | 6,951,033 |
| 2018 | 6,849,055 |
| 2017 | 6,738,770 |
| 2016 | 6,632,126 |
| 2015 | 6,531,819 |
| 2014 | 6,427,252 |
| 2013 | 6,304,628 |
| 2012 | 6,179,328 |
| 2011 | 6,343,203 |
| 2010 | 6,497,839 |
| 2009 | 6,366,686 |
| 2008 | 6,235,430 |
| 2007 | 6,104,380 |
| 2006 | 5,980,211 |
| 2005 | 5,858,798 |
| 2004 | 5,736,693 |
| 2003 | 5,619,398 |
| 2002 | 5,508,410 |
| 2001 | 5,403,639 |
| 2000 | 5,305,021 |
| 1999 | 5,218,038 |
| 1998 | 5,140,704 |
| 1997 | 5,064,639 |
| 1996 | 4,987,393 |
| 1995 | 4,906,843 |
| 1994 | 4,822,037 |
| 1993 | 4,733,045 |
| 1992 | 4,640,352 |
| 1991 | 4,544,400 |
| 1990 | 4,445,239 |
| 1989 | 4,342,920 |
| 1988 | 4,237,755 |
| 1987 | 4,129,739 |
| 1986 | 4,017,403 |
| 1985 | 3,898,745 |
| 1984 | 3,773,633 |
| 1983 | 3,718,961 |
| 1982 | 3,724,765 |
| 1981 | 3,621,486 |
| 1980 | 3,424,378 |
| 1979 | 3,233,846 |
| 1978 | 3,052,526 |
| 1977 | 2,881,533 |
| 1976 | 2,721,237 |
| 1975 | 2,571,556 |
| 1974 | 2,432,211 |
| 1973 | 2,314,193 |
| 1972 | 2,226,091 |
| 1971 | 2,153,534 |
| 1970 | 2,082,589 |
| 1969 | 2,014,293 |
| 1968 | 1,952,781 |
| 1967 | 1,898,199 |
| 1966 | 1,849,063 |
| 1965 | 1,804,015 |
| 1964 | 1,753,691 |
| 1963 | 1,690,457 |
| 1962 | 1,621,960 |
| 1961 | 1,555,699 |
| 1960 | 1,492,890 |