# Urban population share in Libya

Urban population share in Libya was 87.9% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `urban_population_share`
- Place id: `ly`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People living in urban areas, as each national statistical office defines them, as a percentage of total population. World Bank series based on the UN World Urbanization Prospects.
- Note: Countries define urban areas differently, so shares are only roughly comparable between countries.
- Source: World Bank, Urban population, % of total population (SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Urban population, % of total population (SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/urban-population/libya
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/urban-population/libya.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=urban_population_share&place=ly

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 87.9 |
| 2024 | 87.9 |
| 2023 | 87.9 |
| 2022 | 87.8 |
| 2021 | 87.8 |
| 2020 | 87.8 |
| 2019 | 87.8 |
| 2018 | 87.8 |
| 2017 | 87.8 |
| 2016 | 87.8 |
| 2015 | 87.8 |
| 2014 | 88 |
| 2013 | 88 |
| 2012 | 88.1 |
| 2011 | 88.1 |
| 2010 | 88.1 |
| 2009 | 88.1 |
| 2008 | 88.1 |
| 2007 | 88.2 |
| 2006 | 88.2 |
| 2005 | 88.1 |
| 2004 | 88 |
| 2003 | 87.9 |
| 2002 | 87.6 |
| 2001 | 87.3 |
| 2000 | 87 |
| 1999 | 86.5 |
| 1998 | 86 |
| 1997 | 85.5 |
| 1996 | 84.9 |
| 1995 | 84.3 |
| 1994 | 83.6 |
| 1993 | 82.9 |
| 1992 | 82.2 |
| 1991 | 81.4 |
| 1990 | 80.6 |
| 1989 | 79.7 |
| 1988 | 78.9 |
| 1987 | 78 |
| 1986 | 77.1 |
| 1985 | 76.2 |
| 1984 | 75.3 |
| 1983 | 74.3 |
| 1982 | 73.2 |
| 1981 | 71.9 |
| 1980 | 70.5 |
| 1979 | 69 |
| 1978 | 67.4 |
| 1977 | 65.6 |
| 1976 | 63.7 |
| 1975 | 61.7 |
| 1974 | 59.6 |
| 1973 | 57.3 |
| 1972 | 54.3 |
| 1971 | 50.4 |
| 1970 | 45.8 |
| 1969 | 41 |
| 1968 | 36.2 |
| 1967 | 31.8 |
| 1966 | 28.2 |
| 1965 | 25.7 |
| 1964 | 24.6 |
| 1963 | 24.2 |
| 1962 | 23.9 |
| 1961 | 23.5 |
| 1960 | 23.3 |