Libya

Libya is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa, bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad to the south, Niger to the southwest, Algeria to the west, and Tunisia to the northwest. The sovereign state is made of three historical regions: Tripolitania, Fezzan and Cyrenaica. Source: Wikipedia

Area of Libya	1,615,296.5 km²
Population	6.2 million
Population change from 1975 to 2015	+139.8%
Population change from 2000 to 2015	+17.7%
Timezone	Eastern European Standard Time

Map of Libya

Population Over Time

Years 1975 to 2015

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015
Population	2,589,440	4,342,883	5,275,254	6,209,716
Population Density	1.6 / km²	2.69 / km²	3.27 / km²	3.84 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Ancient Population until 2100

Year	Est. Population	Avg 10 Year Growth %	Avg 10 Year Growth
0	399,879	n/a	n/a
100	449,864	1.2%	4,998
200	499,849	1.1%	4,998
300	449,888	-1%	-4,996
400	399,927	-1.2%	-4,996
500	419,878	0.5%	1,995
600	439,829	0.5%	1,995
700	459,804	0.4%	1,997
800	479,850	0.4%	2,004
900	489,849	0.2%	999
1000	499,849	0.2%	1,000
1100	350,014	-3.5%	-14,983
1200	200,227	-5.4%	-14,978
1300	300,101	4.1%	9,987
1400	399,879	2.9%	9,977
1500	499,753	2.3%	9,987
1600	499,849	0%	9
1700	499,753	0%	-9
1800	499,335	0%	-41
1900	700,119	3.4%	20,078
1910	728,538	4.1%	28,419
1920	727,352	-0.2%	-1,186
1930	723,509	-0.5%	-3,843
1940	922,333	27.5%	198,824
1950	1,054,243	14.3%	131,910
1960	1,382,009	31.1%	327,766
1970	2,042,421	47.8%	660,412
1990	4,342,883	45.8%	1,150,231
2000	5,275,254	21.5%	932,371
2020	6,713,656	12.8%	719,201
2030	7,477,101	11.4%	763,445
2040	8,161,721	9.2%	684,620
2050	8,749,463	7.2%	587,742
2060	9,040,837	3.3%	291,374
2070	9,134,488	1%	93,651
2080	9,121,853	-0.1%	-12,635
2090	9,015,722	-1.2%	-106,131
2100	8,810,575	-2.3%	-205,147

Sources:
1. JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
2. CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
3. [Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Sources: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. & Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Top Districts in Libya

Districts in Libya

Name	Area	Population	Population Density
Al Batnan, Libya	79,721.9 km²	172,636	5.61 / mi²
Al Jabal Al Akhdar, Libya	8,388.5 km²	228,235	70.5 / mi²
Al Jufrah, Libya	1,333.4 km²	88,435	171.8 / mi²
Al Marqab, Libya	7,993 km²	597,728	193.7 / mi²
Al Wahat District	197,448.3 km²	198,148	2.6 / mi²
Benghazi District	12,961.3 km²	736,945	147.3 / mi²
Derna District	21,148.8 km²	177,649	21.8 / mi²
Ghat District	50,340 km²	25,743	1.32 / mi²
Jufra	115,068.4 km²	57,822	1.3 / mi²
Kufra District	420,574.9 km²	53,631	0.33 / mi²
Marj District	11,411.9 km²	213,899	48.5 / mi²
Misrata District	26,239.2 km²	416,182	41.1 / mi²
Murzuq District	280,514.6 km²	87,423	0.81 / mi²
Nalut, Libya	66,582.2 km²	110,859	4.31 / mi²
Sabha District	17,232.1 km²	147,822	22.2 / mi²
Sirte District	69,496.6 km²	155,345	5.79 / mi²
The Five Points, Libya	5,817.3 km²	315,020	140.3 / mi²
Tripoli, Libya	2,581 km²	1.3 million	1,298 / mi²
Wadi al Hayaa District	32,399.2 km²	84,626	6.76 / mi²
Wadi al Shatii District	95,945.5 km²	87,244	2.36 / mi²
Western Mountains, Libya	88,765.5 km²	326,398	9.52 / mi²
Zawiya District	3,330.3 km²	672,202	522.8 / mi²

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