Indicator	Value
Total population	7,380,000 peopleUN DESA WPP [2024] 7,381,000 people·World Bank WDI [2024] 7,381,000 people
Median age	27.5 yearsUN DESA WPP [2024]
Life expectancy	69.3–71.1 yearsWorld Bank WDI [2024] 71.12 years·UNDP HDI [2023] 69.34 years
Ethnic groups	Amazigh and Arab 97%, other 3% (includes Egyptian, Greek, Indian, Italian, Maltese, Pakistani, Tunisian, and Turkish)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Languages	Arabic (official), Italian, English (all widely understood in the major cities); Tamazight (Nafusi, Ghadamis, Suknah, Awjilah, Tamasheq)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Religions	Muslim (official; virtually all Sunni) 96.6%, Christian 2.7%, Buddhist <1%, Hindu <1%, Jewish <1%, folk religion <1%, other <1%, unaffiliated <1% (2020 est.); note: non-Sunni Muslims include native Ibadhi Muslims (<1% of the population) and foreign MuslimsCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Urbanization	81.6% of total population (2023)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Population growth	1.03 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Birth rate	16.5 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Death rate	6.53 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Urban population	87.9 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Languages (structured)	Algerian Saharan Arabic Awjilah Beria Dazaga Egyptian Arabic Ghadames Judeo-Tripolitanian Arabic Libyan Arabic Libyan Sign Language Nafusi Numidian Sawknah-Fogaha Standard Arabic Sudanese Arabic Tahaggart Tamahaq Tedaga Tunisian Arabic Glottolog [2026]