Editing Demographics of Libya (section)

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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox place demographics
|place=[[Libya]]
|image=File:Libya single age population pyramid 2020.png
|image_size=350
|caption=[[Population pyramid]] of Libya in 2020
|size_of_population=7,137,931 (2022 est.)
|growth=1.65% (2022 est.)
|nation=Libyans
|total_mf_ratio=1.04 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
|sr_at_birth=1.05 male(s)/female
|fertility=2.36 children (2023)
|life_female=76.11 years
|infant_mortality=5.22 deaths/1,000 live births
|net_migration= 1.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population
|life_male=70.27 years
|life=73.29 years
|death=3.45 deaths/1,000 population
|birth=21.56 births/1,000 population
|major_ethnic=[[Arabs]] (92%)<ref name="Population of Libya">{{Cite web |title=Population of Libya |url=https://fanack.com/libya/population-of-libya/ |access-date=2022-09-18 |website=Fanack.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
|official=[[Arabic]]
|minor_ethnic=[[Berbers]] (5%)<br>Others (3%)<ref name="Population of Libya"/>}}
{{Infobox ethnic group
| group            = Libyans
| caption          = [[Flag of Libya]]
| image            = Flag_of_Libya.svg
| native_name      = ليبيون (Libiūn)
| native_name_lang = 
| population       = {{circa}} '''8 million'''
| poptime          = 
| popplace         = {{flagcountry|Libya}}<br>7,420,000 <small>(1-1-2025 UN est.)</small>
| region6          = {{flagcountry|Israel}}
| pop6             = 50,600 <small>(2019)</small><ref>{{cite web |title=Jews, by Country of Origin and Age |url=https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/publications/doclib/2020/2.shnatonpopulation/st02_08x.pdf |access-date=13 March 2021}}</ref>
| region8          = {{flagcountry|Turkey}}
| pop8             = 21,677 <small>(2022)</small><ref>{{Cite web|title= Uyruklarına göre Türkiye'de Yabancı Nüfus (2022 yılı)|date=November 2023|url= https://www.drdatastats.com/uyruklarina-gore-turkiyedeki-yabanci-nufus/}}</ref>
| region9          = {{flagcountry|Malaysia}}
| pop9             = 15,000 <small>(2019)</small>{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}
| region7          = {{flagcountry|China}}
| pop7             = 25,000{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}
| region12         = {{flagcountry|Canada}}
| pop12            = 13,545<ref>{{cite web|title=Immigrant status and period of immigration by place of birth and citizenship: Canada, provinces and territories and census metropolitan areas with parts|url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810030201|website=Statistics Canada|date = 7 May 2021|publisher=Statistics Canada Statistique Canada|access-date=3 January 2023}}</ref>
| region1          = {{flagcountry|Tunisia}}
| pop1             = 300,000 <small>(2018)</small><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tuniscope.com/ar/article/89401/actu-arabe/arabe/lybie-553518 |script-title=ar:محمود بن رمضان: عدد الليبيين المقيمين في تونس يتراوح بين 300 و350 ألف شخص |language=ar |website=tuniscope.com |date=2018-03-06 |access-date=2024-07-06}}</ref>
| region3          = {{flagcountry|Egypt}}
| pop3             = 200,000 <small>(2016)</small><ref>{{cite news |title=Libyans in Egypt losing hope of returning home |url=https://thearabweekly.com/libyans-egypt-losing-hope-returning-home |access-date=7 October 2018}}</ref>
| region4          = {{flagcountry|Morocco}}
| pop4             = 55,000 <small>(2015)</small>{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}
| region2          = {{flagcountry|Algeria}}
| pop2             = 250,900 <small>(2018)</small>{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}
| region10         = {{flagcountry|UK}}
| pop10            = 14,000<ref name="migrationpolicycentre1">{{cite web |url=http://www.migrationpolicycentre.eu/docs/fact_sheets/Factsheet%20Libya.pdf |title=Migration Facts Libya April 2013 |website=EU Migration Policy Centre |access-date=26 December 2016}}</ref>
| region11         = {{flagcountry|Germany}}
| pop11            = 13,827<ref name="migrationpolicycentre1"/>
| region15         = {{flagcountry|Malta}}
| pop15            = 5,622 <small>(2017)</small>
| region13         = {{flagcountry|USA}}
| pop13            = 11,979  <small>(2000)</small><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/ancestry/ancestry_q_by_DAC_2000.xls |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-02-18 |archive-date=2017-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170723090719/https://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/ancestry/ancestry_q_by_DAC_2000.xls |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| region16         = {{flagcountry|Brazil}}
| pop16            = 1,112 <small>(2024)</small><ref>[https://www.nepo.unicamp.br/observatorio/bancointerativo/numeros-imigracao-internacional/sincre-sismigra/ Immigrants in Brazil (2024, in Portuguese)]</ref>
| region17         = {{flagcountry|South Africa}}
| pop17            = 1,000 <small>(2019)</small>{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}
| region5          = {{flagcountry|Italy}}
| pop5             = 54,500 <small>(2022)</small>{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}
| region14         = {{flagcountry|France}}
| pop14            = 11,000  <small>(2021)</small>{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}
| langs            = Majority: [[Arabic]] ([[Libyan Arabic]])<br>Minority: [[Berber languages|Berber]] ([[Awjila language|Awjila]], [[Nafusi language|Nafusi]], [[Tuareg languages|Tamasheq]]), [[Teda language|Teda]]<br>Foreign: [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Turkish language|Turkish]], [[English language|English]], [[Greek language|Greek]]
| rels             = Majority: [[Sunni Islam]]<br>Minority: [[Ibadi Islam]]  and [[Christianity]]
}}

'''Demographics of Libya''' is the [[demography]] of [[Libya]], specifically covering [[population density]], [[Ethnic group|ethnicity]], and [[Religion in Libya|religious affiliations]], as well as other aspects of the Libyan population. All figures are from the United Nations Demographic Yearbooks,<ref>{{Cite web|title = United Nations Statistics Division - Demographic and Social Statistics|url = http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm#2001|website = unstats.un.org|access-date = 2015-06-09}}</ref> unless otherwise indicated.

The Libyan population resides in the country of [[Libya]], a territory located on the [[Mediterranean]] coast of [[North Africa]], to the west of and adjacent to [[Egypt]]. [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]] is the capital of the country and is the city with the largest population. [[Benghazi]] is Libya's second largest city.