Editing Demographics of Libya (section)

==Age distribution==
[[File:Libyan.jpg|thumb|Libyan young men in [[Bayda, Libya|Bayda]]. In 2019, about 28 % of the population was under the age of 15.]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!rowspan=2| Year
!rowspan=2| Total population<br>({{times}}1000)
!colspan=3|Population in age bracket
|-
! aged 0–14
! aged 15–64
! aged 65+
|-
| 1950
|align=right| {{nts|1029}}
| {{percentage bar|41.9}}
| {{percentage bar|53.4}}
| {{percentage bar|4.7}}
|-
| 1955
|align=right| {{nts|1126}}
| {{percentage bar|43.0}}
| {{percentage bar|52.7}}
| {{percentage bar|4.3}}
|-
| 1960
|align=right| {{nts|1349}}
| {{percentage bar|43.3}}
| {{percentage bar|52.7}}
| {{percentage bar|4.0}}
|-
| 1965
|align=right| {{nts|1623}}
| {{percentage bar|43.4}}
| {{percentage bar|53.0}}
| {{percentage bar|3.6}}
|-
| 1970
|align=right| {{nts|1994}}
| {{percentage bar|45.2}}
| {{percentage bar|52.1}}
| {{percentage bar|2.7}}
|-
| 1975
|align=right| {{nts|2466}}
| {{percentage bar|46.5}}
| {{percentage bar|51.3}}
| {{percentage bar|2.2}}
|-
| 1980
|align=right| {{nts|3063}}
| {{percentage bar|47.0}}
| {{percentage bar|50.7}}
| {{percentage bar|2.2}}
|-
| 1985
|align=right| {{nts|3850}}
| {{percentage bar|47.3}}
| {{percentage bar|50.5}}
| {{percentage bar|2.3}}
|-
| 1990
|align=right| {{nts|4334}}
| {{percentage bar|43.5}}
| {{percentage bar|53.9}}
| {{percentage bar|2.6}}
|-
| 1995
|align=right| {{nts|4775}}
| {{percentage bar|38.3}}
| {{percentage bar|58.8}}
| {{percentage bar|2.9}}
|-
| 2000
|align=right| {{nts|5231}}
| {{percentage bar|32.4}}
| {{percentage bar|64.2}}
| {{percentage bar|3.4}}
|-
| 2005
|align=right| {{nts|5770}}
| {{percentage bar|30.6}}
| {{percentage bar|65.6}}
| {{percentage bar|3.8}}
|-
| 2010
|align=right| {{nts|6355}}
| {{percentage bar|30.4}}
| {{percentage bar|65.3}}
| {{percentage bar|4.3}}
|}{{citation needed|date=July 2014}}

Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (1.VII.2015) (Data refer to Libyan nationals only.):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2020/|title=UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics|website=unstats.un.org}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | '''Total'''
| align="right" | '''3 129 026'''
| align="right" | '''3 033 221'''
| align="right" | '''6 162 247'''
| align="right" | '''100'''
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 316 497
| align="right" | 299 059
| align="right" | 615 556
| align="right" | 9.99
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 297 303
| align="right" | 280 602
| align="right" | 577 905
| align="right" | 9.38
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 284 318
| align="right" | 270 831
| align="right" | 555 149
| align="right" | 9.01
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 268 106
| align="right" | 257 009
| align="right" | 525 115
| align="right" | 8.52
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 278 875
| align="right" | 267 533
| align="right" | 546 408
| align="right" | 8.87
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 289 113
| align="right" | 282 117
| align="right" | 571 230
| align="right" | 9.27
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 287 480
| align="right" | 281 354
| align="right" | 568 834
| align="right" | 9.23
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 279 699
| align="right" | 271 907
| align="right" | 551 606
| align="right" | 8.95
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 235 088
| align="right" | 231 285
| align="right" | 466 373
| align="right" | 7.57
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 180 029
| align="right" | 180 796
| align="right" | 360 825
| align="right" | 5.86
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 126 799
| align="right" | 126 848
| align="right" | 253 647
| align="right" | 4.12
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 87 135
| align="right" | 86 625
| align="right" | 173 760
| align="right" | 2.82
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 56 199
| align="right" | 59 834
| align="right" | 116 033
| align="right" | 1.89
|-
| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 51 782
| align="right" | 50 863
| align="right" | 102 645
| align="right" | 1.67
|-
| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 38 750
| align="right" | 33 736
| align="right" | 72 486
| align="right" | 1.18
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 26 942
| align="right" | 25 616
| align="right" | 52 558
| align="right" | 0.85
|-
| align="right" | 80-84
| align="right" | 15 038
| align="right" | 15 233
| align="right" | 30 271
| align="right" | 0.49
|-
| align="right" | 85+
| align="right" | 9 873
| align="right" | 11 973
| align="right" | 21 846 
| align="right" | 0.35
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 898 118
| align="right" | 850 492
| align="right" | 1 748 610
| align="right" | 28.38
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 2 088 523
| align="right" | 2 045 308
| align="right" | 4 133 831
| align="right" | 67.08
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 142 385
| align="right" | 137 421
| align="right" | 279 806
| align="right" | 4.54
|-
|}


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| x = 1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

| y1= 1.13,1.14,1.16,1.18,1.2,1.23,1.26,1.3,1.34,1.38,1.43,1.48,1.54,1.6,1.65,1.7,1.74,1.78,1.82,1.86,1.91,1.96,2.01,2.08,2.18,2.29,2.41,2.54,2.68,2.82,2.96,3.11,3.27,
3.42,3.57,3.68,3.8,3.91,4.02,4.13,4.24,4.34,4.45,4.55,4.64,4.73,4.82,4.9,4.98,5.06,5.16,5.28,5.41,5.54,5.69,5.84,5.97,6.1,6.23,6.36,6.49,6.19,5.87,5.99,6.1,6.19,
6.28,6.38,6.48,6.57,6.65,6.74

| y1Title= population (million)

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| x = 1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

| y1= 15.2,15.3,15.2,15.9,16.6,17.6,18.8,20.1,21.5,22.9,24.5,26.3,28.2,30.0,31.8,32.9,33.3,33.1,33.0,33.0,32.9,32.9,32.6,32.4,33.2,33.2,33.2,33.1,33.0,32.9,
31.7,30.6,30.1,29.6,29.1,28.8,28.4,27.7,26.9,25.9,24.8,23.7,22.7,21.6,20.7,20.0,19.3,18.5,17.8,17.2,16.5,17.9,18.1,18.4,18.8,19.1,19.3,19.1,19.0,18.7,19.1,18.4,6.9,16.8,16.5,15.8,15.1,14.6,14.0,13.3,12.7,11.8

| y1Title=Natural change (per 1000)
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| xGrid= 10
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| x = 1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

| y1= 232.8,233.9,235.4,235.3,233.5,230.1,225.1,218.5,210.3,200.9,190.4,179.3,168.1,157.5,147.0,137.8,129.5,121.5,113.8,106.7,99.8,93.4,87.5,82.1,77.2,72.6,68.6,
64.9,61.6,58.6,55.8,53.2,50.8,48.5,46.3,44.2,42.0,40.0,38.1,36.2,34.4,32.7,31.3,29.9,28.7,27.7,26.7,25.8,25.1,24.3,23.7,23.0,22.4,21.6,20.7,19.7,18.5,17.2,16.1,15.1,14.2,15.0,13.0,12.5,12.3,11.9,11.5,10.9,10.5,10.4,9.9,9.3

| y1Title=Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
}}
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| height = 150
| xAxisTitle=years
| yAxisTitle= TFR
| yAxisMin=
| yGrid= 0,1
| xGrid= 10
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| x = 1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

| y1= 6.93,6.94,6.95,7.03,7.08,7.14,7.20,7.26,7.31,7.33,7.37,7.45,7.55,7.70,7.82,7.91,7.99,8.02,8.05,8.08,8.10,8.13,8.10,8.07,8.02,7.96,7.90,7.82,7.71,7.58,
7.22,7.02,6.83,6.63,6.44,6.24,6.02,5.79,5.53,5.26,4.97,4.67,4.38,4.11,3.86,3.64,3.44,3.27,3.11,2.97,2.85,2.97,2.91,2.86,2.81,2.77,2.70,2.65,2.60,2.56,2.60,2.65,2.68,2.72,2.75,2.71,2.67,2.63,2.58,2.54,2.51,2.46

| y1Title=Total Fertility Rate
}}