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Libya People Profile 2012

Population

Value:

6 310 434

Date:

juil.-09

Comparison to the world:

105

Age structure

Age:

0-14 years

Value:

33% (male 1,064,866/female 1,019,790)

Year:

2009

Age:

15-64 years

Value:

62.7% (male 2,033,478/female 1,920,755)

Age:

65 years and over

Value:

4.3% (male 133,092/female 138,453)

Median Age

Name:

total

Value:

23.9 years

Year:

2009

Name:

male

Value:

24 years

Name:

female

Value:

23.8 years

Population growth rate

Value:

2,170%

Year:

2009

Comparison to the world:

Birth rate

Value:

25.15 births/1,000 population

Year:

2009

Comparison to the world:

Death rate

Value:

3.45 deaths/1,000 population

Date:

juil.-09

Comparison to the world:

214

Net migration rate

Value:

Year:

2009

Urbanization

Urban population:

78% of total population

Rate of urbanization:

2.2% annual rate of change

Sex ratio

Range:

at birth

Value:

1.05 male(s)/female

Year:

2009

Range:

under 15 years

Value:

1.04 male(s)/female

Range:

15-64 years

Value:

1.06 male(s)/female

Range:

65 years and over

Value:

0.96 male(s)/female

Range:

total population

Value:

1.05 male(s)/female

Infant mortality rate

Total value:

21.05 deaths/1,000 live births

Comparison to the world:

102

Male value:

23.21 deaths/1,000 live births

Female value:

18.78 deaths/1,000 live births

Year:

2009

Life expectancy at birth

Total value:

77.26 years

Comparison to the world:

Male value:

74.98 years

Female value:

79.65 years

Year:

2009

Total fertility rate

Value:

3.08 children born/woman

Year:

2009

Comparison to the world:

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

Value:

0,30%

Year:

2001

Comparison to the world:

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

Value:

10 000

Year:

2001

Comparison to the world:

101

HIV/AIDS - deaths

Value:

Nationality

Noun:

Libyan(s)

Adjective:

Libyan

Ethnic groups

Value:

<p> Berber and Arab 97%, other 3% (includes Greeks, Maltese, Italians, Egyptians, Pakistanis, Turks, Indians, and Tunisians)</p>

Religions

Value:

Sunni Muslim 97%, other 3%

Languages

Languages info:

Arabic, Italian, English, all are widely understood in the major cities

Literacy

Definition:

age 15 and over can read and write

Total population:

82,60%

Male:

92,40%

Female:

72,00%

Year:

2003

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

Total:

17 years

Male:

16 years

Female:

17 years

Year:

2003

Education expenditures

Value:

2.7% of GDP

Comparison to the world:

152

Year:

1999

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