Libya
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Country Profile
Location: North Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt, Tunisia, and Algeria
Geographical
Size: land: 1,759,540 sq km
Climate: Mediterranean along coast; dry, extreme desert interior
Population: 7,361,263 (2025 est.)
Population
Growth Rate: 1.44% (2024 est.)
Ethnic groups: Amazigh and Arab 97%, other 3% (includes Egyptian, Greek, Indian, Italian, Maltese, Pakistani, Tunisian, and Turkish)
Languages: Arabic (official), Italian, English (all widely understood in the major cities); Berber (Nafusi, Ghadamis, Suknah, Awjilah, Tamasheq)
Religion: Muslim (official; virtually all
Sunni) 96.6%, Christian 2.7%, Buddhist 0.3%, Hindu, less than 0.1, Jewish, less than 0.1, folk religion, less than 0.1, unafilliated 0.2%, other, less than 0.1 (2010 est.)
Capital
City: Tripoli (Tarabulus)
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