Libya - Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

The value for Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million in Libya was 1,169,790 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,169,790 in 2021 and a minimum value of 174,229 in 1960.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 174,229
1961 183,113
1962 192,464
1963 202,292
1964 212,636
1965 235,174
1966 261,328
1967 290,391
1968 322,733
1969 358,572
1970 398,449
1971 442,762
1972 492,073
1973 546,718
1974 565,014
1975 580,141
1976 595,695
1977 611,622
1978 627,997
1979 644,811
1980 662,099
1981 679,801
1982 698,002
1983 716,690
1984 735,905
1985 755,580
1986 775,810
1987 796,581
1988 817,938
1989 839,807
1990 862,291
1991 885,378
1992 909,116
1993 933,422
1994 958,413
1995 984,073
1996 993,644
1997 1,000,563
1998 1,007,539
1999 1,014,564
2000 1,021,648
2001 1,028,762
2002 1,035,935
2003 1,043,158
2004 1,050,442
2005 1,057,756
2006 1,065,131
2007 1,072,557
2008 1,080,036
2009 1,087,566
2010 1,095,149
2011 1,102,785
2012 1,110,473
2013 1,118,216
2014 1,126,013
2015 1,133,863
2016 1,141,769
2017 1,149,730
2018 1,157,746
2019 1,160,918
2020 1,165,085
2021 1,169,790

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population)

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) in Libya was 16.81 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 22.49 in 1973, while its lowest value was 12.03 in 1960.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the percentage of a country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 12.03
1961 12.22
1962 12.41
1963 12.59
1964 12.75
1965 13.57
1966 14.49
1967 15.46
1968 16.48
1969 17.54
1970 18.68
1971 19.87
1972 21.14
1973 22.49
1974 22.27
1975 21.93
1976 21.62
1977 21.34
1978 21.08
1979 20.82
1980 20.57
1981 20.31
1982 20.05
1983 19.83
1984 19.64
1985 19.50
1986 19.42
1987 19.38
1988 19.38
1989 19.40
1990 19.44
1991 19.48
1992 19.55
1993 19.63
1994 19.74
1995 19.89
1996 19.73
1997 19.55
1998 19.39
1999 19.23
2000 19.07
2001 18.90
2002 18.73
2003 18.56
2004 18.40
2005 18.24
2006 18.09
2007 17.95
2008 17.83
2009 17.73
2010 17.67
2011 17.65
2012 17.67
2013 17.69
2014 17.70
2015 17.67
2016 17.59
2017 17.47
2018 17.34
2019 17.13
2020 16.96
2021 16.81

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization