Libyen - Daten & Fakten
Länderstatistik
geographic coordinates: 32 53 N, 13 10 E
time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
etymology: originally founded by the Phoenicians as Oea in the 7th century B.C., the city changed rulers many times over the successive centuries; by the beginning of the 3rd century A.D. the region around the city was referred to as Regio Tripolitana by the Romans, meaning "region of the three cities" - namely Oea (i.e., modern Tripoli), Sabratha (to the west), and Leptis Magna (to the east); over time, the shortened name of "Tripoli" came to refer to just Oea, which derives from the Greek words tria and polis meaning "three cities"
citizenship by descent only: at least one parent or grandparent must be a citizen of Libya
dual citizenship recognized: no
residency requirement for naturalization: varies from 3 to 5 years
land: 1,759,540 sq km
water: 0 sq km
arable land: 1% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 0.2% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 7.6% (2018 est.)
forest: 0.1% (2018 est.)
other: 91.1% (2018 est.)
15-64 years: 62.8% (male 2,340,685/female 2,213,782)
65 years and over: 4.39% (2023 est.) (male 143,737/female 174,480)
major-language sample(s):
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male: 75.2 years
female: 79.8 years
male: 26.1 years
female: 26.1 years
rate of urbanization: 1.45% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
note: about one-third of Libyans live at or below the national poverty line
20.07% (2020 est.)
19.66% (2019 est.)
7.5% of GDP (2016 est.)
25.9% (2016 est.)
$29.326 billion (2019 est.)
$29.964 billion (2018 est.)
$25.368 billion (2019 est.)
$18.849 billion (2018 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 5 (2020 est.)
percent of population: 46.2% (2021 est.)
paved: 34,000 km (2010)
unpaved: 3,000 km (2010)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 23 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 43 (2021 est.)
Libya-Algeria: dormant disputes include Libyan claims of about 32,000 sq km still reflected on its maps of southeastern Algeria
Libya-Chad: various Chadian rebels from the Aozou region reside in southern Libya; Libyan forces clashed with Chadian rebels in September 2021
Libya-Egypt: none identified
Libya-Niger: the boundary is poorly defined but has never been disputed by either country
Libya-Sudan: none identified
Libya-Tunisia: none identified