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Libya

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Libya is a country. The capital city is Tripoli, located in the Northern Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 1,759,540 km², a population of 7,305,659 people and uses the currency Libyan dinar. The Prime Minister is Fayez al-Sarraj.

Key facts

currency: Libyan dinar
capital city: Tripoli
region: Northern Africa
continent: Africa
land area: 1,759,540 km²
population: 7,305,659 people
political leader: Fayez al-Sarraj (Prime Minister)

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GDP: 45,096,462,972.40 current US$
inflation: 2.37 annual %
self-employed workers: 15.09 % of total employment
unemployment: 18.75 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 12.82 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 0 people
democracy score: 2.19
democracy type: Authoritarian
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 119,000 people
individuals using the Internet: 88.50 % of population
military expenditure: 15.48 % of GDP
net migration: -2,001 people
press freedom: 1.40
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 16.47 %
birth rate: 17.30 per 1,000 people
death rate: 5.95 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 312.85 current US$
health expenditure: 4.02 % of GDP
hospital beds: 3.20 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 72
suicide mortality rate: 4.50 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 153,500.00 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 0.00 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 61.26 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 70.00 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 53.70 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 46.30 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.00 % of total
net energy imports: -102.96 % of energy use
fertility rate: 2.40 births per woman
forest area: 2,170 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 99.11 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 95.93 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 23.20
methane emissions: 28.39 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 1.48 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 3,591,018 people
male population: 3,714,641 people
renewable energy consumption: 3.10 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 1,619,018.28 km²
rural population: 1,343,803 people
urban land area: 2,958.15 km²
urban population: 5,961,856 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 5.80 % of total population

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Libya is one of the countries in Africa, countries in Northern Africa and 194 countries in our database.

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