Geography - note:
more than 90% of the country is desert or semidesert
People Libya
Population: 5,900,754 note: includes 166,510 non-nationals (July 2006 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 33.6% (male 1,012,748/female 969,978)
15-64 years: 62.2% (male 1,891,643/female 1,778,621)
65 years and over: 4.2% (male 121,566/female 126,198) (2006 est.)
Median age:
total: 23 years
male: 23.1 years
female: 22.9 years (2006 est.)
Population growth rate:
2.3% (2006 est.)
Birth rate:
26.49 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Death rate:
3.48 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.96 male(s)/female
total population: 1.05 male(s)/female (2006 est.)