Libya - Urban Population 2023
87.86%
+0.02% from 2022
Libya's urban population was 87.86% in 2023, increased +0.02% from 87.85% in 2022. This was the 179th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2023▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Liechtenstein | 14.68% | -0.1% |
| 2nd | Papua New Guinea | 15.06% | 2.2% |
| 3rd | Malawi | 16.97% | 1.6% |
| 4th | Samoa | 17.50% | 0.0% |
| 5th | Niger | 17.75% | 1.6% |
| 6th | Sri Lanka | 20.15% | 0.8% |
| 7th | South Sudan | 21.07% | 1.4% |
| 8th | Tonga | 21.15% | 0.0% |
| 9th | Vanuatu | 22.27% | 0.0% |
| 10th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 22.43% | 0.1% |
| 11th | Burundi | 23.55% | 5.5% |
| 12th | Antigua and Barbuda | 24.45% | -0.3% |
| 13th | Afghanistan | 25.47% | 0.3% |
| 14th | Eswatini | 25.81% | 1.6% |
| 15th | Tajikistan | 26.19% | 0.0% |
| 16th | Chad | 26.33% | 2.2% |
| 17th | Guyana | 26.47% | 0.0% |
| 18th | Burkina Faso | 27.79% | 1.9% |
| 19th | Timor-Leste | 28.60% | 0.0% |
| 20th | Rwanda | 28.86% | 3.9% |
| 21st | St. Lucia | 29.10% | 0.0% |
| 22nd | Solomon Islands | 30.01% | 2.2% |
| 23rd | Myanmar | 30.38% | 0.2% |
| 24th | Uganda | 30.61% | 2.3% |
| 25th | Mali | 31.00% | 2.0% |
| 26th | Kenya | 31.63% | 0.6% |
| 27th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 31.70% | 0.3% |
| 28th | Madagascar | 31.98% | 1.4% |
| 29th | Bangladesh | 32.16% | 1.5% |
| 30th | Channel Islands | 32.76% | -0.1% |
| 31st | Comoros | 33.15% | 1.1% |
| 32nd | Eritrea | 34.70% | -0.4% |
| 33rd | Kyrgyz Republic | 34.71% | 0.0% |
| 34th | Sudan | 34.80% | 0.2% |
| 35th | India | 35.07% | 0.9% |
| 36th | Tanzania | 35.47% | 1.9% |
| 37th | Mozambique | 35.71% | 1.9% |
| 38th | Grenada | 36.46% | 0.3% |
| 39th | Yemen, Republic of | 36.57% | 0.7% |
| 40th | Guinea | 37.65% | 1.1% |
| 41st | Viet Nam | 38.13% | 1.6% |
| 42nd | Lao PDR | 38.81% | 1.9% |
| 43rd | Pakistan | 38.82% | 1.2% |
| 44th | Mauritius | 39.00% | 0.0% |
| 45th | Faroe Islands | 39.20% | 0.5% |
| 46th | Zimbabwe | 39.29% | 1.5% |
| 47th | Cambodia | 40.63% | 0.6% |
| 48th | Maldives | 41.51% | 1.1% |
| 49th | Bhutan | 41.74% | 2.0% |
| 50th | Belize | 41.95% | -0.5% |
| 51st | Lesotho | 42.68% | 2.4% |
| 52nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 42.71% | 0.2% |
| 53rd | Moldova | 43.00% | 1.4% |
| 54th | Togo | 43.25% | 1.2% |
| 55th | Central African Republic | 43.70% | 1.0% |
| 56th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 44.38% | 0.8% |
| 57th | Sierra Leone | 44.81% | 1.2% |
| 58th | Zambia | 45.03% | 1.0% |
| 59th | Seychelles | 45.10% | 0.4% |
| 60th | Guinea-Bissau | 45.59% | 1.0% |
| 61st | Turkmenistan | 47.07% | 0.0% |
| 62nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 47.72% | 0.3% |
| 63rd | Kosovo | 49.11% | 2.7% |
| 64th | Namibia | 49.95% | 0.9% |
| 65th | Uzbekistan | 51.00% | 0.0% |
| 66th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51.57% | 1.1% |
| 67th | Benin | 51.75% | 1.5% |
| 68th | Romania | 52.16% | 0.0% |
| 69th | Isle of Man | 52.18% | 0.0% |
| 70th | Slovak Republic | 53.19% | 0.0% |
| 71st | Côte d'Ivoire | 53.41% | 1.1% |
| 72nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 53.95% | 0.0% |
| 73rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 54.07% | 1.1% |
| 74th | Haiti | 54.45% | 1.1% |
| 75th | Senegal | 54.70% | 2.3% |
| 76th | Liberia | 55.00% | 1.0% |
| 77th | Philippines | 55.12% | 0.6% |
| 78th | Cameroon | 55.13% | 0.5% |
| 79th | Slovenia | 55.54% | 0.4% |
| 80th | Guatemala | 55.61% | 0.6% |
| 81st | British Virgin Islands | 55.64% | 1.5% |
| 82nd | Croatia | 57.24% | 0.4% |
| 83rd | Ghana | 57.81% | 1.0% |
| 84th | Indonesia | 58.12% | 1.1% |
| 85th | Albania | 58.21% | 0.6% |
| 86th | Honduras | 58.31% | 0.8% |
| 87th | Jamaica | 58.45% | 0.8% |
| 88th | Azerbaijan | 58.51% | 0.1% |
| 89th | Fiji | 58.61% | 0.8% |
| 90th | Nicaragua | 59.13% | 0.2% |
| 91st | Barbados | 59.42% | 0.1% |
| 92nd | Mauritania | 59.71% | 1.5% |
| 93rd | Poland | 59.89% | 0.1% |
| 94th | Georgia | 60.75% | 1.2% |
| 95th | Thailand | 60.93% | 2.0% |
| 96th | Portugal | 61.20% | 0.1% |
| 97th | Kiribati | 61.52% | 1.6% |
| 98th | French Polynesia | 61.70% | 0.0% |
| 99th | Kazakhstan | 61.76% | 0.5% |
| 100th | Aruba | 61.84% | -0.1% |
| 101st | Serbia | 62.14% | 0.4% |
| 102nd | Nigeria | 62.17% | 1.3% |
| 103rd | North Macedonia | 62.25% | 0.5% |
| 104th | Morocco | 62.67% | 0.3% |
| 105th | Ecuador | 63.13% | 0.1% |
| 106th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 63.54% | 0.5% |
| 107th | South Africa | 63.58% | 0.2% |
| 108th | Congo, Republic of | 63.66% | 0.0% |
| 109th | Gambia, The | 63.80% | 0.8% |
| 110th | Tuvalu | 64.01% | 1.1% |
| 111th | Ireland | 64.12% | 0.3% |
| 112th | Montenegro | 65.47% | 0.1% |
| 113th | China | 65.53% | 0.5% |
| 114th | Armenia | 65.70% | 0.2% |
| 115th | Suriname | 65.76% | -0.2% |
| 116th | Panama | 65.86% | 0.1% |
| 117th | Nepal | 66.54% | 0.4% |
| 118th | Cyprus | 66.67% | 0.0% |
| 119th | Botswana | 67.02% | 0.6% |
| 120th | New Caledonia | 67.75% | 0.3% |
| 121st | Latvia | 68.36% | 0.1% |
| 122nd | Lithuania | 68.58% | 0.4% |
| 123rd | São Tomé and Principe | 68.60% | 0.3% |
| 124th | Austria | 69.23% | 0.3% |
| 125th | Paraguay | 69.35% | 1.0% |
| 126th | Ukraine | 69.48% | 0.1% |
| 127th | Italy | 69.54% | 0.1% |
| 128th | Angola | 69.85% | 1.2% |
| 129th | Iraq | 69.87% | 0.0% |
| 130th | Tunisia | 70.03% | 0.5% |
| 131st | Hungary | 70.29% | 0.2% |
| 132nd | Mongolia | 70.45% | 0.9% |
| 133rd | Estonia | 70.68% | 0.3% |
| 134th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 70.92% | 0.4% |
| 135th | Equatorial Guinea | 71.13% | 0.3% |
| 136th | Syrian Arab Republic | 72.17% | -0.6% |
| 137th | Dominican Republic | 72.36% | -0.1% |
| 138th | Czechia | 72.74% | 0.1% |
| 139th | Djibouti | 72.84% | 0.3% |
| 140th | Dominica | 73.11% | 0.6% |
| 141st | Bulgaria | 73.73% | 0.3% |
| 142nd | Finland | 74.01% | 0.4% |
| 143rd | El Salvador | 74.61% | 0.6% |
| 144th | Algeria | 74.73% | 0.7% |
| 145th | Brunei Darussalam | 74.82% | 0.1% |
| 146th | European Union | 74.89% | 0.2% |
| 147th | Russian Federation | 74.98% | 0.2% |
| 148th | Cabo Verde | 75.91% | 1.2% |
| 149th | Malaysia | 76.44% | 0.6% |
| 150th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 76.68% | 0.4% |
| 151st | Cuba | 77.13% | 0.0% |
| 152nd | Colombia | 78.28% | 0.3% |
| 153rd | Marshall Islands | 78.36% | 0.5% |
| 154th | Greece | 78.77% | 0.3% |
| 155th | France | 78.78% | 0.0% |
| 156th | Belarus | 78.81% | 0.4% |
| 157th | Costa Rica | 78.88% | 0.6% |
| 158th | Palau | 79.15% | 0.1% |
| 159th | Mexico | 79.47% | 0.3% |
| 160th | Oman | 79.57% | -0.6% |
| 161st | United States | 80.07% | 0.0% |
| 162nd | Spain | 80.13% | 0.2% |
| 163rd | Korea | 81.16% | 0.0% |
| 164th | Bahamas, The | 81.32% | 0.0% |
| 165th | American Samoa | 81.37% | -0.5% |
| 166th | Germany | 81.90% | 0.1% |
| 167th | Canada | 82.53% | 0.2% |
| 168th | Norway | 83.07% | 0.1% |
| 169th | United Kingdom | 83.16% | 0.1% |
| 170th | New Zealand | 83.89% | 0.0% |
| 171st | Saudi Arabia | 84.30% | 0.2% |
| 172nd | Peru | 84.78% | 0.5% |
| 173rd | Switzerland | 85.19% | 0.3% |
| 174th | United Arab Emirates | 85.67% | 0.2% |
| 175th | West Bank and Gaza | 86.86% | 0.3% |
| 176th | Australia | 87.49% | 0.2% |
| 177th | Belgium | 87.55% | 0.1% |
| 178th | Brazil | 87.62% | 0.3% |
| 179th | Libya | 87.86% | 0.0% |
| 180th | Greenland | 88.06% | 0.3% |
| 181st | Denmark | 88.55% | 0.2% |
| 182nd | Sweden | 88.63% | 0.3% |
| 183rd | Chile | 88.82% | 0.2% |
| 184th | Andorra | 88.82% | 0.1% |
| 185th | Türkiye | 89.02% | 0.0% |
| 186th | Lebanon | 90.45% | 0.3% |
| 187th | Curaçao | 91.41% | 0.0% |
| 188th | Israel | 91.51% | 0.0% |
| 189th | Gabon | 91.64% | 0.5% |
| 190th | Northern Mariana Islands | 91.98% | 0.1% |
| 191st | Japan | 92.08% | 0.1% |
| 192nd | Argentina | 92.19% | 0.1% |
| 193rd | Jordan | 92.68% | 0.3% |
| 194th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 93.93% | 0.3% |
| 195th | Guam | 94.13% | 0.0% |
| 196th | Iceland | 94.15% | 0.0% |
| 197th | Puerto Rico (US) | 94.18% | 0.1% |
| 198th | Luxembourg | 94.80% | 0.0% |
| 199th | Virgin Islands (US) | 95.27% | 0.1% |
| 200th | Netherlands | 95.32% | 0.4% |
| 201st | Uruguay | 95.54% | 0.0% |
| 202nd | Malta | 95.63% | 0.0% |
| 203rd | San Marino | 97.13% | 0.0% |
| 204th | Qatar | 99.28% | 0.0% |
| 205th | Bahrain | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 206th | Bermuda | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 207th | Cayman Islands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 208th | Gibraltar | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 209th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 210th | Kuwait | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 211th | Macao SAR, China | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 212th | St. Martin (French part) | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 213th | Monaco | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 214th | Nauru | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 215th | Singapore | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 216th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 100.00% | 0.0% |
FAQ
What was Libya's urban population in 2023?▾
Libya's urban population in 2023 was 87.86%. This ranked 179th globally.
How did Libya's urban population change in 2023?▾
Libya's urban population increased by 0.0% in 2023 compared to 2022.
Which country had the highest urban population in 2023?▾
Bahrain had the highest urban population in 2023 at 100.00%.
What is the urban population of Libya in 2023?▾
The urban population of Libya in 2023 was 87.86%. This ranked 179th globally.
How does 2023 compare to 2022 for Libya's urban population?▾
Libya's urban population went from 87.85% in 2022 to 87.86% in 2023, a 0.0% increase.
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