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Libya

Libya's best placing is 7th of 194 for land area per person.

Best placing: #7Land area per person
Top 10 placings: 1 / 14
Population: 7.5 million
Land area: 1.8 million km²

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Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Libya is.

Land area per person

#7 of 194

0.236 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Land area

#16 of 194

1,759,540 km² of land

4th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Airports

#68 of 193

75 airports

14th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Airports per person

#72 of 192

10.06 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Coastline

#59 of 151

1,770 km of coastline

8th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

GDP

#97 of 182

48,098,909,614 US$ (current prices)

18th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Population

#104 of 195

7,458,555 people

35th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

GDP per person

#103 of 182

6,449 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Forest

#153 of 194

2,170 km² of forest

46th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Forest per person

#164 of 194

0.0003 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Airports by area

#183 of 191

0.43 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Population by area

#188 of 194

4.24 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Forest by area

#189 of 194

0.1 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Rainfall

#178 of 179

56 mm of precipitation per year

53rd in Africa · World Bank · 2022

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