Official Languages

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Languages spoken here

Bengali (secondary) · Egyptian Arabic (secondary) · French (secondary) · French (Quebec) (secondary) · Indonesian (secondary) · Italian (secondary) · Italian (Romanesco) (secondary) · Korean (secondary) · Levantine Arabic (secondary) · Libyan Sign Language (secondary) · Malay (secondary) · Maltese (secondary) · Modern Greek (secondary) · Modern Greek (biblical terms) (secondary) · Moroccan Arabic (secondary) · Somali (secondary) · Turkish (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Libya

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Arab, Libyan	1598000	Arabic, Libyan	Islam
Arab, Cyrenaican	1467000	Arabic, Libyan	Islam
Arab, Egyptian general	709000	Arabic, Egyptian	Islam
Bedouin, Sanusi	642000	Arabic, Libyan	Islam
Arab, Sudanese	330000	Arabic, Sudanese	Islam
Arab, Moroccan	328000	Arabic, Moroccan	Islam
Algerian, Arabic-speaking	323000	Arabic, Algerian	Islam
Bedouin, Fezzan	238000	Arabic, Libyan	Islam
Arab, Tunisian	229000	Arabic, Tunisian	Islam
Amazigh, Jabal Nafusah	220000	Nafusi	Islam
Arab, Yemeni	141000	Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni	Islam
Muhamasheen, Akhdam	139000	Arabic, Libyan	Islam
Somali	122000	Somali	Islam
Baggara, Shuwa Arab	89000	Arabic, Chadian	Islam
Arab, Palestinian	78000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam
Punjabi, Western	74000	Punjabi, Western	Islam
Bedouin, Ali Awlad	71000	Arabic, Libyan	Islam
Amazigh, Jalo	55000	Arabic, Libyan	Islam
Moor, general	55000	Hassaniyya	Islam
Amazigh, Zuwarah	45000	Nafusi	Islam
Bedouin, Sirtican	39000	Arabic, Libyan	Islam
Bedouin, Riyah	39000	Arabic, Libyan	Islam
Domari	39000	Domari	Islam
Amazigh, Jofra	37000	Arabic, Libyan	Islam
Turk	33000	Turkish	Islam
Italian	32000	Italian	Christianity
Bedouin, Kufra	31000	Arabic, Libyan	Islam
Serb	31000	Serbian	Christianity
Tuareg, Tahaggart	24000	Tamahaq, Tahaggart	Islam
Bengali	23000	Bengali	Islam
Croat	23000	Croatian	Christianity
Deaf	20000	Libyan Sign Language	Unknown
Sinhalese, general	18000	Sinhala	Buddhism
Korean	17000	Korean	Non-Religious
Indonesian	15000	Indonesian	Islam
Amazigh, Ghadames	15000	Ghadames	Islam
Filipino, Tagalog	15000	Tagalog	Christianity
Zaghawa	10000	Zaghawa	Islam
French	8800	French	Christianity
Greek	8800	Greek	Christianity
Malay	8600	Malay	Islam
Maltese	7500	Maltese	Christianity
Amazigh, Awjilah	2900	Awjilah	Islam
Tubu, Teda	2900	Tedaga	Islam
Amazigh, Siwa	1200	Siwi	Islam

Languages

34 languages recorded here.

Arabic, Algerian

Arabic, Chadian

Arabic, Egyptian

Arabic, Levantine

Arabic, Libyan

Arabic, Moroccan

Arabic, Sudanese

Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni

Arabic, Tunisian

Awjilah

Bengali

Croatian

Domari

French

Ghadames

Greek

Hassaniyya

Indonesian

Italian

Korean

Libyan Sign Language

Malay

Maltese

Nafusi

Punjabi, Western

Serbian

Sinhala

Siwi

Somali

Tagalog

Tamahaq, Tahaggart

Tedaga

Turkish

Zaghawa

All catalogue fields

159 fields recorded

rog3: LY
iso3: LBY
iso2: LY
ctry: Libya
poplpeoples: 7453000
cntpeoples: 45
cntpeopleslr: 34
poplpeopleslr: 6569000
jpscalectry: 1
rol3officiallanguage: arb
officiallang: Arabic, Standard
rlg3primary: 6
religionprimary: Islam
percentchristianity: 2.4216996526793
percentevangelical: 0.17350427069936
c_10_40window: Y
rog2: AFR
continent: Africa
regioncode: 6
regionname: Africa, North and Middle East
workersneeded: 140
harvest_rog3: LY
harvest_iso3: LBY
harvest_iso2: LY
harvest_owcountrycode: LIBY
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: LY
harvest_countrynumber: 121
harvest_ctry: Libya
harvest_ctryshort: Libya
harvest_countrynamechinese: 利比亚
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 利比亚
harvest_countrynamedutch: Libië
harvest_countrynamefrench: Libye
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Libye
harvest_countrynamegerman: Libyen
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Libyen
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Libia
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Libia
harvest_countrynameitalian: Libia
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Libia
harvest_countrynamekorean: 리비아
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 리비아
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Libya
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Libya
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Líbia
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Líbia
harvest_countrynamerussian: Ливия
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Ливия
harvest_countrynamespanish: Libia
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Libia
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Libya
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Libya
harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix: 在
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix: de
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix: in
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix: di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix: -
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix: 의
harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix: i
harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix: na
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix: B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix: en
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
harvest_ethnologuemapexists: Y
harvest_rog2: AFR
harvest_regioncode2414: 13
harvest_regioncode: 6
harvest_unsr: 015
harvest_worldabc: A
harvest_maniregioncode: NA
harvest_capital: Tripoli
harvest_population: 7459000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/libya.html
harvest_waldnerguide: prayer-guide-ts+ly.pdf
harvest_unmap: https://un.org/geospatial/content/libya
harvest_persecutionrankingod: 9
harvest_persecutionrankingodlink: https://www.opendoors.org/en-US/persecution/countries/libya
harvest_jpscale: 1
harvest_c_10_40window: Y
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal: Y
harvest_biblerestrictionsrank: 7
harvest_bibleshortagerank: 65
harvest_bibleaccessurl: https://www.bibleaccesslist.org/profiles/LY_2025_profile.pdf
harvest_owpctevang: 0.3
harvest_owpctcharismatic: 0.16730656
harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate: 5.1999998
harvest_owcountrypage: libya
harvest_literacyrate: 91
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 80
harvest_rol3officiallanguage: arb
harvest_rol3secondarylanguage: ayl
harvest_rlg3primary: 6
harvest_pctanimist: 0
harvest_pctbahai: 0
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0.03
harvest_pctchinese: 0
harvest_pcthindu: 0.01
harvest_pctislam: 97.02
harvest_pctsikh: 0
harvest_pctjudaism: 0
harvest_pctnonreligious: 0.3
harvest_pctother: 0
harvest_pctchristian: 2.64
harvest_pctchristianprotestant: 0.14
harvest_pctchristianindependent: 0.01
harvest_pctchristiananglican: 0
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic: 1.24
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 1.21
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 0
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 0.04
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: 0
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A001
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.716
harvest_hdirank: 102
harvest_internetusers: 20.3
harvest_flashmapzoom: 416
harvest_flashmapzoomx: -164
harvest_flashmapzoomy: -121
harvest_googlemapzoom: 5
harvest_googlemaplat: 27
harvest_googlemaplng: 17
harvest_ctrylatitude: 26.3351
harvest_ctrylongitude: 17.228331
harvest_securitylevel: 2
harvest_ethnolinguisticmap: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/africa/libya_ethnic_1974.jpg
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/libya/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 103
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 1.248025276461295
harvest_v59country: Y
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=ly&joshua=ly
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-libya
harvest_internetusage: 22
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2017
harvest_pray1040url: https://pray1040.com/pray-for-libya/
harvest_voiceofmartyrsurl: https://www.persecution.com/globalprayerguide/libya/
harvest_areasquaremiles: 679359
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 1775500
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 8
harvest_countryphonecode: 218
harvest_wincountryprofile: http://win1040.com/page.php?id=574
harvest_owpctchristian1986: 6
harvest_owpctchristian1993: 2.2
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 0.1
harvest_owpctchristian2001: 2.54
harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 0.3
harvest_stonyground: Y
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .ly
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/libya
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00