Algeria vs Libya
Algeria vs Libya: Urban population
Urban population in 2025: 75.8% in Algeria and 87.9% in Libya, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Libya, by 12.1 percentage points, or 1.16 times that in Algeria.
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- Libya has been higher since 1969, when it overtook Algeria.
- In 2025, Algeria ranked 78 and Libya ranked 43 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Algeria at 86.2% and Libya at 91.9% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Algeria | Libya |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 75.8 | 87.9 |
| 2024 | 75.3 | 87.9 |
| 2023 | 74.7 | 87.9 |
| 2022 | 74.2 | 87.9 |
| 2021 | 73.6 | 87.8 |
| 2020 | 73.1 | 87.8 |
| 2019 | 72.5 | 87.8 |
| 2018 | 71.9 | 87.8 |
| 2017 | 71.3 | 87.8 |
| 2016 | 70.7 | 87.8 |
| 2015 | 70.1 | 87.8 |
| 2014 | 69.6 | 88 |
| 2013 | 69 | 88.1 |
| 2012 | 68.3 | 88.1 |
| 2011 | 67.7 | 88.1 |
| 2010 | 67.1 | 88.1 |
| 2009 | 66.5 | 88.1 |
| 2008 | 65.9 | 88.2 |
| 2007 | 65.2 | 88.2 |
| 2006 | 64.4 | 88.2 |
| 2005 | 63.7 | 88.1 |
| 2004 | 62.9 | 88 |
| 2003 | 62.1 | 87.9 |
| 2002 | 61.4 | 87.6 |
| 2001 | 60.6 | 87.3 |
| 2000 | 59.9 | 87 |
| 1999 | 59.1 | 86.5 |
| 1998 | 58.3 | 86 |
| 1997 | 57.6 | 85.5 |
| 1996 | 56.8 | 84.9 |
| 1995 | 56 | 84.3 |
| 1994 | 55.3 | 83.6 |
| 1993 | 54.5 | 82.9 |
| 1992 | 53.7 | 82.2 |
| 1991 | 52.9 | 81.4 |
| 1990 | 52.1 | 80.6 |
| 1989 | 51.4 | 79.7 |
| 1988 | 50.5 | 78.9 |
| 1987 | 49.7 | 78 |
| 1986 | 48.9 | 77.1 |
| 1985 | 47.9 | 76.2 |
| 1984 | 46.9 | 75.3 |
| 1983 | 45.8 | 74.3 |
| 1982 | 44.8 | 73.2 |
| 1981 | 43.7 | 71.9 |
| 1980 | 42.8 | 70.5 |
| 1979 | 42 | 69 |
| 1978 | 41.3 | 67.4 |
| 1977 | 40.8 | 65.6 |
| 1976 | 40.5 | 63.7 |
| 1975 | 40.2 | 61.7 |
| 1974 | 40.1 | 59.6 |
| 1973 | 39.9 | 57.3 |
| 1972 | 39.8 | 54.4 |
| 1971 | 39.7 | 50.4 |
| 1970 | 39.6 | 45.8 |
| 1969 | 39.5 | 41 |
| 1968 | 39.3 | 36.2 |
| 1967 | 39.1 | 31.8 |
| 1966 | 38.8 | 28.2 |
| 1965 | 38.3 | 25.7 |
| 1964 | 37.4 | 24.6 |
| 1963 | 36.1 | 24.2 |
| 1962 | 34.5 | 23.9 |
| 1961 | 32.9 | 23.5 |
| 1960 | 31.3 | 23.3 |
| 1959 | 29.8 | 23 |
| 1958 | 27.8 | 22.8 |
| 1957 | 25.8 | 22.7 |
| 1956 | 24 | 22.6 |
| 1955 | 22.9 | 22.5 |
| 1954 | 22.7 | 22.5 |
| 1953 | 23.2 | 22.4 |
| 1952 | 24.2 | 22.3 |
| 1951 | 25.3 | 22.3 |
| 1950 | 26.4 | 22.2 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Algeria | Libya |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 76.4 | 87.9 |
| 2027 | 76.9 | 88 |
| 2028 | 77.4 | 88 |
| 2029 | 77.9 | 88.1 |
| 2030 | 78.4 | 88.1 |
| 2031 | 78.9 | 88.2 |
| 2032 | 79.4 | 88.3 |
| 2033 | 79.9 | 88.4 |
| 2034 | 80.3 | 88.5 |
| 2035 | 80.8 | 88.6 |
| 2036 | 81.2 | 88.7 |
| 2037 | 81.6 | 88.8 |
| 2038 | 82.1 | 89 |
| 2039 | 82.5 | 89.1 |
| 2040 | 82.9 | 89.3 |
| 2041 | 83.3 | 89.5 |
| 2042 | 83.6 | 89.7 |
| 2043 | 84 | 89.9 |
| 2044 | 84.3 | 90.1 |
| 2045 | 84.7 | 90.4 |
| 2046 | 85 | 90.7 |
| 2047 | 85.3 | 90.9 |
| 2048 | 85.6 | 91.2 |
| 2049 | 85.9 | 91.6 |
| 2050 | 86.2 | 91.9 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Algeria vs Libya
Health
- Life expectancyAlgeria: 76.3 years in 2023Libya: 69.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAlgeria: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Libya: 1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAlgeria: 17.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Libya: 16 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAlgeria: 3.66% in 2017Libya: 3.81% in 2017
- Suicide rateAlgeria: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Libya: 8.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAlgeria: 46.2 million people in 2023Libya: 7.31 million people in 2023
- Population growthAlgeria: 1.44% a year in 2023Libya: 1.01% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAlgeria: 2.77 births per woman in 2023Libya: 2.36 births per woman in 2023
- Median ageAlgeria: 28.2 years in 2023Libya: 27.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAlgeria: 6.4% in 2023Libya: 4.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateAlgeria: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Libya: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAlgeria: 8.83% of GDP in 2025Libya: 3.57% of GDP in 2023
- Military spending in US dollarsAlgeria: $24.1B in 2025Libya: $1.6B in 2023
- Military spending per personAlgeria: $540 in 2025Libya: $216 in 2023
- Military share of state spendingAlgeria: 24.6% of government spending in 2025Libya: 5.5% of government spending in 2023
- Armed forces personnelAlgeria: 326,000 people in 2020Libya: 0 people in 2020
- National powerAlgeria: 0.51% of world capability in 2022Libya: 0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAlgeria: 2.81% of the labour force in 2020Libya: 0% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAlgeria: 108 million TIV in 2025Libya: 5 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsAlgeria: 12 million TIV in 1984Libya: 0 TIV in 2016