Libya
Life expectancy in Libya
Life expectancy in Libya: 33.1 years in 1950 and 69.3 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 69.3 years
- Since 1950
- +36.2 years
- Rank, 2023
- 167 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 86.6 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 86.6 years in 2100, between 78 years and 93.9 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 74.5 years in 2022, the lowest 33.1 years in 1950.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Libya | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 69.3 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 74.5 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 72.1 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 72.4 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 72.9 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 73.2 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 72.7 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 71.8 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 71.6 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 71.3 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 72.3 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 72.2 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 70 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 72.2 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 72.1 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 71.9 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 71.8 | 69 |
| 2006 | 71.6 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 71.4 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 71.2 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 71 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 70.8 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 70.7 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 70.5 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 70.6 | 66 |
| 1998 | 70.7 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 70.7 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 70.7 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 70.6 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 70.5 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 70.3 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 70 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 69.6 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 69.3 | 64 |
| 1989 | 69 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 68.6 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 68.3 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 67.8 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 67.3 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 66.8 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 66.3 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 65.8 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 65.3 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 64.8 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 64.3 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 63.8 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 63.1 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 62.5 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 61.6 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 60.7 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 59.7 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 58.7 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 57.6 | 56 |
| 1970 | 56.4 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 55.2 | 56 |
| 1968 | 53.9 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 52.5 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 51 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 49.3 | 54 |
| 1964 | 47.7 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 45.6 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 44.1 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 42.4 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 40.8 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 39.3 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 38 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 36.9 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 36 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 35.3 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 34.7 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 34.2 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 33.8 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 33.5 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 33.1 | 46.4 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Libya | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 71.169.5–72.6 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 73.271.1–74.9 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 75.272.8–77.3 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 75.472.7–77.6 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 75.572.6–78.1 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 75.772.7–78.5 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 75.972.6–78.8 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 76.172.6–79.1 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 76.372.7–79.4 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 76.472.5–79.8 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 76.672.7–80.1 | 75 |
| 2035 | 76.872.6–80.3 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 76.972.6–80.7 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 77.172.5–81 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 77.372.6–81.3 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 77.472.8–81.7 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 77.672.9–81.8 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 77.872.9–82.1 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 7873–82.3 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 78.173.1–82.6 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 78.373.3–83 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 78.573.3–83.3 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 78.673.4–83.6 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 78.873.5–83.7 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 7973.3–83.9 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 79.273.3–84.2 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 79.373.4–84.6 | 77 |
| 2051 | 79.573.5–84.9 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 79.773.5–85.1 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 79.873.7–85.2 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 8073.6–85.4 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 80.173.8–85.6 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 80.373.9–85.8 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 80.573.9–86 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 80.674–86.1 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 80.873.9–86.3 | 78 |
| 2060 | 8174–86.6 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 81.174.1–86.9 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 81.374.2–87 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 81.474.3–87 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 81.674.2–87.3 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 81.874.1–87.3 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 81.974.2–87.6 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 82.174.3–87.8 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 82.274.4–88 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 82.474.3–88.2 | 79 |
| 2070 | 82.574.5–88.3 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 82.774.7–88.6 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 82.875.1–88.8 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 8375.1–88.9 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 83.175.3–89 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 83.375.3–89.1 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 83.475.6–89.3 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 83.675.5–89.4 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 83.775.8–89.6 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 83.875.8–89.8 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 8475.9–89.9 | 80 |
| 2081 | 84.175.9–90.2 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 84.376–90.3 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 84.476.3–90.5 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 84.576.2–90.6 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 84.776.5–90.9 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 84.876.6–91.1 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 8576.6–91.3 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 85.176.8–91.4 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 85.276.8–91.8 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 85.376.9–91.8 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 85.577.2–91.9 | 81 |
| 2092 | 85.677.2–92 | 81 |
| 2093 | 85.777.2–92.3 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 85.977.4–92.7 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 8677.6–92.6 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 86.177.7–92.9 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 86.277.7–93 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 86.378–93.3 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 86.577.8–93.6 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 86.678–93.9 | 81.7 |
Good to know
- How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending3.57% of GDP in 2023
- Military spending in US dollars$1.6B in 2023
- Military spending per person$216 in 2023
- Military share of state spending5.5% of government spending in 2023
- Armed forces personnel0 people in 2020
- National power0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports5 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports0 TIV in 2016