Libya: Population, female (% of total population)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Libya's population, female (% of total population) rose 0.01 percentage points on 2024 (from 49.15% to 49.16%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.11 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.14 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.42 percentage points in 2001 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.28 percentage points in 1983. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.03 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 95% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2025, Libya had the 186th highest value of the 217 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Libya in the 2025 ranking

• Senegal — 183rd of 217: 49.21%
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 184th of 217: 49.2%
• Côte d'Ivoire — 185th of 217: 49.17%
• Cabo Verde — 187th of 217: 49.15%
• St. Vincent and the Grenadines — 188th of 217: 49.14%
• Naoero — 189th of 217: 49.12%

What this measures

Female population is the percentage of the population that is female. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 66 values

Population, female (% of total population) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 49.5% (2025)
• Algeria — 49.01% (2025)
• Bahrain — 37.96% (2025)
• Djibouti — 50.44% (2025)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 49.51% (2025)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 49.2% (2025)
• Iraq — 49.78% (2025)
• Israel — 50.19% (2025)
• Jordan — 48.49% (2025)
• Kuwait — 38.93% (2025)

More health data for Libya

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 8.23% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 8.4% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 974,357 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 26.57% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 1.03 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 27.11% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 2 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 26.85% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 8.96% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, male (% of male population)

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Questions people ask

What is Libya's population, female (% of total population)?

49.16% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1960?

It is up 0.11 percentage points from 49.05% in 1960. The highest value was 49.16% in 2025 and the lowest 44.85% in 1984.

How does Libya rank?

186th highest of 217 economies with data for 2025.

Is the latest change in population, female (% of total population) unusual for Libya?

In 2025, Libya's population, female (% of total population) rose 0.01 percentage points on 2024 (from 49.15% to 49.16%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.11 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.14 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SP.POP.TOTL.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), note: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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