Country: Libya

Number of People Groups

44

People Groups Unreached

31 (70.5%)

Progress Level

Progress Gauge

Total
Population

6,840,000

Population in Unreached

6,035,000 (88.2%)

Largest Religion

% Christian Adherent

2.48%

% Evangelical

0.16%

Evangelical Annual Growth Rate

5.2%
Map Notes

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Photo People Group Population
this Country
Global
Population
Indigenous Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale
% Christian
Adherent
% Evangelical Est. Workers
Needed
 Algerian, Arabic-speaking 295,000 36,748,000 Arabic, Algerian Islam 0.10 % 0.03 % 6
 Arab, Cyrenaican 1,460,000 1,460,000 Arabic, Libyan Spoken Islam 0.10 % 0.03 % 29
 Arab, Egyptian 648,000 76,839,000 Arabic, Egyptian Islam 8.00 % 0.50 % -
 Arab, Libyan 1,594,000 2,766,000 Arabic, Libyan Spoken Islam 0.10 % 0.04 % 32
 Arab, Moroccan 299,000 30,299,000 Arabic, Moroccan Islam 0.09 % 0.01 % 6
 Arab, Palestinian 71,000 11,442,000 Arabic, Levantine Islam 1.60 % 0.10 % 1
 Arab, Sudanese 302,000 18,263,000 Arabic, Sudanese Islam 0.20 % 0.05 % 6
 Arab, Tunisian 209,000 11,936,000 Arabic, Tunisian Islam 0.20 % 0.00 % 4
 Arab, Yemeni 128,000 8,798,000 Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 3
 Awjilah 2,700 2,700 Awjilah Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Bedouin, Fezzan 218,000 218,000 Arabic, Libyan Spoken Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 4
Bedouin, Kufra 28,000 28,000 Arabic, Libyan Spoken Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Bedouin, Riyah 36,000 36,000 Arabic, Libyan Spoken Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Bedouin, Sanusi 633,000 633,000 Arabic, Libyan Spoken Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 13
 Bedouin, Sirtican 36,000 36,000 Arabic, Libyan Spoken Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Berber, Jalo 50,000 50,000 Arabic, Libyan Spoken Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Berber, Jofra 33,000 33,000 Arabic, Libyan Spoken Islam 0.60 % 0.30 % 1
 Berber, Siwa 1,100 26,000 Siwi Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 British 4,200 53,969,000 English Christianity 63.00 % 8.80 % -
 Bulgarian 3,400 6,706,000 Bulgarian Christianity 80.00 % 1.90 % -
 Croat 21,000 5,212,000 Croatian Christianity 92.00 % 0.40 % -
 Deaf 34,000 49,661,000 Libyan Sign Language Islam 2.64 % 1
 Filipino, Tagalog 13,000 40,521,000 Tagalog Christianity 93.00 % 12.30 % -
 French 8,000 50,509,000 French Christianity 64.00 % 1.00 % -
Ghadames 13,000 13,000 Ghadames Islam 0.05 % 0.02 % 1
  Totals:  44 6,840,000         31 2.48 % 0.16 % 130 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 48,000                
  UN Country Population (2023) 6,888,000                

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Province Estimated
Population
Al Butnan 189,000
Al Jabal al Akhdar 239,000
Al Jabal al Gharbi 358,000
Al Jifarah 534,000
Al Jufrah 61,000
Al Kufrah 59,000
Al Marj 219,000
Al Marqab 509,000
Al Wahat 209,000
An Nuqat al Khams 339,000
Az Zawiyah 343,000
Benghazi 791,000
Darnah 192,000
Ghat 28,000
Misratah 649,000
Murzuq 93,000
Nalut 110,000
Sabha 251,000
Surt 229,000
Tripoli 1,255,000
Wadi al Hayat 91,000
Wadi ash Shati' 93,000
Provinces:  22 6,841,000
UN Country Population 6,888,000
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Language Code # Peoples
w/ this Primary
Language
# Unreached
w/ this Primary
Language
Scripture
Status
YouVersion
Bible
Resources
Faith Comes
By Hearing
Bible Resources
Jesus Film
Online
Global
Recordings
Resources
Gospel
Tract
Online
Arabic, Algerian arq 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Egyptian arz 1 0 Complete Bible
Arabic, Levantine apc 1 1 Bible Portions
Arabic, Libyan Spoken ayl 10 10 Unspecified
Arabic, Moroccan ary 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Sudanese apd 1 1 New Testament
Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni acq 1 1 Bible Portions
Arabic, Tunisian aeb 1 1 New Testament
Awjilah auj 1 1 Unspecified
Bulgarian bul 1 0 Complete Bible
Chinese, Mandarin cmn 1 0 Complete Bible
Croatian hrv 1 0 Complete Bible
Domari rmt 1 1 Bible Portions
English eng 1 0 Complete Bible
French fra 1 0 Complete Bible
Ghadames gha 1 1 Unspecified
Greek ell 1 0 Complete Bible
Hassaniyya mey 2 2 New Testament
Italian ita 1 0 Complete Bible
Korean kor 1 0 Complete Bible
Libyan Sign Language lbs 1 1 Translation Needed
Maltese mlt 1 0 Complete Bible
Nafusi jbn 2 2 Bible Portions
Punjabi, Western pnb 1 1 New Testament
Serbian srp 1 0 Complete Bible
Sinhala sin 1 0 Complete Bible
Siwi siz 1 1 Unspecified
Swahili swh 1 1 Complete Bible
Tagalog tgl 1 0 Complete Bible
Tamahaq, Tahaggart thv 1 1 Bible Portions
Tedaga tuq 1 1 Translation Needed
Turkish tur 1 1 Complete Bible
Zaghawa zag 1 1 Translation Started
Totals: 33 44 31   23 20 24 26 22
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Libya Statistics
People Groups 44
Unreached People Groups 31  (70.5%)
Population 6,840,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 1.2%
Population in Unreached 6,035,000  (88.2%)
Primary Religion Islam
Percent Christian Adherent 2.5%
Percent Evangelical 0.2%
Evangelical Annual Growth Rate 5.2%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 130
Country Progress Level 1
Urbanization 80%
Continent Africa
Region Africa, North and Middle East
10/40 Window Yes
Country Code LY
Official Language(s) Arabic, StandardArabic, Libyan Spoken
Literacy Rate 91%
Estimated Illiterate Population 616,000
Persecution Ranking 3 (1=Highest) Open Doors
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