Libya

Census Results

1954-07-30 : 1,088,873
1964-07-31 : 1,564,369
1973-07-31 : 2,249,237
1984-07-31 : 3,642,576
1995-08-11 : 4,799,065
2006-04-15 : 5,657,692

sha'biyah (district)	native name	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 2006-04-15 census, incl. non-Libyans	population 2006-04-15 census, Libyans only
source: Secretariat of Health and Environment, Libya.
Al Butnan	البطنان	Tubruq	84,996	159,536	151,055
Al Jabal al Akhdar	الجبل الاخضر	Al Bayda'	11,429	203,156	191,596
Al Jabal al Gharbi	الجبل الغربي	Gharyan	76,717	304,159	290,335
Al Jifarah	الجفارة	Aziziyah	2,666	453,198	425,858
Al Kufrah	الكفرة	Al Kufrah	433,611	50,104	42,888
Al Marj	المرج	Al Marj	13,515	185,848	176,928
Al Marqab	المرقب	Al Khums	6,796	432,202	415,304
Al Wahah	الواحات	Ajdabiya	108,523	177,047	162,304
An Nuqat al Khams	النقاط الخمس	Zuwarah	6,089	287,662	270,699
Az Zawiyah	الزاوية	Az Zawiyah	2,753	290,993	271,943
Banghazi	بنغازي	Banghazi	11,372	670,797	622,847
Darnah	درنة	Darnah	31,511	163,351	156,606
Ghat	غات	Ghat	68,482	23,518	21,399
Misratah	مصراتة	Misratah	29,172	550,938	517,478
Murzuq	مرزق	Murzuq	356,308	78,621	72,382
Nalut	نالوت	Nalut	67,191	93,224	87,129
Sabha	سبها	Sabha	107,310	212,694	193,909
Surt	سرت	Surt	225,437	193,720	177,851
Tarabulus	طرابلس	Tarabulus	835	1,065,405	1,004,406
Wadi al Hayat	وادي الحياة	Awbari	31,485	76,858	71,074
total			1,676,198	5,673,031	5,323,991

name	native name	population 1990-07-01 estimate
Tripoli	طرابلس	1,500,000
Benghazi	بنغازي	800,000
Misratah	مصراتة	360,000
Zuwarah	زوارة	280,000
Al Khums	ألخمس	200,000
Sabha	سبها	150,000
source: UN Statistics Division.