Net migration — all countries

Net migration — Libya

Net migration in Libya in 2025 — -172 people. Ranked 94 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 100.8%.

2025 -172 people −104.99% vs 2024
World rank 94of 217
Period maximum 69,211 people1981
Period minimum -562,827 people2011

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Net migration — Libya, 1960–2025-600,000-400,000-200,0000200,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 22,559 people1962: 21,589 people1964: 2,084 people1966: -13,619 people1968: -6,323 people1970: 745 people1972: -3,418 people1974: 44,946 people1976: 53,813 people1978: 61,684 people1980: 66,739 people1982: -126,400 people1984: 18,039 people1986: 5,844 people1988: 1,053 people1990: 946 people1992: 843 people1994: -1,755 people1996: -8,446 people1998: -11,479 people2000: 5,634 people2002: 10,152 people2004: 13,222 people2006: 3,351 people2008: 15,260 people2010: 9,611 people2012: 5,211 people2014: -1,716 people2016: -5,081 people2018: 5,841 people2020: -694 people2022: -2,001 people2024: 3,448 people2025: -172 people
Change over the period: −22,731 (−100.76%)

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Libya

Libya -172 people
World 0 people
Middle East & North Africa -775,711 people
Northern Africa computed 135,684 people
Upper-middle-income countries computed -681,750 people
Net migration — Libya, by year Libya All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 -172 −3,620 −104.99%
2024 3,448 +5,449 +272.31%
2023 -2,001 +0 +0%
2022 -2,001 −1,307 −188.33%
2021 -694 +0 +0%
2020 -694 +658 +48.67%
2019 -1,352 −7,193 −123.15%
2018 5,841 −3,367 −36.57%
2017 9,208 +14,289 +281.22%
2016 -5,081 +2,579 +33.67%
2015 -7,660 −5,944 −346.39%
2014 -1,716 −27,471 −106.66%
2013 25,755 +20,544 +394.24%
2012 5,211 +568,038 +100.93%
2011 -562,827 −572,438 −5,956.07%
2010 9,611 −2,059 −17.64%
2009 11,670 −3,590 −23.53%
2008 15,260 +2,620 +20.73%
2007 12,640 +9,289 +277.2%
2006 3,351 −7,673 −69.6%
2005 11,024 −2,198 −16.62%
2004 13,222 +1,149 +9.52%
2003 12,073 +1,921 +18.92%
2002 10,152 +1,732 +20.57%
2001 8,420 +2,786 +49.45%
2000 5,634 +15,840 +155.2%
1999 -10,206 +1,273 +11.09%
1998 -11,479 −572 −5.24%
1997 -10,907 −2,461 −29.14%
1996 -8,446 −3,378 −66.65%
1995 -5,068 −3,313 −188.77%
1994 -1,755 −2,181 −511.97%
1993 426 −417 −49.47%
1992 843 −59 −6.54%
1991 902 −44 −4.65%
1990 946 −35 −3.57%
1989 981 −72 −6.84%
1988 1,053 −687 −39.48%
1987 1,740 −4,104 −70.23%
1986 5,844 −6,118 −51.15%
1985 11,962 −6,077 −33.69%
1984 18,039 +158,943 +112.8%
1983 -140,904 −14,504 −11.47%
1982 -126,400 −195,611 −282.63%
1981 69,211 +2,472 +3.7%
1980 66,739 +1,918 +2.96%
1979 64,821 +3,137 +5.09%
1978 61,684 +3,817 +6.6%
1977 57,867 +4,054 +7.53%
1976 53,813 +4,269 +8.62%
1975 49,544 +4,598 +10.23%
1974 44,946 +24,448 +119.27%
1973 20,498 +23,916 +699.71%
1972 -3,418 +847 +19.86%
1971 -4,265 −5,010 −672.48%
1970 745 +2,163 +152.54%
1969 -1,418 +4,905 +77.57%
1968 -6,323 +4,061 +39.11%
1967 -10,384 +3,235 +23.75%
1966 -13,619 +2,191 +13.86%
1965 -15,810 −17,894 −858.64%
1964 2,084 −16,656 −88.88%
1963 18,740 −2,849 −13.2%
1962 21,589 −915 −4.07%
1961 22,504 −55 −0.24%
1960 22,559

Northern Africa, 2025

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About the indicator

Net migration is the number of people arriving in a country minus the number leaving it, counting both citizens and foreigners. A positive value means net inflow, a negative one net outflow. The UN Population Division publishes the indicator at five-year intervals and derives it residually, as the difference between the actual change in population and natural increase, so errors of registration end up inside it as well.

Important: The value refers to a five-year period rather than to a single year; in the years between reference points the figure repeats.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.