Demographics of Libya
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Libya is a country on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa, to the west of and adjacent to Egypt. Tripoli is the capital of the country and is the city with the largest population. Benghazi is Liby
Libyan young men in Bayda. In 2019, about 28 % of the population was under the age of 15.
Migrant workers from Sub-Saharan Africa
Egyptians
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Egyptians are an ethnic group native to the Nile Valley in Egypt. Egyptian identity is closely tied to geography. The population is concentrated in the Nile Valley, a small strip of cultivable land st
Demographics of Libya
…are from the United Nations Demographic Yearbooks, unless otherwise indicated. Historically Berber, over the centuries, Libya has been occupied by the Egyptians, Assyrians, Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Turks and Italians. The Phoenicians had a big impact on Libya. Many of the coastal towns and cities of…
A view of Cairo, the largest city in Africa and the Middle East. The Cairo Opera House (bottom-right) is the main performing arts venue in the Egyptian capital.
The Narmer Palette depicts the unification of the Two Lands.
Limestone head of an early Egyptian king, The Petrie Museum. Modern scholars have considered the stone bust to depict an Early Dynastic or Old Kingdom pharaoh.
Egyptian peasants harvesting papyrus, as depicted in the tomb of Sennutem, dating from the 13th to 11th centuries BCE.