Libya
ليبيا
Waiting for the first voice
تا مرد سخن نگفته باشد / عیب و هنرش نهفته باشد
Until a man has spoken, his faults and his gifts both stay hidden.
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Did you know
The Roman city of Leptis Magna is one of the world's best-preserved archaeological sites. (source)
Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 5.2%
- people aged 65 or older
- 387.2K
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 15.9%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 18.5 years
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023
Languages
15 languages, 6 of them endangered
- NafusiSeverely endangered
- AwjilaDefinitely endangered
- GhadamèsDefinitely endangered
- Judeo-Tripolitanian ArabicVulnerable
- TamahaqVulnerable
- TedaVulnerable
- Algerian Saharan Arabic
- Dazaga-kara
- Egyptian Arabic
- Libyan Arabic
- Libyan Sign Language
- Standard Arabic
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- Sudanese Arabic
- Tunisian Arabic
- Zaghawa
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
- Arabic Kohl2025
List and years: ich.unesco.org
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