Largest Cities in Libya
119 cities in Libya, ranked by population.
Cities
119
Urban population
6.6M
Largest city
Tripoli
Cities by population
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tripoli | 1.3M |
| 2 | Benghazi | 757.5K |
| 3 | Misratah | 355.7K |
| 4 | Zliten | 203.8K |
| 5 | Al Khums | 201.9K |
| 6 | Az Zāwīyah | 200K |
| 7 | Zawiya | 186.1K |
| 8 | Janzūr | 154.4K |
| 9 | Sabha | 149.3K |
| 10 | Tobruk | 141.5K |
| 11 | Ajdabiya | 131.8K |
| 12 | Al Ajaylat | 130.5K |
| 13 | Al Bayḑā’ | 129.4K |
| 14 | Al Jadīd | 126.4K |
| 15 | Sirte | 106.7K |
| 16 | Darnah | 102.6K |
| 17 | Al Jumayl | 102K |
| 18 | Qaşr Bin Ghashīr | 100.1K |
| 19 | Tājūrā’ | 100K |
| 20 | Al Marj | 85.3K |
| 21 | Şabrātah | 83.4K |
| 22 | Al Ḩurshah | 81.1K |
| 23 | Şurmān | 77.1K |
| 24 | Msalātah | 73.9K |
| 25 | As Sawānī | 57.1K |
| 26 | Tarhuna | 52.4K |
| 27 | Al ‘Azīzīyah | 52.4K |
| 28 | Qaşr al Qarabūllī | 49.6K |
| 29 | At Tāj | 46.1K |
| 30 | Bani Walid | 45.7K |
| 31 | Al Jawf | 42.1K |
| 32 | Gharyan | 36.1K |
| 33 | Zuwarah | 33.9K |
| 34 | Ubari | 33.6K |
| 35 | Zintan | 33K |
| 36 | Al Abyār | 32.6K |
| 37 | Sīdī Bin Zīnah | 31.6K |
| 38 | Al Burayqah | 31.3K |
| 39 | Murzuk | 30.5K |
| 40 | Shahhat | 29.2K |
| 41 | Nālūt | 28.4K |
| 42 | Al Aşābi‘ah | 27.7K |
| 43 | Az Zahrā’ | 25.7K |
| 44 | Al Qubbah | 24.6K |
| 45 | Hūn | 24.4K |
| 46 | Al Ghurayfah | 23.4K |
| 47 | Yafran | 22.7K |
| 48 | Az Zuwaytīnah | 21K |
| 49 | An Nāşirīyah | 20.7K |
| 50 | Qaryat Sulūq | 19.9K |
| 51 | Qarqūzah | 17.4K |
| 52 | Al-'Alūaṣ | 17.1K |
| 53 | Wādī 'Utbah | 16.7K |
| 54 | Mizdah | 16.7K |
| 55 | Qaşr Khiyār | 16.7K |
| 56 | Brak | 16.2K |
| 57 | Bin Jawwād | 15.5K |
| 58 | Al Qawāsim | 15.1K |
| 59 | Ar Rayāyinah | 15K |
| 60 | Ghat | 14.6K |
| 61 | Abū Zayyān | 14.3K |
| 62 | Al Māyah | 14.2K |
| 63 | Zalţan | 14.1K |
| 64 | Jālū | 13.4K |
| 65 | Tūkrah | 12.6K |
| 66 | Jādū | 12.5K |
| 67 | Ghadames | 12.1K |
| 68 | Sūknah | 12.1K |
| 69 | Kiklah | 11.8K |
| 70 | Wardāmah | 11.1K |
| 71 | Umm al Arānib | 10.5K |
| 72 | Waddān | 10.2K |
| 73 | Zillah | 10K |
| 74 | Ar-Raḥaībāt | 10K |
| 75 | Al Barakāt | 9.9K |
| 76 | Sīdī aş Şayd | 9.8K |
| 77 | Al Khaḑrā’ | 9.5K |
| 78 | Martūbah | 9.4K |
| 79 | Al Bardīyah | 9.1K |
| 80 | Umm ar Rizam | 8.7K |
| 81 | Qamīnis | 8.7K |
| 82 | Umm Sā'ad | 8.6K |
| 83 | Al Abraq | 8.3K |
| 84 | Tarāghin | 8.2K |
| 85 | Tāzirbū | 8.1K |
| 86 | Qaryat ‘Umar al Mukhtār | 8K |
| 87 | Massah | 7.8K |
| 88 | Qandūlah | 7.8K |
| 89 | Kābāw | 7.7K |
| 90 | Daryānah | 7.6K |
| 91 | Tamzāwah | 7.4K |
| 92 | Sūsah | 7.3K |
| 93 | Al Qaţrūn | 7.2K |
| 94 | Qīrah | 7K |
| 95 | Kambūt | 7K |
| 96 | Tījī | 6.9K |
| 97 | Jardas al ‘Abīd | 6.7K |
| 98 | Ar Rujbān | 6.4K |
| 99 | Daraj | 6.1K |
| 100 | Qaşr Lībiyā | 6K |
| 101 | Barqin | 5.9K |
| 102 | Qaryat al Bayyāḑah | 5.5K |
| 103 | Awjilah | 5.1K |
| 104 | Qasr Abu Hadi | 4.9K |
| 105 | Āqār | 4.8K |
| 106 | Wāzin | 4.7K |
| 107 | Idrī | 4.7K |
| 108 | Al Ḩawāmid | 4.6K |
| 109 | Samnū | 4.5K |
| 110 | Zawīlah | 4.4K |
| 111 | Qirnādah | 4.2K |
| 112 | Bi’r al Ghanam | 4.2K |
| 113 | Sīnāwin | 4.1K |
| 114 | Al ‘Awinat | 3.9K |
| 115 | Qaryat al Qī‘ān | 3.8K |
| 116 | Sulţān | 3.7K |
| 117 | Al Jaghbūb | 2.8K |
| 118 | Marādah | 2.2K |
| 119 | Mukhaylá | 1.8K |
Frequently Asked Questions
Our database contains 119 cities for Libya, shown above ranked by population.
The largest city in Libya by population is Tripoli with approximately 1.3M residents.
City population data comes from GeoNames, integrated with REST Countries and ERA5 climate reanalysis data.