Libya 
Facts
Population: 6,036,914
note: includes 166,510 non-nationals (July 2007 est.).
Age structure: 0-14 years: 33.4% (male 1,029,096/female 985,606)
15-64 years: 62.4% (male 1,940,287/female 1,827,429)
65 years and over: 4.2% (male 124,892/female 129,604) (2007 est.).
Population growth rate: 2.262% (2007 est.).
Birth rate: 26.09 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Death rate: 3.47 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.044 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.062 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.964 male(s)/female
total population: 1.052 male(s)/female (2007 est.).
Infant mortality rate: total: 22.82 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 25.07 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 20.47 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 76.88 years
male: 74.64 years
female: 79.23 years (2007 est.).
Total fertility rate: 3.21 children born/woman (2007 est.).
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.3% (2001 est.).
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 10,000 (2001 est.).
HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA.
Nationality: noun: Libyan(s)
adjective: Libyan.
Ethnic groups: Berber and Arab 97%, other 3% (includes Greeks, Maltese, Italians, Egyptians, Pakistanis, Turks, Indians, and Tunisians).
Religions: Sunni Muslim 97%, other 3%.
Languages: Arabic, Italian, English, all are widely understood in the major cities.
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 82.6%
male: 92.4%
female: 72% (2003 est.).
GDP (purchasing power parity): $72.68 billion (2006 est.).
GDP - real growth rate: 6.1% (2006 est.).
GDP - per capita (PPP): $12,300 (2006 est.).
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 7.3%
industry: 51.3%
services: 41.4% (2006 est.).
Labor force: 1.787 million (2006 est.).
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 17%
industry: 23%
services: 59% (2004 est.).
Population below poverty line: 7.4% (2005 est.).
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%.
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3.1% (2006 est.).
Unemployment rate: 30% (2004 est.).
Budget: revenues: $33.34 billion
expenditures: $19.3 billion; including capital expenditures of $5.6 billion (2006 est.).
Agriculture - products: wheat, barley, olives, dates, citrus, vegetables, peanuts, soybeans; cattle.
Industries: petroleum, iron and steel, food processing, textiles, handicrafts, cement.
Industrial production growth rate: NA%.
Electricity - production: 19.44 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - consumption: 18.08 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2004).
Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2004).
Exports: $37.02 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Exports - commodities: crude oil, refined petroleum products, natural gas, chemicals.
Exports - partners: Italy 38%, Germany 15.1%, Spain 9.3%, Turkey 6.2%, France 6.2%, US 5.2% (2005).
Imports: $14.47 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Imports - commodities: machinery, semi-finished goods, food, transport equipment, consumer products.
Imports - partners: Italy 21.2%, Germany 10.2%, Tunisia 5.9%, Turkey 4.8%, UK 4.8%, France 4.7%, South Korea 4.6%, China 4.5% (2005).
Debt - external: $4.492 billion (2006 est.).
Economic aid - recipient: ODA, $18 million (2004 est.).
Currency (code): Libyan dinar (LYD).
Exchange rates: Libyan dinars per US dollar - 1.3108 (2006), 1.3084 (2005), 1.305 (2004), 1.2929 (2003), 1.2707 (2002).
Fiscal year: calendar year.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
Press
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JANA
(Official news agency), Tripoli
Mediterranean News
(Pro-government weekly, English-language), Tripoli
Libya in the News
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But when it comes to rapprochement between Libya and the United States, many lawmakers, State Department officials, and policy experts are concerned that Washington is dragging its feet.
Colonel Gaddafi Advocates for United States of Africa
Peter Valenti reviews Arab press response to Libya's startling announcement that it was abandoning its WMD programs.
World Press Review correspondent Peter C. Valenti examines Arab press commentary on the deepening rifts within the Arab world as the Iraq crisis escalates.
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