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Libya

(WIPO code: LY)
(last revised October 2025)
by ABU-GHAZALEH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, Amman, Jordan and KATZAROV SA, Geneva, Switzerland

Area

1,759,540 sq. km.

Population

7,361,263 (2024).

Capital

Tripoli.

Currency

Dinar.

Language

Arabic.

Libya was recognized as a sovereign State by the UN in 1949 (effective January 2, 1952). A pre-independence constituent assembly chose the constitutional monarchy form of government and named the Emir as King of Libya, December 3, 1950. A hereditary monarchy was proclaimed by King Idris in Benghazi on December 24, 1951. The monarchy was deposed on September 1, 1969, and a Republic created.

Libya is a UN and Arab League member.

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