ACOG - Libyan Arab Jamahiriya  - IBM

Geography

Location: Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Tunisia

Area:
total area: 1,759,540 sq km
land area: 1,759,540 sq km
comparative area: slightly larger than Alaska

Land boundaries: total 4,383 km, Algeria 982 km, Chad 1,055 km, Egypt 1,150 km, Niger354 km, Sudan 383 km, Tunisia 459 km

Coastline: 1,770 km


People

Population: 5,248,401 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 48% (female 1,226,851; male 1,269,813)
15-64 years: 49% (female 1,261,424; male 1,331,093)
65 years and over: 3% (female 76,017; male 83,203)

Population growth rate: 3.7% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 44.89 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 7.91 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 61.4 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 64.29 years
male: 62.12 years
female: 66.57 years

Total fertility rate: 6.32 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: Berber and Arab 97%, Greeks, Maltese, Italians, Egyptians, Pakistanis, Turks, Indians, Tunisians

Religions: Sunni Muslim 97%

Languages: Arabic, Italian, English, all are widely understood in the major cities

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1984)
total population: 60%
male: 77%
female: 42%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
conventional short form: Libya

Type: Jamahiriya (a state of the masses) in theory, governed by the populace through local councils; in fact, a military dictatorship

Capital: Tripoli

Independence: 24 December 1951 (from Italy)

Constitution: 11 December 1969, amended 2 March 1977


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $32.9 billion

National product real growth rate: -0.9%

National product per capita: $6,510

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 25%

Unemployment rate:

Electricity:
capacity: 4,600,000 kW
production: 16.1 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 3,078 kWh



Olympic Factoid
Closing Ceremony of the 1996 Games involved a crew of 2,100 who worked with more than 3,500 performers as well as thousands of athletes who celebrated on the field of Olympic Stadium.