Polity · 1953 CE – 1968 CE
Kingdom of Libya
المملكة الليبية
- Peak recorded area
- 1,617,540 km²
- 1934 CE
- Rulers on record
- 5
- from 1963 CE
- Data series
- 155
- 1953 CE–1968 CE
Overview
The Kingdom of Libya, known as the United Kingdom of Libya from 1951 to 1963, was a constitutional monarchy in North Africa that came into existence upon independence on 24 December 1951 from the United Kingdom and France and lasted until a bloodless coup d'état on 1 September 1969. The coup, led by Muammar Gaddafi, overthrew King Idris and established the Libyan Arab Republic.
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Territory
7 dated territorial extents on record from CShapes 2.0. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated. Cliopatria holds 4 further extents, measured on a different basis and deliberately not merged into this series.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before 1968 CE, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
People
6 of 36 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Population44 obs · 1 CE–1968 CE | 2Mpersons1968 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Life Expectancy Female28 obs · 1950 CE–1968 CE | 55.01years1968 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Life Expectancy Male28 obs · 1950 CE–1968 CE | 52.84years1968 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Net Migration28 obs · 1950 CE–1968 CE | -6,323persons1968 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Infant Mortality Rate19 obs · 1950 CE–1968 CE | 109.65per 1000 live births1968 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Life Expectancy19 obs · 1950 CE–1968 CE | 53.85years1968 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
Economy
6 of 72 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| GDP per capita PPP169 obs · 1800 CE–1968 CE | 62.2Kint'l $ (inflation adj.)1968 CE · Gapminder |
| GDP per capita19 obs · 1950 CE–1968 CE | 6,0712011 int'l $1968 CE · Maddison Project Database 2023 |
| Total Exports18 obs · 1951 CE–1968 CE | 1,865.8million USD (current)1968 CE · CoW Bilateral Trade v4.0 |
| Total Imports18 obs · 1951 CE–1968 CE | 640.4million USD (current)1968 CE · CoW Bilateral Trade v4.0 |
| Trade Balance18 obs · 1951 CE–1968 CE | 1,225.4million USD (current)1968 CE · CoW Bilateral Trade v4.0 |
| Trade Openness18 obs · 1951 CE–1968 CE | 2,506.2million USD (current)1968 CE · CoW Bilateral Trade v4.0 |
Military
6 of 8 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| CINC Score18 obs · 1951 CE–1968 CE | 0.0005CINC (share of world capability)1968 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Energy Consumption18 obs · 1951 CE–1968 CE | 1.1Mcoal-ton equivalents1968 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Iron Steel Production18 obs · 1951 CE–1968 CE | 0tons1968 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Military Personnel18 obs · 1951 CE–1968 CE | 30Kpersons1968 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Arms Imports Tiv Million11 obs · 1957 CE–1968 CE | 57tiv_million1968 CE · SIPRI Arms Transfers TIV |
| Military Expenditure10 obs · 1959 CE–1968 CE | 37.8Mcurrent USD1968 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
Territory & resources
6 of 15 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Gas Production69 obs · 1900 CE–1968 CE | 0TWh1968 CE · Our World in Data Energy |
| Oil Production69 obs · 1900 CE–1968 CE | 1,440.47TWh1968 CE · Our World in Data Energy |
| Agricultural Land %8 obs · 1961 CE–1968 CE | 7.17%1968 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Arable Land %8 obs · 1961 CE–1968 CE | 0.9804%1968 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators (Climate & Environment) |
| Arable Land per capita Ha8 obs · 1961 CE–1968 CE | 0.8834hectares per person1968 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Fao Agricultural Land8 obs · 1961 CE–1968 CE | 12.6Mha1968 CE · FAOSTAT |
Governance
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Electoral Democracy Index87 obs · 1789 CE–1968 CE | 0.141index (0-1)1968 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Rule Of Law Index49 obs · 1911 CE–1968 CE | 0.459index (0-1)1968 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Liberal Democracy Index26 obs · 1934 CE–1968 CE | 0.133index (0-1)1968 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Participatory Democracy Index26 obs · 1934 CE–1968 CE | 0.072index (0-1)1968 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Regime Type26 obs · 1934 CE–1968 CE | 0RoW index (0-3)1968 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Polity218 obs · 1951 CE–1968 CE | -7index (-10 to 10)1968 CE · Clio-Infra |
Development
6 of 18 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Freedom Of Expression Index95 obs · 1789 CE–1968 CE | 0.289index (0-1)1968 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Tech Railway Line Km40 obs · 1921 CE–1968 CE | 342km1968 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Mail Items28 obs · 1928 CE–1968 CE | 39items1968 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Commercial Vehicles22 obs · 1947 CE–1968 CE | 35count1968 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Passenger Cars22 obs · 1947 CE–1968 CE | 77Kcount1968 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Newspaper Circulation17 obs · 1952 CE–1968 CE | 18.8Kcirculation1968 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
Rulers
5 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- Mohieddin FikiniPrime Minister of Libya1963 CE – 1964 CE
- Hussein MaziqPrime Minister of Libya1965 CE – 1967 CE
- Abdul Hamid al-BakkoushPrime Minister of Libya1967 CE – 1968 CE
- Abdul Qadir al-BadriPrime Minister of Libya1967 CE
- Wanis al-QaddafiPrime Minister of Libya1968 CE – 1969 CE
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- Arabic
- Currency
- Libyan pound
Memberships
- 23-member Entente (1945)Historical alliance · member1953 CE –
- United Kingdom–Libya Defense Pact (1953)Military alliance · member1953 CE – 1969 CE
- France–Libya Entente (1955)Historical alliance · member1955 CE – 2011 CE
- Tunisia–Libya Defense Pact (1957)Military alliance · member1957 CE – 1974 CE
- 21-member Defense Pact (1950)Military alliance · member1964 CE –
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
CHAT (Comin-Hobijn)2009 (FinalCHAT_72909)
Comin, D. & Hobijn, B. (2009). The CHAT Dataset. NBER Working Paper 15319.
NBER research data, freely downloadable
Clio-Infra2017 datasets
Clio-Infra project (2017). Reconstructions of global inequality and well-being. International Institute of Social History.
Academic use, attribution
Correlates of War NMC v6.0v6.0
Singer, J.D. (1987). National Material Capabilities Data (NMC), v6.0. Correlates of War Project.
Free academic use, citation
Barbieri, K. & Keshk, O. (2016). Correlates of War Project Trade Data Set, v4.0.
Free academic use, citation
CShapes 2.02.0
Schvitz, G. et al. (2022). Mapping the International System, 1886-2019: The CShapes 2.0 Dataset. Journal of Conflict Resolution 66(1).
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
FAOSTAT2024 release
FAO (2024). FAOSTAT Statistical Database. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome.
CC BY 4.0
Gapminderv14 / systema globalis
Gapminder Foundation. Gapminder systema globalis dataset.
CC BY 4.0
Maddison Project Database 20232023
Bolt, J. & van Zanden, J.L. (2024). Maddison Project Database 2023. University of Groningen GGDC.
CC BY 4.0
Our World in Data (2024). Energy dataset. Based on Energy Institute & Ember.
CC BY 4.0
SIPRI (2024). Arms Transfers Database (Trend-Indicator Values).
Free for non-commercial use, attribution
UN World Population Prospects 20242024
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024.
CC BY 3.0 IGO
V-Dem v15v15
Coppedge, M. et al. (2025). V-Dem Country-Year Dataset v15. Varieties of Democracy Project.
Free academic/non-commercial use, attribution
Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
World Bank World Development Indicators2024 release
World Bank (2024). World Development Indicators. Washington, DC.
CC BY 4.0
World Bank World Development Indicators (Climate & Environment)2024 release
World Bank (2024). World Development Indicators (Climate & Environment series). Washington, DC.
CC BY 4.0
Kingdom of Libya is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.