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As a constitutional monarchy, the king is the head of state while an elected prime minister serves as the country's head of government and is chosen through a general election held every four years in which citizens head to the polls to elect members of the country's {{wp|House of Representatives (Libya)|House of Representatives}} that together with the {{wp|Senate (Libya)|Senate}} makes up Libya's {{wp|National Council}}, the country's bicameral legislative body. | As a constitutional monarchy, the king is the head of state while an elected prime minister serves as the country's head of government and is chosen through a general election held every four years in which citizens head to the polls to elect members of the country's {{wp|House of Representatives (Libya)|House of Representatives}} that together with the {{wp|Senate (Libya)|Senate}} makes up Libya's {{wp|National Council}}, the country's bicameral legislative body. | ||
On the international stage, Libya is a member of various global organisations, namely the {{wp|United Nations}}, the {{wp|World Trade Organisation}}, as well as a founding member of the {{wp|Non-Aligned Movement}}, the {{wp|African Union}}, the {{wp|Arab League}}, the {{wp|OIC}}, and {{wp|OPEC}}. | On the international stage, Libya is a member of various global organisations, namely the {{wp|United Nations}}, the {{wp|World Trade Organisation}}, as well as a founding member of the {{wp|Non-Aligned Movement}}, the {{wp|African Union}}, the {{wp|Arab League}}, the {{wp|OIC}}, and {{wp|OPEC}}. While the majority of the country's population identifies as {{wp|Muslims}}, Libya is officially a secular state with freedom of religion for non-{{wp|Muslims}} being constitutionally guaranteed. A member of the {{wp|G20}}, Libya is the organisation's one of only two member states alongside {{wp|South Africa}} to hail from the {{wp|African}} continent. | ||
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Kingdom of Libya | |
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.svg) Coat of arms
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| Motto: إلى الأبد في الازدهار "Forever In Prosperity" | |
| Anthem: "Libya, Libya, Libya" | |
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| Capital | Tripoli |
| Official languages | Arabic |
| Recognised national languages | |
| Ethnic groups | Arab-Berber 97% Others 3% |
| Religion | Islam 99.7% Others 0.3% |
| Demonym(s) | Libyan |
| Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Mohammed |
| Abdur Rahim al-Ghani | |
| Legislature | National Council |
| Senate | |
| House of Representatives | |
| Establishment | |
• Independence | 24 December 1951 |
| Area | |
• | 1,759,541 km2 (679,363 sq mi) (16th) |
| Population | |
• 2022 estimate | 7,054,493 (104th) |
• Density | 3.74/km2 (9.7/sq mi) (218th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2022 estimate |
• Total | $752 billion (34th) |
• Per capita | $106,598 (5th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2022 estimate |
• Total | $525 billion (30th) |
• Per capita | $74,420 (9th) |
| Gini |  35.6medium |
| HDI |  0.889very high (32nd) |
| Currency | Libyan dinar (LYD) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +218 |
| ISO 3166 code | LY |
| Internet TLD | .ly |
Libya, officially the Kingdom of Libya, is a country in North Africa. Bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, it is also bordered by Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad to the south, Niger to the southwest, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west and northwest respectively. A constitutional monarchy, Libya is historically made up of three regions, namely Tripolitania, Fezzan, and Cyrenaica. Geographically, with an area of 679,363 square miles, it is the fourth-largest country on the African continent and the sixteenth-largest in the world. It also has the tenth-largest proven oil reserves in the world from which the country has derived most of its wealth. Its capital and largest city Tripoli is located in the western half of the country and is home to roughly three million of the country's seven million population.
Having been inhabited by the Berbers since the late Bronze Age, parts of Libya have come under the control of various foreign powers, namely the Phoenicians, the Roman Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and most recently Italy under Benito Mussolini from 1934 to 1943. In 1951, following a period of military occupation by Allied forces as a result of the Second World War, Libya gained its independence as a constitutional monarchy under King Idris of the Senussi Order. Since then, driven by its vast oil reserves and other emerging economic sectors, Libya has undergone a rapid transformation from a somewhat impoverished country to one of the wealthiest in the world, with its GDP per capita (PPP) being the highest in Africa and the fifth-highest in the world while the country's human development index, although only the thirty-second-highest in the world, is also the highest in Africa.
As a constitutional monarchy, the king is the head of state while an elected prime minister serves as the country's head of government and is chosen through a general election held every four years in which citizens head to the polls to elect members of the country's House of Representatives that together with the Senate makes up Libya's National Council, the country's bicameral legislative body.
On the international stage, Libya is a member of various global organisations, namely the United Nations, the World Trade Organisation, as well as a founding member of the Non-Aligned Movement, the African Union, the Arab League, the OIC, and OPEC. While the majority of the country's population identifies as Muslims, Libya is officially a secular state with freedom of religion for non-Muslims being constitutionally guaranteed. A member of the G20, Libya is the organisation's one of only two member states alongside South Africa to hail from the African continent.