Libya vs Zimbabwe: Number of people living in urban and rural areas

Libya

6.56 million people

in 2025

Zimbabwe

6.86 million people

in 2025

Libya rank

88th

Zimbabwe rank

85th

Number of people living in urban and rural areas over time

Zimbabwe currently reports 6.86 million people against 6.56 million people in Libya, a difference of 307,340 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

Libya ranks 88th and Zimbabwe ranks 85th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Number of people living in urban and rural areas
Unit: people
Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 237 places, 18,012 data points, 1950–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Number of people living in urban areas, based on each country's national definition.