ATLAS · NATIONAL CAPITALS · LIBYA
Capital of Libya
The capital of Libya is Tripoli. The largest, Tripoli, has around 1,293,016 residents in the city proper — a major capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.
CAPITALTripoli
POPULATION1,293,016
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1
The capital
Tripoli1,293,016 people
In context
Where Tripolisits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.
10M+
5–10M
1–5MTripoli is here
250k–1M
50–250k
<50k
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