Country’s Profile
| Official
Name: |
Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
| Capital: |
Tripoli |
| Head
of State: |
Leader Muammar Al Qadhafi |
| Political
System: |
Jamahiriya |
| Language: |
Arabic |
| Currency: |
Libyan Dinar (LYD) |
| Area: |
1,759,540 sq km |
| Population
: |
5,240,599 |
| Density
: |
3/km˛ |
| Urbanization: |
85% |
| Real
GDP Growth : |
6.5% (2000 est.) |
| Gross
Domestic Product : |
$8,900 (2000 est.) |
| Consumer
Price Inflation: |
18.5% (2000 est.) |
Membership
of international organizations
ABEDA, AfDB, AFESD, AL, AMF, AMU, CAEU, CCC, ECA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITU, MONUC, NAM, OAPEC, OAU, OIC, OPEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WtoO
Natural
catastrophe history in the 20th Century:
| Date |
Event |
Area
Affected |
| 1963 |
Earthquake |
|
(Re)insurance
companies in selected country:
