🌆 Largest Cities in Libya
Cities of Libya with more than 15,000 inhabitants, ranked by population (GeoNames).
Tripoli22%
Benghazi13%
Misratah6%
Zliten3.4%
Al Khums3.4%
Az Zāwīyah3.4%
Zawiya3.1%
Janzūr2.6%
Sabha2.5%
Tobruk2.4%
Ajdabiya
Al Ajaylat
Al Bayḑā’
Al Jadīd
Sirte
Darnah
Al Jumayl
Qaşr Bin Ghashīr
Tājūrā’
Al Marj
Şabrātah
Al Ḩurshah
Şurmān
Msalātah
As Sawānī
Tarhuna
Al ‘Azīzīyah
Qaşr al Qarabūllī
At Tāj
Bani Walid
Al Jawf
Al Burayqah
Murzuk
10 others4%
1
TripoliTripoli
1,302,947
2
BenghaziBanghazi
757,490
3
MisratahMisratah
355,657
4
ZlitenMisratah
203,790
5
Al KhumsAl Marqab
201,943
6
Az ZāwīyahAz Zawiyah
200,000
7
ZawiyaAz Zawiyah
186,123
8
JanzūrAl Jafarah
154,389
9
SabhaSabha District
149,329
10
TobrukAl Butnan
141,499
11
AjdabiyaAl Wahat
131,773
12
Al AjaylatAn Nuqat al Khams
130,546
13
Al Bayḑā’Al Jabal al Akhdar
129,439
14
Al JadīdSabha District
126,386
15
SirteSurt
106,705
16
DarnahDarnah
102,581
17
Al JumaylAn Nuqat al Khams
102,000
18
Qaşr Bin GhashīrTripoli
100,069
19
Tājūrā’Tripoli
100,000
20
Al MarjAl Marj
85,315
21
ŞabrātahAz Zawiyah
83,398
22
Al ḨurshahAz Zawiyah
81,119
23
ŞurmānAz Zawiyah
77,114
24
MsalātahAl Marqab
73,907
25
As SawānīAl Jafarah
57,069
26
TarhunaAl Marqab
52,420
27
Al ‘AzīzīyahAl Jafarah
52,404
28
Qaşr al QarabūllīTripoli
49,610
29
At TājAl Kufrah
46,050
30
Bani WalidMisratah
45,734
31
Al JawfAl Kufrah
42,079
32
GharyanJabal al Gharbi
36,110
33
ZuwarahAn Nuqat al Khams
33,887
34
UbariWadi al Hayat
33,569
35
ZintanJabal al Gharbi
33,000
36
Al AbyārAl Marj
32,563
37
Sīdī Bin ZīnahAn Nuqat al Khams
31,607
38
Al BurayqahAl Wahat
31,300
39
MurzukMurzuq District
30,491
40
ShahhatAl Jabal al Akhdar
29,206
41
NālūtNalut
28,431
42
Al Aşābi‘ahJabal al Gharbi
27,713
43
Az Zahrā’Al Jafarah
25,684
44
Al QubbahDarnah
24,631
45
HūnAl Jufrah
24,431
46
Al GhurayfahWadi al Hayat
23,449
47
YafranJabal al Gharbi
22,680
48
Az ZuwaytīnahAl Wahat
21,015
49
An NāşirīyahAl Jafarah
20,687
50
Qaryat SulūqBanghazi
19,918
Highlights
Within Libya, Tripoli ranks first in 2026 with 1,302,947, followed by Benghazi (757,490) and Misratah (355,657).
Tripoli is 1.7 times higher than Benghazi, the runner-up.
Across 50 entries, values run from 1,302,947 (Tripoli) to 19,918 (Qaryat Sulūq), with a median of 54,745.
Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants, 2026. Unit: people.
Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants · CC BY 4.0 (GeoNames) · fetched Oct 14, 2026 — GeoNames aggregates census and estimate figures, so the reference year varies by city, and a few figures cover the metropolitan area rather than the city proper.