Points of Prayer

  • Pray that the Libyan people would receive dreams, visions, and encounters with the Lord and that Jesus would be understood as the Son of God and Emmanuel—God with us.

  • Pray for the complete translation of the Bible in Sulaimitian Arabic, the common dialect of Arabic in Libya, and also its various Berber dialects.

  • Pray for the 7 million unreached peoples within Libya’s borders and abroad.

  • Pray for the current provisional government and the stability of the nation.

  • Pray for the many who have lost their earthly riches, as less than 15 years ago Libya was the richest country in Africa. That they would find their riches in Jesus.

  • Pray for Libyas believers that make up less than 1% and the growth of the underground church.

Romans 1:16 in Modern Standard Arabic (an unspoken language)

رِسَالَةُ بُولُسَ ٱلرَّسُولِ إِلَى أَهْلِ رُومِيَةَ١:١٦
.لاني لست استحي بانجيل المسيح لانه قوة الله للخلاص لكل من يؤمن لليهودي اولا ثم لليوناني

Libya

 

Country Facts

Population

7,137,931 (2022 est.)

Immigrants make up just over 12% of the total population, according to UN data (2019)

Ethnic Groups

Berber and Arab 97%, other 3% (includes Egyptian, Greek, Indian, Italian, Maltese, Pakistani, Tunisian, and Turkish).

Languages

Sulaimitian Arabic (official), Italian, English (all widely understood in the major cities); Berber (Nafusi, Ghadamis, Suknah, Awjilah, Tamasheq).

Religions

Muslim (official; virtually all Sunni) 96.6%, Christian 2.7%, Buddhist <1%, Hindu <1%, Jewish <1%, folk religion <1%, other  <1%, unafilliated <1% (2020 est.)

note: non-Sunni Muslims include native Ibadhi Muslims (<1% of the population) and foreign Muslims

Location

Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt, Tunisia, and Algeria.

Refugees & Displaced Peoples

refugees (country of origin): 19,827 (Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 14,462 (Syria) (refugees and asylum seekers), 5,773 (Eritrea) (2022)
Displaced Peoples: 134,787 (conflict between pro-QADHAFI and anti-QADHAFI forces in 2011; post-QADHAFI tribal clashes 2014) (2022)

The World Factbook 2021. Washington, DC: Central Intelligence Agency, 2021.
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/