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Total IDPs in Libya JSON 
223,949
Last updated 30 Apr 2021
Source - IOM 
Total IDP Returnees (2016-2021) JSON 
642,408
Last updated 30 Apr 2021
Source - IOM 
Registered Refugees and Asylum-Seekers in Libya * JSON 
42,210
Last updated 01 Aug 2021
Source - UNHCR 
* UNHCR is currently registering individuals of the following nationalities: Iraqi, Syrian, Palestinian, Eritrean, Ethiopian, Somali, Sudanese, South Sudanese, Yemeni
Registered Refugees and Asylum-Seekers by Origin JSON  .CSV 
Country of origin Source Data date Population
Sudan UNHCR 1 Aug 2021
  38.2% 		16,123
Syrian Arab Rep. UNHCR 1 Aug 2021
  34.1% 		14,403
Eritrea UNHCR 1 Aug 2021
  11.3% 		4,782
Palestine UNHCR 1 Aug 2021
  6.6% 		2,770
Somalia UNHCR 1 Aug 2021
  4.5% 		1,893
Ethiopia UNHCR 1 Aug 2021
  2.2% 		945
Iraq UNHCR 1 Aug 2021
  1.9% 		795
South Sudan UNHCR 1 Aug 2021
  0.6% 		258
Not Specified UNHCR 1 Aug 2021
  0.3% 		136
Yemen UNHCR 1 Aug 2021
  0.2% 		105


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