Topic summary
Libyan
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Demographics of Libya.
History
The Libyan population has increased rapidly after 1969. They were only 2 million in 1968, and 5 million in 2006. Many migrant workers came to Libya since 1969. Among the workers were construction workers and laborers from Tunisia, teachers and laborers from Egypt, teachers from Palestine, and doctors and nurses from Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. 1,000,000 workers, mainly from other neighboring African countries like Sudan, Niger, Chad and Mali, migrated to Libya in the 1990s, after changes were made to Libya's Pan-African policies.