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Benghazi

First-level unit, Libya: people, area and neighbours, with risk values when released.

Page GRX-LBY-REdition Baseline Edition 2026Evidence close 2026-09-30ISO LBY / LYStatus UN member stateValues not yet publishedMethod v1.0.0-draft
947,652
people (GHSL 2025)
9,835 km²
area
13.9%
of Libya
2
neighbours

01Map

Benghazi on terrain

The unit in Libya, with neighbouring units muted.

FIG 1 · Benghazi in Libya
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Units rise with people per km² · GHSL 2025 raster · terrain · ADM1Risk values when released
Lowest fifthLow fifthMiddle fifthHigh fifthHighest fifthNo data
Column height and colour show people per km² by unit, in quantile fifths among the units shown (the key on the map gives the breaks); units with no people on the grid are grey, not the lowest class; the raster beneath is the GHSL 2025 population grid. Source observations, not index values.
02Figures

People, area and density

Source observations from open grids summed inside the boundary; not index values.

People · GHSL 2025

947,652

13.9% of Libya.

People · WorldPop 2025

774,461

-18% against GHSL; the two grids differ in method.

Indawo

9,835 km²

96 people per km².

Ikhowudi

LY-BA

Subdivision code as carried by the boundary source.

Low coastal zone

172,550

people on land at or below 10 m, 18.2% of the unit (GEBCO 2024 and GHSL 2025).

03Humanitarian data

Benghazi in humanitarian data

Source observations from the Humanitarian Data Exchange, matched to this unit by name, each with its reference date, provider and licence. They are not index values.

Poverty headcount · 2014-12-31

0.9%

of people in multidimensional poverty. Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative · Public Domain / No restrictions (CC0).

04Idatha

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Boundary licences: Public Domain

05Ukuchaphazeleka

Open exposure layers

Count of H3 resolution-3 cells whose centre falls in the unit and that carry each Natural Earth layer.

Urban areas
487.4 H3 cells
Ports
None at this resolution
Airports
1 H3 cells
Major roads
825.5 H3 cells
Railways
None at this resolution
Rivers and lakes
None at this resolution
06Umngcipheko

Risk values

Values when released. Subnational risk values for Benghazi publish with the edition from The Global Risks Index. Until then, run a scenario on open data for Libya.
07Neighbours

Neighbouring units

08Imithombo

Sources, credits and licences

ADM1 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen LBY ADM1, source: Natural Earth, licence: Public Domain · source · represents 2021
Basemap
OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles (CC BY 4.0) · data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). Vector tiles requested by the reader’s browser, unmodified; the map falls back to plain land and sea when the host does not answer.
Terrain
Terrain Tiles (Mapzen, AWS Open Data), compiled from SRTM and other public elevation sources (NASA, USGS, ETOPO1, GMTED, EU-DEM under the Copernicus programme, Geoscience Australia, Kartverket, INEGI, LINZ, data.gov.uk). Display relief, not survey data.
People
GHSL 2025 population grid, European Commission Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0), shown at 0.05° and summed per unit; WorldPop 2025 (CC BY 4.0) as a second estimate. Units smaller than a grid cell take the density of the cell under them.
Amazwe
Natural Earth (public domain).
Elevation
GEBCO Compilation Group (2024) GEBCO 2024 Grid (public domain), reduced to 0.05°: the share of each cell’s land at or below 10 m, weighted by GHSL 2025 people for the low coastal zone.
Position
Boundaries are shown for location only and take no position on any boundary, name or status.