Editing Demographics of Libya (section)

==Religions==
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{{bar percent|[[Islam in Libya|Sunni Islam]] (Official)|Green|96.6}}
{{bar percent|[[Christianity|Christian]]|blue|2.7}}
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The vast majority Libyans are nominally [[Sunni Islam|Sunni Muslim]]. Almost 3% of the population is [[Christianity|Christian]], with some local Christian church adherents in Eastern Libya - the [[Copts in Libya|Copts]]. A small Jewish community historically lived in Libya since antiquity (see [[History of the Jews in Libya]]), but almost the entire Jewish community in Libya eventually [[Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries|fled]] the country for [[Italy]], [[Israel]], or the [[United States]], particularly after [[anti-Jewish riots]] in the wake of the 1967 [[Six-Day War]] between Arab countries and Israel. The final Jew in Libya, Esmeralda Meghnagi, died in 2002 ending the several millennia long Jewish ancestral body in Libya.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jews of Libya |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jews-of-libya |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org}}</ref>