Hinduism in Libya

{{Short description|none}} There are very few Hindus in Libya. They mainly traveled from India to work in Libya. There was an Indian community of about 10,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://meaindia.nic.in/foreignrelation/libya.pdf |title=Indian Community in Libya |publisher=archive |access-date=December 20, 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071004201406/http://meaindia.nic.in/foreignrelation/libya.pdf |archive-date=October 4, 2007 }}</ref> individuals (in 2007), many of whom were likely to be Hindu. It is not known whether any Hindu temples exist in the country. At the time of the Libyan Revolution, there were 18,000 Hindus in Libya.<ref>{{cite news|title=Government to evacuate Indians from Libya|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/article1483165.ece|access-date=30 December 2012|newspaper=The Hindu|date=February 23, 2011}}</ref> But when the war broke out, many of them returned to India.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Prasad|first=K.|date=2011-02-26|title=Indians start arriving from Libya|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Indians-start-arriving-from-Libya/article15459785.ece|access-date=2020-10-05|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> As of 2020, there were 6,931 Hindus in Libya.<ref name="Arda">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thearda.com/world-religion/national-profiles?u=132c#RELADH|title=Libya, Religion and Social Profile|access-date=December 4, 2023}}</ref>

==Demographics== {{Historical populations |title = Historical Population |type = |footnote = |align = left |width = |state = |shading = |pop_name = |percentages = |source =<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/Libya/rbodies.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071106034702/http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/Libya/rbodies.html|url-status=dead|title=Religious Freedom Page|archive-date=6 November 2007}}</ref><ref name="Arda"></ref> |2001|5443 |2007|10,000 |2011|18,000 |2015|6418 |2020|6931 }}

{| class="wikitable" |- ! '''Year''' ! '''Percent''' ! '''Increase''' |- | '''2001''' | '''0.1%''' | style="background:" | '''-''' |- | '''2007''' | '''0.2%''' | style="background: green" | '''+0.1%''' |- | '''2011''' | '''0.3%''' | style="background: green" | '''+0.1%''' |- | '''2015''' | '''0.1%''' | style="background: red" | '''-0.2''' |- | '''2020''' | '''0.1%''' | style="background:" | '''-''' |}

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