The World Factbook is produced by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/my.html Source: CIA world factbook.
The World Factbook is a website containing facts about the countries of the world including government, political allegiances, military strength and economy. It is owned and maintained by the CIA. There is a paper version but the digital version is the most consulted.
You can find this information and more in the CIA world Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
10,722,816, as of July, 2008 (this is an estimate). The CIA's World Factbook has information about this: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
Much of this information can be found at the CIA World Factbook. The Factbook compiles information about each country in the world, including their government structure and who is in charge of that country's government. You can find the Factbook in the related links below.
45,013,672 (July 2008 est.) Source: CIA World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/co.html
The CIA World Factbook was published in June 1997~Since then, it has undergone numerous updates and changes.
According to the World Factbook, the world literacy rate is 82%.
The CIA World Factbook website was always updated bi weekly, until 2010 when updates to the factbook became weekly. It's actual paper, non-website additions are released on an annual basis of once a year.
See related links.
The population of Libya according to CIA factbook for July 2008 is 6,173,579 people with 166,510 that are non-nationals (CIA).CIA. (2008). The World Factbook. Retrieved November 12, 2008 from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ly.html
Prime Minister Taro ASO (since 24 September 2008) from the CIA world factbook - https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/JA.html