Initially rebel officials believed that some 50,000 people had been killed, a figure that was revised down to 25,000 dead and 4,000 missing in October 2011. The latest statistics have been compiled after research by the ministry, though they do not include the final figure for fatalities on the Gaddafi side.
地面戰由反對格達費的武裝進行作戰,聯軍沒有參與地面戰,所以地面戰的傷亡是由反格達費的武裝人員承擔的;而在聯軍介入之前,他們被格達費打得節節敗退。2011年利比亞內戰結束後,勝利者一開始相信有五萬人身亡。這個數字後來一直遞減。