Official name
Lebanese Republic
Name in local language
الجمهوريّة اللبنانيّة (ar) - Al Jumhuriya Al Lubnaniya
Continent
Asia
Subcontinent
Western Asia
Population (ranking: 112e )
6,629,166 inhabitants (2018)
Population growth
4.25 % / year
Area
10,389 km²
Density
638.09 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 84e )56.639 billions $USD (2018)
GDP/capita (ranking )
8,270 $USD (2018)
GDP growth
0.20 % / year (2018)
Life expectancy (ranking )
78.90 years (2018)
Birth rate
15.19 ‰ (2014)
Fertility rate
1.71 children / woman (2014)
Death rate (ranking )
4.56 ‰ (2014)
Infant mortality rate (ranking )
7.10 ‰ (2015)
Literacy rate
99.10 % (2015)
Official languages
Arabic (French spoken)
Currency
Lebanese pound (LBP)
HDI (ranking: 129e )0.730 / 1 (2018)
EPI (ranking )61.08 (2018)
Government
Unitary parliamentary multi-confessionalist republic
Head of State
President Michel Aoun
National Day
22 November (independence of 1943)
ISO Codes LB, LBN
Demonym
Lebanese
Tourists (ranking )
1,857,000 people (2017)
Population explosion due to refugees
Lebanon is a state of the Middle East, which shares its borders with Syria to the north and east, and Israel to the south. It is bordered to the west by the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea. Its capital is Beirut, the main urban area of the country. Lebanon is divided into eight governorates.
Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek, Lebanon. Photo: Guillaume Piolle Beirut, capital of Lebanon. Photo: Wikipedia Urban areas (2017)
Urban areas
Population
Beirut
2,916,776 inhabitants
Tripoli
849,918 inhabitants
Sidon
265,934 inhabitants
Zahlé
201,776 inhabitants
Tyr
174,606 inhabitants
Baalbek
104,863 inhabitants
Nabatieh
104,098 inhabitants
Administrative divisions
Governorates (Mohafazat)
Population
Area
Akkar
330,000 inhabitants
776 km²
Baalbek-Hermel
381,000 inhabitants
3,009 km²
Bekaa
274,500 inhabitants
1,433 km²
Beyrouth
373,198 inhabitants
20 km²
Mont-Liban
2,543,578 inhabitants
1,939 km²
Nabatieh
377,840 inhabitants
1,058 km²
Nord
807,204 inhabitants
1,220 km²
Sud
407,130 inhabitants
934 km²
See also
