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🇱🇧 Lebanon

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3LBN
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2LB
UN M49 numeric422
IOC codeLBN
Official nameLebanese Republic
Native name(s)ara: official: الجمهورية اللبنانية; common: لبنان; fra: official: République libanaise; common: Liban
Alt spellingsLB, Lebanese Republic, Al-Jumhūrīyah Al-Libnānīyah
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAsia
SubregionWestern Asia
UN regional groupAsia and the Pacific Group
CapitalBeirut
Area (km²)10,452
Lat / Lng33.8333, 35.8333
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)ISR, SYR
Top-level domain.lb
Calling coderoot: +9; suffixes: 61

Demographics

Population (World Bank)5,849,421 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)77.945 (2024)
Languagesara: Arabic; fra: French
Demonymseng: f: Lebanese; m: Lebanese; fra: f: Libanaise; m: Libanais
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)25,971,643,441.341 (2024)
GDP per capita (current USD)4,473.271 (2024)
Unemployment rate (%)10.985 (2023)
CurrenciesLBP: name: Lebanese pound; symbol: ل.ل

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19501,349,350
19511,387,572
19521,427,085
19531,468,014
19541,510,416
19551,554,068
19561,599,148
19571,645,925
19581,693,553
19591,742,770
19601,794,406
19611,850,084
19621,909,578
19631,970,316
19642,030,543
19652,088,831
19662,148,260
19672,206,731
19682,266,368
19692,328,159
19702,386,114
19712,446,314
19722,509,729
19732,572,935
19742,635,185
19752,693,191
19762,726,469
19772,762,155
19782,822,682
19792,882,635
19802,944,763
19813,008,981
19823,054,931
19833,094,996
19843,152,744
19853,217,376
19863,300,365
19873,385,555
19883,454,649
19893,525,285
19903,595,175
19913,668,912
19923,747,371
19933,820,647
19943,889,799
19953,960,735
19964,034,781
19974,108,405
19984,181,281
19994,255,277
20004,329,340
20014,401,918
20024,463,504
20034,525,508
20044,599,279
20054,671,102
20064,751,136
20074,844,118
20084,925,354
20094,992,287
20105,041,288
20115,096,020
20125,235,742
20135,743,436
20146,346,990
20156,472,469
20166,323,060
20176,160,128
20185,984,119
20195,794,594
20205,702,398
20215,718,122
20225,744,489
20235,773,493

Full raw record (JSON)

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