Demographics & population — Lebanon
Population size, age structure, migration, ethnicity, language, education, and health indicators.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Demographics & population at a glance
Population size, age structure, migration, ethnicity, language, education, and health indicators. Key figure for Lebanon: 5,469,612
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Population overview
- Population
5,469,612
- Population Growth Rate
-0.04%
- Urban Population
- Population in Major Urban Areas
BEIRUT (capital) 2.022 million
Age & family
Migration
- Net Migration Rate - migrant(s)/1,000 population
-8.48
Ethnicity & language
- Ethnic Groups
Arab 95%, Armenian 4%, other 1%
- Nationality Noun
Lebanese (singular and plural)
Education
- Literacy - total population
87.4%
- Literacy - male
93.1%
- Literacy - female
82.2%
- Literacy Definition
age 15 and over can read and write
- Education Expenditures - percent of GDP
2.2%
- Total School Life Expectancy - (primary to tertiary)
Health & living conditions
- Life Expectancy at Birth
- Infant Mortality Rate
- Infant Mortality Rate - total deaths/1,000 live births
- Maternal Mortality Rate - deaths/100,000 live births
25
- Physicians Density - physicians/1,000 population
3.54
- Hospital Bed Density - beds/1,000 population
3.5
- Health Expenditures - percent of GDP
6.3%
- Obesity - adult prevalence rate
27.4%
- Drinking Water Source - percent of urban population improved
- Sanitation Facility Access - percent of urban population improved
- Underweight - percent of children under five years
4.2%