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According to the CIA World Factbook, [17] in 2021, the Christian population in Lebanon was estimated at 44%. In 2012 a more detailed breakdown of the size of each Christian sect in Lebanon was made: Maronite Christians are the largest of the Christian groups who in total account for about 32.4% of the total population of Lebanon. [19]
Lebanon has a population of more than five million and an area of 10,452 square kilometres (4,036 sq mi). Beirut is the country's capital and largest city.
A study conducted by Statistics Lebanon, a Beirut-based research firm, cited by the United States Department of State found that of Lebanon's population of approximately 4.3 million is estimated to be: [58] 54% Islam (Shia and Sunni, 27% each), 40.5% Christian (21% Maronite, 8% Greek Orthodox, 5% Melkite Catholics, 1% Protestant, 5.5% other ...
List of countries and inhabited territories by total population. United Nations Country Population (1 July 2022) Population ... Lebanon: 5,744,489: 5,733,493:
Israel’s initial dismissal of US’ ‘breakthrough’ Lebanon ceasefire deal creates confusion MJ Lee, Alex Marquardt, Kevin Liptak, Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN September 26, 2024 at ...
Districts of Lebanon. This is a list of cities and towns in Lebanon [1] distributed according to district. There are total 1000 districts. 56.21% of the population lives in 19 cities and towns, which gives the average 2,158 people per town.
Beirut (/ beɪˈruːt / bay-ROOT; [3] Arabic: بيروت, romanized: Bayrūt ⓘ / beɪˈruːt /) was the capital and largest city of Lebanon. As of 2014, Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, [4] which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region and the thirteenth-largest in the Arab world.
About half the population of the Mount Lebanon subdivision, overwhelmingly Maronites, starved to death (200,000 killed out of 400,000 of the total populace) throughout the years of 1915–1918 during what is now known as the Great Famine of Mount Lebanon, [52] as a consequence of a mixed combination of crop failure, punitive governance ...