Lebanon is a small Mediterranean country with a 6,000-year history. Once the Paris of the Middle East, Beirut remains a cultural hub despite severe crises.
Arabic, French
These figures are calculated from the data on this page and compared with the other 195 countries Beelad covers.
| Population density | 549 people per km² rank 13 of 196 (highest first); the average across all 196 countries is 60 per km² |
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| Share of world population | 0.0709 % world total: 8,091,734,930 (UN, 1 July 2023) |
| Share of Asia | 0.12% of its people, 0.0326% of its land area |
| Area in square miles | 4,036 1 km² = 0.386 sq mi |
| Closest in size | Kosovo (10,887 km²) |
| Closest in population | Singapore (5,789,090 people) |
Lebanon is the only country in our list that uses LBP.