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Lebanon

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Capital
Beirut
Currency
Lebanese pound
Continent
Asia
Area
10,452 km²
Country information: Wikidata · Q822 ↗ · Official languages: Arabic
AT A GLANCE

The essential numbers

Latest available · Reference years vary
Population ↗
5.85M · 2025
people
World Bank · SP.POP.TOTL
GDP ↗
25.97B · 2024
current US$
World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.CD
GDP per capita ↗
4,473.27 · 2024
current US$ / person
World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.CD
Inflation ↗
14.6 · 2025
%
World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG
Unemployment ↗
10.99 · 2023
% of labor force
World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Fertility rate ↗
2.23 · 2024
births / woman
World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.IN
Life expectancy ↗
77.95 · 2024
years
World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.IN
Population growth ↗
0.75 · 2025
%
World Bank · SP.POP.GROW
GDP growth ↗
-7.08 · 2024
%
World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
GDP per capita, PPP ↗
11.92K · 2024
current international $ / person
World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD
Population ages 65+ ↗
10.44 · 2025
% of total population
World Bank · SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS
Urban population ↗
90.96 · 2025
% of total population
World Bank · SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS
Labor force participation ↗
43.42 · 2023
% of population ages 15+
World Bank · SL.TLF.CACT.ZS
Youth unemployment ↗
22.74 · 2023
% of labor force ages 15–24
World Bank · SL.UEM.1524.ZS
Internet users ↗
80.63 · 2024
% of population
World Bank · IT.NET.USER.ZS
Trade ↗
82.23 · 2024
% of GDP
World Bank · NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS
FDI net inflows ↗
7.09 · 2024
% of GDP
World Bank · BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS
LOOKING BACK

Change over time

people · 2006–2025
2025Lebanon: 5.85M
Lebanon · Population4.58M5.1M5.61M6.13M6.64M2006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SP.POP.TOTLGaps indicate missing observations.
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Lebanon · Population · people
YearLebanon
20255,849,421
20245,805,962
20235,773,493
20225,744,489
20215,718,122
20205,702,398
20195,794,594
20185,984,119
20176,160,128
20166,323,060
20156,472,469
20146,346,990
20135,743,436
20125,235,742
20115,096,020
20105,041,288
20094,992,287
20084,925,354
20074,844,118
20064,751,136
current US$ · 2006–2025
2025Lebanon: —
Lebanon · GDP16.6B27.04B37.49B47.94B58.38B2006201220192025
Source: World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.CDGaps indicate missing observations.
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Lebanon · GDP · current US$
YearLebanon
2025No data available
202425,971,643,441.34
202320,078,620,356.99
202220,992,421,948.81
202123,131,941,556.78
202031,712,128,253.8
201951,605,959,131.27
201854,901,519,155.56
201753,027,680,685.9
201651,147,308,774.13
201549,929,337,836.82
201448,095,213,746.6
201346,880,103,080.6
201244,016,799,515.75
201139,927,125,961.53
201038,443,907,042.12
200935,399,582,928.69
200829,118,916,105.47
200724,827,355,014.93
200622,022,709,851.41

GDP per capita

All countries ↗
current US$ / person · 2006–2025
2025Lebanon: —
Lebanon · GDP per capita2,908.044,617.096,326.138,035.179,744.222006201220192025
Source: World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.CDGaps indicate missing observations.
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Lebanon · GDP per capita · current US$ / person
YearLebanon
2025No data available
20244,473.27
20233,477.72
20223,654.36
20214,045.37
20205,561.19
20198,905.88
20189,174.54
20178,608.21
20168,089.01
20157,714.11
20147,577.64
20138,162.38
20128,406.98
20117,834.96
20107,625.81
20097,090.85
20085,912.05
20075,125.26
20064,635.25
% · 2006–2025
2025Lebanon: 14.6
Lebanon · Inflation-26.2641.27108.8176.32243.852006201220192025
Source: World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZGGaps indicate missing observations.
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Lebanon · Inflation · %
YearLebanon
202514.6
202445.24
2023221.34
2022171.21
2021154.76
202084.86
20193.01
20186.08
20174.32
2016-0.78
2015-3.75
20141.85
20134.82
20126.58
20114.97
20103.98
20091.2
2008No data available
2007No data available
2006No data available

Unemployment

All countries ↗
% of labor force · 2006–2025
2025Lebanon: —
Lebanon · Unemployment5.677.739.811.8713.942006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZSGaps indicate missing observations.
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Lebanon · Unemployment · % of labor force
YearLebanon
2025No data available
2024No data available
202310.99
202211.11
202112.72
202013.25
201911.3
201810.76
201710.26
20169.79
20159.31
20148.84
20138.48
20127.95
20117.35
20106.77
20096.36
20087.67
20078.98
20068.68

Fertility rate

All countries ↗
births / woman · 2006–2025
2025Lebanon: —
Lebanon · Fertility rate2.152.222.282.352.412006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.INGaps indicate missing observations.
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Lebanon · Fertility rate · births / woman
YearLebanon
2025No data available
20242.23
20232.24
20222.26
20212.28
20202.31
20192.33
20182.35
20172.37
20162.39
20152.38
20142.38
20132.36
20122.35
20112.32
20102.26
20092.19
20082.17
20072.2
20062.24

Life expectancy

All countries ↗
years · 2006–2025
2025Lebanon: —
Lebanon · Life expectancy73.1874.5875.9877.3778.772006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.INGaps indicate missing observations.
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Lebanon · Life expectancy · years
YearLebanon
2025No data available
202477.95
202377.82
202278
202173.65
202076.3
201978.21
201878.26
201778.19
201678.31
201578.28
201478.15
201378.04
201277.94
201177.77
201077.53
200977.26
200876.96
200776.73
200675.68
Source: World Bank ↗Snapshot · Sep 25, 2026Methodology ↗

About the data for Lebanon

17 World Bank indicators each use their latest available observation, so reference years can differ. Open any indicator card to explore its historical series. Missing observations are preserved. Country information comes from Wikidata.