Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Beirut
- Region
- Asia, Western Asia
- Population
- 5,849,421 (2025)
- Area
- 10,400 km²
- Currency
- Lebanese pound (LBP)
- Languages
- Arabic, French, English, Armenian
- Calling code
- +961
- Internet domain
- .lb
- ISO codes
- LB, LBN, 422
- Time zone
- UTC+2:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- #### ####|#### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Lebanon covers about 10,400 square kilometres. By area it ranks 170th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Kosovo and a little larger than Cyprus. It shares a land border with 2 neighbours: Israel, Syria. Its centre lies at about 34° north, 36° east, in the northern hemisphere.
Neighbours
People
About 5.85 million people live in Lebanon (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 116th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 562 people to each square kilometre. About 91 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 78 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Arabic, French, English, Armenian. A person from Lebanon is called Lebanese.
Money and economy
The currency is the Lebanese pound (code LBP, symbol ل.ل). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 26 billion (2024), which is about US$ 4,473 for each person (2024).
Time
Lebanon uses one time zone, UTC+2:00 (Asia/Beirut). Clocks are moved for daylight saving time in part of the year.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Beirut | 1,916,100 |
| Tripoli | 229,398 |
| Sidon | 163,554 |
| Tyre | 135,204 |
| Aley | 130,000 |
| Nabatîyé et Tahta | 120,000 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Western Asia
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Georgia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.