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Lebanon: Administrative Division

Contents: Governorates and Districts

The population of the governorates and districts of the Lebanon.

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NameStatusNativePopulation
Estimate
1996-12-31		Population
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2007-12-31		Population
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2011-12-31		Population
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2017-12-31
'Akkār [Akkar]Governorateعكار198,174227,217258,788423,596
'Akkār [Akkar]Districtقضاء عكار198,174227,217258,788423,596
Al-Biqā' [Beqaa]Governorateالبقاع203,867244,231268,468534,342
Al-Biqā' al-Gharbī [Békaa Ouest, Western Beqaa]Districtقضاء البقاع الغربي55,69268,47776,917150,838
Rāshayyā [Rachaiya]Districtقضاء راشيّا23,83930,03133,65747,122
Zaḥlah [Zahlé]Districtقضاء زحلة124,336145,723157,894336,382
An-Nabaṭiyah [Nabatiyé, Nabatieh]Governorateالنبطية205,412249,231286,890383,839
An-Nabaṭiyah [Nabatiyé, Nabatieh]Districtقضاء النبطية92,363110,609117,871155,233
Bint Jubayl [Bint Jbeil]Districtقضاء بنت جبيل52,71064,84679,038104,862
Ḥāṣbayyā [Hasbaya]Districtقضاء حاصبيّا19,46023,40826,94437,784
Marji'yūn [Marjayoun, Marjeyoun]Districtقضاء مرجعيون40,87950,36863,03785,960
Ba'albak - Al-Harmal [Baalbek-Hermel]Governorateبعلبك - الهرمل196,024245,634281,143457,932
Al-Harmal [Hermel]Districtقضاء الهرمل38,97549,17354,57769,997
Ba'albak [Baalbek]Districtقضاء بعلبك157,049196,461226,566387,935
Bayrūt [Beirut]Governorateبيروت407,403361,366384,725433,249
Bayrūt [Beyrouth, Beirut]Districtمحافظة بيروت407,403361,366384,725433,249
Jabal Lubnān [Mount Lebanon]Governorateجبل لبنان1,145,4591,484,4741,516,3231,802,238
'Ālayh [Aley]Districtقضاء عاليه99,947128,230133,651196,282
Al-Matn [El Meten]Districtقضاء المتن367,150476,979480,197523,593
Ash-Shūf [Chouf]Districtقضاء الشوف120,473155,817166,799231,427
B'abdā [Baabda]Districtقضاء بعبدا371,882477,299482,690568,714
Jubayl [Jbeil, Byblos]Districtقضاء جبيل62,40783,59487,77099,388
Kisrwān [Kesrouane, Keserwan]Districtقضاء كسروان123,600162,555165,216182,834
Lubnān al-Janūbī [South Lebanon]Governorateمحافظة لبنان الجنوبي283,057410,487459,810590,078
Jazzīn [Jezzine]Districtقضاء جزين14,62623,20925,82631,575
Ṣaydā [Saida, Sidon]Districtقضاء صيدا138,348189,382217,616287,987
Ṣūr [Sour, Tyre]Districtقضاء صور130,083197,907216,368270,516
Lubnān ash-Shamālī [North Lebanon]Governorateمحافظة لبنان الشمالي472,436536,494580,303790,951
Al-Batrūn [Batroun]Districtقضاء البترون34,81740,35642,56957,339
Al-Kūrah [Koura]Districtقضاء الكورة47,54054,66857,18675,056
Al-Minniyah aḍ-Ḍinniyah [Minié-Danniyé, El Miniyeh-Danniyeh]Districtقضاء المنية الضنية96,417112,159125,429206,075
Bsharrī [Bcharré]Districtقضاء بشري16,83119,72522,62628,231
Ṭarābulus [Tripoli]Districtقضاء طرابلس227,857253,606272,162342,760
Zghartā [Zgharta]Districtقضاء زغرتا48,97455,98060,33181,490
Lubnān [Lebanon]Republicلبنان3,111,8323,759,1344,036,4505,416,225

Source: Ministry of Public Health, Lebanese Republic (web), UNHCR (web), Lebanese Palestinean Dialogue Committee (web).

Explanation: The tabulated population figures include registered Syrian refugees (995,512 in January 2018). The number of non-registered Syrian refugees is estimed to be about 400,000. Palestine refugees residing in camps and gatherings (174,422 according to the mid-2017 census) are not included in the regular population figures but reported by the detail pages. Furthermore, there are about 40,000 Palestinian refugees from Syria in Lebanon. The actual total end-of-2017 population of Lebanon was – using these numbers – about 6.05 million.