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Lebanon: cities by population

Lebanon has a population of 6,848,925, with Beirut as its capital. The 40 largest of its 40 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Beirut	Beirut	1,916,100
2	Tripoli	North Lebanon	229,398
3	Sidon	South Governorate	163,554
4	Tyre	South Governorate	135,204
5	Aley	Mount Lebanon	130,000
6	Nabatîyé et Tahta	Nabatieh	120,000
7	Habboûch	Nabatieh	98,433
8	Jounieh	Mount Lebanon	96,315
9	Zahlé	Bekaa	78,145
10	Aarsâl	Baalbek-Hermel Governorate	50,000
11	Ghazieh	South Governorate	50,000
12	Baalbek	Baalbek-Hermel Governorate	30,916
13	Chmistâr	Baalbek-Hermel Governorate	30,000
14	En Nâqoûra	South Governorate	24,910
15	El Hermel	Baalbek-Hermel Governorate	22,250
16	Byblos	Mount Lebanon	20,784
17	Bsharri	North Lebanon	20,000
18	Sarafand	South Governorate	10,965
19	Batroûn	North Lebanon	10,852
20	Qâna	South Governorate	10,000
21	Aajaltoûn	Mount Lebanon	10,000
22	Baabda	Mount Lebanon	9,000
23	Hrajel	Mount Lebanon	8,000
24	Boudaï	Baalbek-Hermel Governorate	8,000
25	Aaïtanît	Bekaa	6,800
26	Chaat	Baalbek-Hermel Governorate	6,322
27	Deïr el Ahmar	Baalbek-Hermel Governorate	5,947
28	Kfar Kila	Nabatieh	5,878
29	Bhamdoûn el Mhatta	Mount Lebanon	5,000
30	Tebnine	Nabatieh	5,000
31	Srîfa	South Governorate	4,750
32	Halba	Akkar	4,500
33	Brîtel	Baalbek-Hermel Governorate	4,224
34	Aïnâta	Baalbek-Hermel Governorate	3,000
35	Aanjar	Bekaa	2,400
36	Ain Ebel	Nabatieh	2,000
37	Bhamdoun	Mount Lebanon	1,500
38	Aalma ech Chaab	South Governorate	1,080
39	Kfar Shouba	Nabatieh	1,000
40	Fadous	North Lebanon	750

Twenty years earlier: Lebanon in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 4,461,995.