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Lebanon

Lebanon's best placing is 12th of 194 for population by area.

Best placing: #12Population by area
Top 10 placings: 0 / 15
Population: 5.8 million
Land area: 10,230 km²

Every ranking

Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Lebanon is.

Population by area

#12 of 194

571.79 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Railways by area

#26 of 133

39.20 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2017

Airports by area

#70 of 191

7.82 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Population

#114 of 195

5,849,421 people

35th in Asia · World Bank · 2025

Rainfall

#118 of 179

661 mm of precipitation per year

22nd in Asia · World Bank · 2022

Railways per person

#89 of 134

68.55 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2017

Forest by area

#134 of 194

14.2 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Forest

#156 of 194

1,451 km² of forest

37th in Asia · World Bank · 2023

Coastline

#122 of 151

225 km of coastline

28th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Airports

#157 of 193

8 airports

41st in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Airports per person

#157 of 192

1.37 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Land area

#159 of 194

10,230 km² of land

41st in Asia · World Bank · 2023

Forest per person

#169 of 194

0.0002 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Railways

#121 of 135

401 km of railway

33rd in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2017

Land area per person

#183 of 194

0.002 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

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