A new study reveals a dramatic demographic change in Lebanon
This is the new conclusion of a statistical study on the number of people who hold a Lebanese Citizenship from 1907 until September 2006 made by Youssef Shahid Dwaihy.
Retrieved from Annahar Lebanese Newspaper on November 13, 2006
Lebanese Population: 4.855.067
Christians: 35,33 %
Muslims: 58,11 %
Druze: 5,38 %
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Religion
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< 21
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between 21 & 40
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between 41 & 60
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> 61
|
Female
|
Male
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Total
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Percentage
|
|
Maronites
|
179772
|
277726
|
254909
|
232675
|
489265
|
455817
|
945082
|
19,47 %
|
|
Orthodox
|
54924
|
91244
|
89286
|
96999
|
174260
|
158193
|
332453
|
6,85 %
|
|
Greek Catholic
|
37743
|
61680
|
62692
|
58636
|
115434
|
105317
|
220751
|
4,55 %
|
|
Armenian Orthodox
|
11455
|
23025
|
28989
|
46786
|
57988
|
52267
|
110255
|
2,27 %
|
|
Armenian Catholic
|
2792
|
5517
|
6591
|
9950
|
12989
|
11861
|
24850
|
0,51 %
|
|
Evangeli cals
|
2355
|
4707
|
6350
|
9360
|
12477
|
10295
|
22772
|
0,47 %
|
|
Christian Minorities
|
9373
|
16773
|
17099
|
15855
|
31431
|
27669
|
59100
|
1,22 %
|
|
Total Christians
|
298414
|
480672
|
465916
|
470261
|
893844
|
821419
|
1715263
|
35,33 %
|
|
Shiites
|
463707
|
477786
|
312359
|
156978
|
733370
|
677460
|
1410830
|
29,06 %
|
|
Sunnis
|
446277
|
482718
|
305344
|
175874
|
728981
|
681232
|
1410213
|
29,05 %
|
|
Druze
|
58148
|
88999
|
66179
|
47702
|
135238
|
125790
|
261028
|
5,38 %
|
|
Alawites
|
12410
|
14068
|
7961
|
4726
|
19813
|
19352
|
39165
|
0,81 %
|
|
Total Muslims
|
980542
|
1063571
|
691843
|
385280
|
1617402
|
1503834
|
3121236
|
64,29 %
|
|
No religion
|
1373
|
3418
|
4970
|
8807
|
13274
|
5294
|
18568
|
0,38 %
|
|
Total
|
1280329
|
1547661
|
1162729
|
864348
|
2524520
|
2330547
|
4855067
|
100 %
|
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