Migration trends in Lebanon
Middle East
1.4M people from around the world have made Lebanon their home. That's 23.9% of the country population, arriving from 9 different countries
5.8M
Population
1.4M
Immigrants
681.7K
Emigrants
+708.7K
Inflow
Every 4th person in Lebanon was born abroad
The #48 largest immigrant destination worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Lebanon
Where people come from
Where people move to
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
397K immigrants · 408.4K emigrants
1995
- The country became a destination — more people arriving than leaving
2005
- The foreign-born population passed 500K residents
2010
- The diaspora abroad passed 500K people
2015
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 192%
- Syria overtook Palestine as the largest source of new arrivals
- Roughly 1 in 5 residents was now foreign-born
- The foreign-born population passed 1M residents
Today
- Since 1990: 993.5K more foreign-born residents and 273.4K more citizens living abroad