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Bethany Kehdy – Miss World Lebanon 2001; Nadine Wilson Njeim – Miss Lebanon 2007; Nadine Nassib Njeim – Miss Lebanon 2004; Gabrielle Bou Rached – Miss Lebanon 2005; Daniella Rahme – Miss International Lebanon 2010; Maya Reaidy – Miss Lebanon 2018; Georgina Rizk – Miss Lebanon 1970/Miss Universe 1971; Pamela Saadé – Miss Earth ...
About half the population of the Mount Lebanon subdivision, overwhelmingly Maronites, starved to death (200,000 killed out of 400,000 of the total populace) throughout the years of 1915–1918 during what is now known as the Great Famine of Mount Lebanon, [52] as a consequence of a mixed combination of crop failure, punitive governance ...
According to the CIA World Factbook, [17] in 2021, the Christian population in Lebanon was estimated at 44%. In 2012 a more detailed breakdown of the size of each Christian sect in Lebanon was made: Maronite Christians are the largest of the Christian groups who in total account for about 32.4% of the total population of Lebanon. [19]
A study conducted by Statistics Lebanon, a Beirut-based research firm, cited by the United States Department of State found that of Lebanon's population of approximately 4.3 million is estimated to be: [65] 54% Islam (Shia and Sunni, 27% each), 40.5% Christian (21% Maronite, 8% Greek Orthodox, 5% Melkite Catholics, 1% Protestant, 5.5% other ...
Lebanon enjoys good relations with virtually all of the other Arab countries (despite historic tensions with Libya and Syria), and hosted an Arab League Summit in March 2002 for the first time in over 35 years. Lebanon is a member of the Francophonie countries and hosted the Francophonie Summit in October 2002 as well as the Jeux de la ...
There are more people of Lebanese origin living outside Lebanon than within the country (4.6 million citizens). The diaspora population consists of Christians , Muslims , Druze , and Jews . The Christians trace their origin to several waves of emigration , starting with the exodus that followed the 1860 Lebanon conflict in Ottoman empire.
The culture of Lebanon and the Lebanese people emerged from Phoenicia and through various civilizations over thousands of years. It was home to the Phoenicians and was subsequently conquered and occupied by the Assyrians , the Greeks , the Romans , the Persians , the Arabs , the Crusaders , the Ottomans and the French .
The last census in Lebanon in 1932 put the numbers of Sunnis at 22% of the population (178,100 of 791,700). [21] A study done by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 1985 put the numbers of Sunnis at 27% of the population (595,000 of 2,228,000). [21] Sunni Muslims constitute 27% of Lebanon's population, according to a 2012 estimate. [20]