![]() Distribution of Lebanese citizens in Germany (2021) | |
Total population | |
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168 000 (German citizens) 41,000[1] (Lebanese citizens without German citizenship) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Berlin, Essen, Bremen, Hannover, Hamburg, Dortmund, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Münster, Gelsenkirchen, Bochum, Hildesheim, Paderborn, Bielefeld, Aachen, Mülheim, Herne, Salzgitter, Gladbeck | |
Languages | |
German, Lebanese Arabic, North Mesopotamian Arabic | |
Religion | |
Sunni Islam, Shia Islam, Maronite Catholic | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Lebanese diaspora |
In the narrow sense, Lebanese people in Germany (Arabic: اللبنانيون في ألمانيا, romanized: al-Lubnānīyūn fī Almāniyā) include migrants from Lebanon living in Germany and their descendants, excluding Palestinians.
In the broader sense, it also include those Palestinians who immigrated from Lebanon to Germany and their descendants. According to this definition, there are three significant and large groups: Ethnic Lebanese, Mhallami and Libo-Palestinians.
No concrete data exists on the religious affiliations.