Lebanese people in Germany

Lebanese people in Germany
Distribution of Lebanese citizens in Germany (2021)
Total population
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, romanizedal-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.

  1. ^ "Anzahl der Ausländer in Deutschland nach Herkunftsland in den Jahren 2015 und 2016". statista (in German).