Lebanon
لبنان
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Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 10.4%
- people aged 65 or older
- 610.9K
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 16.4%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 23 years
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023
Languages
6 languages, 1 of them endangered
- TuroyoVulnerable
- Levantine Arabic
- Modern Hebrew
- Najdi Arabic
- Standard Arabic
- Pidgin madam
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
- Al-Man’ouché, an emblematic culinary practice in Lebanon2023
- Arabic calligraphy: knowledge, skills and practices2021
- Al-Zajal, recited or sung poetry2014
List and years: ich.unesco.org
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