Editing Beirut (section)

==Demographics==
No population [[census]] has been taken in Lebanon since 1932,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.moe.gov.lb/getattachment/The-Ministry/Reports/State-Of-the-Environment-Report-2001/Chap-1-Population.pdf.aspx |title="Lebanon State of the Environment Report", Chapter 1 |date=2001 |publisher=Lebanese Ministry of Environment |page=9 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624160838/http://www.moe.gov.lb/getattachment/The-Ministry/Reports/State-Of-the-Environment-Report-2001/Chap-1-Population.pdf.aspx |archive-date=24 June 2015 |access-date=8 June 2015}}</ref> but estimates of Beirut's population range from as low as 938,940<ref>{{cite web |url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/DYB2003/Table08.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/DYB2003/Table08.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |title=Demographic Yearbook 2003 |date=2003 |publisher=United Nations |page=53 |access-date=17 January 2010}}</ref> through 1,303,129<ref name="MOE">{{cite web |url=http://www.moe.gov.lb/getattachment/The-Ministry/Reports/State-Of-the-Environment-Report-2001/Chap-1-Population.pdf.aspx |title="Lebanon State of the Environment Report", Chapter 1 |date=2001 |publisher=Lebanese Ministry of Environment |page=11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624160838/http://www.moe.gov.lb/getattachment/The-Ministry/Reports/State-Of-the-Environment-Report-2001/Chap-1-Population.pdf.aspx |archive-date=24 June 2015 |access-date=8 June 2015}}</ref> to as high as 2,200,000 as part of [[Greater Beirut]].<ref name="worldbank.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2014/09/30/questions-and-answers-water-supply-augmentation-project-lebanon |title=Questions & Answers: Water Supply Augmentation Project, Lebanon |work=The World Bank |date=30 September 2014 |access-date=20 March 2016 |archive-date=28 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528100143/http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2014/09/30/questions-and-answers-water-supply-augmentation-project-lebanon |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Asia-and-Oceania/Lebanon-POPULATION.html |title=Lebanon - Population |publisher=Encyclopedia of the Nations |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113043355/http://nationsencyclopedia.com/Asia-and-Oceania/Lebanon-POPULATION.html |archive-date=13 January 2010 |access-date=17 January 2010}}</ref>

===Religion===
{{See also|Religion in Lebanon|Shia Islam in Lebanon|Sunni Islam in Lebanon|Christianity in Lebanon|Secularism in Lebanon|Jews in Lebanon}}

{{bar box
|title=Religion in Beirut (2014)<ref name="lub-anan.com">{{cite web | url=https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/بيروت/المذاهب/ | title=التوزيع حسب المذاهب للناخبين/ناخبات في محافظة بيروت في لبنان }}</ref>
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|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=right
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Lebanese Sunni Muslims|Sunni Islam]]|DarkGreen|45.39}}
{{bar percent|[[Lebanese Shia Muslims|Shia Islam]]|Green|15.75}}
{{bar percent|[[Christianity in Lebanon|Christian]]|DarkBlue|36.08}}
{{Bar percent|Others|Gray|2.78}}
}}

{{Pie chart
|caption = Confessional breakdown of registered voters in Beirut (2014)<ref name="lub-anan.com">{{cite web | url=https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/بيروت/المذاهب/ | title=التوزيع حسب المذاهب للناخبين/ناخبات في محافظة بيروت في لبنان }}</ref>
|label1 = [[Sunni Islam]]
|value1 = 45.39
|color1 = Darkgreen
|label2 = [[Shia Islam]]
|value2 = 15.75
|color2 = LightGreen
|label3 = [[Armenian Orthodox]]
|color3 = Maroon
|value3 = 9.60
|color4 = DodgerBlue
|label4 = [[Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch|Greek Orthodox]]
|value4 = 8.46
|label5 = [[Maronite Church|Maronite Catholic]]
|value5 = 6.11
|color5 = Firebrick
|label6 = [[Melkite Greek Catholic Church|Melkite Greek Catholic]]
|color6 = DarkOrchid
|value6 = 4.22
|label7 = [[Armenian Catholic]]
|color7 = DarkRed
|value7 = 1.77
|label8 = Other [[Christian]]
|color8 = DarkBlue
|value8 = 5.92
|label9 = Other
|color9 = grey
|value9 = 2.78
}}

Beirut is one of the most [[Cosmopolitanism|cosmopolitan]] and religiously diverse cities of Lebanon and all of the Middle East.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D02EED81331F93AA25751C1A9609C8B63&sec=&spon= |date=December 19, 2006 |title=At Beirut Protest, a Reminder of Religious Diversity |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=17 November 2007 |archive-date=16 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240316002814/https://archive.nytimes.com/query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage-9D02EED81331F93AA25751C1A9609C8B63.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Before the civil war the neighborhoods of Beirut were fairly heterogeneous, but they became largely segregated by religion since the conflict.<ref>{{cite book |last=Khalaf |first=Samir |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EzwhBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT3 |title=Lebanon Adrift: From Battleground to Playground |date=28 May 2012 |publisher=Saqi |isbn=978-0-86356-834-3 |language=en |access-date=19 September 2020 |archive-date=16 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240316002854/https://books.google.com/books?id=EzwhBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT3#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> East Beirut has a mainly Christian population with a small Muslim minority, whilst West Beirut has a Sunni Muslim majority with small minorities of Shia, Christians and Druze.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}} Since the end of the civil war, East and West Beirut have begun to see an increase in Muslims and Christians moving into each half. Christians comprise 35% of Beirut's population, Muslims 63%, Druze 1%, and others 1%.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}

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File:ChurchMosque.jpg|Church of [[Saint George Maronite Cathedral|Saint George Maronite]] and [[Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque]] side by side in [[Beirut Central District|Downtown Beirut]]
File:St Elie - St Gregory Armenian Catholic Cathedral.jpg|[[Cathedral of St Elias and St Gregory the Illuminator]] in [[Beirut Central District|Downtown Beirut]]
File:Beirut 017.jpg|Cathedral of [[St George's Greek Orthodox Cathedral|St. George's Greek Orthodox]] in [[Beirut Central District|Downtown Beirut]]
File:Maghen Abraham Synagogue.jpg|[[Maghen Abraham Synagogue]] in [[Beirut Central District|Downtown Beirut]]
</gallery>

Family matters such as marriage, divorce and inheritance are still handled by the religious authorities representing a person's faith (the Ottoman "[[Millet (Ottoman Empire)|millet]]" system). Calls for [[civil marriage]] are unanimously rejected by the religious authorities, but civil marriages held in another country are recognized by Lebanese [[civil authority|civil authorities]].