There is a large Lebanese diaspora in Germany, whose migration to Germany began on a larger scale in the 1970s. In 2020, Germany was home to nearly 40,000 people with Lebanese citizenship and an even larger number of people with a Lebanese migration background. Their number was estimated at nearly 160,000 in 2021. Centers of the Lebanese population in Germany include the city of Berlin and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Well-known German Lebanese include boxer Mahmoud Charr, football player Amin Younes and rappers Massiv and Baba Saad. The extended families Miri, Abou-Chaker, Al-Zein and Remmo, who are of Lebanese origin or came to Germany via Lebanon, achieved nationwide notoriety in connection with organized crime.
