| People | Lebanon |
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Population:
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4,143,101 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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405 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 87% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 0.9% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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BEIRUT (capital) 1.909 million (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 23% (male 487,930/female 464,678)
15-64 years: 68% (male 1,370,628/female 1,446,173)
65 years and over: 9% (male 173,073/female 200,619) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 29.8 years
male: 28.7 years
female: 31 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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0.244% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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15.02 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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6.54 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-6.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.87 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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26 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 15.85 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 15.99 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 15.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 75.01 years
male: 73.48 years
female: 76.62 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.77 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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8.2% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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3.54 physicians/1,000 population (2009) |
Hospital bed density:
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3.5 beds/1,000 population (2009) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 87% of population
total: 98% of population
unimproved:
urban: 0% of population
rural: 13% of population
total: 2% of population (2000) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.1% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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3,600 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 500 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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4.2% (2004) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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13.5% (2004) |
Nationality:
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noun: Lebanese (singular and plural)
adjective: Lebanese |
Ethnic groups:
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Arab 95%, Armenian 4%, other 1%
note: many Christian Lebanese do not identify themselves as Arab but rather as descendents of the ancient Canaanites and prefer to be called Phoenicians |
Religions:
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Muslim 59.7% (Shia, Sunni, Druze, Isma'ilite, Alawite or Nusayri), Christian 39% (Maronite Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Melkite Catholic, Armenian Orthodox, Syrian Catholic, Armenian Catholic, Syrian Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Chaldean, Assyrian, Coptic, Protestant), other 1.3%
note: 17 religious sects recognized |
Languages:
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Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 87.4%
male: 93.1%
female: 82.2% (2003 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2009) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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1.8% of GDP (2009) |
People - note:
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void |
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