| Population: |
3,627,774 (July 2001 est.)
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| Age structure: |
0-14 years:
27.57% (male 509,975; female 490,031)
15-64 years:
65.72% (male 1,136,995; female 1,247,184)
65 years and over:
6.71% (male 110,964; female 132,625) (2001 est.)
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| Population growth rate: |
1.38% (2001 est.)
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| Birth rate: |
20.16 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Death rate: |
6.39 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Net migration rate: |
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Sex ratio: |
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.91 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.84 male(s)/female
total population:
0.94 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
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| Infant mortality rate: |
28.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
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| Life expectancy at birth: |
total population:
71.52 years
male:
69.13 years
female:
74.03 years (2001 est.)
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| Total fertility rate: |
2.05 children born/woman (2001 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
0.09% (1999 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
NA
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| Nationality: |
noun:
Lebanese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Lebanese
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| Ethnic groups: |
Arab 95%, Armenian 4%, other 1%
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| Religions: |
Muslim 70% (including Shi'a, Sunni, Druze, Isma'ilite, Alawite or Nusayri), Christian 30% (including Orthodox Christian, Catholic, Protestant), Jewish NEGL%
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| Languages: |
Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian
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| Literacy: |
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
86.4%
male:
90.8%
female:
82.2% (1997 est.)
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