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GeographyLocation: Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Israel and Syria
Area: Land boundaries: total 454 km, Israel 79 km, Syria 375 km Coastline: 225 km
PeoplePopulation: 3,695,921 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 2.15% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 27.9 births/1,000 population Death rate: 6.44 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 38 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 3.31 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Arab 95%, Armenian 4%, other 1% Religions: Islam 70% (5 legally recognized Islamic groups - Alawite or Nusayri,Druze, Isma'ilite, Shi'a, Sunni), Christian 30% (11 legally recognized Christian groups - 4 Orthodox Christian, 6 Catholic, 1 Protestant), Judaism NEGL% Languages: Arabic (official), French (official), Armenian, English
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
Government
Names:
Type: republic Capital: Beirut Independence: 22 November 1943 (from League of Nations mandate under French administration) Constitution: 23 May 1926, amended a number of times
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $15.8 billion National product real growth rate: 8.5% National product per capita: $4,360 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 12% Unemployment rate: 35%
Electricity:
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