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Geography

Location: Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Israel and Syria

Area:
total area: 10,400 sq km
land area: 10,230 sq km
comparative area: about 0.8 times the size of Connecticut

Land boundaries: total 454 km, Israel 79 km, Syria 375 km

Coastline: 225 km


People

Population: 3,695,921 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 36% (female 657,403; male 682,757)
15-64 years: 58% (female 1,131,450; male 1,016,859)
65 years and over: 6% (female 111,585; male 95,867)

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 population: 69.69 years
male: 67.22 years
female: 72.28 years

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.)
total population: 80%
male: 88%
female: 73%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Republic of Lebanon
conventional short form: Lebanon

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


Economy

National 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:
capacity: 1,220,000 kW
production: 2.5 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 676 kWh



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