| Population of Lebanon |
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| Monday,December 08,2008 Posted: 22:41 BJT(41 GMT) |
| From:internet Article type:Reproduced |
Population |
3,925,502 (July 2007 est.) |
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Age structure |
0-14 years: 26.2% (male 525,199/female 504,240)
15-64 years: 66.7% (male 1,255,624/female 1,361,265)
65 years and over: 7.1% (male 125,904/female 153,270) (2007 est.) |
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Median age |
total: 28.3 years
male: 27.2 years
female: 29.5 years (2007 est.) |
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Population growth rate |
1.198% (2007 est.) |
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Birth rate |
18.08 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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Death rate |
6.1 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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Net migration rate |
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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Sex ratio |
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.042 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.922 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.821 male(s)/female
total population: 0.944 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
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Infant mortality rate |
total: 23.39 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 25.94 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 20.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
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Life expectancy at birth |
total population: 73.15 years
male: 70.67 years
female: 75.77 years (2007 est.) |
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Total fertility rate |
1.88 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
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Hiv aids adult prevalence rate |
0.1% (2001 est.) |
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Hiv aids people living with hiv aids |
2,800 (2003 est.) |
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Hiv aids deaths |
less than 200 (2003 est.) |
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Nationality |
noun: Lebanese (singular and plural)
adjective: Lebanese |
Religions |
Muslim 59.7% (Shia, Sunni, Druze, Ismailite, Alawite or Nusayri), Christian 39% (Maronite Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Melkite Catholic, Armenian Orthodox, Syrian Catholic, Armenian Catholic, Syrian Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Chaldean, Assyrian, Copt, Protestant), other 1.3%
note: 17 religious sects recognized |
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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: 87.4%
male: 93.1%
female: 82.2% (2003 est.) | |
