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Lebanon - Middle East



Population  PopulationTop of page
InhabitantsLife expectancy
3,925,502 (July 2007 est.)total population: 73.15 years
male: 70.67 years
female: 75.77 years (2007 est.)
Ethnic groupsReligions
Arab 95%, Armenian 4%, other 1%
Muslim 59.7% (Shi'a, 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, Copt, Protestant), other 1.3%
LanguagesLiteracy
Arabic (official), French, English, Armeniandefinition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 87.4%
male: 93.1%
female: 82.2% (2003 est.)


Government  GovernmentTop of page
Government typeCapital
republic Beirut
IndependanceNational day
22 November 1943 (from League of Nations mandate under French administration)Independence Day, 22 November (1943)
ConstitutionLegal system
23 May 1926; amended a number of times, most recently Charter of Lebanese National Reconciliation (Ta'if Accord) of October 1989mixture of Ottoman law, canon law, Napoleonic code, and civil law; no judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction


Economy  EconomyTop of page
GDP (purchasing power parity)Growth rate
$19.62 billion (2006 est.)-5% (2006 est.)
GDP per inhabitantUnemployment rate
$5,500 (2006 est.)20% (2006 est.)
Population below poverty lineInflation rate
28% (1999 est.)4.8% (2006 est.)
ExportsImports
$1.881 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)$9.34 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)
Reserves of foreign exchange and goldCurrency
$16.78 billion (2006 est.)Lebanese pound (LBP)
Military expenditures
3.1% (2005 est.)


Geography  GeographyTop of page
LocationArea
Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Israel and Syria 10,400 sq km
ClimateNatural resources
Mediterranean; mild to cool, wet winters with hot, dry summers; Lebanon mountains experience heavy winter snowslimestone, iron ore, salt, water-surplus state in a water-deficit region, arable land


Communication  CommunicationTop of page
CellularsInternet code
1.178 million (2005).lb
Internet hostsInternet users
3,307 (2006)700,000 (2005)


Transportation  TransportationTop of page
AirportsRailways (in km)
7 (2006)401 km
Roadways (in km)Pipelines (in km)
7,300 km gas 43 km (2006)