| Population :
| 3,777,218 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Age structure 0-14 % :
| 26,90%.
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| Age structure 0-14.m :
| 517 356.
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| Age structure 0-14.f :
| 496 888.
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| Age structure 15-64 % :
| 66,30%.
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| Age structure 15-64.m :
| 1 197 430.
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| Age structure 15-64.f :
| 1 305 339.
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| Age structure 65 % :
| 6,90%.
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| Age structure 65.m :
| 117 930.
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| Age structure 65.f :
| 142 275.
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| Age structure est :
| 2004 est..
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| Median age total :
| 26.9 years .
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| Median age male :
| 25.9 years .
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| Median age female :
| 27.9 years (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate :
| 1.3% (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate note :
| .
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| Birth rate :
| 19.31 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Death rate :
| 6.28 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Net migration rate :
| 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Sex ratio at birth :
| 1.05 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio under 15 :
| 1.04 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 15-64 :
| 0.92 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 65 :
| 0.83 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio total :
| 0.94 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Infant mortality rate male :
| 28.21 deaths/1,000 live births .
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| Infant mortality rate female :
| 22.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) .
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| Life expectancy at birth total :
| 72.35 years .
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| Life expectancy at birth male :
| 69.91 years .
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| Life Expectancy at birth female :
| 74.91 years (2004 est.) .
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| Total fertility rate :
| 1.95 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| hiv aids :
| 0.09% (2001 est.) .
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| hiv aids people :
| NA .
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| hiv aids deaths :
| NA .
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| Nationality noun :
| Lebanese (singular and plural) .
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| Nationality adjective :
| Lebanese .
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| Ethnic groups :
| Arab 95%, Armenian 4%, other 1% .
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| Religions :
| Muslim 59.7% (Shi'a, Sunni, Druze, Isma'ilite, Alawite or Nusayri), Christian 39% (Maronite Catholic, Melkite Catholic, Armenian Orthodox, Syrian Catholic, Armenian Catholic, Roman Catholic, Protestant), other 1.3% .
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| Languages :
| Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian .
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| Literacy definition :
| age 15 and over can read and write .
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| Literacy total :
| 87,40%.
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| Literacy male :
| 93,10%.
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| Literacy female :
| 82.2% (2003 est.) .
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| Government type :
| republic .
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| Independence :
| 22 November 1943 (from League of Nations mandate under French administration) .
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| National holiday :
| Independence Day, 22 November (1943) .
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| Suffrage :
| 21 years of age; compulsory for all males; authorized for women at age 21 with elementary education .
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| Economy overview :
| The 1975-91 civil war seriously damaged Lebanon's economic infrastructure, cut national output by half, and all but ended Lebanon's position as a Middle Eastern entrepot and banking hub. Peace enabled the central government to restore control in Beirut, b.
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| Population below poverty line :
| 28% (1999 est.) .
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| Labor force by occupation :
| agriculture NA, industry NA, services NA .
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| Agriculture products :
| citrus, grapes, tomatoes, apples, vegetables, potatoes, olives, tobacco; sheep, goats .
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| Industries :
| banking; food processing; jewelry; cement; textiles; mineral and chemical products; wood and furniture products; oil refining; metal fabricating .
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| Exports commodities :
| authentic jewelry, inorganic chemicals, miscellaneous consumer goods, fruit, tobacco, construction minerals, electric power machinery and switchgear, textile fibers, paper .
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| Exports partners :
| UAE 10.3%, Switzerland 9.3%, Saudi Arabia 7.7%, US 7.5%, Turkey 4.6%, Jordan 4.5% (2003 est.) .
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| Imports commodities :
| Independence Day, 22 November (1943) .
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| Imports partners :
| Independence Day, 22 November (1943) .
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| Internet users :
| 400,000 (2002) .
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| Hymne :
| .
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