Lebanon 
Facts
Population:
3,627,774 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
27.57% (male 509,975; female 490,031)
15-64 years:
65.72% (male 1,136,995; female 1,247,184)
65 years and over:
6.71% (male 110,964; female 132,625) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.38% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
20.16 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
6.39 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.91 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.84 male(s)/female
total population:
0.94 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
28.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
71.52 years
male:
69.13 years
female:
74.03 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
2.05 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.09% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA
Nationality:
noun:
Lebanese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Lebanese
Ethnic groups:
Arab 95%, Armenian 4%, other 1%
Religions:
Muslim 70% (including Shi'a, Sunni, Druze, Isma'ilite, Alawite or Nusayri), Christian 30% (including Orthodox Christian, Catholic, Protestant), Jewish NEGL%
Languages:
Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
86.4%
male:
90.8%
female:
82.2% (1997 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $18.2 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
1% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $5,000 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
12%
industry:
27%
services:
61% (1999 est.)
Population below poverty line:
28% (1999 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
NA%
highest 10%:
NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
0% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
1.3 million (1999 est.)
note:
in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (1997 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
services NA%, industry NA%, agriculture NA%
Unemployment rate:
18% (1997 est.)
Budget:
revenues:
$3.31 billion
expenditures:
$5.55 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Industries:
banking; food processing; jewelry; cement; textiles; mineral and chemical products; wood and furniture products; oil refining; metal fabricating
Industrial production growth rate:
NA%
Electricity - production:
7.748 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
91.29%
hydro:
8.71%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
7.86 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
654 million kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
citrus, grapes, tomatoes, apples, vegetables, potatoes, olives, tobacco; sheep, goats
Exports:
$700 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:
foodstuffs and tobacco, textiles, chemicals, precious stones, metal and metal products, electrical equipment and products, jewelry, paper and paper products
Exports - partners:
UAE 9%, Saudi Arabia 8%, Syria 6%, US 6%, Kuwait 6%, France 5%, Belgium 5%, Jordan 4% (1999)
Imports:
$6.2 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:
foodstuffs, machinery and transport equipment, consumer goods, chemicals, textiles, metals, fuels, agricultural foods
Imports - partners:
Italy 13%, France 11%, Germany 8%, US 7%, Switzerland 6%, Japan, UK, Syria (1999)
Debt - external:
$9.6 billion (2000 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$3.5 billion (pledges 1997-2001)
Currency:
Lebanese pound (LBP)
Currency code:
LBP
Exchange rates:
Lebanese pounds per US dollar - 1,507.5 (January 2001), 1,507.5 (2000), 1,507.8 (1999), 1,516.1 (1998), 1,539.5 (1997), 1,571.4 (1996)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
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Ad-Dabbour
(Weekly magazine), Beirut
(Independent newsmagazine), Beirut
http://www.alnabad.com/
Al-Anwar
(Independent), Beirut
Al-Diyar
(Independent), Beirut
Al-Dunya
(Independent), Beirut
Al-Hadaf
(Palestinian weekly), Beirut
Al-Hayat
(Independent, Saudi-owned), Beirut
Lebanon in the News
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The idea of dispatching NATO forces to southern Lebanon has gained currency in the main Western capitals.
Some international news commentators have suggested that Hamas and Hezbollah coordinated the recent kidnappings that have ratcheted up the level of violence in the Middle East.
Since the withdrawal of Syrian troops, Lebanese journalists have enjoyed greater freedom. But in the growing conflict between Shiites and Sunnis, they are paying a high price for their independence.
The current crisis erupted when the "Party of God" known as Hezbollah staged a successful cross-border assault on an Israeli army post, killing three soldiers and capturing two.
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