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
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The assassination of Rafiq Hariri, former prime minister of Lebanon, could not have come at a more opportune moment for the United States, which is working to build support for a move against Syria. By Andy Mason.
Hezbollah — the Pary of God — emerged in Lebanon in the 1980’s. Responding to Israel’s invasion of southern Lebanon with military action, it gained in popularity. When Israel ended its occupation in 2000, Hezbollah embraced the Palestinian cause. By Manuela Paraipan.
On Oct. 6, the European Commission agreed to begin negotiations with Turkey on membership in the European Union. The international press responds to the European Commission’s decision to open the door to Turkey’s accession.
As long as American foreign policy remains the same and the Palestinian issue is left unresolved, the U.S.
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