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| Population | 3,925,502 (July 2007 est.) | | | 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.) | | | Median age | total: 28.3 years
male: 27.2 years
female: 29.5 years (2007 est.) | | | Population growth rate | 1.198% (2007 est.) | | | Birth rate | 18.08 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) | | | Death rate | 6.1 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) | | | Net migration rate | 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) | | | 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.) | | | 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.) | | | Life expectancy at birth | total population: 73.15 years
male: 70.67 years
female: 75.77 years (2007 est.) | | | Total fertility rate | 1.88 children born/woman (2007 est.) | | People living
with HIV/AIDS | 2,800 (2003 est.) | | | HIV/AIDS - deaths | less than 200 (2003 est.) | | | Nationality | noun: Lebanese (singular and plural)
adjective: Lebanese | | | Ethnic groups | Arab 95%, Armenian 4%, other 1%
note: many Christian Lebanese do not identify themselves as Arab but rather as descendents of the ancient Canaanites and prefer to be called Phoenicians | | | Religions | 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%
note: 17 religious sects recognized | | | Languages | Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian | | | Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 87.4%
male: 93.1%
female: 82.2% (2003 est.) | |
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