Lebanon People:
Population:
3,826,018 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 26.7% (male:520,270; female:499,609)
15-64 years: 66.4% (male:1,216,738; female:1,324,031)
65 years and over: 6.9% (male:120,176; female:145,194) (2005)
Median age:
total: 27.34 years
male: 26.28 years
female: 28.43 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
1.26% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
18.88 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
6.24 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 24.52 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 21.71 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 27.19 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 72.63 years (2005 est.)
male: 70.17 years
female: 75.21 years
Total fertility rate:
1.92 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS — adult prevalence rate:
0.1% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS — 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%
Religions:
Muslim (Shi'a, Sunni, Druze, Isma'ilite, Alawite or Nusayri) 59.7%, Christian (Maronite Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Melkite Catholic, Armenian Orthodox, Syrian Catholic, Armenian Catholic, Syrian Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Chaldean, Assyrian, Copt, Protestant) 39%, other 1.3%
note: Seventeen 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)
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