DEMOGRAPHIC FEATURES of LEBANON

POPULATION:

3,695,921 (July 1995 est.)

AGE STRUCTURE:

0-14 years: 36% (female 657,403; male 682,757)
15-64 years: 58% (female 1,131,450; male 1,016,859)
65 years and over: 6% (female 111,585; male 95,867) (July 1995 est.)

POPULATION GROWTH RATE:

2.15% (1995 est.)

BIRTH RATE:

27.9 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

DEATH RATE:

6.44 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

NET MIGRATION RATE:

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

INFANT MORTALITY RATE:

38 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH:

total population: 69.69 years
male: 67.22 years
female: 72.28 years (1995 est.)

TOTAL FERTILITY RATE:

3.31 children born/woman (1995 est.)

NATIONALITY:

noun: Lebanese (singular and plural)
adjective: Lebanese

ETHNIC DIVISIONS:

Arab 95%, Armenian 4%, other 1%

RELIGIONS:

Islam 70% (5 legally recognized Islamic groups - Alawite or Nusayri, Druze, Isma'ilite, Shi'a, Sunni), Christian 30% (11 legally recognized Christian groups - 4 Orthodox Christian, 6 Catholic, 1 Protestant), Judaism 0.05%

LANGUAGES:

Arabic (official), French (official), Armenian, English

LITERACY:

age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
total population: 80%
male: 88%
female: 73%