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People
4,125,247 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 
127
0-14 years: 25.8% (male 528,047/female 506,838)
15-64 years: 67.1% (male 1,294,485/female 1,399,047)
65 years and over: 7.2% (male 130,148/female 158,530) (2010 est.)
total: 29.4 years
male: 28.3 years
female: 30.5 years (2010 est.)
0.621% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 146
15.1 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 137
6.46 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 151
-2.43 migrant(s)/1,000 population
country comparison to the world: 179
urban population: 87% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 1.2% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.87 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 16.4 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 115
male: 16.52 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 16.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 74.79 years
country comparison to the world: 90
male: 73.28 years
female: 76.36 years (2010 est.)
1.78 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 160
0.1% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 119
3,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 131
fewer than 200 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 109
noun: Lebanese (singular and plural)
adjective: Lebanese
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
Muslim 59.7% (Shia, 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
Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 87.4%
male: 93.1%
female: 82.2% (2003 est.)
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2009)
2% of GDP (2008)
country comparison to the world: 169
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