38. CIA Factbook on Lebanon: Environment and People
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This article is from the Lebanon FAQ, by Alaa Dakroub dakroub@leb.net with numerous contributions by others.
38. CIA Factbook on Lebanon: Environment and People
current issues deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; air and water
pollution
natural hazards NA
international agreements party to - Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection,
Ship Pollution; signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity, Climate Change,
Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping,
Marine Life Conservation
Note: Nahr al Litani only major river in Near East not crossing an
international boundary; rugged terrain historically helped isolate, protect,
and develop numerous factional groups based on religion, clan, and ethnicity
People
Population: 3,620,395 (July 1994 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.98% (1994 est.)
Birth rate: 27.89 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Death rate: 6.55 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Net migration rate: -1.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 39.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population 69.35 years
male 66.92 years
female 71.9 years (1994 est.)
Total fertility rate: 3.39 children born/woman (1994 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
NEGL%
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%
Labor force: 650,000
by occupation industry, commerce, and services 79%, agriculture 11%,
government 10% (1985)
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