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<text id=94CT0813><title>Lebanon—People</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Lebanon<nl>People</hdr><body>
<list>
<item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 3,620,395 (July 1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 1.98% (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 27.89 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 6.55 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> -1.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 39.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Life expectancy at birth:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 69.35 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 66.92 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 71.9 years (1994 est.)
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 3.39 children born/woman (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Lebanese (singular and plural)
<item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Lebanese
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> Arab 95%, Armenian 4%, other 1%
<item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> 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%
<item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> Arabic (official), French (official), Armenian, English
<item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 80%
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 88%
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 73%
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> 650,000
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> industry, commerce, and services 79%, agriculture 11%, government 10% (1985)
</list></list></body></article></text>