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People
Population: 3,339,331 (July 1990), growth rate 1.3% (1990).
Birth rate: 28 births/1,000 population (1990).
Death rate: 7 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
Net migration rate: -8 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
Infant mortality rate: 49 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
Life expectancy at birth: 66 years male, 70 years female (1990).
Total fertility rate: 3.7 children born/woman (1990).
Nationality: noun--Lebanese (sing., pl.); adjective--Lebanese.
Ethnic divisions: 93% Arab, 6% Armenian, 1% other.
Religion: 75% Islam, 25% Christian, NEGL% Judaism; 17 legally
recognized sects--4 Orthodox Christian (Armenian Orthodox,
Greek Orthodox, Nestorean, Syriac Orthodox), 7 Uniate Christian
(Armenian Catholic, Caldean, Greek Catholic, Maronite, Protestant,
Roman Catholic, Syrian Catholic), 5 Islam (Alawite or Nusayri,
Druze, Ismailite, Shia, Sunni), and 1 Jewish.
Language: Arabic and French (both official); Armenian, English.
Literacy: 75%.
Labor force: 650,000; 79% industry, commerce, and services,
11% agriculture, 10% goverment (1985).
Organized labor: 250,000 members (est.).