Lebanon Demographics Profile 2009

Population

4,017,095 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure

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) (2009 est.)

Median age

total: 29.3 years
male: 28 years
female: 30.5 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate

1.107% (2009 est.)

Birth rate

17.1 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate

6.03 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)

Net migration rate

NA (2009 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 87% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 1.2% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 21.82 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 24.26 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 73.66 years
male: 71.15 years
female: 76.31 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.85 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.1% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

3,000 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

fewer than 200 (2007 est.)

Nationality

noun: Lebanese (singular and plural)
adjective: Lebanese

Ethnic groups

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

Religions

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

Languages

Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 87.4%
male: 93.1%
female: 82.2% (2003 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2006)

Education expenditures

2.7% of GDP (2006)