President: Dr Nicholas Liverpool Prime minister: Roosevelt Skerrit
Population
4,140,289
73,126
Life Expectancy
75.230 years
76.180 years
Capital City
Largest city
Beirut (population: 1,916,100)
Roseau (population: 16,571)
Human Development Index
0.796
0.797
GDP per capita
Literacy Rate
87.4%
94%
Corruption Perception Index
3
6
Percentage of Women in Parliament
4.7%
19.4%
Wealthiest Citizens
Najib Mikati ($2.0bn US)
NA
Unemployment Rate
Death Penalty
Legal
Legal
Political System
republic
parliamentary democracy
Independence date
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
Roman Catholic 61.4%, Seventh Day Adventist 6%, Pentecostal 5.6%, Baptist 4.1%, Methodist 3.7%, Church of God 1.2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.2%, other Christian 7.7%, Rastafarian 1.3%, other or unspecified 1.6%, none 6.1% (2001 census)
Languages
Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian
English (official), French patois
Exports
External Debt
Exchange Rate
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
Location
Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Israel and Syria
Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, about half way between Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago
Area
10,400 km sq
751 km sq
Coastline
225 km
148 km
Climate
Mediterranean; mild to cool, wet winters with hot, dry summers; Lebanon mountains experience heavy winter snows
tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds; heavy rainfall
