Lebanon

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PROFILE
  • Area: 10,400 sq. km (4,015 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 6,237,738 (2016 est.)
  • Population growth rate: 0.85% (2016 est.)
  • Life expectancy: 77.6 years (2016)
  • Languages: Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian
  • Religions: Muslim 54% (27% Sunni, 27% Shia), Christian 40.5% (includes 21% Maronite Catholic, 8% Greek Orthodox, 5% Greek Catholic, 6.5% other Christian), Druze 5.6%
  • Formal name: Lebanese Republic
  • Alternate names: Al Jumhūrīyah al Lubnānīyah, État du Grand Liban, Lubnān, Republic of Lebanon
  • Government type: parliamentary republic
  • Leaders: chief of state: President Michel AWN; head of government: Prime Minister Saad al-HARIRI
  • Capital: Beirut
  • Administrative divisions: 8 governorates
  • GDP per capita (PPP): $18,200 (2015 est.)
  • Exports: jewelry, base metals, chemicals, consumer goods, fruit and vegetables, tobacco, construction minerals, electric power machinery and switchgear, textile fibers, paper
  • Imports: petroleum products, cars, medicinal products, clothing, meat and live animals, consumer goods, paper, textile fabrics, tobacco, electrical machinery and equipment, chemicals
  • Currency: Lebanese pound (LBP)
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