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Population :
3,562,699 (July 1999 est.)
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Age
structure :
0-14 years : 30% (male 535,596; female 515,776)
15-64 years : 64% (male 1,084,121; female 1,196,678)
65 years and over : 6% (male 105,133; female
125,395) (1999 est.)
Population growth rate :
1.61% (1999 est.)
Birth rate :
22.5 births/1,000 population (1999 est.)
Death rate :
6.45 deaths/1,000 population (1999 est.)
Sex ratio :
at birth : 1.05 male(s)/female
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Total
population :
0.94 male(s)/female (1999 est.)
Ethnic groups :
Arab 95%, Armenian 4%, other 1%
Religions :
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),
Languages :
Arabic (official), French, English,
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Literacy :
definition : age 15 and over can read and write
total population : 86.4%
male : 90.8%
female : 82.2% (1997 est.)
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