Lebanon

• 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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