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Lebanon
Yves DE SAN UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative

Address: P. O. Box 11-3216 City/State/Postal: Beirut Country: LEBANON Country code: 961 Telephone: (9611) 822145/6/8, 603463/4/5

Fax: (961-1) 981-521 Email:
fo.lbn@undp.org Web site: www.undp.org.lb/ Last Update:
Mar 29, 2000 09:57
Demographic, Social & Economic Indicators
Total Population (millions) (2000) 3.3
Projected population (millions) (2025) 4.4
Avg. pop. growth rate (%) (1995-2000) 1.7
% Urban (1995) 87
Urban growth rate (1995-2000) 2.3
Population/ ha arable and perm. crop land 0.5
Total fertility rate (1995-2000) 2.69
% births with skilled attendants 89
GNP per capita PPP$ (1998) 4,144
Per capita central govt. expenditures (PPP$) Education 104.4
Health    129.8
External population assistance (US$,000) 608
Under-5 mortality M/F M  39
F  31
Per capita energy consumption 1,164
Access to safe water 94
   
Monitoring ICPD Goals: Selected Indicators
Infant mortality Total per 1,000 live births 29
Life expectancy M 68.1
F 71.7
Maternal mortality ratio 100
Primary enrolment (gross) M 113
F 108
Proportion reaching grade 5 M --
F --
Secondary enrolment (gross) M 78
F 84
% Illiterate (>15 years) M 8
F 20
Contraceptive knowledge % knowing method 91

% knowing source --
Births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 26
Contraceptive prevalence Any method 53
Modern methods 18
   

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