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Facts & Figures

Geography & People

• Capital: Beirut
• Area: 10,400 sq km (about 0.7 times the size of Connecticut)
• Population: 3,925,502 (July 2007 est.)
• Population growth rate: 1.198%
• Life expectancy at birth: 73.2 years
• Literacy: 87.4%
• Languages: Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian

Government

• Government type: Republic
• President: Emile Lahoud
• Prime Minister: Fuad Siniora
• Ambassador to the United States Designate: Antoine Chedid
• Ambassador from the United States: Jeffrey D. Feltman

Economy

• GDP: $22.02 billion (PPP, 2006 est.)
• GDP per capita: $5,700 (PPP, 2006 est.)
• GDP real growth rate: -6.4% (2006 est.)
• GDP composition by sector: agriculture - 7%; industry - 21%; services - 72% (2005)
• Population below poverty line: 28% (1999)
• Exports: $1.881 billion (2005 est.)
• Debt - external: $31.1 billion (2006 est.)
• Economic aid: $2.2 billion received (2003) from the $4.2 billion in soft loans pledged at the November 2002 Paris II Aid Conference
• Currency: Lebanese Pound (LBP)