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Lebanon

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Lebanon is a country. The capital city is Beirut, located in the Western Asia region of Asia. It has a land area of 10,230 km², a population of 5,773,493 people and uses the currency Lebanese pound. The Prime Minister is Hassan Diab.

Key facts

currency: Lebanese pound
capital city: Beirut
region: Western Asia
continent: Asia
land area: 10,230 km²
population: 5,773,493 people
political leader: Hassan Diab (Prime Minister)

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central government debt: 128.64 % of GDP
expense: 6.30 % of GDP
GDP: 20,992,421,948.81 current US$
inflation: 221.34 annual %
self-employed workers: 29.56 % of total employment
tax revenue: 5.68 % of GDP
unemployment: 11.54 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 20.75 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 80,000 people
democracy score: 4.63
democracy type: Hybrid regime
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 74,000 people
individuals using the Internet: 83.50 % of population
military expenditure: 8.91 % of GDP
net migration: -34,193 people
press freedom: 2.41
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 6.25 %
birth rate: 14.58 per 1,000 people
death rate: 8.86 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 307.13 current US$
health expenditure: 10.06 % of GDP
hospital beds: 2.73 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 74
suicide mortality rate: 2.80 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 6,793.00 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 0.52 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 17.33 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 2.60 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 97.40 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.00 % of total
net energy imports: 97.87 % of energy use
fertility rate: 2.08 births per woman
forest area: 1,445 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 97.62 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 24.67 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 24.40
methane emissions: 4.06 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 0.77 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 2,966,891 people
male population: 2,806,602 people
renewable energy consumption: 6.80 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 8,546.20 km²
rural population: 610,143 people
urban land area: 1,871.97 km²
urban population: 5,163,350 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 2.79 % of total population

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Location on a map: 33°83′N, 35°83′E

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Lebanon is one of the countries in Asia, countries in Western Asia and 194 countries in our database.

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Distribution of universities in Lebanon per foundation year

Distribution of competitions in Lebanon by start date

Distribution of companies in Lebanon by foundation year

Distribution of artists from Lebanon by birth year

Evolution of historical death rate in Lebanon with forecast

Evolution of historical male population in Lebanon with forecast

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Lebanon with forecast

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Lebanon with forecast

Map of the distribution of sites in Lebanon by area

Map of the distribution of universities in Lebanon by total students

Map of the distribution of wildfires in Lebanon by mean width

Map of the distribution of museums in Lebanon by visitors

Share of athletes per gender in Lebanon

Share of revenue types by company in Lebanon

Share of CEOs per gender in Lebanon

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Correlation of birth rate and fertility rate of countries yearly in Lebanon

Correlation of agricultural land and nitrous oxide emissions of countries yearly in Lebanon

Correlation of access to electricity and vulnerable employment of countries yearly in Lebanon

Correlation of urban population and nitrous oxide emissions by countries yearly in Lebanon

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There are 423 books written about Lebanon in the database.

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