Fact Sheet

LEBANON

 

Full name
 
Lebanese Republic
Population
 
3,874,050
Government Type
 
Republic
Head of State
 
President Emile LAHUD (since 24 November 1998)
Head of Government
 
Prime Minister Fuad SINIORA  (since 30 June 2005)
"Linguistic" Groups
 
Arab 95%,
Armenian 4%,
Other 1%
Religions
 
Muslim 52.7% (Shi'a (41%), Sunni (27%), Isma'ilite, Alawite or Nusayri),
Christian 39% (Maronite Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Melkite Catholic, Armenian Orthodox, Syrian Catholic, Armenian Catholic, Syrian Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Chaldean, Assyrian, Copt, Protestant),
Druze 7%
Other 1.3%
Languages
 
Arabic (official),
French,
English,
Armenian
Legal System
 
Mixture of Ottoman law, canon law, Napoleonic code, and civil law;
Has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
GDP per capita $6,200 (2005 est.)
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