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Lebanon

33.8N 35.8E · 24 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
INDEPENDENCE FROM FRANCE · 22 NOVEMBER 1943
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1975 – present · Civil War, Foreign Intervention and Collapse
5 EVENTS
13 April 1975 · The Lebanese Civil War 2 REFS
14 February 2005 · Hariri assassination and the Cedar Revolution 3 REFS
1943 – 1975 · Independence and the Golden Age
4 EVENTS
1943 · The National Pact 2 REFS
31 December 1946 · French withdrawal completed 2 REFS
1840 – 1943 · 1860, the Mutasarrifate and the French Mandate
4 EVENTS
1860 · Sectarian conflict in Mount Lebanon 2 REFS
1 September 1920 · Creation of Greater Lebanon 2 REFS
1516 – 1840 · The Emirate of Mount Lebanon
4 EVENTS
c. 1590s–1633 · Fakhr al-Din II unites the mountain 2 REFS
1840 · Fall of Bashir Shihab II 2 REFS
332 BCE – 7th century CE · Roman Heliopolis and the Rise of Christianity
3 EVENTS
1st–3rd century CE · Baalbek becomes Roman Heliopolis 2 REFS
636 · Arab Muslim conquest of the Levant 2 REFS
c. 3000 BCE – 332 BCE · Phoenicia: Byblos, Sidon and Tyre
4 EVENTS
c. 3000 BCE · Byblos trades cedar with Egypt 2 REFS
early 1st millennium BCE · The Phoenician alphabet at Byblos 3 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Beirut
Population
6.2 m
Area
10,452 km²
Region
Western Asia
Languages
Arabic, French
Currency
Lebanese pound (ل.ل)
Demonym
Lebanese
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$26 B’24 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$4,473’24 WB-WDI
GDP growth
-7.1%’24 WB-WDI
Inflation
14.6%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
82.2%’24 WB-WDI

Society

Population
5.8 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
77.9 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
91.0%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
2.2’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
92.0%’19 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
43.3’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
42.2’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
29.4’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
39.7’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
38.3’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
21.5’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
5.6%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
2.68’20 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
17.6’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
67.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
47.7%’24 WB-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
92.0%’19 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
1.2%’24 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
81.8%’24 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
63.8%’24 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
54.4%’23 WB-UNESCO

Technology

Internet users
80.6%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
74’22 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
2.9%’24 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
10,230 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
14.2%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
65.9%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
1.9’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
6.8%’21 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
100.0%’24 WB-WDI

Military

Military burden
2.6%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$635 M’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
80,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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