The population of Lebanon

The demographic situation of Lebanon is described and analyzed. After a historical chapter outlining the political and demographic evolution of Lebanon from the beginning of the 19th century to the present time the following topics are covered: factors involved in population growth (birthrate and fertility recent trends in fertility regional differences and differences among religious groups); mortality; international emigration and immigration and recent trends; composition of the population (by sex and age family status educational level); regional distribution and internal migrations (urban and rural population urbanization and development of suburban areas); labor force (distribution of the active population by sex and age distribution by economic sectors and professional categories unemployment and underemployment); population projections 1970-2000 (trends for Lebanon and Beirut trends of working and school population dependents); and social and economic aspects of demographic growth (demographic policy problems raised by excessive urbanization and by the growth of the labor force).