Middle East & North Africa
A life that begins in Lebanon
One in every 1,437 babies in the world is born here: about 93,345 a year, 0.18 a minute.
- Population
- 5,849,421
- Births a year
- 93,345
- Life expectancy
- 77.9
- Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
- 17.6
Health and survival
Life expectancy, women (years)
79.9
World: 75.9
Life expectancy, men (years)
75.9
World: 71
Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)
15.3
World: 27.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
17.6
World: 37.6
Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)
15
World: 189
Adults living with HIV (%)
0.1
World: 0.7
Adults who smoke (%)
47
World: 20
Alcohol per adult (litres a year)
1.3
World: 4.6
Road deaths (per 100,000)
16.4
World: 17
Homicides (per 100,000)
2.2
World: 4.7
Family and school
Children per woman
2.23
World: 2.85
Women married before 18 (%)
6
World: 18
Children in primary school (%)
98
World: 89
Secondary school enrolment (%)
64
World: 81
Higher education enrolment (%)
54
World: 48
Children aged 7–14 who work (%)
≈ 6.6
World: 11.9
Money and work
Income per person (PPP)
$10,469
World: $21,797
Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)
36
World: 34
Living on under $3 a day (%)
5.8
World: 9.9
Unemployment (%)
11
World: 5.1
Jobs in farming (%)
4
World: 27
Women in the workforce (%)
22
World: 48
Health costs paid out of pocket (%)
30
World: 37
Home and connection
Living in cities (%)
91
World: 58
Access to electricity (%)
100
World: 92
Safe drinking water (%)
93
World: 91
Internet users (%)
81
World: 72
Peace and wellbeing
Life satisfaction (0–10)
3.72
World: 5.4
Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)
31.35
World: 2.43
Refugees abroad (% of population)
0.16
World: 0.34
≈ Estimated from the region
From 1960 to 2050
How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.
1960: 64 → 2026: 77.7 → 2050: 81.5
World
1960: 75 → 2026: 17 → 2050: 18
World
1960: 5.9 → 2026: 2.2 → 2050: 1.9
World
1960: 42 → 2026: 91 → 2050: 94
World
Nobody chooses where they are born
In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: Lebanon comes up about once in every 1,437 lives.
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All 178 countries →Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.