Lebanon Demographics: Median age, Gender, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Lebanon vs World

Table

Year	Median age
	Lebanon	World
1960	19.9	22.5
1961	19.5	22.5
1962	19.1	22.4
1963	18.7	22.2
1964	18.4	22
1965	18.2	21.8
1966	18.1	21.7
1967	18	21.6
1968	18	21.5
1969	18.1	21.5
1970	18.2	21.4
1971	18.3	21.4
1972	18.5	21.5
1973	18.7	21.5
1974	18.9	21.6
1975	19	21.7
1976	19.1	21.9
1977	19.2	22
1978	19.4	22.2
1979	19.6	22.3
1980	19.8	22.5
1981	19.9	22.6
1982	20.1	22.7
1983	20.3	22.9
1984	20.5	23
1985	20.7	23.2
1986	20.8	23.3
1987	21	23.4
1988	21.2	23.6
1989	21.4	23.8
1990	21.6	23.9
1991	21.8	24.1
1992	22	24.3
1993	22.3	24.5
1994	22.5	24.7
1995	22.8	25
1996	23.1	25.2
1997	23.4	25.4
1998	23.7	25.7
1999	24	25.9
2000	24.3	26.1
2001	24.6	26.3
2002	24.9	26.5
2003	25.2	26.7
2004	25.6	27
2005	26	27.2
2006	26.3	27.4
2007	26.7	27.6
2008	27.1	27.8
2009	27.5	28
2010	27.9	28.2
2011	28.2	28.4
2012	28.6	28.6
2013	28.9	28.9
2014	29.2	29.1
2015	29.4	29.3
2016	29.5	29.5
2017	29.4	29.8
2018	29.3	30
2019	29	30.3
2020	28.9	30.6
2021	29	30.8
2022	29.2	31
2023	29.4	31.3
2024	29.6	31.6
2025	29.8	31.9
2026	30	32.1
2027	30.3	32.3
2028	30.6	32.6
2029	30.9	32.8
2030	31.1	33
2031	31.4	33.2
2032	31.7	33.4
2033	32	33.6
2034	32.3	33.8
2035	32.6	34
2036	32.8	34.2
2037	33.1	34.4
2038	33.4	34.6
2039	33.7	34.8
2040	34	35
2041	34.3	35.2
2042	34.6	35.4
2043	34.9	35.6
2044	35.3	35.8
2045	35.6	36
2046	36	36.2
2047	36.3	36.4
2048	36.7	36.6
2049	37.1	36.8
2050	37.5	37.1

In 1960, the median age in Lebanon was 19.9 years compared to the world's average of 22.5 years. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 29.6 years compared to the world's average of 31.6 years. Ranked 85th for median age 64 years ago (old to young), Lebanon ranks 106th currently.

According to the United Nations projections, the median age in Lebanon is expected to increase to around 37.5 years by 2050. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Lebanon demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Lebanon
	Male	Female
0-4	4.01%	3.81%
5-9	4.42%	4.17%
10-14	5%	4.78%
15-19	4.68%	4.34%
20-24	4.31%	3.88%
25-29	3.58%	3.62%
30-34	2.73%	3.4%
35-39	2.82%	3.23%
40-44	2.85%	3.21%
45-49	2.54%	3%
50-54	2.55%	2.93%
55-59	2.55%	2.9%
60-64	2.13%	2.43%
65-69	1.67%	2%
70-74	1.31%	1.4%
75-79	0.84%	1.06%
80+	0.64%	1.23%

The chart above is a variation of the population pyramid and represents the age and gender structure. Lebanon has low demographic potential with 56.7% of people in the 0-34 age group (ranked 98/196).

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Lebanon			World
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	93.1%	81.9%	11.2%	73.5%	64.9%	8.62%
1961	95.2%	84%	11.1%	73.8%	65.1%	8.67%
1962	96.9%	85.9%	11%	74.1%	65.4%	8.73%
1963	98.2%	87.4%	10.8%	74.9%	66.1%	8.79%
1964	98.9%	88.3%	10.6%	75.5%	66.6%	8.85%
1965	98.6%	88.2%	10.4%	75.8%	66.8%	8.93%
1966	97.3%	87.2%	10.1%	75.9%	66.9%	9%
1967	96%	86.1%	9.9%	75.9%	66.8%	9.07%
1968	94.6%	84.9%	9.7%	75.8%	66.6%	9.14%
1969	93.1%	83.5%	9.53%	75.7%	66.5%	9.2%
1970	91.6%	82.2%	9.37%	75.5%	66.2%	9.26%
1971	90%	80.8%	9.22%	75.2%	65.9%	9.33%
1972	88.4%	79.3%	9.08%	74.9%	65.6%	9.39%
1973	86.9%	77.9%	8.95%	74.6%	65.1%	9.46%
1974	85.3%	76.5%	8.85%	74.4%	64.9%	9.54%
1975	84.1%	75.3%	8.77%	74.2%	64.6%	9.64%
1976	82.8%	74.2%	8.53%	74%	64.3%	9.72%
1977	81.3%	73%	8.31%	73.5%	63.7%	9.79%
1978	79.8%	71.6%	8.25%	72.4%	62.5%	9.84%
1979	78.4%	70.3%	8.14%	71.3%	61.4%	9.88%
1980	77%	69%	7.96%	70.4%	60.5%	9.89%
1981	75.7%	67.9%	7.74%	69.5%	59.6%	9.85%
1982	74.4%	67%	7.41%	68.7%	58.9%	9.79%
1983	73.2%	66.1%	7.1%	67.9%	58.1%	9.72%
1984	72.3%	65.4%	6.91%	67%	57.3%	9.68%
1985	71.5%	64.8%	6.79%	66.3%	56.6%	9.68%
1986	70.9%	64.1%	6.73%	65.7%	55.9%	9.71%
1987	70.2%	63.5%	6.71%	65.2%	55.4%	9.75%
1988	69.6%	62.8%	6.72%	64.8%	54.9%	9.81%
1989	69.1%	62.4%	6.78%	64.4%	54.5%	9.89%
1990	68.9%	62%	6.89%	64.2%	54.3%	9.97%
1991	68.5%	61.5%	7.01%	64%	53.9%	10.1%
1992	67.9%	60.7%	7.15%	63.7%	53.6%	10.2%
1993	67%	59.7%	7.29%	63.5%	53.2%	10.3%
1994	66%	58.6%	7.44%	63.1%	52.7%	10.4%
1995	64.9%	57.4%	7.58%	62.7%	52.2%	10.5%
1996	63.7%	56%	7.71%	62.1%	51.5%	10.6%
1997	62.5%	54.7%	7.83%	61.5%	50.8%	10.7%
1998	61.2%	53.3%	7.94%	60.7%	50%	10.7%
1999	60%	51.9%	8.03%	60%	49.2%	10.8%
2000	58.8%	50.7%	8.12%	59.3%	48.4%	10.9%
2001	57.6%	49.4%	8.2%	58.5%	47.6%	11%
2002	56.5%	48.2%	8.29%	57.8%	46.7%	11.1%
2003	55.3%	46.9%	8.36%	57%	45.9%	11.1%
2004	53.9%	45.5%	8.42%	56.3%	45.1%	11.2%
2005	52.6%	44.1%	8.47%	55.6%	44.3%	11.3%
2006	51.4%	42.8%	8.52%	55%	43.6%	11.4%
2007	50.2%	41.7%	8.57%	54.5%	43.1%	11.4%
2008	49.2%	40.6%	8.62%	54.1%	42.6%	11.5%
2009	48.4%	39.7%	8.69%	53.8%	42.2%	11.6%
2010	47.8%	39%	8.79%	53.5%	41.9%	11.6%
2011	47.4%	38.5%	8.91%	53.4%	41.6%	11.8%
2012	47.2%	38.2%	9.06%	53.3%	41.4%	11.9%
2013	47.1%	37.8%	9.24%	53.4%	41.2%	12.1%
2014	47.1%	37.6%	9.47%	53.5%	41.1%	12.4%
2015	48.3%	38.3%	10.1%	53.6%	40.9%	12.7%
2016	50.9%	39.8%	11.1%	53.7%	40.7%	13%
2017	53.4%	41.3%	12%	53.9%	40.6%	13.3%
2018	55.7%	42.8%	13%	54.1%	40.4%	13.7%
2019	57.9%	44.1%	13.9%	54.2%	40.1%	14%
2020	58.9%	44.4%	14.5%	54.2%	39.8%	14.4%
2021	58.5%	43.7%	14.7%	54.2%	39.5%	14.7%
2022	58%	42.9%	15%	54%	39%	15%
2023	57.6%	42.1%	15.5%	53.9%	38.5%	15.4%
2024	57%	41.1%	15.9%	53.7%	38%	15.7%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64. Age dependency in Lebanon increased from 53.9% to 57% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of children and an increased proportion of people aged 65+

Lebanon working age demographic chart

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Lebanon	World
1960	51.8%	57.6%
1961	51.2%	57.5%
1962	50.8%	57.4%
1963	50.5%	57.2%
1964	50.3%	57%
1965	50.4%	56.9%
1966	50.7%	56.8%
1967	51%	56.9%
1968	51.4%	56.9%
1969	51.8%	56.9%
1970	52.2%	57%
1971	52.6%	57.1%
1972	53.1%	57.2%
1973	53.5%	57.3%
1974	54%	57.3%
1975	54.3%	57.4%
1976	54.7%	57.5%
1977	55.2%	57.7%
1978	55.6%	58%
1979	56.1%	58.4%
1980	56.5%	58.7%
1981	56.9%	59%
1982	57.3%	59.3%
1983	57.7%	59.6%
1984	58%	59.9%
1985	58.3%	60.1%
1986	58.5%	60.4%
1987	58.8%	60.5%
1988	59%	60.7%
1989	59.1%	60.8%
1990	59.2%	60.9%
1991	59.3%	61%
1992	59.6%	61.1%
1993	59.9%	61.2%
1994	60.2%	61.3%
1995	60.6%	61.5%
1996	61.1%	61.7%
1997	61.5%	61.9%
1998	62%	62.2%
1999	62.5%	62.5%
2000	63%	62.8%
2001	63.4%	63.1%
2002	63.9%	63.4%
2003	64.4%	63.7%
2004	65%	64%
2005	65.5%	64.3%
2006	66.1%	64.5%
2007	66.6%	64.7%
2008	67%	64.9%
2009	67.4%	65%
2010	67.6%	65.1%
2011	67.8%	65.2%
2012	67.9%	65.2%
2013	68%	65.2%
2014	68%	65.2%
2015	67.4%	65.1%
2016	66.3%	65.1%
2017	65.2%	65%
2018	64.2%	64.9%
2019	63.3%	64.9%
2020	62.9%	64.8%
2021	63.1%	64.9%
2022	63.3%	64.9%
2023	63.5%	65%
2024	63.7%	65.1%
2025	64%	65.2%
2026	64.3%	65.3%
2027	64.6%	65.4%
2028	64.9%	65.4%
2029	65.1%	65.4%
2030	65.3%	65.4%
2031	65.4%	65.4%
2032	65.3%	65.4%
2033	65.1%	65.4%
2034	64.8%	65.3%
2035	64.6%	65.2%
2036	64.4%	65%
2037	64.2%	64.9%
2038	64.1%	64.7%
2039	64%	64.6%
2040	63.9%	64.5%
2041	63.8%	64.4%
2042	63.7%	64.3%
2043	63.6%	64.2%
2044	63.6%	64.1%
2045	63.5%	63.9%
2046	63.5%	63.8%
2047	63.5%	63.7%
2048	63.5%	63.6%
2049	63.6%	63.4%
2050	63.6%	63.3%

The share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 in Lebanon changed from 65% to 63.7% between 2004 and 2024.

Share of young population (0-14 years)

Table

Year	Share of population 0-14 years old
	Lebanon	World
1960	42.4%	37.4%
1961	43.1%	37.5%
1962	43.6%	37.6%
1963	44.1%	37.8%
1964	44.4%	38%
1965	44.4%	38%
1966	44.2%	38%
1967	43.9%	38%
1968	43.6%	37.9%
1969	43.3%	37.8%
1970	42.9%	37.7%
1971	42.5%	37.6%
1972	42.1%	37.5%
1973	41.7%	37.3%
1974	41.3%	37.2%
1975	40.9%	37.1%
1976	40.6%	36.9%
1977	40.3%	36.7%
1978	39.8%	36.3%
1979	39.4%	35.9%
1980	39%	35.5%
1981	38.7%	35.2%
1982	38.4%	34.9%
1983	38.2%	34.6%
1984	38%	34.3%
1985	37.7%	34%
1986	37.5%	33.8%
1987	37.3%	33.6%
1988	37.1%	33.4%
1989	36.9%	33.2%
1990	36.7%	33%
1991	36.5%	32.9%
1992	36.2%	32.7%
1993	35.8%	32.5%
1994	35.3%	32.3%
1995	34.8%	32.1%
1996	34.2%	31.8%
1997	33.6%	31.5%
1998	33.1%	31.1%
1999	32.5%	30.8%
2000	31.9%	30.4%
2001	31.4%	30%
2002	30.8%	29.6%
2003	30.2%	29.2%
2004	29.6%	28.8%
2005	28.9%	28.5%
2006	28.3%	28.1%
2007	27.7%	27.9%
2008	27.2%	27.6%
2009	26.8%	27.5%
2010	26.4%	27.3%
2011	26.1%	27.1%
2012	25.9%	27%
2013	25.7%	26.9%
2014	25.6%	26.8%
2015	25.8%	26.6%
2016	26.4%	26.5%
2017	26.9%	26.4%
2018	27.5%	26.2%
2019	27.9%	26%
2020	27.9%	25.8%
2021	27.6%	25.6%
2022	27.2%	25.3%
2023	26.7%	25%
2024	26.2%	24.7%
2025	25.6%	24.4%
2026	25%	24.1%
2027	24.3%	23.8%
2028	23.7%	23.4%
2029	23.2%	23.1%
2030	22.7%	22.8%
2031	22.3%	22.6%
2032	22%	22.3%
2033	21.8%	22.1%
2034	21.8%	21.9%
2035	21.8%	21.7%
2036	21.7%	21.6%
2037	21.6%	21.5%
2038	21.6%	21.4%
2039	21.5%	21.3%
2040	21.5%	21.2%
2041	21.4%	21.1%
2042	21.3%	21%
2043	21.2%	21%
2044	21.1%	20.9%
2045	21%	20.8%
2046	20.9%	20.7%
2047	20.7%	20.7%
2048	20.5%	20.6%
2049	20.3%	20.5%
2050	20%	20.4%

The share of children aged 0-14 in Lebanon decreased from 29.6% to 26.2% between 2004 and 2024 due to changes in birth rates.

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Lebanon	World
1960	5.83%	4.97%
1961	5.7%	4.99%
1962	5.56%	5.01%
1963	5.43%	5.02%
1964	5.32%	5.04%
1965	5.21%	5.08%
1966	5.13%	5.12%
1967	5.05%	5.16%
1968	4.99%	5.2%
1969	4.93%	5.24%
1970	4.89%	5.28%
1971	4.85%	5.32%
1972	4.82%	5.37%
1973	4.79%	5.42%
1974	4.78%	5.47%
1975	4.77%	5.53%
1976	4.67%	5.59%
1977	4.58%	5.65%
1978	4.59%	5.71%
1979	4.56%	5.77%
1980	4.5%	5.81%
1981	4.41%	5.81%
1982	4.25%	5.8%
1983	4.1%	5.79%
1984	4.01%	5.8%
1985	3.96%	5.82%
1986	3.94%	5.86%
1987	3.94%	5.91%
1988	3.96%	5.95%
1989	4.01%	6.01%
1990	4.08%	6.07%
1991	4.16%	6.14%
1992	4.26%	6.21%
1993	4.37%	6.29%
1994	4.48%	6.37%
1995	4.6%	6.45%
1996	4.71%	6.53%
1997	4.82%	6.61%
1998	4.92%	6.68%
1999	5.02%	6.76%
2000	5.11%	6.84%
2001	5.2%	6.92%
2002	5.3%	7.01%
2003	5.39%	7.1%
2004	5.47%	7.18%
2005	5.55%	7.26%
2006	5.63%	7.34%
2007	5.7%	7.41%
2008	5.78%	7.47%
2009	5.86%	7.52%
2010	5.94%	7.58%
2011	6.04%	7.66%
2012	6.15%	7.78%
2013	6.28%	7.92%
2014	6.44%	8.08%
2015	6.79%	8.26%
2016	7.33%	8.45%
2017	7.85%	8.65%
2018	8.33%	8.88%
2019	8.78%	9.1%
2020	9.12%	9.33%
2021	9.3%	9.53%
2022	9.51%	9.74%
2023	9.82%	9.98%
2024	10.1%	10.2%
2025	10.4%	10.4%
2026	10.7%	10.6%
2027	11%	10.8%
2028	11.4%	11.1%
2029	11.7%	11.5%
2030	12%	11.7%
2031	12.4%	12%
2032	12.7%	12.3%
2033	13%	12.6%
2034	13.4%	12.8%
2035	13.7%	13.1%
2036	13.9%	13.4%
2037	14.1%	13.7%
2038	14.3%	13.9%
2039	14.5%	14.1%
2040	14.7%	14.3%
2041	14.8%	14.5%
2042	15%	14.7%
2043	15.1%	14.9%
2044	15.3%	15%
2045	15.5%	15.2%
2046	15.6%	15.4%
2047	15.8%	15.7%
2048	16%	15.9%
2049	16.2%	16.1%
2050	16.3%	16.3%

The share of older people aged 65 and over in Lebanon increased from 5.47% to 10.1% between 2004 and 2024 due to changes in life expectancy.