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Lebanon vs Thailand statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Lebanon has a population of 5.81M (ranked 115/197), compared with 71.7M in Thailand (ranked 20/197). Lebanon's land area is 3,950 sq mi versus 197,256 sq mi for Thailand (ranked 160th vs. 50th).

By GDP, Lebanon ranks 128/197 ($20.1B) and Thailand ranks 30/197 ($526B). By GDP per capita, Lebanon ranks 135/197 ($3,478), while Thailand ranks 102/197 ($7,345).

Main facts and rankings

Lebanon Thailand
Population
5888008
71619867
Population rank 115/197 21/197
GDP
$20.1B
2023
$526B
2024
GDP rank 128/197 30/197
GDP per capita
$3,478
2023
$7,345
2024
GDP per capita rank 135/197 102/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$12,575
2023
$24,708
2024
Government debt
$38.6B
2023
$333B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
149.1%
2025
64.5%
2025
Government debt per person
$6,680
2023
$4,642
2024
Government debt per person rank 70/185 84/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$3,779
2025
$7,948
2025
Land area
3,950 sq mi
2025
197,256 sq mi
2025
Population density
1,470 ppl/mi²
2024
363 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.24
2023
1.21
2023
Median age
29.6 years
2024
41.1 years
2024
Life expectancy
78.1 years
2025
76.8 years
2025

Lebanon and Thailand: Comparison Charts

Lebanon and Thailand economies compared

GDP
Lebanon

Thailand
Year GDP
Lebanon Thailand
1960 - $2,760,750,861
1961 - $3,034,037,811
1962 - $3,308,912,797
1963 - $3,540,403,457
1964 - $3,889,129,942
1965 - $4,388,937,649
1966 - $5,279,230,817
1967 - $5,638,461,442
1968 - $6,081,009,428
1969 - $6,695,336,567
1970 - $7,086,538,438
1971 - $7,375,000,024
1972 - $8,177,873,151
1973 - $10,838,587,358
1974 - $13,702,998,512
1975 - $14,882,770,594
1976 - $16,985,208,648
1977 - $19,779,312,261
1978 - $24,006,566,637
1979 - $27,371,650,825
1980 - $32,353,514,989
1981 - $34,846,039,194
1982 - $36,589,772,404
1983 - $40,042,798,388
1984 - $41,797,647,776
1985 - $38,900,711,333
1986 - $43,096,773,981
1987 - $50,535,446,555
1988 $3,313,540,068 $61,667,253,471
1989 $2,717,998,688 $72,250,748,100
1990 $2,838,485,354 $85,343,190,719
1991 $4,690,415,093 $98,234,714,971
1992 $5,843,579,161 $111,452,746,518
1993 $7,941,744,492 $128,889,262,951
1994 $9,599,127,050 $146,683,778,959
1995 $11,718,795,529 $169,278,916,593
1996 $13,690,217,334 $183,035,237,429
1997 $15,751,867,489 $150,180,456,566
1998 $17,247,179,006 $113,675,596,788
1999 $17,391,056,369 $126,669,211,779
2000 $17,260,364,842 $126,392,224,254
2001 $17,649,751,244 $120,296,476,180
2002 $19,152,238,806 $134,300,904,400
2003 $20,082,918,740 $152,280,615,246
2004 $21,159,827,992 $172,895,685,155
2005 $21,497,336,499 $189,318,408,469
2006 $22,022,709,851 $221,758,296,022
2007 $24,827,355,015 $262,942,621,455
2008 $29,118,916,105 $291,382,982,431
2009 $35,399,582,929 $281,710,630,187
2010 $38,443,907,042 $341,104,766,329
2011 $39,927,125,962 $370,818,739,624
2012 $44,016,799,516 $397,558,325,279
2013 $46,880,103,081 $420,333,654,593
2014 $48,095,213,747 $407,339,040,198
2015 $49,929,337,837 $401,296,238,228
2016 $51,147,308,774 $413,366,349,748
2017 $53,027,680,686 $456,356,813,537
2018 $54,901,519,156 $506,754,208,404
2019 $51,605,959,131 $543,976,691,794
2020 $31,712,128,254 $500,461,898,480
2021 $23,131,941,557 $506,194,668,790
2022 $20,992,421,949 $495,644,697,588
2023 $20,078,620,357 $515,906,283,941
2024 - $526,411,265,428

Lebanon and Thailand economies compared

GDP per capita
Lebanon

Thailand
Year GDP per capita
Lebanon Thailand
1960 - $102.8
1961 - $109.7
1962 - $116.2
1963 - $120.7
1964 - $128.6
1965 - $140.9
1966 - $164.5
1967 - $170.7
1968 - $178.8
1969 - $191.4
1970 - $197.1
1971 - $199.7
1972 - $215.6
1973 - $278.3
1974 - $343
1975 - $364
1976 - $405
1977 - $462
1978 - $548
1979 - $612
1980 - $709
1981 - $748
1982 - $770
1983 - $827
1984 - $847
1985 - $774
1986 - $842
1987 - $970
1988 $959 $1,164
1989 $771 $1,342
1990 $790 $1,559
1991 $1,278 $1,766
1992 $1,559 $1,972
1993 $2,079 $2,245
1994 $2,468 $2,518
1995 $2,959 $2,864
1996 $3,393 $3,055
1997 $3,834 $2,473
1998 $4,125 $1,848
1999 $4,087 $2,033
2000 $3,987 $2,006
2001 $4,010 $1,890
2002 $4,291 $2,090
2003 $4,438 $2,348
2004 $4,601 $2,642
2005 $4,602 $2,868
2006 $4,635 $3,331
2007 $5,125 $3,919
2008 $5,912 $4,309
2009 $7,091 $4,135
2010 $7,626 $4,974
2011 $7,835 $5,374
2012 $8,407 $5,726
2013 $8,162 $6,018
2014 $7,578 $5,801
2015 $7,714 $5,689
2016 $8,089 $5,834
2017 $8,608 $6,413
2018 $9,175 $7,100
2019 $8,906 $7,606
2020 $5,561 $6,986
2021 $4,045 $7,057
2022 $3,654 $6,909
2023 $3,478 $7,195
2024 - $7,345

Lebanon vs. Thailand life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Lebanon

Thailand
Year Life expectancy, years
Lebanon Thailand
1950 59.9 45.2
1951 60.3 45.9
1952 60.8 46.5
1953 61.2 47.1
1954 61.6 47.6
1955 61.5 48.1
1956 62.2 48.6
1957 62.8 49.1
1958 61.2 49.5
1959 63.6 50.1
1960 63.9 50.6
1961 64.3 51.1
1962 64.6 51.4
1963 64.9 52
1964 65.1 52.5
1965 65.3 53.1
1966 65.5 53.7
1967 65.7 54.3
1968 65.8 55
1969 65.9 55.7
1970 66 56.5
1971 66.1 57.1
1972 66.2 57.7
1973 66.3 58.3
1974 66.4 59
1975 57.7 59.7
1976 36.4 60.4
1977 60.3 60.9
1978 60 61.3
1979 59.6 61.7
1980 59.9 62.2
1981 60.3 62.9
1982 47.2 63.6
1983 60.8 64.5
1984 61.2 65.5
1985 61.6 66.5
1986 62 67.3
1987 62.5 67.8
1988 62.9 68.2
1989 65.1 68.6
1990 65.5 68.9
1991 70.9 69.1
1992 71.2 69.4
1993 71.6 69.6
1994 72 69.7
1995 72.4 69.8
1996 72.6 69.9
1997 72.9 70.4
1998 73.2 70.7
1999 73.5 71
2000 73.9 71.2
2001 74.4 71.5
2002 74.8 71.8
2003 75.3 72.1
2004 75.7 72.1
2005 76.1 72.9
2006 75.7 73.3
2007 76.7 73.8
2008 77 74.2
2009 77.3 74.7
2010 77.5 75
2011 77.8 75.3
2012 77.9 75.6
2013 78 76
2014 78.1 76.3
2015 78.3 76.6
2016 78.3 76.8
2017 78.2 77
2018 78.3 77.2
2019 78.2 77.2
2020 76.3 77.3
2021 73.6 77.6
2022 78 75.3
2023 77.8 76.4
2024 77.9 76.6
2025 78.1 76.8

Lebanon and Thailand population clocks and comparison

Population
Lebanon

Thailand
Year Population
Lebanon Thailand
1960 1,794,406 26,851,747
1961 1,850,084 27,650,334
1962 1,909,578 28,481,040
1963 1,970,316 29,342,322
1964 2,030,543 30,232,141
1965 2,088,831 31,149,337
1966 2,148,260 32,086,071
1967 2,206,731 33,037,801
1968 2,266,368 34,002,560
1969 2,328,159 34,973,782
1970 2,386,114 35,954,408
1971 2,446,314 36,937,387
1972 2,509,729 37,933,929
1973 2,572,935 38,947,787
1974 2,635,185 39,952,891
1975 2,693,191 40,940,005
1976 2,726,469 41,896,504
1977 2,762,155 42,843,974
1978 2,822,682 43,788,976
1979 2,882,635 44,718,434
1980 2,944,763 45,650,022
1981 3,008,981 46,575,855
1982 3,054,931 47,494,577
1983 3,094,996 48,423,309
1984 3,152,744 49,351,708
1985 3,217,376 50,270,753
1986 3,300,365 51,177,834
1987 3,385,555 52,074,105
1988 3,454,649 52,969,595
1989 3,525,285 53,848,956
1990 3,595,175 54,738,329
1991 3,668,912 55,637,434
1992 3,747,371 56,528,834
1993 3,820,647 57,408,198
1994 3,889,799 58,260,854
1995 3,960,735 59,098,232
1996 4,034,781 59,920,064
1997 4,108,405 60,724,584
1998 4,181,281 61,522,630
1999 4,255,277 62,299,043
2000 4,329,340 63,007,815
2001 4,401,918 63,651,141
2002 4,463,504 64,266,437
2003 4,525,508 64,868,166
2004 4,599,279 65,452,047
2005 4,671,102 66,017,420
2006 4,751,136 66,567,687
2007 4,844,118 67,102,394
2008 4,925,354 67,619,830
2009 4,992,287 68,121,080
2010 5,041,288 68,579,447
2011 5,096,020 69,007,208
2012 5,235,742 69,436,098
2013 5,743,436 69,845,114
2014 6,346,990 70,216,367
2015 6,472,469 70,540,795
2016 6,323,060 70,859,841
2017 6,160,128 71,160,187
2018 5,984,119 71,376,079
2019 5,794,594 71,522,271
2020 5,702,398 71,641,484
2021 5,718,122 71,727,332
2022 5,744,489 71,735,329
2023 5,773,493 71,702,435
2024 5,805,962 71,668,011

Fertility rates in Lebanon and Thailand

Fertility rate
Lebanon

Thailand
Year Fertility rate
Lebanon Thailand
1960 5.88 6.33
1961 5.89 6.32
1962 5.9 6.33
1963 5.91 6.34
1964 5.85 6.31
1965 5.77 6.26
1966 5.68 6.18
1967 5.57 6.08
1968 5.45 5.93
1969 5.32 5.7
1970 5.19 5.45
1971 5.05 5.25
1972 4.91 5.08
1973 4.79 4.85
1974 4.65 4.6
1975 4.52 4.36
1976 4.39 4.12
1977 4.28 3.87
1978 4.18 3.62
1979 4.08 3.45
1980 4.01 3.29
1981 3.95 3.13
1982 3.86 2.94
1983 3.73 2.76
1984 3.66 2.58
1985 3.53 2.45
1986 3.47 2.36
1987 3.42 2.26
1988 3.39 2.17
1989 3.36 2.14
1990 3.27 2.07
1991 3.16 2.04
1992 3.05 2.01
1993 2.94 1.97
1994 2.82 1.93
1995 2.73 1.89
1996 2.7 1.87
1997 2.67 1.85
1998 2.65 1.82
1999 2.63 1.77
2000 2.6 1.73
2001 2.58 1.71
2002 2.52 1.69
2003 2.46 1.67
2004 2.38 1.67
2005 2.29 1.64
2006 2.24 1.63
2007 2.2 1.62
2008 2.17 1.59
2009 2.19 1.57
2010 2.26 1.56
2011 2.32 1.57
2012 2.35 1.56
2013 2.36 1.53
2014 2.38 1.48
2015 2.38 1.45
2016 2.39 1.4
2017 2.37 1.36
2018 2.35 1.32
2019 2.33 1.29
2020 2.31 1.26
2021 2.28 1.23
2022 2.26 1.22
2023 2.24 1.21

Lebanon and Thailand demographics compared

Median age
Lebanon

Thailand
Year Median age, years
Lebanon Thailand
1960 19.9 18
1961 19.5 17.9
1962 19.1 17.7
1963 18.7 17.6
1964 18.4 17.5
1965 18.2 17.4
1966 18.1 17.3
1967 18 17.3
1968 18 17.3
1969 18.1 17.4
1970 18.2 17.5
1971 18.3 17.6
1972 18.5 17.8
1973 18.7 18
1974 18.9 18.2
1975 19 18.4
1976 19.1 18.7
1977 19.2 18.9
1978 19.4 19.2
1979 19.6 19.5
1980 19.8 19.9
1981 19.9 20.2
1982 20.1 20.6
1983 20.3 21
1984 20.5 21.5
1985 20.7 21.9
1986 20.8 22.4
1987 21 22.8
1988 21.2 23.3
1989 21.4 23.7
1990 21.6 24.3
1991 21.8 24.8
1992 22 25.4
1993 22.3 26
1994 22.5 26.6
1995 22.8 27.2
1996 23.1 27.7
1997 23.4 28.3
1998 23.7 28.9
1999 24 29.5
2000 24.3 30
2001 24.6 30.5
2002 24.9 30.9
2003 25.2 31.3
2004 25.6 31.7
2005 26 32.2
2006 26.3 32.6
2007 26.7 33.1
2008 27.1 33.6
2009 27.5 34
2010 27.9 34.5
2011 28.2 35
2012 28.6 35.4
2013 28.9 35.9
2014 29.2 36.3
2015 29.4 36.8
2016 29.5 37.3
2017 29.4 37.7
2018 29.3 38.2
2019 29 38.7
2020 28.9 39.2
2021 29 39.7
2022 29.2 40.2
2023 29.4 40.7
2024 29.6 41.1

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Lebanon Thailand
GNI, Atlas method
$21.6B
2023
$510B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
18.3%
2025
24%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
1.22%
2024
2.52%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
8.91%
2023
1.17%
2023
Armed forces personnel
80,000
2020
455,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+0.01%
2025
-3.07%
2025
Unemployment rate
11.3%
2019
0.78%
2024
Services, % of GDP
42.4%
2023
59.2%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
2.09%
2023
32.1%
2024
Economic freedom index
44.1
2025
60.6
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25.1%
2022
26.1%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
2.8%
2022
3.4%
2023
Number of millionaires n/a
100,001
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
0.18%
2024
Number of billionaires
6
2025
25
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.0002%
2025
0.00004%
2025
Listed domestic companies
10
2021
860
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$10.6B
2021
$520B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$33.3B
2024
$237B
2024
Personal remittances received
$5.8B
2024
$9.58B
2024
International tourist arrivals
1,936,000
2019
39,916,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
27%
2020
5.95%
2020
Banked people share
23%
2024
91.8%
2024

Energy

Lebanon Thailand
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
617 kg
2022
1,851 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$19.9
2022
$12.7
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
17.3 megatons
2023
274.2 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
3 tons
2023
3.82 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
89.2%
2022
79.7%
2022
Renewable energy use share
6.8%
2021
19%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
6.6%
2022
1.02%
2023
Net energy imports use share
96.9%
2022
57.5%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
681 kWh
2022
2,965 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
5.07%
2021
19.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
16%
2022
3.45%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Lebanon Thailand
% of world population
0.07%
2024
0.88%
2024
Annual migration change
-17,267
2024
+23,321
2024
Urban population
89.6%
2024
54.3%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.87 ft
2025
5.63 ft
2025
Average female height
5.37 ft
2025
5.23 ft
2025
Quality of life index
49.8
2025
57.8
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
22
2024
34
2024
Higher education index
74
2025
76
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.26
2020
4.81
2011
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
16.4
2019
32.2
2019
Visa free countries
58
2025
96
2025
Adult literacy rate
92%
2019
91.1%
2022
English speaking
40%
2023
27.2%
2023
People using the Internet
83.5%
2023
90.9%
2024

Health

Lebanon Thailand
Government health expenditure per capita
$392
2022
$370
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$131.1
2022
$34.1
2022
Life expectancy
78.1 years
2025
76.8 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
7.3%
2022
0.07%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.62
2019
0.93
2020
Age at first childbirth n/a
23.3 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
15
2023
34
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
18.3
2023
9.2
2023
Obesity rate
30.7%
2022
15.4%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
12.3%
2024
10.2%
2024
Air quality index
47
2025
35
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
34.3%
2022
19.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
1.26 liters
2020
7.99 liters
2020

Territory

Lebanon Thailand
% of world land
0.007%
2025
0.34%
2025
Land area per capita
680 sq mi
2024
2,752 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
2,603 sq mi
2025
86,394 sq mi
2025
Forest area
560 sq mi
2025
76,313 sq mi
2025
Roads length
13,487 mi
2017
436,817 mi
2020

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