The latest officially reported population of China was 1,408,975,000 in 2024 vs 5,805,962 people in Lebanon in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current China's population is 1,405,773,318 people compared to 5,888,008 in Lebanon.
Population statistics:
- China's population is 238.8 times bigger than Lebanon's.
- China is ranked the 2nd most populous country in the world, while Lebanon is the 115th.
- The countries together account for 17.1% of the world: 17% for China vs 0.07% for Lebanon.
- For the last 10 years, China has had an average growth rate of +0.3% per year vs +0.16% in Lebanon.
- Since 2005, the population of China has increased from 1.3B people to 1.41B (7.83% growth), while Lebanon has grown from 4.67M to 5.89M (26.1% growth).
- Lebanon is projected to reach its peak in 2080 at 7.46M people, while China's population already peaked in 2021 at 1.41B people and is projected to decrease to 629M people by 2100.
China vs Lebanon: live population counter
China
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Lebanon
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
1405773318
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5888008
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| Population rank | 2/197 | 115/197 |
| Percent of world population | 17% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
18.2 seconds
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16.2 minutes
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| One birth every |
3.5 seconds
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5.64 minutes
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| One death every |
2.84 seconds
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15.3 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.65 minutes
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30.4 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -318,992 | -17,267 |
| Daily growth/decline | -4,753 | +89 |
| Annual growth/decline | -1,735,000 | +32,469 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.12% | +0.56% |
| Population growth rate rank | 173/197 | 130/197 |
China and Lebanon: population history and growth rate by year chart
China
Population
Growth rate
Lebanon
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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China
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Lebanon
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China
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Lebanon
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|
| 1960 | 667,070,000 | 1,794,406 | - | - |
| 1961 | 660,330,000 | 1,850,084 | -1.01% | 3.1% |
| 1962 | 665,770,000 | 1,909,578 | 0.82% | 3.22% |
| 1963 | 682,335,000 | 1,970,316 | 2.49% | 3.18% |
| 1964 | 698,355,000 | 2,030,543 | 2.35% | 3.06% |
| 1965 | 715,185,000 | 2,088,831 | 2.41% | 2.87% |
| 1966 | 735,400,000 | 2,148,260 | 2.83% | 2.85% |
| 1967 | 754,550,000 | 2,206,731 | 2.6% | 2.72% |
| 1968 | 774,510,000 | 2,266,368 | 2.65% | 2.7% |
| 1969 | 796,025,000 | 2,328,159 | 2.78% | 2.73% |
| 1970 | 818,315,000 | 2,386,114 | 2.8% | 2.49% |
| 1971 | 841,105,000 | 2,446,314 | 2.78% | 2.52% |
| 1972 | 862,030,000 | 2,509,729 | 2.49% | 2.59% |
| 1973 | 881,940,000 | 2,572,935 | 2.31% | 2.52% |
| 1974 | 900,350,000 | 2,635,185 | 2.09% | 2.42% |
| 1975 | 916,395,000 | 2,693,191 | 1.78% | 2.2% |
| 1976 | 930,685,000 | 2,726,469 | 1.56% | 1.24% |
| 1977 | 943,455,000 | 2,762,155 | 1.37% | 1.31% |
| 1978 | 956,165,000 | 2,822,682 | 1.35% | 2.19% |
| 1979 | 969,005,000 | 2,882,635 | 1.34% | 2.12% |
| 1980 | 981,235,000 | 2,944,763 | 1.26% | 2.16% |
| 1981 | 993,885,000 | 3,008,981 | 1.29% | 2.18% |
| 1982 | 1,008,630,000 | 3,054,931 | 1.48% | 1.53% |
| 1983 | 1,023,310,000 | 3,094,996 | 1.46% | 1.31% |
| 1984 | 1,036,825,000 | 3,152,744 | 1.32% | 1.87% |
| 1985 | 1,051,040,000 | 3,217,376 | 1.37% | 2.05% |
| 1986 | 1,066,790,000 | 3,300,365 | 1.5% | 2.58% |
| 1987 | 1,084,035,000 | 3,385,555 | 1.62% | 2.58% |
| 1988 | 1,101,630,000 | 3,454,649 | 1.62% | 2.04% |
| 1989 | 1,118,650,000 | 3,525,285 | 1.54% | 2.04% |
| 1990 | 1,135,185,000 | 3,595,175 | 1.48% | 1.98% |
| 1991 | 1,150,780,000 | 3,668,912 | 1.37% | 2.05% |
| 1992 | 1,164,970,000 | 3,747,371 | 1.23% | 2.14% |
| 1993 | 1,178,440,000 | 3,820,647 | 1.16% | 1.96% |
| 1994 | 1,191,835,000 | 3,889,799 | 1.14% | 1.81% |
| 1995 | 1,204,855,000 | 3,960,735 | 1.09% | 1.82% |
| 1996 | 1,217,550,000 | 4,034,781 | 1.05% | 1.87% |
| 1997 | 1,230,075,000 | 4,108,405 | 1.03% | 1.82% |
| 1998 | 1,241,935,000 | 4,181,281 | 0.96% | 1.77% |
| 1999 | 1,252,735,000 | 4,255,277 | 0.87% | 1.77% |
| 2000 | 1,262,645,000 | 4,329,340 | 0.79% | 1.74% |
| 2001 | 1,271,850,000 | 4,401,918 | 0.73% | 1.68% |
| 2002 | 1,280,400,000 | 4,463,504 | 0.67% | 1.4% |
| 2003 | 1,288,400,000 | 4,525,508 | 0.62% | 1.39% |
| 2004 | 1,296,075,000 | 4,599,279 | 0.6% | 1.63% |
| 2005 | 1,303,720,000 | 4,671,102 | 0.59% | 1.56% |
| 2006 | 1,311,020,000 | 4,751,136 | 0.56% | 1.71% |
| 2007 | 1,317,885,000 | 4,844,118 | 0.52% | 1.96% |
| 2008 | 1,324,655,000 | 4,925,354 | 0.51% | 1.68% |
| 2009 | 1,331,260,000 | 4,992,287 | 0.5% | 1.36% |
| 2010 | 1,337,705,000 | 5,041,288 | 0.48% | 0.98% |
| 2011 | 1,345,035,000 | 5,096,020 | 0.55% | 1.09% |
| 2012 | 1,354,190,000 | 5,235,742 | 0.68% | 2.74% |
| 2013 | 1,363,240,000 | 5,743,436 | 0.67% | 9.7% |
| 2014 | 1,371,860,000 | 6,346,990 | 0.63% | 10.5% |
| 2015 | 1,379,860,000 | 6,472,469 | 0.58% | 1.98% |
| 2016 | 1,387,790,000 | 6,323,060 | 0.57% | -2.31% |
| 2017 | 1,396,215,000 | 6,160,128 | 0.61% | -2.58% |
| 2018 | 1,402,760,000 | 5,984,119 | 0.47% | -2.86% |
| 2019 | 1,407,745,000 | 5,794,594 | 0.36% | -3.17% |
| 2020 | 1,411,100,000 | 5,702,398 | 0.24% | -1.59% |
| 2021 | 1,412,360,000 | 5,718,122 | 0.09% | 0.28% |
| 2022 | 1,412,175,000 | 5,744,489 | -0.01% | 0.46% |
| 2023 | 1,410,710,000 | 5,773,493 | -0.1% | 0.5% |
| 2024 | 1,408,975,000 | 5,805,962 | -0.12% | 0.56% |
| 2025 | 1,405,773,318 | 5,849,420 | -0.23% | 0.75% |
| 2026 | 1,402,614,510 | 5,897,459 | -0.22% | 0.82% |
| 2027 | 1,399,403,406 | 5,947,070 | -0.23% | 0.84% |
| 2028 | 1,395,886,569 | 5,997,844 | -0.25% | 0.85% |
| 2029 | 1,392,060,666 | 6,050,384 | -0.27% | 0.88% |
| 2030 | 1,387,961,846 | 6,103,809 | -0.29% | 0.88% |
| 2031 | 1,383,588,794 | 6,158,003 | -0.32% | 0.89% |
| 2032 | 1,378,934,346 | 6,210,753 | -0.34% | 0.86% |
| 2033 | 1,374,007,012 | 6,259,744 | -0.36% | 0.79% |
| 2034 | 1,368,825,481 | 6,308,826 | -0.38% | 0.78% |
| 2035 | 1,363,415,793 | 6,357,723 | -0.4% | 0.78% |
| 2036 | 1,357,772,486 | 6,407,678 | -0.41% | 0.79% |
| 2037 | 1,351,902,859 | 6,461,872 | -0.43% | 0.85% |
| 2038 | 1,345,840,038 | 6,516,253 | -0.45% | 0.84% |
| 2039 | 1,339,558,174 | 6,569,272 | -0.47% | 0.81% |
| 2040 | 1,333,028,062 | 6,620,323 | -0.49% | 0.78% |
| 2041 | 1,326,251,398 | 6,669,091 | -0.51% | 0.74% |
| 2042 | 1,319,222,019 | 6,714,435 | -0.53% | 0.68% |
| 2043 | 1,311,956,934 | 6,754,071 | -0.55% | 0.59% |
| 2044 | 1,304,437,340 | 6,794,014 | -0.57% | 0.59% |
| 2045 | 1,296,592,737 | 6,834,985 | -0.6% | 0.6% |
| 2046 | 1,288,357,014 | 6,871,777 | -0.64% | 0.54% |
| 2047 | 1,279,723,262 | 6,909,022 | -0.67% | 0.54% |
| 2048 | 1,270,661,954 | 6,944,194 | -0.71% | 0.51% |
| 2049 | 1,261,120,581 | 6,972,877 | -0.75% | 0.41% |
| 2050 | 1,251,102,086 | 6,999,259 | -0.79% | 0.38% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of China increased by 76,140,000 people (a 5.84% growth), while Lebanon gained 1,801,367 people (a 38.6% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, China gained 25,913,318 (a 1.88% growth), while Lebanon's population decreased by -584,461 (a 9.03% decline).
China was ranked 1st most populous country in 2005 and is 2nd in 2025. Lebanon was ranked 114th in 2005 and ranked 115th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) China's population will shrink by 11% to 1,251,102,086 people and will still be ranked 2nd. The population of Lebanon will increase by 18.9% to 6,999,259 people and will still be ranked 115th.
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Population differences between China and Lebanon
|
China
|
Lebanon
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 78.4 years | 78.1 years |
| Average age | 40.5 years | 33.2 years |
| Median age | 40.6 years | 29.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.9:49.1 | 48.6:51.4 |
| Fertility rate | 1 births per woman | 2.24 births per woman |
| Population density | 389 ppl/mi² | 1,470 ppl/mi² |
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