Population in Ireland compared to Lebanon: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ireland and Lebanon: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ireland	Lebanon	Ireland	Lebanon
1960	2,828,600	1,794,406	-	-
1961	2,824,400	1,850,084	-0.15%	3.1%
1962	2,836,050	1,909,578	0.41%	3.22%
1963	2,852,650	1,970,316	0.59%	3.18%
1964	2,866,550	2,030,543	0.49%	3.06%
1965	2,877,300	2,088,831	0.38%	2.87%
1966	2,888,800	2,148,260	0.4%	2.85%
1967	2,902,450	2,206,731	0.47%	2.72%
1968	2,915,550	2,266,368	0.45%	2.7%
1969	2,932,650	2,328,159	0.59%	2.73%
1970	2,957,250	2,386,114	0.84%	2.49%
1971	2,992,050	2,446,314	1.18%	2.52%
1972	3,036,850	2,509,729	1.5%	2.59%
1973	3,085,950	2,572,935	1.62%	2.52%
1974	3,137,500	2,635,185	1.67%	2.42%
1975	3,189,550	2,693,191	1.66%	2.2%
1976	3,238,050	2,726,469	1.52%	1.24%
1977	3,282,200	2,762,155	1.36%	1.31%
1978	3,329,100	2,822,682	1.43%	2.19%
1979	3,373,750	2,882,635	1.34%	2.12%
1980	3,412,800	2,944,763	1.16%	2.16%
1981	3,453,000	3,008,981	1.18%	2.18%
1982	3,485,800	3,054,931	0.95%	1.53%
1983	3,510,600	3,094,996	0.71%	1.31%
1984	3,532,423	3,152,744	0.62%	1.87%
1985	3,538,082	3,217,376	0.16%	2.05%
1986	3,539,690	3,300,365	0.05%	2.58%
1987	3,540,057	3,385,555	0.01%	2.58%
1988	3,524,949	3,454,649	-0.43%	2.04%
1989	3,511,009	3,525,285	-0.4%	2.04%
1990	3,513,974	3,595,175	0.08%	1.98%
1991	3,534,235	3,668,912	0.58%	2.05%
1992	3,558,430	3,747,371	0.68%	2.14%
1993	3,576,261	3,820,647	0.5%	1.96%
1994	3,590,386	3,889,799	0.39%	1.81%
1995	3,608,841	3,960,735	0.51%	1.82%
1996	3,637,510	4,034,781	0.79%	1.87%
1997	3,674,171	4,108,405	1.01%	1.82%
1998	3,712,696	4,181,281	1.05%	1.77%
1999	3,754,786	4,255,277	1.13%	1.77%
2000	3,805,174	4,329,340	1.34%	1.74%
2001	3,866,243	4,401,918	1.6%	1.68%
2002	3,931,947	4,463,504	1.7%	1.4%
2003	3,996,521	4,525,508	1.64%	1.39%
2004	4,070,262	4,599,279	1.85%	1.63%
2005	4,159,914	4,671,102	2.2%	1.56%
2006	4,273,591	4,751,136	2.73%	1.71%
2007	4,398,942	4,844,118	2.93%	1.96%
2008	4,489,544	4,925,354	2.06%	1.68%
2009	4,535,375	4,992,287	1.02%	1.36%
2010	4,560,155	5,041,288	0.55%	0.98%
2011	4,580,084	5,096,020	0.44%	1.09%
2012	4,599,533	5,235,742	0.42%	2.74%
2013	4,623,816	5,743,436	0.53%	9.7%
2014	4,657,740	6,346,990	0.73%	10.5%
2015	4,701,957	6,472,469	0.95%	1.98%
2016	4,762,722	6,323,060	1.29%	-2.31%
2017	4,827,445	6,160,128	1.36%	-2.58%
2018	4,898,022	5,984,119	1.46%	-2.86%
2019	4,976,456	5,794,594	1.6%	-3.17%
2020	5,039,747	5,702,398	1.27%	-1.59%
2021	5,110,585	5,718,122	1.41%	0.28%
2022	5,212,836	5,744,489	2%	0.46%
2023	5,307,600	5,773,493	1.82%	0.5%
2024	5,380,257	5,805,962	1.37%	0.56%
2025	5,434,538	5,849,420	1.01%	0.75%
2026	5,484,615	5,897,459	0.92%	0.82%
2027	5,531,657	5,947,070	0.86%	0.84%
2028	5,576,425	5,997,844	0.81%	0.85%
2029	5,618,258	6,050,384	0.75%	0.88%
2030	5,656,768	6,103,809	0.69%	0.88%
2031	5,693,185	6,158,003	0.64%	0.89%
2032	5,728,435	6,210,753	0.62%	0.86%
2033	5,761,833	6,259,744	0.58%	0.79%
2034	5,793,145	6,308,826	0.54%	0.78%
2035	5,822,398	6,357,723	0.5%	0.78%
2036	5,850,388	6,407,678	0.48%	0.79%
2037	5,878,309	6,461,872	0.48%	0.85%
2038	5,905,728	6,516,253	0.47%	0.84%
2039	5,931,438	6,569,272	0.44%	0.81%
2040	5,956,212	6,620,323	0.42%	0.78%
2041	5,980,704	6,669,091	0.41%	0.74%
2042	6,002,968	6,714,435	0.37%	0.68%
2043	6,022,662	6,754,071	0.33%	0.59%
2044	6,041,053	6,794,014	0.31%	0.59%
2045	6,057,952	6,834,985	0.28%	0.6%
2046	6,072,174	6,871,777	0.23%	0.54%
2047	6,084,484	6,909,022	0.2%	0.54%
2048	6,096,077	6,944,194	0.19%	0.51%
2049	6,105,740	6,972,877	0.16%	0.41%
2050	6,112,322	6,999,259	0.11%	0.38%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ireland increased by 542,043 people (a 13% growth), while Lebanon gained 1,801,367 people (a 38.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ireland gained 772,806 (a 16.4% growth), while Lebanon's population decreased by -584,461 (a 9.03% decline).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2005 and is still 121st 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) Ireland's population will grow by 11.6% to 6,112,322 people with a rank change from 121st to 120th. The population of Lebanon will increase by 18.9% to 6,999,259 people and will still be ranked 115th.