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	5,311,538	5,773,493	1.89%	0.5%
2024	5,395,790	5,805,962	1.59%	0.56%
2025	5,450,228	5,849,420	1.01%	0.75%
2026	5,500,449	5,897,459	0.92%	0.82%
2027	5,547,627	5,947,070	0.86%	0.84%
2028	5,592,524	5,997,844	0.81%	0.85%
2029	5,634,478	6,050,384	0.75%	0.88%
2030	5,673,099	6,103,809	0.69%	0.88%
2031	5,709,621	6,158,003	0.64%	0.89%
2032	5,744,973	6,210,753	0.62%	0.86%
2033	5,778,467	6,259,744	0.58%	0.79%
2034	5,809,870	6,308,826	0.54%	0.78%
2035	5,839,208	6,357,723	0.5%	0.78%
2036	5,867,278	6,407,678	0.48%	0.79%
2037	5,895,280	6,461,872	0.48%	0.85%
2038	5,922,778	6,516,253	0.47%	0.84%
2039	5,948,562	6,569,272	0.44%	0.81%
2040	5,973,408	6,620,323	0.42%	0.78%
2041	5,997,971	6,669,091	0.41%	0.74%
2042	6,020,298	6,714,435	0.37%	0.68%
2043	6,040,050	6,754,071	0.33%	0.59%
2044	6,058,494	6,794,014	0.31%	0.59%
2045	6,075,441	6,834,985	0.28%	0.6%
2046	6,089,704	6,871,777	0.23%	0.54%
2047	6,102,050	6,909,022	0.2%	0.54%
2048	6,113,677	6,944,194	0.19%	0.51%
2049	6,123,367	6,972,877	0.16%	0.41%
2050	6,129,969	6,999,259	0.11%	0.38%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ireland increased by 489,131 people (a 11.4% growth), while Lebanon gained 1,571,924 people (a 33.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ireland gained 738,242 (a 15.5% growth), while Lebanon's population decreased by -425,059 (a 6.72% decline).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2006 and is still 121st in 2026. Lebanon was ranked 115th in 2006 and still ranked 115th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Ireland's population will grow by 11.4% to 6,129,969 people with a rank change from 121st to 119th. The population of Lebanon will increase by 18.7% to 6,999,259 people and will still be ranked 115th.