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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Israel	Lebanon	Israel	Lebanon
1960	2,114,020	1,794,406	-	-
1961	2,185,000	1,850,084	3.36%	3.1%
1962	2,293,000	1,909,578	4.94%	3.22%
1963	2,379,000	1,970,316	3.75%	3.18%
1964	2,475,000	2,030,543	4.04%	3.06%
1965	2,563,000	2,088,831	3.56%	2.87%
1966	2,629,000	2,148,260	2.58%	2.85%
1967	2,745,000	2,206,731	4.41%	2.72%
1968	2,803,000	2,266,368	2.11%	2.7%
1969	2,877,000	2,328,159	2.64%	2.73%
1970	2,974,000	2,386,114	3.37%	2.49%
1971	3,069,000	2,446,314	3.19%	2.52%
1972	3,148,000	2,509,729	2.57%	2.59%
1973	3,278,000	2,572,935	4.13%	2.52%
1974	3,377,000	2,635,185	3.02%	2.42%
1975	3,455,000	2,693,191	2.31%	2.2%
1976	3,533,000	2,726,469	2.26%	1.24%
1977	3,613,000	2,762,155	2.26%	1.31%
1978	3,690,000	2,822,682	2.13%	2.19%
1979	3,786,000	2,882,635	2.6%	2.12%
1980	3,878,000	2,944,763	2.43%	2.16%
1981	3,956,000	3,008,981	2.01%	2.18%
1982	4,031,000	3,054,931	1.9%	1.53%
1983	4,105,000	3,094,996	1.84%	1.31%
1984	4,159,000	3,152,744	1.32%	1.87%
1985	4,233,000	3,217,376	1.78%	2.05%
1986	4,299,000	3,300,365	1.56%	2.58%
1987	4,369,000	3,385,555	1.63%	2.58%
1988	4,442,000	3,454,649	1.67%	2.04%
1989	4,518,000	3,525,285	1.71%	2.04%
1990	4,660,000	3,595,175	3.14%	1.98%
1991	4,949,000	3,668,912	6.2%	2.05%
1992	5,123,000	3,747,371	3.52%	2.14%
1993	5,261,000	3,820,647	2.69%	1.96%
1994	5,399,000	3,889,799	2.62%	1.81%
1995	5,545,000	3,960,735	2.7%	1.82%
1996	5,692,000	4,034,781	2.65%	1.87%
1997	5,836,000	4,108,405	2.53%	1.82%
1998	5,971,000	4,181,281	2.31%	1.77%
1999	6,125,000	4,255,277	2.58%	1.77%
2000	6,289,000	4,329,340	2.68%	1.74%
2001	6,439,000	4,401,918	2.39%	1.68%
2002	6,570,000	4,463,504	2.03%	1.4%
2003	6,689,700	4,525,508	1.82%	1.39%
2004	6,809,000	4,599,279	1.78%	1.63%
2005	6,930,100	4,671,102	1.78%	1.56%
2006	7,053,700	4,751,136	1.78%	1.71%
2007	7,180,100	4,844,118	1.79%	1.96%
2008	7,308,800	4,925,354	1.79%	1.68%
2009	7,485,600	4,992,287	2.42%	1.36%
2010	7,623,600	5,041,288	1.84%	0.98%
2011	7,765,800	5,096,020	1.87%	1.09%
2012	7,910,500	5,235,742	1.86%	2.74%
2013	8,059,500	5,743,436	1.88%	9.7%
2014	8,215,700	6,346,990	1.94%	10.5%
2015	8,380,100	6,472,469	2%	1.98%
2016	8,546,000	6,323,060	1.98%	-2.31%
2017	8,713,300	6,160,128	1.96%	-2.58%
2018	8,882,800	5,984,119	1.95%	-2.86%
2019	9,054,000	5,794,594	1.93%	-3.17%
2020	9,215,100	5,702,398	1.78%	-1.59%
2021	9,371,400	5,718,122	1.7%	0.28%
2022	9,557,500	5,744,489	1.99%	0.46%
2023	9,849,000	5,773,493	3.05%	0.5%
2024	9,974,400	5,805,962	1.27%	0.56%
2025	10,112,712	5,849,420	1.39%	0.75%
2026	10,251,384	5,897,459	1.37%	0.82%
2027	10,390,790	5,947,070	1.36%	0.84%
2028	10,530,831	5,997,844	1.35%	0.85%
2029	10,670,808	6,050,384	1.33%	0.88%
2030	10,812,707	6,103,809	1.33%	0.88%
2031	10,958,256	6,158,003	1.35%	0.89%
2032	11,102,895	6,210,753	1.32%	0.86%
2033	11,245,826	6,259,744	1.29%	0.79%
2034	11,390,158	6,308,826	1.28%	0.78%
2035	11,537,556	6,357,723	1.29%	0.78%
2036	11,685,531	6,407,678	1.28%	0.79%
2037	11,835,669	6,461,872	1.28%	0.85%
2038	11,990,527	6,516,253	1.31%	0.84%
2039	12,147,999	6,569,272	1.31%	0.81%
2040	12,306,173	6,620,323	1.3%	0.78%
2041	12,464,653	6,669,091	1.29%	0.74%
2042	12,626,052	6,714,435	1.29%	0.68%
2043	12,788,911	6,754,071	1.29%	0.59%
2044	12,952,526	6,794,014	1.28%	0.59%
2045	13,114,360	6,834,985	1.25%	0.6%
2046	13,274,365	6,871,777	1.22%	0.54%
2047	13,433,565	6,909,022	1.2%	0.54%
2048	13,590,900	6,944,194	1.17%	0.51%
2049	13,750,245	6,972,877	1.17%	0.41%
2050	13,911,988	6,999,259	1.18%	0.38%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Israel increased by 1,450,000 people (a 20.9% growth), while Lebanon gained 1,801,367 people (a 38.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Israel gained 1,844,004 (a 22% growth), while Lebanon's population decreased by -584,461 (a 9.03% decline).

Israel was ranked 98th most populous country in 2005 and is 96th 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) Israel's population will grow by 36.1% to 13,911,988 people with a rank change from 96th to 88th. The population of Lebanon will increase by 18.9% to 6,999,259 people and will still be ranked 115th.