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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jordan	Lebanon	Jordan	Lebanon
1960	853,471	1,794,406	-	-
1961	897,591	1,850,084	5.17%	3.1%
1962	940,554	1,909,578	4.79%	3.22%
1963	984,714	1,970,316	4.7%	3.18%
1964	1,035,640	2,030,543	5.17%	3.06%
1965	1,099,440	2,088,831	6.16%	2.87%
1966	1,178,360	2,148,260	7.18%	2.85%
1967	1,271,183	2,206,731	7.88%	2.72%
1968	1,372,460	2,266,368	7.97%	2.7%
1969	1,473,100	2,328,159	7.33%	2.73%
1970	1,565,163	2,386,114	6.25%	2.49%
1971	1,645,145	2,446,314	5.11%	2.52%
1972	1,714,555	2,509,729	4.22%	2.59%
1973	1,778,094	2,572,935	3.71%	2.52%
1974	1,839,182	2,635,185	3.44%	2.42%
1975	1,899,055	2,693,191	3.26%	2.2%
1976	1,958,177	2,726,469	3.11%	1.24%
1977	2,019,002	2,762,155	3.11%	1.31%
1978	2,083,595	2,822,682	3.2%	2.19%
1979	2,153,882	2,882,635	3.37%	2.12%
1980	2,234,186	2,944,763	3.73%	2.16%
1981	2,325,517	3,008,981	4.09%	2.18%
1982	2,426,927	3,054,931	4.36%	1.53%
1983	2,537,307	3,094,996	4.55%	1.31%
1984	2,654,688	3,152,744	4.63%	1.87%
1985	2,778,810	3,217,376	4.68%	2.05%
1986	2,909,887	3,300,365	4.72%	2.58%
1987	3,047,634	3,385,555	4.73%	2.58%
1988	3,193,039	3,454,649	4.77%	2.04%
1989	3,349,627	3,525,285	4.9%	2.04%
1990	3,621,908	3,595,175	8.13%	1.98%
1991	3,915,149	3,668,912	8.1%	2.05%
1992	4,127,693	3,747,371	5.43%	2.14%
1993	4,348,020	3,820,647	5.34%	1.96%
1994	4,561,406	3,889,799	4.91%	1.81%
1995	4,752,096	3,960,735	4.18%	1.82%
1996	4,912,516	4,034,781	3.38%	1.87%
1997	5,046,285	4,108,405	2.72%	1.82%
1998	5,164,284	4,181,281	2.34%	1.77%
1999	5,276,444	4,255,277	2.17%	1.77%
2000	5,386,945	4,329,340	2.09%	1.74%
2001	5,498,894	4,401,918	2.08%	1.68%
2002	5,616,066	4,463,504	2.13%	1.4%
2003	5,741,828	4,525,508	2.24%	1.39%
2004	5,882,061	4,599,279	2.44%	1.63%
2005	6,029,587	4,671,102	2.51%	1.56%
2006	6,427,371	4,751,136	6.6%	1.71%
2007	6,827,227	4,844,118	6.22%	1.96%
2008	6,989,866	4,925,354	2.38%	1.68%
2009	7,141,753	4,992,287	2.17%	1.36%
2010	7,297,043	5,041,288	2.17%	0.98%
2011	7,480,424	5,096,020	2.51%	1.09%
2012	7,587,127	5,235,742	1.43%	2.74%
2013	7,991,809	5,743,436	5.33%	9.7%
2014	8,791,710	6,346,990	10%	10.5%
2015	9,544,729	6,472,469	8.57%	1.98%
2016	10,006,367	6,323,060	4.84%	-2.31%
2017	10,234,226	6,160,128	2.28%	-2.58%
2018	10,462,306	5,984,119	2.23%	-2.86%
2019	10,671,891	5,794,594	2%	-3.17%
2020	10,865,228	5,702,398	1.81%	-1.59%
2021	11,066,356	5,718,122	1.85%	0.28%
2022	11,256,263	5,744,489	1.72%	0.46%
2023	11,439,213	5,773,493	1.63%	0.5%
2024	11,552,876	5,805,962	0.99%	0.56%
2025	11,520,678	5,849,420	-0.28%	0.75%
2026	11,589,528	5,897,459	0.6%	0.82%
2027	11,819,454	5,947,070	1.98%	0.84%
2028	12,034,459	5,997,844	1.82%	0.85%
2029	12,245,726	6,050,384	1.76%	0.88%
2030	12,448,772	6,103,809	1.66%	0.88%
2031	12,652,545	6,158,003	1.64%	0.89%
2032	12,854,926	6,210,753	1.6%	0.86%
2033	13,050,713	6,259,744	1.52%	0.79%
2034	13,245,158	6,308,826	1.49%	0.78%
2035	13,440,821	6,357,723	1.48%	0.78%
2036	13,638,248	6,407,678	1.47%	0.79%
2037	13,840,237	6,461,872	1.48%	0.85%
2038	14,048,303	6,516,253	1.5%	0.84%
2039	14,256,684	6,569,272	1.48%	0.81%
2040	14,471,288	6,620,323	1.51%	0.78%
2041	14,684,501	6,669,091	1.47%	0.74%
2042	14,883,641	6,714,435	1.36%	0.68%
2043	15,077,789	6,754,071	1.3%	0.59%
2044	15,273,526	6,794,014	1.3%	0.59%
2045	15,471,971	6,834,985	1.3%	0.6%
2046	15,662,312	6,871,777	1.23%	0.54%
2047	15,841,619	6,909,022	1.14%	0.54%
2048	16,021,374	6,944,194	1.13%	0.51%
2049	16,197,518	6,972,877	1.1%	0.41%
2050	16,367,341	6,999,259	1.05%	0.38%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Jordan increased by 3,515,142 people (a 58.3% growth), while Lebanon gained 1,801,367 people (a 38.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jordan gained 2,031,254 (a 21.3% growth), while Lebanon's population decreased by -584,461 (a 9.03% decline).

Jordan was ranked 101st most populous country in 2005 and is 85th 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) Jordan's population will grow by 41.4% to 16,367,341 people with a rank change from 85th to 79th. The population of Lebanon will increase by 18.9% to 6,999,259 people and will still be ranked 115th.