The current population of Lebanon is 5,888,008 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 5,805,962 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Lebanon accounts for 0.07% of the world's population.
- Lebanon is ranked 115/197 by population and was ranked 114th in 2005.
- Lebanon is projected to reach 7.46M people in 2080.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 4.67M people to 5.89M (26.1% growth in 20 years).
- For the last 20 years, Lebanon has had an average growth rate of 1.3% per year.
Lebanon population clock
Lebanon
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
5888008
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 115/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.07% | N/A |
| One net population change |
16.2 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
5.64 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
15.3 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +89 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +32,469 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.56% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 130/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
30.4 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -17,267 | N/A |
Lebanon population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1,794,406 | - |
| 1961 | 1,850,084 | 3.1% |
| 1962 | 1,909,578 | 3.22% |
| 1963 | 1,970,316 | 3.18% |
| 1964 | 2,030,543 | 3.06% |
| 1965 | 2,088,831 | 2.87% |
| 1966 | 2,148,260 | 2.85% |
| 1967 | 2,206,731 | 2.72% |
| 1968 | 2,266,368 | 2.7% |
| 1969 | 2,328,159 | 2.73% |
| 1970 | 2,386,114 | 2.49% |
| 1971 | 2,446,314 | 2.52% |
| 1972 | 2,509,729 | 2.59% |
| 1973 | 2,572,935 | 2.52% |
| 1974 | 2,635,185 | 2.42% |
| 1975 | 2,693,191 | 2.2% |
| 1976 | 2,726,469 | 1.24% |
| 1977 | 2,762,155 | 1.31% |
| 1978 | 2,822,682 | 2.19% |
| 1979 | 2,882,635 | 2.12% |
| 1980 | 2,944,763 | 2.16% |
| 1981 | 3,008,981 | 2.18% |
| 1982 | 3,054,931 | 1.53% |
| 1983 | 3,094,996 | 1.31% |
| 1984 | 3,152,744 | 1.87% |
| 1985 | 3,217,376 | 2.05% |
| 1986 | 3,300,365 | 2.58% |
| 1987 | 3,385,555 | 2.58% |
| 1988 | 3,454,649 | 2.04% |
| 1989 | 3,525,285 | 2.04% |
| 1990 | 3,595,175 | 1.98% |
| 1991 | 3,668,912 | 2.05% |
| 1992 | 3,747,371 | 2.14% |
| 1993 | 3,820,647 | 1.96% |
| 1994 | 3,889,799 | 1.81% |
| 1995 | 3,960,735 | 1.82% |
| 1996 | 4,034,781 | 1.87% |
| 1997 | 4,108,405 | 1.82% |
| 1998 | 4,181,281 | 1.77% |
| 1999 | 4,255,277 | 1.77% |
| 2000 | 4,329,340 | 1.74% |
| 2001 | 4,401,918 | 1.68% |
| 2002 | 4,463,504 | 1.4% |
| 2003 | 4,525,508 | 1.39% |
| 2004 | 4,599,279 | 1.63% |
| 2005 | 4,671,102 | 1.56% |
| 2006 | 4,751,136 | 1.71% |
| 2007 | 4,844,118 | 1.96% |
| 2008 | 4,925,354 | 1.68% |
| 2009 | 4,992,287 | 1.36% |
| 2010 | 5,041,288 | 0.98% |
| 2011 | 5,096,020 | 1.09% |
| 2012 | 5,235,742 | 2.74% |
| 2013 | 5,743,436 | 9.7% |
| 2014 | 6,346,990 | 10.5% |
| 2015 | 6,472,469 | 1.98% |
| 2016 | 6,323,060 | -2.31% |
| 2017 | 6,160,128 | -2.58% |
| 2018 | 5,984,119 | -2.86% |
| 2019 | 5,794,594 | -3.17% |
| 2020 | 5,702,398 | -1.59% |
| 2021 | 5,718,122 | 0.28% |
| 2022 | 5,744,489 | 0.46% |
| 2023 | 5,773,493 | 0.5% |
| 2024 | 5,805,962 | 0.56% |
| 2025 | 5,849,420 | 0.75% |
| 2026 | 5,897,459 | 0.82% |
| 2027 | 5,947,070 | 0.84% |
| 2028 | 5,997,844 | 0.85% |
| 2029 | 6,050,384 | 0.88% |
| 2030 | 6,103,809 | 0.88% |
| 2031 | 6,158,003 | 0.89% |
| 2032 | 6,210,753 | 0.86% |
| 2033 | 6,259,744 | 0.79% |
| 2034 | 6,308,826 | 0.78% |
| 2035 | 6,357,723 | 0.78% |
| 2036 | 6,407,678 | 0.79% |
| 2037 | 6,461,872 | 0.85% |
| 2038 | 6,516,253 | 0.84% |
| 2039 | 6,569,272 | 0.81% |
| 2040 | 6,620,323 | 0.78% |
| 2041 | 6,669,091 | 0.74% |
| 2042 | 6,714,435 | 0.68% |
| 2043 | 6,754,071 | 0.59% |
| 2044 | 6,794,014 | 0.59% |
| 2045 | 6,834,985 | 0.6% |
| 2046 | 6,871,777 | 0.54% |
| 2047 | 6,909,022 | 0.54% |
| 2048 | 6,944,194 | 0.51% |
| 2049 | 6,972,877 | 0.41% |
| 2050 | 6,999,259 | 0.38% |
Lebanon has a population of 5.89M as of 2025, compared to 6.47M in 2015, 4.67M in 2005, and 3.96M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to decrease by an average of 0.9% per year. Lebanon is ranked 193rd out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Lebanon will have 6,834,985 people (16.1% growth) and still will be ranked 115th.
By the year 2100, Lebanon's population is projected to grow by 22.2% to 7.19M people.
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Lebanon population statistics
|
Lebanon
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 78.1 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 33.2 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 29.6 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.6:51.4 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 2.24 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,470 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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