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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lebanon	Lesotho	Lebanon	Lesotho
1960	1,794,406	736,500	-	-
1961	1,850,084	758,824	3.1%	3.03%
1962	1,909,578	781,814	3.22%	3.03%
1963	1,970,316	805,373	3.18%	3.01%
1964	2,030,543	829,437	3.06%	2.99%
1965	2,088,831	854,090	2.87%	2.97%
1966	2,148,260	881,870	2.85%	3.25%
1967	2,206,731	913,982	2.72%	3.64%
1968	2,266,368	948,105	2.7%	3.73%
1969	2,328,159	983,202	2.73%	3.7%
1970	2,386,114	1,019,273	2.49%	3.67%
1971	2,446,314	1,056,246	2.52%	3.63%
1972	2,509,729	1,094,063	2.59%	3.58%
1973	2,572,935	1,132,697	2.52%	3.53%
1974	2,635,185	1,172,420	2.42%	3.51%
1975	2,693,191	1,213,643	2.2%	3.52%
1976	2,726,469	1,253,214	1.24%	3.26%
1977	2,762,155	1,289,967	1.31%	2.93%
1978	2,822,682	1,327,240	2.19%	2.89%
1979	2,882,635	1,366,169	2.12%	2.93%
1980	2,944,763	1,406,521	2.16%	2.95%
1981	3,008,981	1,448,069	2.18%	2.95%
1982	3,054,931	1,490,732	1.53%	2.95%
1983	3,094,996	1,534,413	1.31%	2.93%
1984	3,152,744	1,578,986	1.87%	2.9%
1985	3,217,376	1,624,379	2.05%	2.87%
1986	3,300,365	1,666,138	2.58%	2.57%
1987	3,385,555	1,703,390	2.58%	2.24%
1988	3,454,649	1,739,841	2.04%	2.14%
1989	3,525,285	1,775,436	2.04%	2.05%
1990	3,595,175	1,809,696	1.98%	1.93%
1991	3,668,912	1,842,379	2.05%	1.81%
1992	3,747,371	1,873,274	2.14%	1.68%
1993	3,820,647	1,901,793	1.96%	1.52%
1994	3,889,799	1,927,707	1.81%	1.36%
1995	3,960,735	1,951,437	1.82%	1.23%
1996	4,034,781	1,972,418	1.87%	1.08%
1997	4,108,405	1,988,130	1.82%	0.8%
1998	4,181,281	1,998,049	1.77%	0.5%
1999	4,255,277	2,003,234	1.77%	0.26%
2000	4,329,340	2,003,913	1.74%	0.03%
2001	4,401,918	2,000,853	1.68%	-0.15%
2002	4,463,504	1,994,679	1.4%	-0.31%
2003	4,525,508	1,985,059	1.39%	-0.48%
2004	4,599,279	1,971,129	1.63%	-0.7%
2005	4,671,102	1,953,076	1.56%	-0.92%
2006	4,751,136	1,945,063	1.71%	-0.41%
2007	4,844,118	1,953,268	1.96%	0.42%
2008	4,925,354	1,966,541	1.68%	0.68%
2009	4,992,287	1,980,883	1.36%	0.73%
2010	5,041,288	1,996,251	0.98%	0.78%
2011	5,096,020	2,014,009	1.09%	0.89%
2012	5,235,742	2,034,354	2.74%	1.01%
2013	5,743,436	2,056,504	9.7%	1.09%
2014	6,346,990	2,080,089	10.5%	1.15%
2015	6,472,469	2,104,611	1.98%	1.18%
2016	6,323,060	2,130,422	-2.31%	1.23%
2017	6,160,128	2,157,110	-2.58%	1.25%
2018	5,984,119	2,183,603	-2.86%	1.23%
2019	5,794,594	2,209,405	-3.17%	1.18%
2020	5,702,398	2,235,727	-1.59%	1.19%
2021	5,718,122	2,261,542	0.28%	1.15%
2022	5,744,489	2,286,110	0.46%	1.09%
2023	5,773,493	2,311,472	0.5%	1.11%
2024	5,805,962	2,337,423	0.56%	1.12%
2025	5,849,420	2,363,324	0.75%	1.11%
2026	5,897,459	2,389,334	0.82%	1.1%
2027	5,947,070	2,415,365	0.84%	1.09%
2028	5,997,844	2,441,435	0.85%	1.08%
2029	6,050,384	2,467,677	0.88%	1.07%
2030	6,103,809	2,493,816	0.88%	1.06%
2031	6,158,003	2,520,014	0.89%	1.05%
2032	6,210,753	2,546,489	0.86%	1.05%
2033	6,259,744	2,573,106	0.79%	1.05%
2034	6,308,826	2,599,777	0.78%	1.04%
2035	6,357,723	2,626,560	0.78%	1.03%
2036	6,407,678	2,653,503	0.79%	1.03%
2037	6,461,872	2,680,081	0.85%	1%
2038	6,516,253	2,706,197	0.84%	0.97%
2039	6,569,272	2,732,138	0.81%	0.96%
2040	6,620,323	2,757,868	0.78%	0.94%
2041	6,669,091	2,783,361	0.74%	0.92%
2042	6,714,435	2,808,538	0.68%	0.9%
2043	6,754,071	2,833,257	0.59%	0.88%
2044	6,794,014	2,857,499	0.59%	0.86%
2045	6,834,985	2,881,333	0.6%	0.83%
2046	6,871,777	2,904,780	0.54%	0.81%
2047	6,909,022	2,927,859	0.54%	0.79%
2048	6,944,194	2,950,411	0.51%	0.77%
2049	6,972,877	2,972,156	0.41%	0.74%
2050	6,999,259	2,993,080	0.38%	0.7%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lebanon increased by 1,571,924 people (a 33.1% growth), while Lesotho gained 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lebanon lost -425,059 (a 6.72% decline), while Lesotho's population increased by 259,196 (a 12.2% growth).

Lebanon was ranked 115th most populous country in 2006 and is still 115th in 2026. Lesotho was ranked 144th in 2006 and ranked 143rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Lebanon's population will grow by 18.7% to 6,999,259 people and will still be ranked 115th. The population of Lesotho will increase by 25.3% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 143rd to 141st.