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 2005 to 2015, the population of Lebanon increased by 1,801,367 people (a 38.6% growth), while Lesotho gained 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lebanon lost -584,461 (a 9.03% decline), while Lesotho's population increased by 279,606 (a 13.3% growth).

Lebanon was ranked 114th most populous country in 2005 and is 115th in 2025. Lesotho was ranked 144th in 2005 and still ranked 144th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Lebanon's population will grow by 18.9% to 6,999,259 people and will still be ranked 115th. The population of Lesotho will increase by 25.5% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 144th to 141st.