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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Lebanon was 5,805,962 in 2024 vs 21,655,286 people in Malawi in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Lebanon's population is 5,888,008 people compared to 22,673,513 in Malawi.

Population statistics:

  • Malawi's population is 3.85 times bigger than Lebanon's.
  • Lebanon is ranked the 115th most populous country in the world, while Malawi is the 61st.
  • The countries together account for 0.35% of the world: 0.07% for Lebanon vs 0.27% for Malawi.
  • For the last 10 years, Lebanon has had an average growth rate of +0.16% per year vs +2.7% in Malawi.
  • Since 2005, the population of Lebanon has increased from 4.67M people to 5.89M (26.1% growth), while Malawi has grown from 12.8M to 22.7M (76.6% growth).
  • Lebanon is projected to reach its peak in 2080 at 7.46M people compared to the peak of 59.1M people in 2100 for Malawi.

Lebanon vs Malawi: live population counter

Lebanon Malawi
Current population
5888008
22673513
Population rank 115/197 61/197
Percent of world population 0.07% 0.27%
One net population change
16.2 minutes
57.3 seconds
One birth every
5.64 minutes
47.6 seconds
One death every
15.3 minutes
4.64 minutes
One migration net change every
30.4 minutes
5.81 hours
Annual migration change -17,267 -1,507
Daily growth/decline +89 +1,509
Annual growth/decline +32,469 +550,804
Annual growth/decline rate +0.56% +2.61%
Population growth rate rank 130/197 27/197

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

Lebanon
Population

Growth rate
Malawi
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Lebanon Malawi Lebanon Malawi
1960 1,794,406 3,628,134 - -
1961 1,850,084 3,715,534 3.1% 2.41%
1962 1,909,578 3,806,307 3.22% 2.44%
1963 1,970,316 3,900,506 3.18% 2.47%
1964 2,030,543 3,997,305 3.06% 2.48%
1965 2,088,831 4,096,157 2.87% 2.47%
1966 2,148,260 4,197,926 2.85% 2.48%
1967 2,206,731 4,303,012 2.72% 2.5%
1968 2,266,368 4,411,054 2.7% 2.51%
1969 2,328,159 4,521,184 2.73% 2.5%
1970 2,386,114 4,633,944 2.49% 2.49%
1971 2,446,314 4,751,434 2.52% 2.54%
1972 2,509,729 4,874,475 2.59% 2.59%
1973 2,572,935 5,003,938 2.52% 2.66%
1974 2,635,185 5,141,337 2.42% 2.75%
1975 2,693,191 5,287,367 2.2% 2.84%
1976 2,726,469 5,443,384 1.24% 2.95%
1977 2,762,155 5,614,983 1.31% 3.15%
1978 2,822,682 5,810,132 2.19% 3.48%
1979 2,882,635 6,028,749 2.12% 3.76%
1980 2,944,763 6,265,529 2.16% 3.93%
1981 3,008,981 6,516,454 2.18% 4%
1982 3,054,931 6,778,879 1.53% 4.03%
1983 3,094,996 7,051,709 1.31% 4.02%
1984 3,152,744 7,332,810 1.87% 3.99%
1985 3,217,376 7,620,508 2.05% 3.92%
1986 3,300,365 7,906,480 2.58% 3.75%
1987 3,385,555 8,293,174 2.58% 4.89%
1988 3,454,649 8,753,262 2.04% 5.55%
1989 3,525,285 9,176,220 2.04% 4.83%
1990 3,595,175 9,545,852 1.98% 4.03%
1991 3,668,912 9,844,227 2.05% 3.13%
1992 3,747,371 10,135,079 2.14% 2.95%
1993 3,820,647 10,284,024 1.96% 1.47%
1994 3,889,799 10,164,894 1.81% -1.16%
1995 3,960,735 10,150,117 1.82% -0.15%
1996 4,034,781 10,352,228 1.87% 1.99%
1997 4,108,405 10,562,035 1.82% 2.03%
1998 4,181,281 10,792,876 1.77% 2.19%
1999 4,255,277 11,047,804 1.77% 2.36%
2000 4,329,340 11,315,942 1.74% 2.43%
2001 4,401,918 11,593,058 1.68% 2.45%
2002 4,463,504 11,880,440 1.4% 2.48%
2003 4,525,508 12,181,574 1.39% 2.53%
2004 4,599,279 12,500,737 1.63% 2.62%
2005 4,671,102 12,840,031 1.56% 2.71%
2006 4,751,136 13,198,701 1.71% 2.79%
2007 4,844,118 13,576,343 1.96% 2.86%
2008 4,925,354 13,976,417 1.68% 2.95%
2009 4,992,287 14,395,788 1.36% 3%
2010 5,041,288 14,826,463 0.98% 2.99%
2011 5,096,020 15,265,022 1.09% 2.96%
2012 5,235,742 15,709,577 2.74% 2.91%
2013 5,743,436 16,161,816 9.7% 2.88%
2014 6,346,990 16,621,538 10.5% 2.84%
2015 6,472,469 17,085,587 1.98% 2.79%
2016 6,323,060 17,557,739 -2.31% 2.76%
2017 6,160,128 18,039,715 -2.58% 2.75%
2018 5,984,119 18,528,081 -2.86% 2.71%
2019 5,794,594 19,025,752 -3.17% 2.69%
2020 5,702,398 19,533,888 -1.59% 2.67%
2021 5,718,122 20,047,258 0.28% 2.63%
2022 5,744,489 20,568,728 0.46% 2.6%
2023 5,773,493 21,104,482 0.5% 2.6%
2024 5,805,962 21,655,286 0.56% 2.61%
2025 5,849,420 22,216,113 0.75% 2.59%
2026 5,897,459 22,785,530 0.82% 2.56%
2027 5,947,070 23,366,187 0.84% 2.55%
2028 5,997,844 23,954,450 0.85% 2.52%
2029 6,050,384 24,553,499 0.88% 2.5%
2030 6,103,809 25,160,293 0.88% 2.47%
2031 6,158,003 25,763,534 0.89% 2.4%
2032 6,210,753 26,366,760 0.86% 2.34%
2033 6,259,744 26,978,417 0.79% 2.32%
2034 6,308,826 27,595,295 0.78% 2.29%
2035 6,357,723 28,213,784 0.78% 2.24%
2036 6,407,678 28,835,595 0.79% 2.2%
2037 6,461,872 29,462,509 0.85% 2.17%
2038 6,516,253 30,081,741 0.84% 2.1%
2039 6,569,272 30,691,578 0.81% 2.03%
2040 6,620,323 31,302,092 0.78% 1.99%
2041 6,669,091 31,911,242 0.74% 1.95%
2042 6,714,435 32,517,509 0.68% 1.9%
2043 6,754,071 33,122,481 0.59% 1.86%
2044 6,794,014 33,736,523 0.59% 1.85%
2045 6,834,985 34,350,947 0.6% 1.82%
2046 6,871,777 34,959,606 0.54% 1.77%
2047 6,909,022 35,567,989 0.54% 1.74%
2048 6,944,194 36,165,757 0.51% 1.68%
2049 6,972,877 36,760,998 0.41% 1.65%
2050 6,999,259 37,361,672 0.38% 1.63%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lebanon increased by 1,801,367 people (a 38.6% growth), while Malawi gained 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lebanon lost -584,461 (a 9.03% decline), while Malawi's population increased by 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth).

Lebanon was ranked 114th most populous country in 2005 and is 115th in 2025. Malawi was ranked 69th in 2005 and ranked 61st 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 Malawi will increase by 64.8% to 37,361,672 people and rank change from 61st to 55th.

Biggest cities by population

Lebanon
City Population
Beirut 2.42M
Tripoli 496K
Sidon 164K
Tyre 160K
Jounieh 102K
Zahle 100K

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