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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lebanon	Malaysia	Lebanon	Malaysia
1960	1,794,406	7,956,197	-	-
1961	1,850,084	8,164,443	3.1%	2.62%
1962	1,909,578	8,380,172	3.22%	2.64%
1963	1,970,316	8,602,160	3.18%	2.65%
1964	2,030,543	8,828,406	3.06%	2.63%
1965	2,088,831	9,056,408	2.87%	2.58%
1966	2,148,260	9,284,688	2.85%	2.52%
1967	2,206,731	9,507,099	2.72%	2.4%
1968	2,266,368	9,725,281	2.7%	2.29%
1969	2,328,159	9,947,597	2.73%	2.29%
1970	2,386,114	10,178,802	2.49%	2.32%
1971	2,446,314	10,423,453	2.52%	2.4%
1972	2,509,729	10,676,835	2.59%	2.43%
1973	2,572,935	10,935,621	2.52%	2.42%
1974	2,635,185	11,200,906	2.42%	2.43%
1975	2,693,191	11,471,914	2.2%	2.42%
1976	2,726,469	11,750,097	1.24%	2.42%
1977	2,762,155	12,035,713	1.31%	2.43%
1978	2,822,682	12,328,157	2.19%	2.43%
1979	2,882,635	12,627,862	2.12%	2.43%
1980	2,944,763	12,983,363	2.16%	2.82%
1981	3,008,981	13,399,203	2.18%	3.2%
1982	3,054,931	13,832,798	1.53%	3.24%
1983	3,094,996	14,285,907	1.31%	3.28%
1984	3,152,744	14,759,009	1.87%	3.31%
1985	3,217,376	15,252,258	2.05%	3.34%
1986	3,300,365	15,760,419	2.58%	3.33%
1987	3,385,555	16,276,737	2.58%	3.28%
1988	3,454,649	16,796,605	2.04%	3.19%
1989	3,525,285	17,314,997	2.04%	3.09%
1990	3,595,175	17,833,171	1.98%	2.99%
1991	3,668,912	18,342,464	2.05%	2.86%
1992	3,747,371	18,834,572	2.14%	2.68%
1993	3,820,647	19,322,664	1.96%	2.59%
1994	3,889,799	19,820,446	1.81%	2.58%
1995	3,960,735	20,330,599	1.82%	2.57%
1996	4,034,781	20,850,087	1.87%	2.56%
1997	4,108,405	21,375,218	1.82%	2.52%
1998	4,181,281	21,906,713	1.77%	2.49%
1999	4,255,277	22,435,531	1.77%	2.41%
2000	4,329,340	22,967,816	1.74%	2.37%
2001	4,401,918	23,526,538	1.68%	2.43%
2002	4,463,504	24,102,477	1.4%	2.45%
2003	4,525,508	24,679,602	1.39%	2.39%
2004	4,599,279	25,256,772	1.63%	2.34%
2005	4,671,102	25,836,071	1.56%	2.29%
2006	4,751,136	26,417,909	1.71%	2.25%
2007	4,844,118	26,998,389	1.96%	2.2%
2008	4,925,354	27,570,059	1.68%	2.12%
2009	4,992,287	28,124,778	1.36%	2.01%
2010	5,041,288	28,655,776	0.98%	1.89%
2011	5,096,020	29,162,039	1.09%	1.77%
2012	5,235,742	29,662,831	2.74%	1.72%
2013	5,743,436	30,174,265	9.7%	1.72%
2014	6,346,990	30,696,137	10.5%	1.73%
2015	6,472,469	31,232,798	1.98%	1.75%
2016	6,323,060	31,789,685	-2.31%	1.78%
2017	6,160,128	32,355,644	-2.58%	1.78%
2018	5,984,119	32,910,967	-2.86%	1.72%
2019	5,794,594	33,440,596	-3.17%	1.61%
2020	5,702,398	33,889,558	-1.59%	1.34%
2021	5,718,122	34,282,399	0.28%	1.16%
2022	5,744,489	34,695,493	0.46%	1.2%
2023	5,773,493	35,126,298	0.5%	1.24%
2024	5,805,962	35,557,673	0.56%	1.23%
2025	5,849,420	35,977,838	0.75%	1.18%
2026	5,897,459	36,385,119	0.82%	1.13%
2027	5,947,070	36,785,089	0.84%	1.1%
2028	5,997,844	37,182,773	0.85%	1.08%
2029	6,050,384	37,574,292	0.88%	1.05%
2030	6,103,809	37,961,722	0.88%	1.03%
2031	6,158,003	38,347,786	0.89%	1.02%
2032	6,210,753	38,728,383	0.86%	0.99%
2033	6,259,744	39,097,871	0.79%	0.95%
2034	6,308,826	39,457,849	0.78%	0.92%
2035	6,357,723	39,814,834	0.78%	0.9%
2036	6,407,678	40,166,904	0.79%	0.88%
2037	6,461,872	40,512,289	0.85%	0.86%
2038	6,516,253	40,853,318	0.84%	0.84%
2039	6,569,272	41,185,892	0.81%	0.81%
2040	6,620,323	41,509,646	0.78%	0.79%
2041	6,669,091	41,828,594	0.74%	0.77%
2042	6,714,435	42,144,474	0.68%	0.76%
2043	6,754,071	42,455,952	0.59%	0.74%
2044	6,794,014	42,754,140	0.59%	0.7%
2045	6,834,985	43,038,205	0.6%	0.66%
2046	6,871,777	43,313,754	0.54%	0.64%
2047	6,909,022	43,580,459	0.54%	0.62%
2048	6,944,194	43,831,577	0.51%	0.58%
2049	6,972,877	44,065,538	0.41%	0.53%
2050	6,999,259	44,289,765	0.38%	0.51%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lebanon increased by 1,571,924 people (a 33.1% growth), while Malaysia gained 5,371,776 people (a 20.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lebanon lost -425,059 (a 6.72% decline), while Malaysia's population increased by 4,599,805 (a 14.5% growth).

Lebanon was ranked 115th most populous country in 2006 and is still 115th in 2026. Malaysia was ranked 44th in 2006 and ranked 45th 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 Malaysia will increase by 21.7% to 44,289,765 people and rank change from 45th to 49th.