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Population in Lebanon compared to the Marshall Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Lebanon was 5,805,962 in 2024 vs 37,548 people in the Marshall Islands in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Lebanon's population is 5,888,008 people compared to 36,281 in the Marshall Islands.

Population statistics:

  • Lebanon's population is 162.3 times bigger than the Marshall Islands'.
  • Lebanon is ranked the 115th most populous country in the world, while the Marshall Islands is the 192nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.07% of the world: 0.07% for Lebanon vs 0.0004% for the Marshall Islands.
  • For the last 10 years, Lebanon has had an average growth rate of +0.16% per year vs -2.69% in the Marshall Islands.
  • Since 2005, the population of Lebanon has increased from 4.67M people to 5.89M (26.1% growth), while the Marshall Islands has declined from 51.9K to 36.3K (30.1% decline).
  • Lebanon is projected to reach its peak in 2080 at 7.46M people, while the Marshall Islands' population already peaked in 2010 at 52K people and is projected to decrease to 23.8K people by 2100.

Lebanon vs Marshall Islands: live population counter

Lebanon Marshall Islands
Current population
5888008
36281
Population rank 115/197 192/197
Percent of world population 0.07% 0.0004%
One net population change
16.2 minutes
6.85 hours
One birth every
5.64 minutes
10.7 hours
One death every
15.3 minutes
1.35 days
One migration net change every
30.4 minutes
4.96 hours
Annual migration change -17,267 -1,765
Daily growth/decline +89 -4
Annual growth/decline +32,469 -1,279
Annual growth/decline rate +0.56% -3.29%
Population growth rate rank 130/197 197/197

Lebanon and the Marshall Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Lebanon
Population

Growth rate
Marshall Islands
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Lebanon Marshall Islands Lebanon Marshall Islands
1960 1,794,406 14,703 - -
1961 1,850,084 15,219 3.1% 3.51%
1962 1,909,578 15,755 3.22% 3.52%
1963 1,970,316 16,302 3.18% 3.47%
1964 2,030,543 16,852 3.06% 3.37%
1965 2,088,831 17,402 2.87% 3.26%
1966 2,148,260 17,927 2.85% 3.02%
1967 2,206,731 18,655 2.72% 4.06%
1968 2,266,368 19,862 2.7% 6.47%
1969 2,328,159 21,305 2.73% 7.27%
1970 2,386,114 22,530 2.49% 5.75%
1971 2,446,314 23,366 2.52% 3.71%
1972 2,509,729 23,992 2.59% 2.68%
1973 2,572,935 24,581 2.52% 2.45%
1974 2,635,185 25,296 2.42% 2.91%
1975 2,693,191 26,154 2.2% 3.39%
1976 2,726,469 27,021 1.24% 3.31%
1977 2,762,155 27,906 1.31% 3.28%
1978 2,822,682 28,809 2.19% 3.24%
1979 2,882,635 29,738 2.12% 3.22%
1980 2,944,763 30,774 2.16% 3.48%
1981 3,008,981 32,017 2.18% 4.04%
1982 3,054,931 33,397 1.53% 4.31%
1983 3,094,996 34,811 1.31% 4.23%
1984 3,152,744 36,264 1.87% 4.17%
1985 3,217,376 37,761 2.05% 4.13%
1986 3,300,365 39,286 2.58% 4.04%
1987 3,385,555 40,828 2.58% 3.93%
1988 3,454,649 42,321 2.04% 3.66%
1989 3,525,285 43,586 2.04% 2.99%
1990 3,595,175 44,629 1.98% 2.39%
1991 3,668,912 45,568 2.05% 2.1%
1992 3,747,371 46,388 2.14% 1.8%
1993 3,820,647 47,093 1.96% 1.52%
1994 3,889,799 47,712 1.81% 1.31%
1995 3,960,735 48,266 1.82% 1.16%
1996 4,034,781 48,775 1.87% 1.05%
1997 4,108,405 49,259 1.82% 0.99%
1998 4,181,281 49,717 1.77% 0.93%
1999 4,255,277 50,202 1.77% 0.98%
2000 4,329,340 50,706 1.74% 1%
2001 4,401,918 51,123 1.68% 0.82%
2002 4,463,504 51,425 1.4% 0.59%
2003 4,525,508 51,639 1.39% 0.42%
2004 4,599,279 51,791 1.63% 0.29%
2005 4,671,102 51,906 1.56% 0.22%
2006 4,751,136 51,992 1.71% 0.17%
2007 4,844,118 52,035 1.96% 0.08%
2008 4,925,354 52,030 1.68% -0.01%
2009 4,992,287 52,019 1.36% -0.02%
2010 5,041,288 52,044 0.98% 0.05%
2011 5,096,020 51,907 1.09% -0.26%
2012 5,235,742 51,419 2.74% -0.94%
2013 5,743,436 50,681 9.7% -1.44%
2014 6,346,990 49,796 10.5% -1.75%
2015 6,472,469 48,800 1.98% -2%
2016 6,323,060 47,709 -2.31% -2.24%
2017 6,160,128 46,529 -2.58% -2.47%
2018 5,984,119 45,285 -2.86% -2.67%
2019 5,794,594 44,007 -3.17% -2.82%
2020 5,702,398 42,706 -1.59% -2.96%
2021 5,718,122 41,367 0.28% -3.14%
2022 5,744,489 40,077 0.46% -3.12%
2023 5,773,493 38,827 0.5% -3.12%
2024 5,805,962 37,548 0.56% -3.29%
2025 5,849,420 36,281 0.75% -3.37%
2026 5,897,459 35,078 0.82% -3.32%
2027 5,947,070 33,976 0.84% -3.14%
2028 5,997,844 32,977 0.85% -2.94%
2029 6,050,384 32,054 0.88% -2.8%
2030 6,103,809 31,191 0.88% -2.69%
2031 6,158,003 30,420 0.89% -2.47%
2032 6,210,753 29,740 0.86% -2.23%
2033 6,259,744 29,142 0.79% -2.01%
2034 6,308,826 28,608 0.78% -1.83%
2035 6,357,723 28,147 0.78% -1.61%
2036 6,407,678 27,751 0.79% -1.41%
2037 6,461,872 27,405 0.85% -1.25%
2038 6,516,253 27,092 0.84% -1.14%
2039 6,569,272 26,836 0.81% -0.94%
2040 6,620,323 26,598 0.78% -0.89%
2041 6,669,091 26,396 0.74% -0.76%
2042 6,714,435 26,217 0.68% -0.68%
2043 6,754,071 26,054 0.59% -0.62%
2044 6,794,014 25,913 0.59% -0.54%
2045 6,834,985 25,777 0.6% -0.52%
2046 6,871,777 25,653 0.54% -0.48%
2047 6,909,022 25,543 0.54% -0.43%
2048 6,944,194 25,429 0.51% -0.45%
2049 6,972,877 25,311 0.41% -0.46%
2050 6,999,259 25,195 0.38% -0.46%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lebanon increased by 1,801,367 people (a 38.6% growth), while the Marshall Islands lost 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lebanon lost -584,461 (a 9.03% decline), while the Marshall Islands' population decreased by -12,519 (a 25.7% decline).

Lebanon was ranked 114th most populous country in 2005 and is 115th in 2025. The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th in 2005 and ranked 192nd 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 the Marshall Islands will decrease by 30.6% to 25,195 people and rank change from 192nd to 193rd.

Biggest cities by population

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

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