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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lebanon	Mauritania	Lebanon	Mauritania
1960	1,794,406	824,298	-	-
1961	1,850,084	846,167	3.1%	2.65%
1962	1,909,578	869,184	3.22%	2.72%
1963	1,970,316	893,423	3.18%	2.79%
1964	2,030,543	918,955	3.06%	2.86%
1965	2,088,831	945,838	2.87%	2.93%
1966	2,148,260	974,157	2.85%	2.99%
1967	2,206,731	1,003,843	2.72%	3.05%
1968	2,266,368	1,034,739	2.7%	3.08%
1969	2,328,159	1,066,754	2.73%	3.09%
1970	2,386,114	1,099,806	2.49%	3.1%
1971	2,446,314	1,133,702	2.52%	3.08%
1972	2,509,729	1,168,355	2.59%	3.06%
1973	2,572,935	1,203,838	2.52%	3.04%
1974	2,635,185	1,240,188	2.42%	3.02%
1975	2,693,191	1,277,330	2.2%	2.99%
1976	2,726,469	1,315,336	1.24%	2.98%
1977	2,762,155	1,353,768	1.31%	2.92%
1978	2,822,682	1,392,713	2.19%	2.88%
1979	2,882,635	1,432,758	2.12%	2.88%
1980	2,944,763	1,474,043	2.16%	2.88%
1981	3,008,981	1,516,877	2.18%	2.91%
1982	3,054,931	1,561,176	1.53%	2.92%
1983	3,094,996	1,606,746	1.31%	2.92%
1984	3,152,744	1,653,693	1.87%	2.92%
1985	3,217,376	1,702,107	2.05%	2.93%
1986	3,300,365	1,751,835	2.58%	2.92%
1987	3,385,555	1,803,014	2.58%	2.92%
1988	3,454,649	1,855,859	2.04%	2.93%
1989	3,525,285	1,903,048	2.04%	2.54%
1990	3,595,175	1,951,878	1.98%	2.57%
1991	3,668,912	2,009,738	2.05%	2.96%
1992	3,747,371	2,088,135	2.14%	3.9%
1993	3,820,647	2,174,328	1.96%	4.13%
1994	3,889,799	2,249,454	1.81%	3.46%
1995	3,960,735	2,312,017	1.82%	2.78%
1996	4,034,781	2,358,188	1.87%	2%
1997	4,108,405	2,411,306	1.82%	2.25%
1998	4,181,281	2,474,651	1.77%	2.63%
1999	4,255,277	2,541,698	1.77%	2.71%
2000	4,329,340	2,613,441	1.74%	2.82%
2001	4,401,918	2,678,760	1.68%	2.5%
2002	4,463,504	2,738,655	1.4%	2.24%
2003	4,525,508	2,802,046	1.39%	2.31%
2004	4,599,279	2,868,664	1.63%	2.38%
2005	4,671,102	2,939,059	1.56%	2.45%
2006	4,751,136	3,013,660	1.71%	2.54%
2007	4,844,118	3,093,059	1.96%	2.63%
2008	4,925,354	3,183,269	1.68%	2.92%
2009	4,992,287	3,284,448	1.36%	3.18%
2010	5,041,288	3,390,965	0.98%	3.24%
2011	5,096,020	3,502,811	1.09%	3.3%
2012	5,235,742	3,619,034	2.74%	3.32%
2013	5,743,436	3,734,318	9.7%	3.19%
2014	6,346,990	3,848,514	10.5%	3.06%
2015	6,472,469	3,965,959	1.98%	3.05%
2016	6,323,060	4,086,657	-2.31%	3.04%
2017	6,160,128	4,210,600	-2.58%	3.03%
2018	5,984,119	4,337,685	-2.86%	3.02%
2019	5,794,594	4,467,708	-3.17%	3%
2020	5,702,398	4,600,131	-1.59%	2.96%
2021	5,718,122	4,734,874	0.28%	2.93%
2022	5,744,489	4,875,637	0.46%	2.97%
2023	5,773,493	5,022,441	0.5%	3.01%
2024	5,805,962	5,169,395	0.56%	2.93%
2025	5,849,420	5,315,063	0.75%	2.82%
2026	5,897,459	5,461,313	0.82%	2.75%
2027	5,947,070	5,608,785	0.84%	2.7%
2028	5,997,844	5,757,952	0.85%	2.66%
2029	6,050,384	5,909,186	0.88%	2.63%
2030	6,103,809	6,062,523	0.88%	2.59%
2031	6,158,003	6,217,791	0.89%	2.56%
2032	6,210,753	6,374,839	0.86%	2.53%
2033	6,259,744	6,533,828	0.79%	2.49%
2034	6,308,826	6,694,445	0.78%	2.46%
2035	6,357,723	6,856,314	0.78%	2.42%
2036	6,407,678	7,019,227	0.79%	2.38%
2037	6,461,872	7,183,105	0.85%	2.33%
2038	6,516,253	7,348,357	0.84%	2.3%
2039	6,569,272	7,514,734	0.81%	2.26%
2040	6,620,323	7,681,907	0.78%	2.22%
2041	6,669,091	7,850,210	0.74%	2.19%
2042	6,714,435	8,020,480	0.68%	2.17%
2043	6,754,071	8,192,542	0.59%	2.15%
2044	6,794,014	8,365,171	0.59%	2.11%
2045	6,834,985	8,538,521	0.6%	2.07%
2046	6,871,777	8,713,247	0.54%	2.05%
2047	6,909,022	8,888,466	0.54%	2.01%
2048	6,944,194	9,064,207	0.51%	1.98%
2049	6,972,877	9,240,169	0.41%	1.94%
2050	6,999,259	9,415,589	0.38%	1.9%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lebanon increased by 1,801,367 people (a 38.6% growth), while Mauritania gained 1,026,900 people (a 34.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lebanon lost -584,461 (a 9.03% decline), while Mauritania's population increased by 1,466,583 (a 37% growth).

Lebanon was ranked 114th most populous country in 2005 and is 115th in 2025. Mauritania was ranked 133rd in 2005 and ranked 123rd 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 Mauritania will increase by 73.3% to 9,415,589 people and rank change from 123rd to 103rd.