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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lebanon	Moldova	Lebanon	Moldova
1960	1,794,406	2,058,020	-	-
1961	1,850,084	2,103,327	3.1%	2.2%
1962	1,909,578	2,147,227	3.22%	2.09%
1963	1,970,316	2,188,895	3.18%	1.94%
1964	2,030,543	2,228,000	3.06%	1.79%
1965	2,088,831	2,265,287	2.87%	1.67%
1966	2,148,260	2,301,871	2.85%	1.61%
1967	2,206,731	2,337,695	2.72%	1.56%
1968	2,266,368	2,373,073	2.7%	1.51%
1969	2,328,159	2,408,469	2.73%	1.49%
1970	2,386,114	2,437,590	2.49%	1.21%
1971	2,446,314	2,460,611	2.52%	0.94%
1972	2,509,729	2,484,742	2.59%	0.98%
1973	2,572,935	2,510,584	2.52%	1.04%
1974	2,635,185	2,538,164	2.42%	1.1%
1975	2,693,191	2,566,998	2.2%	1.14%
1976	2,726,469	2,596,491	1.24%	1.15%
1977	2,762,155	2,626,298	1.31%	1.15%
1978	2,822,682	2,656,211	2.19%	1.14%
1979	2,882,635	2,683,035	2.12%	1.01%
1980	2,944,763	2,708,675	2.16%	0.96%
1981	3,008,981	2,735,987	2.18%	1.01%
1982	3,054,931	2,763,101	1.53%	0.99%
1983	3,094,996	2,791,207	1.31%	1.02%
1984	3,152,744	2,820,518	1.87%	1.05%
1985	3,217,376	2,850,787	2.05%	1.07%
1986	3,300,365	2,883,057	2.58%	1.13%
1987	3,385,555	2,916,306	2.58%	1.15%
1988	3,454,649	2,948,891	2.04%	1.12%
1989	3,525,285	2,970,039	2.04%	0.72%
1990	3,595,175	2,977,912	1.98%	0.27%
1991	3,668,912	2,981,566	2.05%	0.12%
1992	3,747,371	2,980,965	2.14%	-0.02%
1993	3,820,647	2,975,966	1.96%	-0.17%
1994	3,889,799	2,966,745	1.81%	-0.31%
1995	3,960,735	2,953,200	1.82%	-0.46%
1996	4,034,781	2,947,293	1.87%	-0.2%
1997	4,108,405	2,936,413	1.82%	-0.37%
1998	4,181,281	2,935,227	1.77%	-0.04%
1999	4,255,277	2,930,622	1.77%	-0.16%
2000	4,329,340	2,924,668	1.74%	-0.2%
2001	4,401,918	2,918,135	1.68%	-0.22%
2002	4,463,504	2,911,385	1.4%	-0.23%
2003	4,525,508	2,903,198	1.39%	-0.28%
2004	4,599,279	2,896,023	1.63%	-0.25%
2005	4,671,102	2,888,985	1.56%	-0.24%
2006	4,751,136	2,880,967	1.71%	-0.28%
2007	4,844,118	2,874,299	1.96%	-0.23%
2008	4,925,354	2,868,833	1.68%	-0.19%
2009	4,992,287	2,865,213	1.36%	-0.13%
2010	5,041,288	2,862,354	0.98%	-0.1%
2011	5,096,020	2,860,699	1.09%	-0.06%
2012	5,235,742	2,860,324	2.74%	-0.01%
2013	5,743,436	2,859,558	9.7%	-0.03%
2014	6,346,990	2,857,815	10.5%	-0.06%
2015	6,472,469	2,835,978	1.98%	-0.76%
2016	6,323,060	2,803,186	-2.31%	-1.16%
2017	6,160,128	2,755,189	-2.58%	-1.71%
2018	5,984,119	2,707,203	-2.86%	-1.74%
2019	5,794,594	2,664,224	-3.17%	-1.59%
2020	5,702,398	2,635,130	-1.59%	-1.09%
2021	5,718,122	2,595,809	0.28%	-1.49%
2022	5,744,489	2,528,654	0.46%	-2.59%
2023	5,773,493	2,457,783	0.5%	-2.8%
2024	5,805,962	2,402,306	0.56%	-2.26%
2025	5,849,420	2,371,543	0.75%	-1.28%
2026	5,897,459	2,343,963	0.82%	-1.16%
2027	5,947,070	2,321,110	0.84%	-0.97%
2028	5,997,844	2,298,239	0.85%	-0.99%
2029	6,050,384	2,275,251	0.88%	-1%
2030	6,103,809	2,252,131	0.88%	-1.02%
2031	6,158,003	2,229,191	0.89%	-1.02%
2032	6,210,753	2,206,559	0.86%	-1.02%
2033	6,259,744	2,183,929	0.79%	-1.03%
2034	6,308,826	2,161,282	0.78%	-1.04%
2035	6,357,723	2,138,754	0.78%	-1.04%
2036	6,407,678	2,116,659	0.79%	-1.03%
2037	6,461,872	2,095,127	0.85%	-1.02%
2038	6,516,253	2,074,054	0.84%	-1.01%
2039	6,569,272	2,053,352	0.81%	-1%
2040	6,620,323	2,033,323	0.78%	-0.98%
2041	6,669,091	2,014,222	0.74%	-0.94%
2042	6,714,435	1,995,750	0.68%	-0.92%
2043	6,754,071	1,977,688	0.59%	-0.9%
2044	6,794,014	1,960,241	0.59%	-0.88%
2045	6,834,985	1,943,187	0.6%	-0.87%
2046	6,871,777	1,926,432	0.54%	-0.86%
2047	6,909,022	1,910,142	0.54%	-0.85%
2048	6,944,194	1,894,069	0.51%	-0.84%
2049	6,972,877	1,877,822	0.41%	-0.86%
2050	6,999,259	1,861,554	0.38%	-0.87%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lebanon increased by 1,571,924 people (a 33.1% growth), while Moldova lost 77,781 people (a 2.7% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lebanon lost -425,059 (a 6.72% decline), while Moldova's population decreased by -459,223 (a 16.4% decline).

Lebanon was ranked 115th most populous country in 2006 and is still 115th in 2026. Moldova was ranked 134th in 2006 and ranked 144th 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 Moldova will decrease by 20.6% to 1,861,554 people and rank change from 144th to 150th.