Population in Lebanon compared to the Netherlands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Lebanon and the Netherlands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lebanon	Netherlands	Lebanon	Netherlands
1960	1,794,406	11,486,631	-	-
1961	1,850,084	11,638,712	3.1%	1.32%
1962	1,909,578	11,805,689	3.22%	1.43%
1963	1,970,316	11,965,966	3.18%	1.36%
1964	2,030,543	12,127,120	3.06%	1.35%
1965	2,088,831	12,294,732	2.87%	1.38%
1966	2,148,260	12,456,251	2.85%	1.31%
1967	2,206,731	12,598,201	2.72%	1.14%
1968	2,266,368	12,729,721	2.7%	1.04%
1969	2,328,159	12,877,984	2.73%	1.16%
1970	2,386,114	13,038,526	2.49%	1.25%
1971	2,446,314	13,194,497	2.52%	1.2%
1972	2,509,729	13,328,593	2.59%	1.02%
1973	2,572,935	13,439,322	2.52%	0.83%
1974	2,635,185	13,545,056	2.42%	0.79%
1975	2,693,191	13,666,335	2.2%	0.9%
1976	2,726,469	13,774,037	1.24%	0.79%
1977	2,762,155	13,856,185	1.31%	0.6%
1978	2,822,682	13,941,700	2.19%	0.62%
1979	2,882,635	14,038,270	2.12%	0.69%
1980	2,944,763	14,149,800	2.16%	0.79%
1981	3,008,981	14,247,208	2.18%	0.69%
1982	3,054,931	14,312,690	1.53%	0.46%
1983	3,094,996	14,367,070	1.31%	0.38%
1984	3,152,744	14,424,211	1.87%	0.4%
1985	3,217,376	14,491,632	2.05%	0.47%
1986	3,300,365	14,572,278	2.58%	0.56%
1987	3,385,555	14,665,037	2.58%	0.64%
1988	3,454,649	14,760,094	2.04%	0.65%
1989	3,525,285	14,848,907	2.04%	0.6%
1990	3,595,175	14,951,510	1.98%	0.69%
1991	3,668,912	15,069,798	2.05%	0.79%
1992	3,747,371	15,184,166	2.14%	0.76%
1993	3,820,647	15,290,368	1.96%	0.7%
1994	3,889,799	15,382,838	1.81%	0.6%
1995	3,960,735	15,459,006	1.82%	0.5%
1996	4,034,781	15,530,498	1.87%	0.46%
1997	4,108,405	15,610,650	1.82%	0.52%
1998	4,181,281	15,707,209	1.77%	0.62%
1999	4,255,277	15,812,088	1.77%	0.67%
2000	4,329,340	15,925,513	1.74%	0.72%
2001	4,401,918	16,046,180	1.68%	0.76%
2002	4,463,504	16,148,929	1.4%	0.64%
2003	4,525,508	16,225,302	1.39%	0.47%
2004	4,599,279	16,281,779	1.63%	0.35%
2005	4,671,102	16,319,868	1.56%	0.23%
2006	4,751,136	16,346,101	1.71%	0.16%
2007	4,844,118	16,381,696	1.96%	0.22%
2008	4,925,354	16,445,593	1.68%	0.39%
2009	4,992,287	16,530,388	1.36%	0.52%
2010	5,041,288	16,615,394	0.98%	0.51%
2011	5,096,020	16,693,074	1.09%	0.47%
2012	5,235,742	16,754,962	2.74%	0.37%
2013	5,743,436	16,804,432	9.7%	0.3%
2014	6,346,990	16,865,008	10.5%	0.36%
2015	6,472,469	16,939,923	1.98%	0.44%
2016	6,323,060	17,030,314	-2.31%	0.53%
2017	6,160,128	17,131,296	-2.58%	0.59%
2018	5,984,119	17,231,624	-2.86%	0.59%
2019	5,794,594	17,344,874	-3.17%	0.66%
2020	5,702,398	17,441,500	-1.59%	0.56%
2021	5,718,122	17,533,044	0.28%	0.52%
2022	5,744,489	17,700,982	0.46%	0.96%
2023	5,773,493	17,877,117	0.5%	1%
2024	5,805,962	17,993,485	0.56%	0.65%
2025	5,849,420	18,110,044	0.75%	0.65%
2026	5,897,459	18,210,675	0.82%	0.56%
2027	5,947,070	18,298,766	0.84%	0.48%
2028	5,997,844	18,378,805	0.85%	0.44%
2029	6,050,384	18,451,273	0.88%	0.39%
2030	6,103,809	18,515,139	0.88%	0.35%
2031	6,158,003	18,571,158	0.89%	0.3%
2032	6,210,753	18,620,309	0.86%	0.26%
2033	6,259,744	18,664,195	0.79%	0.24%
2034	6,308,826	18,701,674	0.78%	0.2%
2035	6,357,723	18,732,440	0.78%	0.16%
2036	6,407,678	18,759,270	0.79%	0.14%
2037	6,461,872	18,781,008	0.85%	0.12%
2038	6,516,253	18,797,497	0.84%	0.09%
2039	6,569,272	18,809,490	0.81%	0.06%
2040	6,620,323	18,816,959	0.78%	0.04%
2041	6,669,091	18,820,083	0.74%	0.02%
2042	6,714,435	18,818,821	0.68%	-0.007%
2043	6,754,071	18,814,475	0.59%	-0.02%
2044	6,794,014	18,806,778	0.59%	-0.04%
2045	6,834,985	18,796,219	0.6%	-0.06%
2046	6,871,777	18,784,939	0.54%	-0.06%
2047	6,909,022	18,770,867	0.54%	-0.07%
2048	6,944,194	18,753,541	0.51%	-0.09%
2049	6,972,877	18,734,516	0.41%	-0.1%
2050	6,999,259	18,713,797	0.38%	-0.11%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lebanon increased by 1,571,924 people (a 33.1% growth), while the Netherlands gained 684,213 people (a 4.19% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lebanon lost -425,059 (a 6.72% decline), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,181,323 (a 6.94% growth).

Lebanon was ranked 115th most populous country in 2006 and is still 115th in 2026. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2006 and ranked 72nd 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 the Netherlands will increase by 2.76% to 18,713,797 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.