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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lebanon	Nigeria	Lebanon	Nigeria
1960	1,794,406	45,053,782	-	-
1961	1,850,084	45,989,310	3.1%	2.08%
1962	1,909,578	46,965,292	3.22%	2.12%
1963	1,970,316	47,973,575	3.18%	2.15%
1964	2,030,543	49,012,016	3.06%	2.16%
1965	2,088,831	50,086,764	2.87%	2.19%
1966	2,148,260	51,188,234	2.85%	2.2%
1967	2,206,731	52,293,065	2.72%	2.16%
1968	2,266,368	53,432,783	2.7%	2.18%
1969	2,328,159	54,631,914	2.73%	2.24%
1970	2,386,114	55,893,838	2.49%	2.31%
1971	2,446,314	57,214,684	2.52%	2.36%
1972	2,509,729	58,601,748	2.59%	2.42%
1973	2,572,935	60,082,139	2.52%	2.53%
1974	2,635,185	61,679,144	2.42%	2.66%
1975	2,693,191	63,410,815	2.2%	2.81%
1976	2,726,469	65,258,009	1.24%	2.91%
1977	2,762,155	67,234,590	1.31%	3.03%
1978	2,822,682	69,326,532	2.19%	3.11%
1979	2,882,635	71,498,242	2.12%	3.13%
1980	2,944,763	73,764,641	2.16%	3.17%
1981	3,008,981	76,068,103	2.18%	3.12%
1982	3,054,931	78,378,701	1.53%	3.04%
1983	3,094,996	80,438,260	1.31%	2.63%
1984	3,152,744	82,526,443	1.87%	2.6%
1985	3,217,376	84,897,973	2.05%	2.87%
1986	3,300,365	87,235,953	2.58%	2.75%
1987	3,385,555	89,591,716	2.58%	2.7%
1988	3,454,649	92,020,090	2.04%	2.71%
1989	3,525,285	94,531,014	2.04%	2.73%
1990	3,595,175	97,120,925	1.98%	2.74%
1991	3,668,912	99,720,162	2.05%	2.68%
1992	3,747,371	102,372,770	2.14%	2.66%
1993	3,820,647	105,122,069	1.96%	2.69%
1994	3,889,799	107,935,714	1.81%	2.68%
1995	3,960,735	110,819,428	1.82%	2.67%
1996	4,034,781	113,754,779	1.87%	2.65%
1997	4,108,405	116,754,792	1.82%	2.64%
1998	4,181,281	119,846,254	1.77%	2.65%
1999	4,255,277	123,047,320	1.77%	2.67%
2000	4,329,340	126,382,494	1.74%	2.71%
2001	4,401,918	129,862,595	1.68%	2.75%
2002	4,463,504	133,471,989	1.4%	2.78%
2003	4,525,508	137,202,644	1.39%	2.8%
2004	4,599,279	141,057,045	1.63%	2.81%
2005	4,671,102	145,017,253	1.56%	2.81%
2006	4,751,136	149,077,334	1.71%	2.8%
2007	4,844,118	153,267,261	1.96%	2.81%
2008	4,925,354	157,595,014	1.68%	2.82%
2009	4,992,287	162,049,464	1.36%	2.83%
2010	5,041,288	166,642,886	0.98%	2.83%
2011	5,096,020	171,379,598	1.09%	2.84%
2012	5,235,742	176,200,625	2.74%	2.81%
2013	5,743,436	181,049,443	9.7%	2.75%
2014	6,346,990	185,896,915	10.5%	2.68%
2015	6,472,469	190,671,878	1.98%	2.57%
2016	6,323,060	195,443,700	-2.31%	2.5%
2017	6,160,128	200,254,579	-2.58%	2.46%
2018	5,984,119	204,938,755	-2.86%	2.34%
2019	5,794,594	209,485,641	-3.17%	2.22%
2020	5,702,398	213,996,181	-1.59%	2.15%
2021	5,718,122	218,529,286	0.28%	2.12%
2022	5,744,489	223,150,896	0.46%	2.11%
2023	5,773,493	227,882,945	0.5%	2.12%
2024	5,805,962	232,679,478	0.56%	2.1%
2025	5,849,420	237,527,783	0.75%	2.08%
2026	5,897,459	242,431,830	0.82%	2.06%
2027	5,947,070	247,374,258	0.84%	2.04%
2028	5,997,844	252,346,128	0.85%	2.01%
2029	6,050,384	257,352,638	0.88%	1.98%
2030	6,103,809	262,380,975	0.88%	1.95%
2031	6,158,003	267,421,079	0.89%	1.92%
2032	6,210,753	272,483,635	0.86%	1.89%
2033	6,259,744	277,555,116	0.79%	1.86%
2034	6,308,826	282,622,388	0.78%	1.83%
2035	6,357,723	287,685,757	0.78%	1.79%
2036	6,407,678	292,739,390	0.79%	1.76%
2037	6,461,872	297,773,236	0.85%	1.72%
2038	6,516,253	302,782,350	0.84%	1.68%
2039	6,569,272	307,764,754	0.81%	1.65%
2040	6,620,323	312,710,403	0.78%	1.61%
2041	6,669,091	317,607,237	0.74%	1.57%
2042	6,714,435	322,450,302	0.68%	1.52%
2043	6,754,071	327,243,941	0.59%	1.49%
2044	6,794,014	331,983,354	0.59%	1.45%
2045	6,834,985	336,662,502	0.6%	1.41%
2046	6,871,777	341,281,757	0.54%	1.37%
2047	6,909,022	345,844,004	0.54%	1.34%
2048	6,944,194	350,347,757	0.51%	1.3%
2049	6,972,877	354,792,418	0.41%	1.27%
2050	6,999,259	359,185,550	0.38%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lebanon increased by 1,801,367 people (a 38.6% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lebanon lost -584,461 (a 9.03% decline), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Lebanon was ranked 114th most populous country in 2005 and is 115th in 2025. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2005 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.