Population in Lebanon compared to North Macedonia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Lebanon and North Macedonia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lebanon	North Macedonia	Lebanon	North Macedonia
1960	1,794,406	1,435,059	-	-
1961	1,850,084	1,455,171	3.1%	1.4%
1962	1,909,578	1,471,745	3.22%	1.14%
1963	1,970,316	1,488,737	3.18%	1.15%
1964	2,030,543	1,510,900	3.06%	1.49%
1965	2,088,831	1,533,466	2.87%	1.49%
1966	2,148,260	1,557,349	2.85%	1.56%
1967	2,206,731	1,582,492	2.72%	1.61%
1968	2,266,368	1,608,930	2.7%	1.67%
1969	2,328,159	1,636,345	2.73%	1.7%
1970	2,386,114	1,664,208	2.49%	1.7%
1971	2,446,314	1,691,216	2.52%	1.62%
1972	2,509,729	1,717,395	2.59%	1.55%
1973	2,572,935	1,743,816	2.52%	1.54%
1974	2,635,185	1,770,545	2.42%	1.53%
1975	2,693,191	1,797,972	2.2%	1.55%
1976	2,726,469	1,825,830	1.24%	1.55%
1977	2,762,155	1,853,138	1.31%	1.5%
1978	2,822,682	1,879,847	2.19%	1.44%
1979	2,882,635	1,906,523	2.12%	1.42%
1980	2,944,763	1,933,038	2.16%	1.39%
1981	3,008,981	1,959,065	2.18%	1.35%
1982	3,054,931	1,978,956	1.53%	1.02%
1983	3,094,996	1,991,901	1.31%	0.65%
1984	3,152,744	2,003,399	1.87%	0.58%
1985	3,217,376	2,014,331	2.05%	0.55%
1986	3,300,365	2,024,732	2.58%	0.52%
1987	3,385,555	2,035,157	2.58%	0.51%
1988	3,454,649	2,045,737	2.04%	0.52%
1989	3,525,285	2,055,649	2.04%	0.48%
1990	3,595,175	2,063,689	1.98%	0.39%
1991	3,668,912	2,055,994	2.05%	-0.37%
1992	3,747,371	2,032,523	2.14%	-1.14%
1993	3,820,647	2,006,854	1.96%	-1.26%
1994	3,889,799	1,992,666	1.81%	-0.71%
1995	3,960,735	1,998,534	1.82%	0.29%
1996	4,034,781	2,012,553	1.87%	0.7%
1997	4,108,405	1,996,869	1.82%	-0.78%
1998	4,181,281	2,007,523	1.77%	0.53%
1999	4,255,277	2,017,142	1.77%	0.48%
2000	4,329,340	2,026,350	1.74%	0.46%
2001	4,401,918	2,034,882	1.68%	0.42%
2002	4,463,504	2,020,157	1.4%	-0.72%
2003	4,525,508	2,022,725	1.39%	0.13%
2004	4,599,279	2,016,186	1.63%	-0.32%
2005	4,671,102	2,005,330	1.56%	-0.54%
2006	4,751,136	1,994,287	1.71%	-0.55%
2007	4,844,118	1,982,933	1.96%	-0.57%
2008	4,925,354	1,971,493	1.68%	-0.58%
2009	4,992,287	1,958,782	1.36%	-0.64%
2010	5,041,288	1,946,298	0.98%	-0.64%
2011	5,096,020	1,937,398	1.09%	-0.46%
2012	5,235,742	1,929,821	2.74%	-0.39%
2013	5,743,436	1,922,716	9.7%	-0.37%
2014	6,346,990	1,917,557	10.5%	-0.27%
2015	6,472,469	1,912,430	1.98%	-0.27%
2016	6,323,060	1,906,313	-2.31%	-0.32%
2017	6,160,128	1,898,657	-2.58%	-0.4%
2018	5,984,119	1,889,051	-2.86%	-0.51%
2019	5,794,594	1,876,262	-3.17%	-0.68%
2020	5,702,398	1,856,124	-1.59%	-1.07%
2021	5,718,122	1,837,114	0.28%	-1.02%
2022	5,744,489	1,831,712	0.46%	-0.29%
2023	5,773,493	1,827,816	0.5%	-0.21%
2024	5,805,962	1,792,179	0.56%	-1.95%
2025	5,849,420	1,783,115	0.75%	-0.51%
2026	5,897,459	1,773,550	0.82%	-0.54%
2027	5,947,070	1,763,753	0.84%	-0.55%
2028	5,997,844	1,753,839	0.85%	-0.56%
2029	6,050,384	1,743,553	0.88%	-0.59%
2030	6,103,809	1,732,679	0.88%	-0.62%
2031	6,158,003	1,721,421	0.89%	-0.65%
2032	6,210,753	1,710,089	0.86%	-0.66%
2033	6,259,744	1,698,723	0.79%	-0.66%
2034	6,308,826	1,687,185	0.78%	-0.68%
2035	6,357,723	1,675,373	0.78%	-0.7%
2036	6,407,678	1,663,329	0.79%	-0.72%
2037	6,461,872	1,651,095	0.85%	-0.74%
2038	6,516,253	1,638,881	0.84%	-0.74%
2039	6,569,272	1,626,617	0.81%	-0.75%
2040	6,620,323	1,614,140	0.78%	-0.77%
2041	6,669,091	1,601,579	0.74%	-0.78%
2042	6,714,435	1,588,898	0.68%	-0.79%
2043	6,754,071	1,576,060	0.59%	-0.81%
2044	6,794,014	1,563,352	0.59%	-0.81%
2045	6,834,985	1,550,675	0.6%	-0.81%
2046	6,871,777	1,537,866	0.54%	-0.83%
2047	6,909,022	1,525,180	0.54%	-0.82%
2048	6,944,194	1,512,637	0.51%	-0.82%
2049	6,972,877	1,499,950	0.41%	-0.84%
2050	6,999,259	1,487,102	0.38%	-0.86%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lebanon increased by 1,801,367 people (a 38.6% growth), while North Macedonia lost 92,900 people (a 4.63% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lebanon lost -584,461 (a 9.03% decline), while North Macedonia's population decreased by -129,315 (a 6.76% decline).

Lebanon was ranked 114th most populous country in 2005 and is 115th in 2025. North Macedonia was ranked 141st in 2005 and ranked 150th 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 North Macedonia will decrease by 16.6% to 1,487,102 people and rank change from 150th to 155th.