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	1,824,359	0.56%	-0.19%
2025	5,849,420	1,815,133	0.75%	-0.51%
2026	5,897,459	1,805,395	0.82%	-0.54%
2027	5,947,070	1,795,422	0.84%	-0.55%
2028	5,997,844	1,785,331	0.85%	-0.56%
2029	6,050,384	1,774,860	0.88%	-0.59%
2030	6,103,809	1,763,791	0.88%	-0.62%
2031	6,158,003	1,752,330	0.89%	-0.65%
2032	6,210,753	1,740,795	0.86%	-0.66%
2033	6,259,744	1,729,225	0.79%	-0.66%
2034	6,308,826	1,717,480	0.78%	-0.68%
2035	6,357,723	1,705,456	0.78%	-0.7%
2036	6,407,678	1,693,196	0.79%	-0.72%
2037	6,461,872	1,680,741	0.85%	-0.74%
2038	6,516,253	1,668,308	0.84%	-0.74%
2039	6,569,272	1,655,824	0.81%	-0.75%
2040	6,620,323	1,643,124	0.78%	-0.77%
2041	6,669,091	1,630,336	0.74%	-0.78%
2042	6,714,435	1,617,428	0.68%	-0.79%
2043	6,754,071	1,604,359	0.59%	-0.81%
2044	6,794,014	1,591,423	0.59%	-0.81%
2045	6,834,985	1,578,519	0.6%	-0.81%
2046	6,871,777	1,565,479	0.54%	-0.83%
2047	6,909,022	1,552,566	0.54%	-0.82%
2048	6,944,194	1,539,797	0.51%	-0.82%
2049	6,972,877	1,526,883	0.41%	-0.84%
2050	6,999,259	1,513,804	0.38%	-0.86%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lebanon increased by 1,571,924 people (a 33.1% growth), while North Macedonia lost 87,974 people (a 4.41% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lebanon lost -425,059 (a 6.72% decline), while North Macedonia's population decreased by -100,918 (a 5.29% decline).

Lebanon was ranked 115th most populous country in 2006 and is still 115th in 2026. North Macedonia was ranked 142nd in 2006 and ranked 150th 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 North Macedonia will decrease by 16.2% to 1,513,804 people and rank change from 150th to 152nd.