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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lebanon	Oman	Lebanon	Oman
1960	1,794,406	530,485	-	-
1961	1,850,084	539,854	3.1%	1.77%
1962	1,909,578	549,941	3.22%	1.87%
1963	1,970,316	560,827	3.18%	1.98%
1964	2,030,543	572,577	3.06%	2.1%
1965	2,088,831	585,236	2.87%	2.21%
1966	2,148,260	598,804	2.85%	2.32%
1967	2,206,731	613,318	2.72%	2.42%
1968	2,266,368	628,798	2.7%	2.52%
1969	2,328,159	645,255	2.73%	2.62%
1970	2,386,114	662,680	2.49%	2.7%
1971	2,446,314	681,119	2.52%	2.78%
1972	2,509,729	700,593	2.59%	2.86%
1973	2,572,935	721,179	2.52%	2.94%
1974	2,635,185	746,988	2.42%	3.58%
1975	2,693,191	778,864	2.2%	4.27%
1976	2,726,469	814,701	1.24%	4.6%
1977	2,762,155	855,314	1.31%	4.99%
1978	2,822,682	900,304	2.19%	5.26%
1979	2,882,635	949,116	2.12%	5.42%
1980	2,944,763	1,001,248	2.16%	5.49%
1981	3,008,981	1,057,320	2.18%	5.6%
1982	3,054,931	1,117,678	1.53%	5.71%
1983	3,094,996	1,181,459	1.31%	5.71%
1984	3,152,744	1,247,716	1.87%	5.61%
1985	3,217,376	1,325,480	2.05%	6.23%
1986	3,300,365	1,413,419	2.58%	6.63%
1987	3,385,555	1,500,996	2.58%	6.2%
1988	3,454,649	1,588,568	2.04%	5.83%
1989	3,525,285	1,676,228	2.04%	5.52%
1990	3,595,175	1,763,954	1.98%	5.23%
1991	3,668,912	1,851,473	2.05%	4.96%
1992	3,747,371	1,938,238	2.14%	4.69%
1993	3,820,647	2,021,675	1.96%	4.3%
1994	3,889,799	2,081,834	1.81%	2.98%
1995	3,960,735	2,120,528	1.82%	1.86%
1996	4,034,781	2,156,926	1.87%	1.72%
1997	4,108,405	2,190,720	1.82%	1.57%
1998	4,181,281	2,222,489	1.77%	1.45%
1999	4,255,277	2,252,909	1.77%	1.37%
2000	4,329,340	2,282,131	1.74%	1.3%
2001	4,401,918	2,310,217	1.68%	1.23%
2002	4,463,504	2,337,140	1.4%	1.17%
2003	4,525,508	2,363,796	1.39%	1.14%
2004	4,599,279	2,404,821	1.63%	1.74%
2005	4,671,102	2,459,802	1.56%	2.29%
2006	4,751,136	2,514,795	1.71%	2.24%
2007	4,844,118	2,570,174	1.96%	2.2%
2008	4,925,354	2,626,529	1.68%	2.19%
2009	4,992,287	2,684,659	1.36%	2.21%
2010	5,041,288	2,757,446	0.98%	2.71%
2011	5,096,020	3,076,763	1.09%	11.6%
2012	5,235,742	3,547,106	2.74%	15.3%
2013	5,743,436	3,833,913	9.7%	8.09%
2014	6,346,990	4,002,439	10.5%	4.4%
2015	6,472,469	4,184,895	1.98%	4.56%
2016	6,323,060	4,390,877	-2.31%	4.92%
2017	6,160,128	4,537,396	-2.58%	3.34%
2018	5,984,119	4,597,877	-2.86%	1.33%
2019	5,794,594	4,591,241	-3.17%	-0.14%
2020	5,702,398	4,522,497	-1.59%	-1.5%
2021	5,718,122	4,500,424	0.28%	-0.49%
2022	5,744,489	4,730,226	0.46%	5.11%
2023	5,773,493	5,049,269	0.5%	6.74%
2024	5,805,962	5,281,538	0.56%	4.6%
2025	5,849,420	5,494,693	0.75%	4.04%
2026	5,897,459	5,671,451	0.82%	3.22%
2027	5,947,070	5,814,719	0.84%	2.53%
2028	5,997,844	5,929,317	0.85%	1.97%
2029	6,050,384	6,026,178	0.88%	1.63%
2030	6,103,809	6,112,708	0.88%	1.44%
2031	6,158,003	6,194,366	0.89%	1.34%
2032	6,210,753	6,275,465	0.86%	1.31%
2033	6,259,744	6,356,248	0.79%	1.29%
2034	6,308,826	6,436,919	0.78%	1.27%
2035	6,357,723	6,517,799	0.78%	1.26%
2036	6,407,678	6,599,101	0.79%	1.25%
2037	6,461,872	6,681,041	0.85%	1.24%
2038	6,516,253	6,763,781	0.84%	1.24%
2039	6,569,272	6,847,380	0.81%	1.24%
2040	6,620,323	6,931,970	0.78%	1.24%
2041	6,669,091	7,017,684	0.74%	1.24%
2042	6,714,435	7,104,475	0.68%	1.24%
2043	6,754,071	7,192,217	0.59%	1.24%
2044	6,794,014	7,280,846	0.59%	1.23%
2045	6,834,985	7,370,221	0.6%	1.23%
2046	6,871,777	7,460,268	0.54%	1.22%
2047	6,909,022	7,550,973	0.54%	1.22%
2048	6,944,194	7,642,323	0.51%	1.21%
2049	6,972,877	7,734,352	0.41%	1.2%
2050	6,999,259	7,826,991	0.38%	1.2%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lebanon increased by 1,801,367 people (a 38.6% growth), while Oman gained 1,725,093 people (a 70.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lebanon lost -584,461 (a 9.03% decline), while Oman's population increased by 1,451,783 (a 34.7% growth).

Lebanon was ranked 114th most populous country in 2005 and is 115th in 2025. Oman was ranked 138th in 2005 and ranked 120th 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 Oman will increase by 38.9% to 7,826,991 people and rank change from 120th to 113th.