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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lebanon	Rwanda	Lebanon	Rwanda
1960	1,794,406	3,022,294	-	-
1961	1,850,084	3,106,779	3.1%	2.8%
1962	1,909,578	3,186,025	3.22%	2.55%
1963	1,970,316	3,258,890	3.18%	2.29%
1964	2,030,543	3,334,834	3.06%	2.33%
1965	2,088,831	3,423,210	2.87%	2.65%
1966	2,148,260	3,521,626	2.85%	2.87%
1967	2,206,731	3,629,577	2.72%	3.07%
1968	2,266,368	3,744,010	2.7%	3.15%
1969	2,328,159	3,861,271	2.73%	3.13%
1970	2,386,114	3,980,669	2.49%	3.09%
1971	2,446,314	4,100,044	2.52%	3%
1972	2,509,729	4,220,335	2.59%	2.93%
1973	2,572,935	4,345,047	2.52%	2.96%
1974	2,635,185	4,474,228	2.42%	2.97%
1975	2,693,191	4,607,728	2.2%	2.98%
1976	2,726,469	4,745,954	1.24%	3%
1977	2,762,155	4,888,240	1.31%	3%
1978	2,822,682	5,035,171	2.19%	3.01%
1979	2,882,635	5,189,541	2.12%	3.07%
1980	2,944,763	5,353,259	2.16%	3.15%
1981	3,008,981	5,527,230	2.18%	3.25%
1982	3,054,931	5,711,549	1.53%	3.33%
1983	3,094,996	5,905,311	1.31%	3.39%
1984	3,152,744	6,107,627	1.87%	3.43%
1985	3,217,376	6,317,228	2.05%	3.43%
1986	3,300,365	6,531,881	2.58%	3.4%
1987	3,385,555	6,749,493	2.58%	3.33%
1988	3,454,649	6,968,071	2.04%	3.24%
1989	3,525,285	7,184,706	2.04%	3.11%
1990	3,595,175	7,375,307	1.98%	2.65%
1991	3,668,912	7,526,966	2.05%	2.06%
1992	3,747,371	7,683,266	2.14%	2.08%
1993	3,820,647	7,981,132	1.96%	3.88%
1994	3,889,799	6,792,352	1.81%	-14.9%
1995	3,960,735	5,674,118	1.82%	-16.5%
1996	4,034,781	6,708,764	1.87%	18.2%
1997	4,108,405	7,755,238	1.82%	15.6%
1998	4,181,281	8,081,681	1.77%	4.21%
1999	4,255,277	8,147,912	1.77%	0.82%
2000	4,329,340	8,213,931	1.74%	0.81%
2001	4,401,918	8,287,094	1.68%	0.89%
2002	4,463,504	8,400,180	1.4%	1.36%
2003	4,525,508	8,586,875	1.39%	2.22%
2004	4,599,279	8,816,844	1.63%	2.68%
2005	4,671,102	9,054,528	1.56%	2.7%
2006	4,751,136	9,299,246	1.71%	2.7%
2007	4,844,118	9,549,933	1.96%	2.7%
2008	4,925,354	9,804,269	1.68%	2.66%
2009	4,992,287	10,060,432	1.36%	2.61%
2010	5,041,288	10,317,553	0.98%	2.56%
2011	5,096,020	10,573,733	1.09%	2.48%
2012	5,235,742	10,829,901	2.74%	2.42%
2013	5,743,436	11,093,340	9.7%	2.43%
2014	6,346,990	11,364,757	10.5%	2.45%
2015	6,472,469	11,640,022	1.98%	2.42%
2016	6,323,060	11,919,183	-2.31%	2.4%
2017	6,160,128	12,202,060	-2.58%	2.37%
2018	5,984,119	12,487,996	-2.86%	2.34%
2019	5,794,594	12,776,103	-3.17%	2.31%
2020	5,702,398	13,065,837	-1.59%	2.27%
2021	5,718,122	13,355,260	0.28%	2.22%
2022	5,744,489	13,651,030	0.46%	2.21%
2023	5,773,493	13,954,471	0.5%	2.22%
2024	5,805,962	14,256,567	0.56%	2.16%
2025	5,849,420	14,569,343	0.75%	2.19%
2026	5,897,459	14,889,694	0.82%	2.2%
2027	5,947,070	15,214,324	0.84%	2.18%
2028	5,997,844	15,536,461	0.85%	2.12%
2029	6,050,384	15,844,649	0.88%	1.98%
2030	6,103,809	16,154,698	0.88%	1.96%
2031	6,158,003	16,473,106	0.89%	1.97%
2032	6,210,753	16,771,820	0.86%	1.81%
2033	6,259,744	17,073,475	0.79%	1.8%
2034	6,308,826	17,402,250	0.78%	1.93%
2035	6,357,723	17,746,315	0.78%	1.98%
2036	6,407,678	18,076,769	0.79%	1.86%
2037	6,461,872	18,395,838	0.85%	1.77%
2038	6,516,253	18,729,778	0.84%	1.82%
2039	6,569,272	19,076,783	0.81%	1.85%
2040	6,620,323	19,440,762	0.78%	1.91%
2041	6,669,091	19,806,170	0.74%	1.88%
2042	6,714,435	20,153,979	0.68%	1.76%
2043	6,754,071	20,500,826	0.59%	1.72%
2044	6,794,014	20,837,079	0.59%	1.64%
2045	6,834,985	21,152,650	0.6%	1.51%
2046	6,871,777	21,459,144	0.54%	1.45%
2047	6,909,022	21,764,578	0.54%	1.42%
2048	6,944,194	22,086,112	0.51%	1.48%
2049	6,972,877	22,403,887	0.41%	1.44%
2050	6,999,259	22,707,896	0.38%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lebanon increased by 1,801,367 people (a 38.6% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,585,494 people (a 28.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lebanon lost -584,461 (a 9.03% decline), while Rwanda's population increased by 3,186,652 (a 27.4% growth).

Lebanon was ranked 114th most populous country in 2005 and is 115th in 2025. Rwanda was ranked 87th in 2005 and ranked 77th 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 Rwanda will increase by 53.2% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.