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 2006 to 2016, the population of Lebanon increased by 1,571,924 people (a 33.1% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lebanon lost -425,059 (a 6.72% decline), while Rwanda's population increased by 2,974,058 (a 25% growth).

Lebanon was ranked 115th most populous country in 2006 and is still 115th in 2026. Rwanda was ranked 86th in 2006 and ranked 77th 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 Rwanda will increase by 52.5% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.