Population in Lebanon compared to Sao Tome and Principe: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Lebanon and Sao Tome and Principe: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lebanon	Sao Tome	Lebanon	Sao Tome
1960	1,794,406	68,012	-	-
1961	1,850,084	68,707	3.1%	1.02%
1962	1,909,578	69,403	3.22%	1.01%
1963	1,970,316	70,112	3.18%	1.02%
1964	2,030,543	70,865	3.06%	1.07%
1965	2,088,831	71,680	2.87%	1.15%
1966	2,148,260	72,576	2.85%	1.25%
1967	2,206,731	73,596	2.72%	1.41%
1968	2,266,368	74,765	2.7%	1.59%
1969	2,328,159	76,083	2.73%	1.76%
1970	2,386,114	77,626	2.49%	2.03%
1971	2,446,314	79,330	2.52%	2.2%
1972	2,509,729	81,041	2.59%	2.16%
1973	2,572,935	82,798	2.52%	2.17%
1974	2,635,185	84,672	2.42%	2.26%
1975	2,693,191	86,708	2.2%	2.4%
1976	2,726,469	88,922	1.24%	2.55%
1977	2,762,155	91,301	1.31%	2.68%
1978	2,822,682	93,794	2.19%	2.73%
1979	2,882,635	96,252	2.12%	2.62%
1980	2,944,763	98,544	2.16%	2.38%
1981	3,008,981	100,615	2.18%	2.1%
1982	3,054,931	102,508	1.53%	1.88%
1983	3,094,996	104,380	1.31%	1.83%
1984	3,152,744	106,394	1.87%	1.93%
1985	3,217,376	108,658	2.05%	2.13%
1986	3,300,365	111,150	2.58%	2.29%
1987	3,385,555	113,919	2.58%	2.49%
1988	3,454,649	116,939	2.04%	2.65%
1989	3,525,285	119,979	2.04%	2.6%
1990	3,595,175	122,980	1.98%	2.5%
1991	3,668,912	125,697	2.05%	2.21%
1992	3,747,371	128,110	2.14%	1.92%
1993	3,820,647	130,467	1.96%	1.84%
1994	3,889,799	132,732	1.81%	1.74%
1995	3,960,735	134,895	1.82%	1.63%
1996	4,034,781	136,962	1.87%	1.53%
1997	4,108,405	138,922	1.82%	1.43%
1998	4,181,281	140,751	1.77%	1.32%
1999	4,255,277	142,442	1.77%	1.2%
2000	4,329,340	144,018	1.74%	1.11%
2001	4,401,918	146,375	1.68%	1.64%
2002	4,463,504	149,922	1.4%	2.42%
2003	4,525,508	153,814	1.39%	2.6%
2004	4,599,279	157,705	1.63%	2.53%
2005	4,671,102	161,639	1.56%	2.49%
2006	4,751,136	165,638	1.71%	2.47%
2007	4,844,118	169,700	1.96%	2.45%
2008	4,925,354	173,793	1.68%	2.41%
2009	4,992,287	177,853	1.36%	2.34%
2010	5,041,288	181,802	0.98%	2.22%
2011	5,096,020	185,649	1.09%	2.12%
2012	5,235,742	189,439	2.74%	2.04%
2013	5,743,436	193,148	9.7%	1.96%
2014	6,346,990	196,767	10.5%	1.87%
2015	6,472,469	200,291	1.98%	1.79%
2016	6,323,060	203,689	-2.31%	1.7%
2017	6,160,128	206,970	-2.58%	1.61%
2018	5,984,119	210,187	-2.86%	1.55%
2019	5,794,594	213,392	-3.17%	1.52%
2020	5,702,398	217,435	-1.59%	1.89%
2021	5,718,122	221,961	0.28%	2.08%
2022	5,744,489	226,305	0.46%	1.96%
2023	5,773,493	230,871	0.5%	2.02%
2024	5,805,962	235,536	0.56%	2.02%
2025	5,849,420	240,251	0.75%	2%
2026	5,897,459	244,987	0.82%	1.97%
2027	5,947,070	249,783	0.84%	1.96%
2028	5,997,844	254,657	0.85%	1.95%
2029	6,050,384	259,597	0.88%	1.94%
2030	6,103,809	264,560	0.88%	1.91%
2031	6,158,003	269,566	0.89%	1.89%
2032	6,210,753	274,643	0.86%	1.88%
2033	6,259,744	279,761	0.79%	1.86%
2034	6,308,826	284,911	0.78%	1.84%
2035	6,357,723	290,082	0.78%	1.81%
2036	6,407,678	295,269	0.79%	1.79%
2037	6,461,872	300,439	0.85%	1.75%
2038	6,516,253	305,590	0.84%	1.71%
2039	6,569,272	310,729	0.81%	1.68%
2040	6,620,323	315,833	0.78%	1.64%
2041	6,669,091	320,875	0.74%	1.6%
2042	6,714,435	325,888	0.68%	1.56%
2043	6,754,071	330,908	0.59%	1.54%
2044	6,794,014	335,919	0.59%	1.51%
2045	6,834,985	340,911	0.6%	1.49%
2046	6,871,777	345,883	0.54%	1.46%
2047	6,909,022	350,758	0.54%	1.41%
2048	6,944,194	355,569	0.51%	1.37%
2049	6,972,877	360,353	0.41%	1.35%
2050	6,999,259	365,103	0.38%	1.32%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lebanon increased by 1,571,924 people (a 33.1% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,051 people (a 23% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lebanon lost -425,059 (a 6.72% decline), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 41,350 (a 20.3% growth).

Lebanon was ranked 115th most populous country in 2006 and is still 115th in 2026. Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th in 2006 and ranked 176th 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 Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.