Population in Lebanon compared to Saudi Arabia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Lebanon and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lebanon	Saudi Arabia	Lebanon	Saudi Arabia
1960	1,794,406	2,435,403	-	-
1961	1,850,084	2,526,347	3.1%	3.73%
1962	1,909,578	2,620,910	3.22%	3.74%
1963	1,970,316	2,719,341	3.18%	3.76%
1964	2,030,543	2,821,968	3.06%	3.77%
1965	2,088,831	2,928,771	2.87%	3.78%
1966	2,148,260	3,039,887	2.85%	3.79%
1967	2,206,731	3,157,242	2.72%	3.86%
1968	2,266,368	3,282,711	2.7%	3.97%
1969	2,328,159	3,417,114	2.73%	4.09%
1970	2,386,114	3,562,470	2.49%	4.25%
1971	2,446,314	3,724,031	2.52%	4.54%
1972	2,509,729	3,905,722	2.59%	4.88%
1973	2,572,935	4,106,344	2.52%	5.14%
1974	2,635,185	4,323,632	2.42%	5.29%
1975	2,693,191	4,556,287	2.2%	5.38%
1976	2,726,469	4,807,933	1.24%	5.52%
1977	2,762,155	5,083,048	1.31%	5.72%
1978	2,822,682	5,381,902	2.19%	5.88%
1979	2,882,635	5,703,698	2.12%	5.98%
1980	2,944,763	6,047,997	2.16%	6.04%
1981	3,008,981	6,420,551	2.18%	6.16%
1982	3,054,931	6,824,486	1.53%	6.29%
1983	3,094,996	7,252,941	1.31%	6.28%
1984	3,152,744	7,697,307	1.87%	6.13%
1985	3,217,376	8,151,779	2.05%	5.9%
1986	3,300,365	8,628,639	2.58%	5.85%
1987	3,385,555	9,130,194	2.58%	5.81%
1988	3,454,649	9,629,165	2.04%	5.47%
1989	3,525,285	10,128,394	2.04%	5.18%
1990	3,595,175	10,640,691	1.98%	5.06%
1991	3,668,912	11,160,744	2.05%	4.89%
1992	3,747,371	11,686,676	2.14%	4.71%
1993	3,820,647	12,215,862	1.96%	4.53%
1994	3,889,799	12,750,040	1.81%	4.37%
1995	3,960,735	13,289,245	1.82%	4.23%
1996	4,034,781	13,831,009	1.87%	4.08%
1997	4,108,405	14,374,943	1.82%	3.93%
1998	4,181,281	14,922,185	1.77%	3.81%
1999	4,255,277	15,472,075	1.77%	3.69%
2000	4,329,340	16,177,722	1.74%	4.56%
2001	4,401,918	17,041,397	1.68%	5.34%
2002	4,463,504	17,910,910	1.4%	5.1%
2003	4,525,508	18,786,767	1.39%	4.89%
2004	4,599,279	19,669,480	1.63%	4.7%
2005	4,671,102	20,559,890	1.56%	4.53%
2006	4,751,136	21,459,144	1.71%	4.37%
2007	4,844,118	22,368,313	1.96%	4.24%
2008	4,925,354	23,287,877	1.68%	4.11%
2009	4,992,287	24,217,654	1.36%	3.99%
2010	5,041,288	23,978,487	0.98%	-0.99%
2011	5,096,020	25,091,867	1.09%	4.64%
2012	5,235,742	26,168,861	2.74%	4.29%
2013	5,743,436	27,624,004	9.7%	5.56%
2014	6,346,990	28,309,273	10.5%	2.48%
2015	6,472,469	29,816,382	1.98%	5.32%
2016	6,323,060	30,954,198	-2.31%	3.82%
2017	6,160,128	30,977,355	-2.58%	0.07%
2018	5,984,119	30,196,281	-2.86%	-2.52%
2019	5,794,594	30,063,799	-3.17%	-0.44%
2020	5,702,398	31,552,510	-1.59%	4.95%
2021	5,718,122	30,784,383	0.28%	-2.43%
2022	5,744,489	32,175,224	0.46%	4.52%
2023	5,773,493	33,702,731	0.5%	4.75%
2024	5,805,962	35,300,280	0.56%	4.74%
2025	5,849,420	35,927,625	0.75%	1.78%
2026	5,897,459	36,550,694	0.82%	1.73%
2027	5,947,070	37,167,513	0.84%	1.69%
2028	5,997,844	37,775,810	0.85%	1.64%
2029	6,050,384	38,364,377	0.88%	1.56%
2030	6,103,809	38,918,375	0.88%	1.44%
2031	6,158,003	39,450,880	0.89%	1.37%
2032	6,210,753	39,983,934	0.86%	1.35%
2033	6,259,744	40,517,599	0.79%	1.33%
2034	6,308,826	41,052,423	0.78%	1.32%
2035	6,357,723	41,588,429	0.78%	1.31%
2036	6,407,678	42,125,184	0.79%	1.29%
2037	6,461,872	42,661,908	0.85%	1.27%
2038	6,516,253	43,198,420	0.84%	1.26%
2039	6,569,272	43,734,316	0.81%	1.24%
2040	6,620,323	44,269,571	0.78%	1.22%
2041	6,669,091	44,804,338	0.74%	1.21%
2042	6,714,435	45,338,111	0.68%	1.19%
2043	6,754,071	45,870,896	0.59%	1.18%
2044	6,794,014	46,403,116	0.59%	1.16%
2045	6,834,985	46,934,822	0.6%	1.15%
2046	6,871,777	47,465,267	0.54%	1.13%
2047	6,909,022	47,993,976	0.54%	1.11%
2048	6,944,194	48,521,364	0.51%	1.1%
2049	6,972,877	49,047,461	0.41%	1.08%
2050	6,999,259	49,572,202	0.38%	1.07%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lebanon increased by 1,571,924 people (a 33.1% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,495,054 people (a 44.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lebanon lost -425,059 (a 6.72% decline), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 5,603,237 (a 18.1% growth).

Lebanon was ranked 115th most populous country in 2006 and is still 115th in 2026. Saudi Arabia was ranked 50th in 2006 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 35.6% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.