Population in Lebanon compared to Sierra Leone: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Lebanon and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lebanon	Sierra Leone	Lebanon	Sierra Leone
1960	1,794,406	2,268,356	-	-
1961	1,850,084	2,304,227	3.1%	1.58%
1962	1,909,578	2,342,242	3.22%	1.65%
1963	1,970,316	2,382,258	3.18%	1.71%
1964	2,030,543	2,424,390	3.06%	1.77%
1965	2,088,831	2,468,666	2.87%	1.83%
1966	2,148,260	2,514,638	2.85%	1.86%
1967	2,206,731	2,562,384	2.72%	1.9%
1968	2,266,368	2,611,532	2.7%	1.92%
1969	2,328,159	2,661,365	2.73%	1.91%
1970	2,386,114	2,712,286	2.49%	1.91%
1971	2,446,314	2,763,222	2.52%	1.88%
1972	2,509,729	2,814,388	2.59%	1.85%
1973	2,572,935	2,866,955	2.52%	1.87%
1974	2,635,185	2,920,459	2.42%	1.87%
1975	2,693,191	2,974,657	2.2%	1.86%
1976	2,726,469	3,028,820	1.24%	1.82%
1977	2,762,155	3,085,354	1.31%	1.87%
1978	2,822,682	3,145,517	2.19%	1.95%
1979	2,882,635	3,207,499	2.12%	1.97%
1980	2,944,763	3,272,089	2.16%	2.01%
1981	3,008,981	3,338,940	2.18%	2.04%
1982	3,054,931	3,408,183	1.53%	2.07%
1983	3,094,996	3,481,646	1.31%	2.16%
1984	3,152,744	3,558,758	1.87%	2.21%
1985	3,217,376	3,638,438	2.05%	2.24%
1986	3,300,365	3,728,380	2.58%	2.47%
1987	3,385,555	3,829,718	2.58%	2.72%
1988	3,454,649	3,934,517	2.04%	2.74%
1989	3,525,285	4,034,037	2.04%	2.53%
1990	3,595,175	4,196,828	1.98%	4.04%
1991	3,668,912	4,246,267	2.05%	1.18%
1992	3,747,371	4,166,366	2.14%	-1.88%
1993	3,820,647	4,157,130	1.96%	-0.22%
1994	3,889,799	4,173,105	1.81%	0.38%
1995	3,960,735	4,179,179	1.82%	0.15%
1996	4,034,781	4,199,210	1.87%	0.48%
1997	4,108,405	4,253,716	1.82%	1.3%
1998	4,181,281	4,295,785	1.77%	0.99%
1999	4,255,277	4,318,043	1.77%	0.52%
2000	4,329,340	4,423,611	1.74%	2.44%
2001	4,401,918	4,692,716	1.68%	6.08%
2002	4,463,504	4,971,435	1.4%	5.94%
2003	4,525,508	5,177,687	1.39%	4.15%
2004	4,599,279	5,355,717	1.63%	3.44%
2005	4,671,102	5,501,712	1.56%	2.73%
2006	4,751,136	5,624,466	1.71%	2.23%
2007	4,844,118	5,749,352	1.96%	2.22%
2008	4,925,354	5,894,722	1.68%	2.53%
2009	4,992,287	6,055,646	1.36%	2.73%
2010	5,041,288	6,222,714	0.98%	2.76%
2011	5,096,020	6,387,251	1.09%	2.64%
2012	5,235,742	6,551,080	2.74%	2.56%
2013	5,743,436	6,714,051	9.7%	2.49%
2014	6,346,990	6,876,385	10.5%	2.42%
2015	6,472,469	7,037,655	1.98%	2.35%
2016	6,323,060	7,205,328	-2.31%	2.38%
2017	6,160,128	7,379,299	-2.58%	2.41%
2018	5,984,119	7,554,563	-2.86%	2.38%
2019	5,794,594	7,731,991	-3.17%	2.35%
2020	5,702,398	7,912,558	-1.59%	2.34%
2021	5,718,122	8,094,602	0.28%	2.3%
2022	5,744,489	8,276,807	0.46%	2.25%
2023	5,773,493	8,460,512	0.5%	2.22%
2024	5,805,962	8,642,022	0.56%	2.15%
2025	5,849,420	8,819,789	0.75%	2.06%
2026	5,897,459	8,996,743	0.82%	2.01%
2027	5,947,070	9,174,695	0.84%	1.98%
2028	5,997,844	9,349,021	0.85%	1.9%
2029	6,050,384	9,520,811	0.88%	1.84%
2030	6,103,809	9,694,851	0.88%	1.83%
2031	6,158,003	9,870,295	0.89%	1.81%
2032	6,210,753	10,047,193	0.86%	1.79%
2033	6,259,744	10,221,006	0.79%	1.73%
2034	6,308,826	10,391,485	0.78%	1.67%
2035	6,357,723	10,563,163	0.78%	1.65%
2036	6,407,678	10,734,341	0.79%	1.62%
2037	6,461,872	10,902,263	0.85%	1.56%
2038	6,516,253	11,066,143	0.84%	1.5%
2039	6,569,272	11,230,060	0.81%	1.48%
2040	6,620,323	11,398,391	0.78%	1.5%
2041	6,669,091	11,566,213	0.74%	1.47%
2042	6,714,435	11,728,787	0.68%	1.41%
2043	6,754,071	11,887,934	0.59%	1.36%
2044	6,794,014	12,049,424	0.59%	1.36%
2045	6,834,985	12,208,872	0.6%	1.32%
2046	6,871,777	12,363,446	0.54%	1.27%
2047	6,909,022	12,512,739	0.54%	1.21%
2048	6,944,194	12,659,609	0.51%	1.17%
2049	6,972,877	12,805,136	0.41%	1.15%
2050	6,999,259	12,948,320	0.38%	1.12%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lebanon increased by 1,571,924 people (a 33.1% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,580,862 people (a 28.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lebanon lost -425,059 (a 6.72% decline), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,793,359 (a 24.9% growth).

Lebanon was ranked 115th most populous country in 2006 and is still 115th in 2026. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2006 and ranked 102nd 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 Sierra Leone will increase by 43.9% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.