Population in Lebanon compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Lebanon and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lebanon	South Africa	Lebanon	South Africa
1960	1,794,406	16,440,172	-	-
1961	1,850,084	16,908,035	3.1%	2.85%
1962	1,909,578	17,418,522	3.22%	3.02%
1963	1,970,316	17,954,564	3.18%	3.08%
1964	2,030,543	18,511,361	3.06%	3.1%
1965	2,088,831	19,089,380	2.87%	3.12%
1966	2,148,260	19,690,087	2.85%	3.15%
1967	2,206,731	20,314,066	2.72%	3.17%
1968	2,266,368	20,957,287	2.7%	3.17%
1969	2,328,159	21,614,676	2.73%	3.14%
1970	2,386,114	22,279,984	2.49%	3.08%
1971	2,446,314	22,942,143	2.52%	2.97%
1972	2,509,729	23,609,456	2.59%	2.91%
1973	2,572,935	24,294,263	2.52%	2.9%
1974	2,635,185	24,989,108	2.42%	2.86%
1975	2,693,191	25,690,940	2.2%	2.81%
1976	2,726,469	26,395,450	1.24%	2.74%
1977	2,762,155	27,118,952	1.31%	2.74%
1978	2,822,682	27,869,507	2.19%	2.77%
1979	2,882,635	28,634,162	2.12%	2.74%
1980	2,944,763	29,518,857	2.16%	3.09%
1981	3,008,981	30,541,044	2.18%	3.46%
1982	3,054,931	31,615,339	1.53%	3.52%
1983	3,094,996	32,739,304	1.31%	3.56%
1984	3,152,744	33,892,788	1.87%	3.52%
1985	3,217,376	35,042,093	2.05%	3.39%
1986	3,300,365	36,180,515	2.58%	3.25%
1987	3,385,555	37,326,190	2.58%	3.17%
1988	3,454,649	38,480,649	2.04%	3.09%
1989	3,525,285	39,628,575	2.04%	2.98%
1990	3,595,175	40,746,268	1.98%	2.82%
1991	3,668,912	41,687,898	2.05%	2.31%
1992	3,747,371	42,443,509	2.14%	1.81%
1993	3,820,647	43,297,156	1.96%	2.01%
1994	3,889,799	44,004,139	1.81%	1.63%
1995	3,960,735	44,541,554	1.82%	1.22%
1996	4,034,781	45,123,018	1.87%	1.31%
1997	4,108,405	45,666,838	1.82%	1.21%
1998	4,181,281	46,223,880	1.77%	1.22%
1999	4,255,277	46,730,335	1.77%	1.1%
2000	4,329,340	47,159,719	1.74%	0.92%
2001	4,401,918	47,566,800	1.68%	0.86%
2002	4,463,504	48,019,415	1.4%	0.95%
2003	4,525,508	48,500,348	1.39%	1%
2004	4,599,279	48,991,421	1.63%	1.01%
2005	4,671,102	49,490,033	1.56%	1.02%
2006	4,751,136	49,998,277	1.71%	1.03%
2007	4,844,118	50,528,584	1.96%	1.06%
2008	4,925,354	51,114,599	1.68%	1.16%
2009	4,992,287	51,728,516	1.36%	1.2%
2010	5,041,288	52,344,051	0.98%	1.19%
2011	5,096,020	52,995,205	1.09%	1.24%
2012	5,235,742	53,782,567	2.74%	1.49%
2013	5,743,436	54,678,791	9.7%	1.67%
2014	6,346,990	55,594,838	10.5%	1.68%
2015	6,472,469	56,723,537	1.98%	2.03%
2016	6,323,060	57,259,551	-2.31%	0.94%
2017	6,160,128	57,635,162	-2.58%	0.66%
2018	5,984,119	58,613,001	-2.86%	1.7%
2019	5,794,594	59,587,885	-3.17%	1.66%
2020	5,702,398	60,562,381	-1.59%	1.64%
2021	5,718,122	61,502,603	0.28%	1.55%
2022	5,744,489	62,378,410	0.46%	1.42%
2023	5,773,493	63,212,384	0.5%	1.34%
2024	5,805,962	64,007,187	0.56%	1.26%
2025	5,849,420	64,747,317	0.75%	1.16%
2026	5,897,459	65,453,086	0.82%	1.09%
2027	5,947,070	66,143,018	0.84%	1.05%
2028	5,997,844	66,830,384	0.85%	1.04%
2029	6,050,384	67,506,850	0.88%	1.01%
2030	6,103,809	68,161,357	0.88%	0.97%
2031	6,158,003	68,798,574	0.89%	0.93%
2032	6,210,753	69,426,441	0.86%	0.91%
2033	6,259,744	70,040,484	0.79%	0.88%
2034	6,308,826	70,641,572	0.78%	0.86%
2035	6,357,723	71,234,749	0.78%	0.84%
2036	6,407,678	71,816,372	0.79%	0.82%
2037	6,461,872	72,387,807	0.85%	0.8%
2038	6,516,253	72,949,611	0.84%	0.78%
2039	6,569,272	73,496,152	0.81%	0.75%
2040	6,620,323	74,035,615	0.78%	0.73%
2041	6,669,091	74,575,444	0.74%	0.73%
2042	6,714,435	75,111,899	0.68%	0.72%
2043	6,754,071	75,641,512	0.59%	0.71%
2044	6,794,014	76,164,461	0.59%	0.69%
2045	6,834,985	76,681,448	0.6%	0.68%
2046	6,871,777	77,199,542	0.54%	0.68%
2047	6,909,022	77,716,650	0.54%	0.67%
2048	6,944,194	78,215,323	0.51%	0.64%
2049	6,972,877	78,699,584	0.41%	0.62%
2050	6,999,259	79,177,329	0.38%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lebanon increased by 1,801,367 people (a 38.6% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lebanon lost -584,461 (a 9.03% decline), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Lebanon was ranked 114th most populous country in 2005 and is 115th in 2025. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2005 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.