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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lebanon	South Korea	Lebanon	South Korea
1960	1,794,406	25,012,374	-	-
1961	1,850,084	25,765,673	3.1%	3.01%
1962	1,909,578	26,513,030	3.22%	2.9%
1963	1,970,316	27,261,747	3.18%	2.82%
1964	2,030,543	27,984,155	3.06%	2.65%
1965	2,088,831	28,704,674	2.87%	2.57%
1966	2,148,260	29,435,571	2.85%	2.55%
1967	2,206,731	30,130,983	2.72%	2.36%
1968	2,266,368	30,838,302	2.7%	2.35%
1969	2,328,159	31,544,266	2.73%	2.29%
1970	2,386,114	32,240,827	2.49%	2.21%
1971	2,446,314	32,882,704	2.52%	1.99%
1972	2,509,729	33,505,406	2.59%	1.89%
1973	2,572,935	34,103,149	2.52%	1.78%
1974	2,635,185	34,692,266	2.42%	1.73%
1975	2,693,191	35,280,725	2.2%	1.7%
1976	2,726,469	35,848,523	1.24%	1.61%
1977	2,762,155	36,411,795	1.31%	1.57%
1978	2,822,682	36,969,185	2.19%	1.53%
1979	2,882,635	37,534,236	2.12%	1.53%
1980	2,944,763	38,123,775	2.16%	1.57%
1981	3,008,981	38,723,248	2.18%	1.57%
1982	3,054,931	39,326,352	1.53%	1.56%
1983	3,094,996	39,910,403	1.31%	1.49%
1984	3,152,744	40,405,956	1.87%	1.24%
1985	3,217,376	40,805,744	2.05%	0.99%
1986	3,300,365	41,213,674	2.58%	1%
1987	3,385,555	41,621,690	2.58%	0.99%
1988	3,454,649	42,031,247	2.04%	0.98%
1989	3,525,285	42,449,038	2.04%	0.99%
1990	3,595,175	42,869,283	1.98%	0.99%
1991	3,668,912	43,295,704	2.05%	0.99%
1992	3,747,371	43,747,962	2.14%	1.04%
1993	3,820,647	44,194,628	1.96%	1.02%
1994	3,889,799	44,641,540	1.81%	1.01%
1995	3,960,735	45,092,991	1.82%	1.01%
1996	4,034,781	45,524,681	1.87%	0.96%
1997	4,108,405	45,953,580	1.82%	0.94%
1998	4,181,281	46,286,503	1.77%	0.72%
1999	4,255,277	46,616,677	1.77%	0.71%
2000	4,329,340	47,008,111	1.74%	0.84%
2001	4,401,918	47,370,164	1.68%	0.77%
2002	4,463,504	47,644,736	1.4%	0.58%
2003	4,525,508	47,892,330	1.39%	0.52%
2004	4,599,279	48,082,519	1.63%	0.4%
2005	4,671,102	48,184,561	1.56%	0.21%
2006	4,751,136	48,438,292	1.71%	0.53%
2007	4,844,118	48,683,638	1.96%	0.51%
2008	4,925,354	49,054,708	1.68%	0.76%
2009	4,992,287	49,307,835	1.36%	0.52%
2010	5,041,288	49,554,112	0.98%	0.5%
2011	5,096,020	49,936,638	1.09%	0.77%
2012	5,235,742	50,199,853	2.74%	0.53%
2013	5,743,436	50,428,893	9.7%	0.46%
2014	6,346,990	50,746,659	10.5%	0.63%
2015	6,472,469	51,014,947	1.98%	0.53%
2016	6,323,060	51,217,803	-2.31%	0.4%
2017	6,160,128	51,361,911	-2.58%	0.28%
2018	5,984,119	51,585,058	-2.86%	0.43%
2019	5,794,594	51,764,822	-3.17%	0.35%
2020	5,702,398	51,836,239	-1.59%	0.14%
2021	5,718,122	51,769,539	0.28%	-0.13%
2022	5,744,489	51,672,569	0.46%	-0.19%
2023	5,773,493	51,712,619	0.5%	0.08%
2024	5,805,962	51,751,065	0.56%	0.07%
2025	5,849,420	51,700,480	0.75%	-0.1%
2026	5,897,459	51,633,793	0.82%	-0.13%
2027	5,947,070	51,552,198	0.84%	-0.16%
2028	5,997,844	51,456,707	0.85%	-0.19%
2029	6,050,384	51,347,230	0.88%	-0.21%
2030	6,103,809	51,221,713	0.88%	-0.24%
2031	6,158,003	51,081,220	0.89%	-0.27%
2032	6,210,753	50,924,233	0.86%	-0.31%
2033	6,259,744	50,747,132	0.79%	-0.35%
2034	6,308,826	50,549,508	0.78%	-0.39%
2035	6,357,723	50,333,286	0.78%	-0.43%
2036	6,407,678	50,098,951	0.79%	-0.47%
2037	6,461,872	49,845,669	0.85%	-0.51%
2038	6,516,253	49,573,234	0.84%	-0.55%
2039	6,569,272	49,283,770	0.81%	-0.58%
2040	6,620,323	48,980,369	0.78%	-0.62%
2041	6,669,091	48,661,905	0.74%	-0.65%
2042	6,714,435	48,331,004	0.68%	-0.68%
2043	6,754,071	47,990,085	0.59%	-0.71%
2044	6,794,014	47,634,183	0.59%	-0.74%
2045	6,834,985	47,263,526	0.6%	-0.78%
2046	6,871,777	46,881,228	0.54%	-0.81%
2047	6,909,022	46,482,133	0.54%	-0.85%
2048	6,944,194	46,063,595	0.51%	-0.9%
2049	6,972,877	45,626,805	0.41%	-0.95%
2050	6,999,259	45,172,356	0.38%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lebanon increased by 1,801,367 people (a 38.6% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lebanon lost -584,461 (a 9.03% decline), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Lebanon was ranked 114th most populous country in 2005 and is 115th in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st 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 Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.