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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lebanon	South Sudan	Lebanon	South Sudan
1960	1,794,406	2,931,559	-	-
1961	1,850,084	2,976,724	3.1%	1.54%
1962	1,909,578	3,024,308	3.22%	1.6%
1963	1,970,316	3,072,669	3.18%	1.6%
1964	2,030,543	3,129,918	3.06%	1.86%
1965	2,088,831	3,189,835	2.87%	1.91%
1966	2,148,260	3,236,423	2.85%	1.46%
1967	2,206,731	3,277,648	2.72%	1.27%
1968	2,266,368	3,321,528	2.7%	1.34%
1969	2,328,159	3,365,533	2.73%	1.32%
1970	2,386,114	3,409,614	2.49%	1.31%
1971	2,446,314	3,468,646	2.52%	1.73%
1972	2,509,729	3,542,497	2.59%	2.13%
1973	2,572,935	3,627,383	2.52%	2.4%
1974	2,635,185	3,723,259	2.42%	2.64%
1975	2,693,191	3,821,494	2.2%	2.64%
1976	2,726,469	3,921,910	1.24%	2.63%
1977	2,762,155	4,024,032	1.31%	2.6%
1978	2,822,682	4,127,657	2.19%	2.58%
1979	2,882,635	4,232,605	2.12%	2.54%
1980	2,944,763	4,339,030	2.16%	2.51%
1981	3,008,981	4,447,272	2.18%	2.49%
1982	3,054,931	4,557,686	1.53%	2.48%
1983	3,094,996	4,661,574	1.31%	2.28%
1984	3,152,744	4,750,627	1.87%	1.91%
1985	3,217,376	4,834,296	2.05%	1.76%
1986	3,300,365	4,921,240	2.58%	1.8%
1987	3,385,555	4,962,395	2.58%	0.84%
1988	3,454,649	4,848,029	2.04%	-2.3%
1989	3,525,285	4,713,229	2.04%	-2.78%
1990	3,595,175	4,737,633	1.98%	0.52%
1991	3,668,912	4,836,677	2.05%	2.09%
1992	3,747,371	4,909,749	2.14%	1.51%
1993	3,820,647	4,956,002	1.96%	0.94%
1994	3,889,799	5,071,184	1.81%	2.32%
1995	3,960,735	5,225,836	1.82%	3.05%
1996	4,034,781	5,356,925	1.87%	2.51%
1997	4,108,405	5,509,136	1.82%	2.84%
1998	4,181,281	5,620,068	1.77%	2.01%
1999	4,255,277	5,771,628	1.77%	2.7%
2000	4,329,340	6,032,267	1.74%	4.52%
2001	4,401,918	6,308,391	1.68%	4.58%
2002	4,463,504	6,596,806	1.4%	4.57%
2003	4,525,508	6,903,127	1.39%	4.64%
2004	4,599,279	7,233,041	1.63%	4.78%
2005	4,671,102	7,590,143	1.56%	4.94%
2006	4,751,136	7,976,526	1.71%	5.09%
2007	4,844,118	8,388,788	1.96%	5.17%
2008	4,925,354	8,817,647	1.68%	5.11%
2009	4,992,287	9,243,556	1.36%	4.83%
2010	5,041,288	9,745,953	0.98%	5.44%
2011	5,096,020	10,288,109	1.09%	5.56%
2012	5,235,742	10,756,240	2.74%	4.55%
2013	5,743,436	11,166,275	9.7%	3.81%
2014	6,346,990	11,235,073	10.5%	0.62%
2015	6,472,469	11,107,561	1.98%	-1.13%
2016	6,323,060	10,830,102	-2.31%	-2.5%
2017	6,160,128	10,259,154	-2.58%	-5.27%
2018	5,984,119	10,122,977	-2.86%	-1.33%
2019	5,794,594	10,423,384	-3.17%	2.97%
2020	5,702,398	10,698,467	-1.59%	2.64%
2021	5,718,122	10,865,780	0.28%	1.56%
2022	5,744,489	11,021,177	0.46%	1.43%
2023	5,773,493	11,483,374	0.5%	4.19%
2024	5,805,962	11,943,408	0.56%	4.01%
2025	5,849,420	12,188,793	0.75%	2.05%
2026	5,897,459	12,436,036	0.82%	2.03%
2027	5,947,070	12,687,301	0.84%	2.02%
2028	5,997,844	12,941,503	0.85%	2%
2029	6,050,384	13,198,080	0.88%	1.98%
2030	6,103,809	13,457,446	0.88%	1.97%
2031	6,158,003	13,725,413	0.89%	1.99%
2032	6,210,753	13,996,343	0.86%	1.97%
2033	6,259,744	14,261,762	0.79%	1.9%
2034	6,308,826	14,527,550	0.78%	1.86%
2035	6,357,723	14,798,602	0.78%	1.87%
2036	6,407,678	15,070,098	0.79%	1.83%
2037	6,461,872	15,335,700	0.85%	1.76%
2038	6,516,253	15,595,968	0.84%	1.7%
2039	6,569,272	15,850,696	0.81%	1.63%
2040	6,620,323	16,101,470	0.78%	1.58%
2041	6,669,091	16,350,149	0.74%	1.54%
2042	6,714,435	16,593,361	0.68%	1.49%
2043	6,754,071	16,829,209	0.59%	1.42%
2044	6,794,014	17,060,176	0.59%	1.37%
2045	6,834,985	17,286,412	0.6%	1.33%
2046	6,871,777	17,509,693	0.54%	1.29%
2047	6,909,022	17,728,331	0.54%	1.25%
2048	6,944,194	17,938,437	0.51%	1.19%
2049	6,972,877	18,142,893	0.41%	1.14%
2050	6,999,259	18,341,968	0.38%	1.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lebanon increased by 1,571,924 people (a 33.1% growth), while South Sudan gained 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lebanon lost -425,059 (a 6.72% decline), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth).

Lebanon was ranked 115th most populous country in 2006 and is still 115th in 2026. South Sudan was ranked 92nd in 2006 and ranked 80th 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 South Sudan will increase by 47.5% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 80th to 78th.