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 2005 to 2015, the population of Lebanon increased by 1,801,367 people (a 38.6% growth), while South Sudan gained 3,517,418 people (a 46.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lebanon lost -584,461 (a 9.03% decline), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,279,837 (a 11.5% growth).

Lebanon was ranked 114th most populous country in 2005 and is 115th in 2025. South Sudan was ranked 93rd in 2005 and ranked 81st 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 Sudan will increase by 48.1% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 81st to 78th.