Population in Lebanon compared to Spain: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Lebanon and Spain: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lebanon	Spain	Lebanon	Spain
1960	1,794,406	30,455,000	-	-
1961	1,850,084	30,739,250	3.1%	0.93%
1962	1,909,578	31,023,366	3.22%	0.92%
1963	1,970,316	31,296,651	3.18%	0.88%
1964	2,030,543	31,609,195	3.06%	1%
1965	2,088,831	31,954,292	2.87%	1.09%
1966	2,148,260	32,283,194	2.85%	1.03%
1967	2,206,731	32,682,947	2.72%	1.24%
1968	2,266,368	33,113,134	2.7%	1.32%
1969	2,328,159	33,441,054	2.73%	0.99%
1970	2,386,114	33,814,531	2.49%	1.12%
1971	2,446,314	34,224,490	2.52%	1.21%
1972	2,509,729	34,604,469	2.59%	1.11%
1973	2,572,935	34,988,947	2.52%	1.11%
1974	2,635,185	35,373,335	2.42%	1.1%
1975	2,693,191	35,757,900	2.2%	1.09%
1976	2,726,469	36,137,812	1.24%	1.06%
1977	2,762,155	36,511,638	1.31%	1.03%
1978	2,822,682	36,864,898	2.19%	0.97%
1979	2,882,635	37,191,330	2.12%	0.89%
1980	2,944,763	37,491,165	2.16%	0.81%
1981	3,008,981	37,758,631	2.18%	0.71%
1982	3,054,931	37,986,012	1.53%	0.6%
1983	3,094,996	38,171,525	1.31%	0.49%
1984	3,152,744	38,330,364	1.87%	0.42%
1985	3,217,376	38,469,512	2.05%	0.36%
1986	3,300,365	38,584,624	2.58%	0.3%
1987	3,385,555	38,684,815	2.58%	0.26%
1988	3,454,649	38,766,939	2.04%	0.21%
1989	3,525,285	38,827,764	2.04%	0.16%
1990	3,595,175	38,867,322	1.98%	0.1%
1991	3,668,912	38,966,376	2.05%	0.25%
1992	3,747,371	39,157,685	2.14%	0.49%
1993	3,820,647	39,361,262	1.96%	0.52%
1994	3,889,799	39,549,108	1.81%	0.48%
1995	3,960,735	39,724,050	1.82%	0.44%
1996	4,034,781	39,889,852	1.87%	0.42%
1997	4,108,405	40,057,389	1.82%	0.42%
1998	4,181,281	40,223,509	1.77%	0.41%
1999	4,255,277	40,386,875	1.77%	0.41%
2000	4,329,340	40,567,864	1.74%	0.45%
2001	4,401,918	40,850,412	1.68%	0.7%
2002	4,463,504	41,431,558	1.4%	1.42%
2003	4,525,508	42,187,645	1.39%	1.82%
2004	4,599,279	42,921,895	1.63%	1.74%
2005	4,671,102	43,653,155	1.56%	1.7%
2006	4,751,136	44,397,319	1.71%	1.7%
2007	4,844,118	45,226,803	1.96%	1.87%
2008	4,925,354	45,954,106	1.68%	1.61%
2009	4,992,287	46,362,946	1.36%	0.89%
2010	5,041,288	46,576,897	0.98%	0.46%
2011	5,096,020	46,742,697	1.09%	0.36%
2012	5,235,742	46,773,055	2.74%	0.06%
2013	5,743,436	46,604,197	9.7%	-0.36%
2014	6,346,990	46,460,733	10.5%	-0.31%
2015	6,472,469	46,422,303	1.98%	-0.08%
2016	6,323,060	46,458,139	-2.31%	0.08%
2017	6,160,128	46,571,232	-2.58%	0.24%
2018	5,984,119	46,782,011	-2.86%	0.45%
2019	5,794,594	47,118,501	-3.17%	0.72%
2020	5,702,398	47,359,424	-1.59%	0.51%
2021	5,718,122	47,443,821	0.28%	0.18%
2022	5,744,489	47,786,102	0.46%	0.72%
2023	5,773,493	48,352,528	0.5%	1.19%
2024	5,805,962	48,848,840	0.56%	1.03%
2025	5,849,420	48,827,866	0.75%	-0.04%
2026	5,897,459	48,787,930	0.82%	-0.08%
2027	5,947,070	48,738,456	0.84%	-0.1%
2028	5,997,844	48,683,694	0.85%	-0.11%
2029	6,050,384	48,619,674	0.88%	-0.13%
2030	6,103,809	48,542,955	0.88%	-0.16%
2031	6,158,003	48,454,221	0.89%	-0.18%
2032	6,210,753	48,362,482	0.86%	-0.19%
2033	6,259,744	48,271,264	0.79%	-0.19%
2034	6,308,826	48,177,551	0.78%	-0.19%
2035	6,357,723	48,077,695	0.78%	-0.21%
2036	6,407,678	47,970,911	0.79%	-0.22%
2037	6,461,872	47,860,116	0.85%	-0.23%
2038	6,516,253	47,747,343	0.84%	-0.24%
2039	6,569,272	47,629,540	0.81%	-0.25%
2040	6,620,323	47,504,152	0.78%	-0.26%
2041	6,669,091	47,373,061	0.74%	-0.28%
2042	6,714,435	47,234,914	0.68%	-0.29%
2043	6,754,071	47,092,497	0.59%	-0.3%
2044	6,794,014	46,942,712	0.59%	-0.32%
2045	6,834,985	46,778,501	0.6%	-0.35%
2046	6,871,777	46,604,170	0.54%	-0.37%
2047	6,909,022	46,421,312	0.54%	-0.39%
2048	6,944,194	46,230,109	0.51%	-0.41%
2049	6,972,877	46,024,720	0.41%	-0.44%
2050	6,999,259	45,808,469	0.38%	-0.47%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lebanon increased by 1,571,924 people (a 33.1% growth), while Spain gained 2,060,820 people (a 4.64% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lebanon lost -425,059 (a 6.72% decline), while Spain's population increased by 2,329,791 (a 5.01% growth).

Lebanon was ranked 115th most populous country in 2006 and is still 115th in 2026. Spain was ranked 28th in 2006 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.11% to 45,808,469 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.