Population in Lebanon compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Lebanon and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lebanon	Sri Lanka	Lebanon	Sri Lanka
1960	1,794,406	9,661,389	-	-
1961	1,850,084	9,899,372	3.1%	2.46%
1962	1,909,578	10,143,754	3.22%	2.47%
1963	1,970,316	10,395,040	3.18%	2.48%
1964	2,030,543	10,653,397	3.06%	2.49%
1965	2,088,831	10,916,965	2.87%	2.47%
1966	2,148,260	11,183,928	2.85%	2.45%
1967	2,206,731	11,457,328	2.72%	2.44%
1968	2,266,368	11,736,088	2.7%	2.43%
1969	2,328,159	12,013,858	2.73%	2.37%
1970	2,386,114	12,287,110	2.49%	2.27%
1971	2,446,314	12,551,910	2.52%	2.16%
1972	2,509,729	12,809,205	2.59%	2.05%
1973	2,572,935	13,060,916	2.52%	1.97%
1974	2,635,185	13,305,693	2.42%	1.87%
1975	2,693,191	13,548,984	2.2%	1.83%
1976	2,726,469	13,796,770	1.24%	1.83%
1977	2,762,155	14,049,371	1.31%	1.83%
1978	2,822,682	14,310,128	2.19%	1.86%
1979	2,882,635	14,579,614	2.12%	1.88%
1980	2,944,763	14,847,974	2.16%	1.84%
1981	3,008,981	15,099,414	2.18%	1.69%
1982	3,054,931	15,286,567	1.53%	1.24%
1983	3,094,996	15,388,794	1.31%	0.67%
1984	3,152,744	15,441,860	1.87%	0.34%
1985	3,217,376	15,544,154	2.05%	0.66%
1986	3,300,365	15,731,256	2.58%	1.2%
1987	3,385,555	15,916,576	2.58%	1.18%
1988	3,454,649	16,078,621	2.04%	1.02%
1989	3,525,285	16,248,557	2.04%	1.06%
1990	3,595,175	16,352,458	1.98%	0.64%
1991	3,668,912	16,475,354	2.05%	0.75%
1992	3,747,371	16,739,284	2.14%	1.6%
1993	3,820,647	17,025,918	1.96%	1.71%
1994	3,889,799	17,275,773	1.81%	1.47%
1995	3,960,735	17,564,068	1.82%	1.67%
1996	4,034,781	17,905,018	1.87%	1.94%
1997	4,108,405	18,248,200	1.82%	1.92%
1998	4,181,281	18,596,003	1.77%	1.91%
1999	4,255,277	18,944,731	1.77%	1.88%
2000	4,329,340	19,293,054	1.74%	1.84%
2001	4,401,918	19,600,362	1.68%	1.59%
2002	4,463,504	19,805,752	1.4%	1.05%
2003	4,525,508	19,951,521	1.39%	0.74%
2004	4,599,279	20,087,605	1.63%	0.68%
2005	4,671,102	20,216,524	1.56%	0.64%
2006	4,751,136	20,352,411	1.71%	0.67%
2007	4,844,118	20,492,545	1.96%	0.69%
2008	4,925,354	20,629,378	1.68%	0.67%
2009	4,992,287	20,756,435	1.36%	0.62%
2010	5,041,288	20,879,089	0.98%	0.59%
2011	5,096,020	21,009,048	1.09%	0.62%
2012	5,235,742	21,169,458	2.74%	0.76%
2013	5,743,436	20,585,000	9.7%	-2.76%
2014	6,346,990	20,778,000	10.5%	0.94%
2015	6,472,469	20,970,000	1.98%	0.92%
2016	6,323,060	21,209,000	-2.31%	1.14%
2017	6,160,128	21,453,000	-2.58%	1.15%
2018	5,984,119	21,670,000	-2.86%	1.01%
2019	5,794,594	21,803,000	-3.17%	0.61%
2020	5,702,398	21,919,000	-1.59%	0.53%
2021	5,718,122	22,156,000	0.28%	1.08%
2022	5,744,489	22,181,000	0.46%	0.11%
2023	5,773,493	22,037,000	0.5%	-0.65%
2024	5,805,962	21,916,000	0.56%	-0.55%
2025	5,849,420	22,035,440	0.75%	0.54%
2026	5,897,459	22,148,172	0.82%	0.51%
2027	5,947,070	22,255,601	0.84%	0.49%
2028	5,997,844	22,357,682	0.85%	0.46%
2029	6,050,384	22,453,922	0.88%	0.43%
2030	6,103,809	22,546,245	0.88%	0.41%
2031	6,158,003	22,635,106	0.89%	0.39%
2032	6,210,753	22,720,118	0.86%	0.38%
2033	6,259,744	22,802,043	0.79%	0.36%
2034	6,308,826	22,879,527	0.78%	0.34%
2035	6,357,723	22,952,739	0.78%	0.32%
2036	6,407,678	23,022,027	0.79%	0.3%
2037	6,461,872	23,088,877	0.85%	0.29%
2038	6,516,253	23,152,480	0.84%	0.28%
2039	6,569,272	23,211,633	0.81%	0.26%
2040	6,620,323	23,265,986	0.78%	0.23%
2041	6,669,091	23,315,260	0.74%	0.21%
2042	6,714,435	23,359,578	0.68%	0.19%
2043	6,754,071	23,398,752	0.59%	0.17%
2044	6,794,014	23,433,096	0.59%	0.15%
2045	6,834,985	23,464,943	0.6%	0.14%
2046	6,871,777	23,492,738	0.54%	0.12%
2047	6,909,022	23,512,629	0.54%	0.08%
2048	6,944,194	23,525,953	0.51%	0.06%
2049	6,972,877	23,533,940	0.41%	0.03%
2050	6,999,259	23,538,230	0.38%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lebanon increased by 1,801,367 people (a 38.6% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lebanon lost -584,461 (a 9.03% decline), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Lebanon was ranked 114th most populous country in 2005 and is 115th in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.