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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Lebanon was 5,805,962 in 2024 vs 634,431 people in Suriname in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Lebanon's population is 5,888,008 people compared to 644,193 in Suriname.

Population statistics:

  • Lebanon's population is 9.14 times bigger than Suriname's.
  • Lebanon is ranked the 115th most populous country in the world, while Suriname is the 165th.
  • The countries together account for 0.08% of the world: 0.07% for Lebanon vs 0.008% for Suriname.
  • For the last 10 years, Lebanon has had an average growth rate of +0.16% per year vs +0.99% in Suriname.
  • Since 2005, the population of Lebanon has increased from 4.67M people to 5.89M (26.1% growth), while Suriname has grown from 519K to 644K (24% growth).
  • Lebanon is projected to reach its peak in 2080 at 7.46M people compared to the peak of 753K people in 2071 for Suriname.

Lebanon vs Suriname: live population counter

Lebanon Suriname
Current population
5888008
644193
Population rank 115/197 165/197
Percent of world population 0.07% 0.008%
One net population change
16.2 minutes
1.58 hours
One birth every
5.64 minutes
48.3 minutes
One death every
15.3 minutes
2.1 hours
One migration net change every
30.4 minutes
7.51 hours
Annual migration change -17,267 -1,166
Daily growth/decline +89 +15
Annual growth/decline +32,469 +5,545
Annual growth/decline rate +0.56% +0.88%
Population growth rate rank 130/197 110/197

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

Lebanon
Population

Growth rate
Suriname
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Lebanon Suriname Lebanon Suriname
1960 1,794,406 263,918 - -
1961 1,850,084 272,791 3.1% 3.36%
1962 1,909,578 283,912 3.22% 4.08%
1963 1,970,316 297,034 3.18% 4.62%
1964 2,030,543 309,041 3.06% 4.04%
1965 2,088,831 320,000 2.87% 3.55%
1966 2,148,260 331,135 2.85% 3.48%
1967 2,206,731 342,679 2.72% 3.49%
1968 2,266,368 354,616 2.7% 3.48%
1969 2,328,159 366,906 2.73% 3.47%
1970 2,386,114 379,442 2.49% 3.42%
1971 2,446,314 391,932 2.52% 3.29%
1972 2,509,729 397,413 2.59% 1.4%
1973 2,572,935 395,772 2.52% -0.41%
1974 2,635,185 393,676 2.42% -0.53%
1975 2,693,191 391,170 2.2% -0.64%
1976 2,726,469 388,289 1.24% -0.74%
1977 2,762,155 385,067 1.31% -0.83%
1978 2,822,682 381,502 2.19% -0.93%
1979 2,882,635 377,602 2.12% -1.02%
1980 2,944,763 375,377 2.16% -0.59%
1981 3,008,981 375,459 2.18% 0.02%
1982 3,054,931 376,555 1.53% 0.29%
1983 3,094,996 378,746 1.31% 0.58%
1984 3,152,744 382,193 1.87% 0.91%
1985 3,217,376 386,972 2.05% 1.25%
1986 3,300,365 392,330 2.58% 1.38%
1987 3,385,555 396,911 2.58% 1.17%
1988 3,454,649 402,227 2.04% 1.34%
1989 3,525,285 408,409 2.04% 1.54%
1990 3,595,175 412,493 1.98% 1%
1991 3,668,912 415,013 2.05% 0.61%
1992 3,747,371 417,589 2.14% 0.62%
1993 3,820,647 419,352 1.96% 0.42%
1994 3,889,799 422,375 1.81% 0.72%
1995 3,960,735 429,606 1.82% 1.71%
1996 4,034,781 438,830 1.87% 2.15%
1997 4,108,405 448,067 1.82% 2.1%
1998 4,181,281 457,406 1.77% 2.08%
1999 4,255,277 466,916 1.77% 2.08%
2000 4,329,340 476,643 1.74% 2.08%
2001 4,401,918 486,560 1.68% 2.08%
2002 4,463,504 496,551 1.4% 2.05%
2003 4,525,508 506,414 1.39% 1.99%
2004 4,599,279 513,923 1.63% 1.48%
2005 4,671,102 519,313 1.56% 1.05%
2006 4,751,136 524,997 1.71% 1.09%
2007 4,844,118 531,016 1.96% 1.15%
2008 4,925,354 537,245 1.68% 1.17%
2009 4,992,287 543,568 1.36% 1.18%
2010 5,041,288 549,923 0.98% 1.17%
2011 5,096,020 556,269 1.09% 1.15%
2012 5,235,742 562,633 2.74% 1.14%
2013 5,743,436 569,020 9.7% 1.14%
2014 6,346,990 575,373 10.5% 1.12%
2015 6,472,469 581,627 1.98% 1.09%
2016 6,323,060 587,757 -2.31% 1.05%
2017 6,160,128 593,713 -2.58% 1.01%
2018 5,984,119 599,513 -2.86% 0.98%
2019 5,794,594 605,768 -3.17% 1.04%
2020 5,702,398 612,317 -1.59% 1.08%
2021 5,718,122 617,896 0.28% 0.91%
2022 5,744,489 623,164 0.46% 0.85%
2023 5,773,493 628,886 0.5% 0.92%
2024 5,805,962 634,431 0.56% 0.88%
2025 5,849,420 639,852 0.75% 0.85%
2026 5,897,459 645,257 0.82% 0.84%
2027 5,947,070 650,564 0.84% 0.82%
2028 5,997,844 655,783 0.85% 0.8%
2029 6,050,384 660,793 0.88% 0.76%
2030 6,103,809 665,650 0.88% 0.74%
2031 6,158,003 670,421 0.89% 0.72%
2032 6,210,753 675,070 0.86% 0.69%
2033 6,259,744 679,573 0.79% 0.67%
2034 6,308,826 683,911 0.78% 0.64%
2035 6,357,723 688,189 0.78% 0.63%
2036 6,407,678 692,343 0.79% 0.6%
2037 6,461,872 696,213 0.85% 0.56%
2038 6,516,253 699,908 0.84% 0.53%
2039 6,569,272 703,569 0.81% 0.52%
2040 6,620,323 707,156 0.78% 0.51%
2041 6,669,091 710,619 0.74% 0.49%
2042 6,714,435 713,900 0.68% 0.46%
2043 6,754,071 716,999 0.59% 0.43%
2044 6,794,014 719,920 0.59% 0.41%
2045 6,834,985 722,759 0.6% 0.39%
2046 6,871,777 725,322 0.54% 0.35%
2047 6,909,022 727,726 0.54% 0.33%
2048 6,944,194 730,038 0.51% 0.32%
2049 6,972,877 732,021 0.41% 0.27%
2050 6,999,259 733,898 0.38% 0.26%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lebanon increased by 1,801,367 people (a 38.6% growth), while Suriname gained 62,314 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lebanon lost -584,461 (a 9.03% decline), while Suriname's population increased by 62,566 (a 10.8% growth).

Lebanon was ranked 114th most populous country in 2005 and is 115th in 2025. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2005 and ranked 165th 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 Suriname will increase by 13.9% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.

Biggest cities by population

Lebanon
City Population
Beirut 2.42M
Tripoli 496K
Sidon 164K
Tyre 160K
Jounieh 102K
Zahle 100K

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