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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lebanon	Switzerland	Lebanon	Switzerland
1960	1,794,406	5,327,827	-	-
1961	1,850,084	5,434,294	3.1%	2%
1962	1,909,578	5,573,815	3.22%	2.57%
1963	1,970,316	5,694,247	3.18%	2.16%
1964	2,030,543	5,789,228	3.06%	1.67%
1965	2,088,831	5,856,472	2.87%	1.16%
1966	2,148,260	5,918,002	2.85%	1.05%
1967	2,206,731	5,991,785	2.72%	1.25%
1968	2,266,368	6,067,714	2.7%	1.27%
1969	2,328,159	6,136,387	2.73%	1.13%
1970	2,386,114	6,180,877	2.49%	0.73%
1971	2,446,314	6,213,399	2.52%	0.53%
1972	2,509,729	6,260,956	2.59%	0.77%
1973	2,572,935	6,307,347	2.52%	0.74%
1974	2,635,185	6,341,405	2.42%	0.54%
1975	2,693,191	6,338,632	2.2%	-0.04%
1976	2,726,469	6,302,504	1.24%	-0.57%
1977	2,762,155	6,281,174	1.31%	-0.34%
1978	2,822,682	6,281,738	2.19%	0.009%
1979	2,882,635	6,294,365	2.12%	0.2%
1980	2,944,763	6,319,408	2.16%	0.4%
1981	3,008,981	6,354,074	2.18%	0.55%
1982	3,054,931	6,391,309	1.53%	0.59%
1983	3,094,996	6,418,773	1.31%	0.43%
1984	3,152,744	6,441,865	1.87%	0.36%
1985	3,217,376	6,470,365	2.05%	0.44%
1986	3,300,365	6,504,124	2.58%	0.52%
1987	3,385,555	6,545,106	2.58%	0.63%
1988	3,454,649	6,593,386	2.04%	0.74%
1989	3,525,285	6,646,912	2.04%	0.81%
1990	3,595,175	6,715,519	1.98%	1.03%
1991	3,668,912	6,799,978	2.05%	1.26%
1992	3,747,371	6,875,364	2.14%	1.11%
1993	3,820,647	6,938,265	1.96%	0.91%
1994	3,889,799	6,993,795	1.81%	0.8%
1995	3,960,735	7,040,687	1.82%	0.67%
1996	4,034,781	7,071,850	1.87%	0.44%
1997	4,108,405	7,088,906	1.82%	0.24%
1998	4,181,281	7,110,001	1.77%	0.3%
1999	4,255,277	7,143,991	1.77%	0.48%
2000	4,329,340	7,184,250	1.74%	0.56%
2001	4,401,918	7,229,854	1.68%	0.63%
2002	4,463,504	7,284,753	1.4%	0.76%
2003	4,525,508	7,339,001	1.39%	0.74%
2004	4,599,279	7,389,625	1.63%	0.69%
2005	4,671,102	7,437,115	1.56%	0.64%
2006	4,751,136	7,483,934	1.71%	0.63%
2007	4,844,118	7,551,117	1.96%	0.9%
2008	4,925,354	7,647,675	1.68%	1.28%
2009	4,992,287	7,743,831	1.36%	1.26%
2010	5,041,288	7,824,909	0.98%	1.05%
2011	5,096,020	7,912,398	1.09%	1.12%
2012	5,235,742	7,996,861	2.74%	1.07%
2013	5,743,436	8,089,346	9.7%	1.16%
2014	6,346,990	8,188,649	10.5%	1.23%
2015	6,472,469	8,282,396	1.98%	1.14%
2016	6,323,060	8,373,338	-2.31%	1.1%
2017	6,160,128	8,451,840	-2.58%	0.94%
2018	5,984,119	8,514,329	-2.86%	0.74%
2019	5,794,594	8,575,280	-3.17%	0.72%
2020	5,702,398	8,638,167	-1.59%	0.73%
2021	5,718,122	8,704,546	0.28%	0.77%
2022	5,744,489	8,777,088	0.46%	0.83%
2023	5,773,493	8,888,093	0.5%	1.26%
2024	5,805,962	9,034,102	0.56%	1.64%
2025	5,849,420	9,080,106	0.75%	0.51%
2026	5,897,459	9,120,994	0.82%	0.45%
2027	5,947,070	9,157,559	0.84%	0.4%
2028	5,997,844	9,190,572	0.85%	0.36%
2029	6,050,384	9,219,373	0.88%	0.31%
2030	6,103,809	9,245,030	0.88%	0.28%
2031	6,158,003	9,269,063	0.89%	0.26%
2032	6,210,753	9,289,991	0.86%	0.23%
2033	6,259,744	9,307,909	0.79%	0.19%
2034	6,308,826	9,324,938	0.78%	0.18%
2035	6,357,723	9,340,145	0.78%	0.16%
2036	6,407,678	9,352,822	0.79%	0.14%
2037	6,461,872	9,364,126	0.85%	0.12%
2038	6,516,253	9,373,988	0.84%	0.11%
2039	6,569,272	9,382,808	0.81%	0.09%
2040	6,620,323	9,392,748	0.78%	0.11%
2041	6,669,091	9,401,829	0.74%	0.1%
2042	6,714,435	9,410,286	0.68%	0.09%
2043	6,754,071	9,418,963	0.59%	0.09%
2044	6,794,014	9,426,166	0.59%	0.08%
2045	6,834,985	9,432,561	0.6%	0.07%
2046	6,871,777	9,438,518	0.54%	0.06%
2047	6,909,022	9,445,091	0.54%	0.07%
2048	6,944,194	9,452,109	0.51%	0.07%
2049	6,972,877	9,457,335	0.41%	0.06%
2050	6,999,259	9,459,997	0.38%	0.03%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lebanon increased by 1,801,367 people (a 38.6% growth), while Switzerland gained 845,281 people (a 11.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lebanon lost -584,461 (a 9.03% decline), while Switzerland's population increased by 830,554 (a 10% growth).

Lebanon was ranked 114th most populous country in 2005 and is 115th in 2025. Switzerland was ranked 97th in 2005 and ranked 100th 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 Switzerland will increase by 3.81% to 9,459,997 people and rank change from 100th to 102nd.