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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lebanon	Syria	Lebanon	Syria
1960	1,794,406	4,673,500	-	-
1961	1,850,084	4,815,466	3.1%	3.04%
1962	1,909,578	4,959,340	3.22%	2.99%
1963	1,970,316	5,110,467	3.18%	3.05%
1964	2,030,543	5,269,087	3.06%	3.1%
1965	2,088,831	5,435,267	2.87%	3.15%
1966	2,148,260	5,609,047	2.85%	3.2%
1967	2,206,731	5,790,198	2.72%	3.23%
1968	2,266,368	5,978,742	2.7%	3.26%
1969	2,328,159	6,175,166	2.73%	3.29%
1970	2,386,114	6,380,609	2.49%	3.33%
1971	2,446,314	6,598,094	2.52%	3.41%
1972	2,509,729	6,826,024	2.59%	3.45%
1973	2,572,935	7,060,321	2.52%	3.43%
1974	2,635,185	7,302,160	2.42%	3.43%
1975	2,693,191	7,554,364	2.2%	3.45%
1976	2,726,469	7,817,320	1.24%	3.48%
1977	2,762,155	8,090,501	1.31%	3.49%
1978	2,822,682	8,372,759	2.19%	3.49%
1979	2,882,635	8,661,909	2.12%	3.45%
1980	2,944,763	8,957,663	2.16%	3.41%
1981	3,008,981	9,260,189	2.18%	3.38%
1982	3,054,931	9,572,511	1.53%	3.37%
1983	3,094,996	9,904,809	1.31%	3.47%
1984	3,152,744	10,258,398	1.87%	3.57%
1985	3,217,376	10,625,672	2.05%	3.58%
1986	3,300,365	11,002,844	2.58%	3.55%
1987	3,385,555	11,388,923	2.58%	3.51%
1988	3,454,649	11,782,264	2.04%	3.45%
1989	3,525,285	12,179,060	2.04%	3.37%
1990	3,595,175	12,579,208	1.98%	3.29%
1991	3,668,912	12,980,821	2.05%	3.19%
1992	3,747,371	13,385,571	2.14%	3.12%
1993	3,820,647	13,795,686	1.96%	3.06%
1994	3,889,799	14,208,583	1.81%	2.99%
1995	3,960,735	14,616,801	1.82%	2.87%
1996	4,034,781	15,018,104	1.87%	2.75%
1997	4,108,405	15,417,542	1.82%	2.66%
1998	4,181,281	15,820,413	1.77%	2.61%
1999	4,255,277	16,228,061	1.77%	2.58%
2000	4,329,340	16,637,888	1.74%	2.53%
2001	4,401,918	17,051,338	1.68%	2.48%
2002	4,463,504	17,468,332	1.4%	2.45%
2003	4,525,508	17,889,296	1.39%	2.41%
2004	4,599,279	18,336,875	1.63%	2.5%
2005	4,671,102	18,814,091	1.56%	2.6%
2006	4,751,136	19,637,022	1.71%	4.37%
2007	4,844,118	20,884,125	1.96%	6.35%
2008	4,925,354	21,636,564	1.68%	3.6%
2009	4,992,287	21,976,969	1.36%	1.57%
2010	5,041,288	22,482,421	0.98%	2.3%
2011	5,096,020	22,878,098	1.09%	1.76%
2012	5,235,742	22,759,763	2.74%	-0.52%
2013	5,743,436	21,666,917	9.7%	-4.8%
2014	6,346,990	20,273,659	10.5%	-6.43%
2015	6,472,469	19,424,618	1.98%	-4.19%
2016	6,323,060	19,193,834	-2.31%	-1.19%
2017	6,160,128	19,224,668	-2.58%	0.16%
2018	5,984,119	19,577,845	-2.86%	1.84%
2019	5,794,594	20,353,534	-3.17%	3.96%
2020	5,702,398	21,049,429	-1.59%	3.42%
2021	5,718,122	21,628,839	0.28%	2.75%
2022	5,744,489	22,462,173	0.46%	3.85%
2023	5,773,493	23,594,623	0.5%	5.04%
2024	5,805,962	24,672,760	0.56%	4.57%
2025	5,849,420	25,620,422	0.75%	3.84%
2026	5,897,459	26,472,499	0.82%	3.33%
2027	5,947,070	27,261,544	0.84%	2.98%
2028	5,997,844	28,006,558	0.85%	2.73%
2029	6,050,384	28,719,309	0.88%	2.54%
2030	6,103,809	29,395,545	0.88%	2.35%
2031	6,158,003	30,029,824	0.89%	2.16%
2032	6,210,753	30,633,661	0.86%	2.01%
2033	6,259,744	31,212,478	0.79%	1.89%
2034	6,308,826	31,768,138	0.78%	1.78%
2035	6,357,723	32,294,792	0.78%	1.66%
2036	6,407,678	32,788,153	0.79%	1.53%
2037	6,461,872	33,258,407	0.85%	1.43%
2038	6,516,253	33,710,718	0.84%	1.36%
2039	6,569,272	34,131,238	0.81%	1.25%
2040	6,620,323	34,533,185	0.78%	1.18%
2041	6,669,091	34,916,936	0.74%	1.11%
2042	6,714,435	35,279,863	0.68%	1.04%
2043	6,754,071	35,623,325	0.59%	0.97%
2044	6,794,014	35,944,394	0.59%	0.9%
2045	6,834,985	36,265,295	0.6%	0.89%
2046	6,871,777	36,583,260	0.54%	0.88%
2047	6,909,022	36,878,640	0.54%	0.81%
2048	6,944,194	37,171,029	0.51%	0.79%
2049	6,972,877	37,477,690	0.41%	0.83%
2050	6,999,259	37,793,378	0.38%	0.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lebanon increased by 1,571,924 people (a 33.1% growth), while Syria lost 443,188 people (a 2.26% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lebanon lost -425,059 (a 6.72% decline), while Syria's population increased by 7,287,288 (a 38% growth).

Lebanon was ranked 115th most populous country in 2006 and is still 115th in 2026. Syria was ranked 58th in 2006 and ranked 57th 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 Syria will increase by 42.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.