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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Lebanon was 5,805,962 in 2024 vs 71,668,011 people in Thailand in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Lebanon's population is 5,888,008 people compared to 71,619,867 in Thailand.

Population statistics:

  • Thailand's population is 12.2 times bigger than Lebanon's.
  • Lebanon is ranked the 115th most populous country in the world, while Thailand is the 21st.
  • The countries together account for 0.94% of the world: 0.07% for Lebanon vs 0.87% for Thailand.
  • For the last 10 years, Lebanon has had an average growth rate of +0.16% per year vs +0.23% in Thailand.
  • Since 2005, the population of Lebanon has increased from 4.67M people to 5.89M (26.1% growth), while Thailand has grown from 66M to 71.6M (8.49% growth).
  • Lebanon is projected to reach its peak in 2080 at 7.46M people, while Thailand's population already peaked in 2022 at 71.7M people and is projected to decrease to 45.6M people by 2100.

Lebanon vs Thailand: live population counter

Lebanon Thailand
Current population
5888008
71619867
Population rank 115/197 21/197
Percent of world population 0.07% 0.87%
One net population change
16.2 minutes
15.3 minutes
One birth every
5.64 minutes
53.3 seconds
One death every
15.3 minutes
49.5 seconds
One migration net change every
30.4 minutes
22.5 minutes
Annual migration change -17,267 +23,321
Daily growth/decline +89 -94
Annual growth/decline +32,469 -34,424
Annual growth/decline rate +0.56% -0.05%
Population growth rate rank 130/197 170/197

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

Lebanon
Population

Growth rate
Thailand
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Lebanon Thailand Lebanon Thailand
1960 1,794,406 26,851,747 - -
1961 1,850,084 27,650,334 3.1% 2.97%
1962 1,909,578 28,481,040 3.22% 3%
1963 1,970,316 29,342,322 3.18% 3.02%
1964 2,030,543 30,232,141 3.06% 3.03%
1965 2,088,831 31,149,337 2.87% 3.03%
1966 2,148,260 32,086,071 2.85% 3.01%
1967 2,206,731 33,037,801 2.72% 2.97%
1968 2,266,368 34,002,560 2.7% 2.92%
1969 2,328,159 34,973,782 2.73% 2.86%
1970 2,386,114 35,954,408 2.49% 2.8%
1971 2,446,314 36,937,387 2.52% 2.73%
1972 2,509,729 37,933,929 2.59% 2.7%
1973 2,572,935 38,947,787 2.52% 2.67%
1974 2,635,185 39,952,891 2.42% 2.58%
1975 2,693,191 40,940,005 2.2% 2.47%
1976 2,726,469 41,896,504 1.24% 2.34%
1977 2,762,155 42,843,974 1.31% 2.26%
1978 2,822,682 43,788,976 2.19% 2.21%
1979 2,882,635 44,718,434 2.12% 2.12%
1980 2,944,763 45,650,022 2.16% 2.08%
1981 3,008,981 46,575,855 2.18% 2.03%
1982 3,054,931 47,494,577 1.53% 1.97%
1983 3,094,996 48,423,309 1.31% 1.96%
1984 3,152,744 49,351,708 1.87% 1.92%
1985 3,217,376 50,270,753 2.05% 1.86%
1986 3,300,365 51,177,834 2.58% 1.8%
1987 3,385,555 52,074,105 2.58% 1.75%
1988 3,454,649 52,969,595 2.04% 1.72%
1989 3,525,285 53,848,956 2.04% 1.66%
1990 3,595,175 54,738,329 1.98% 1.65%
1991 3,668,912 55,637,434 2.05% 1.64%
1992 3,747,371 56,528,834 2.14% 1.6%
1993 3,820,647 57,408,198 1.96% 1.56%
1994 3,889,799 58,260,854 1.81% 1.49%
1995 3,960,735 59,098,232 1.82% 1.44%
1996 4,034,781 59,920,064 1.87% 1.39%
1997 4,108,405 60,724,584 1.82% 1.34%
1998 4,181,281 61,522,630 1.77% 1.31%
1999 4,255,277 62,299,043 1.77% 1.26%
2000 4,329,340 63,007,815 1.74% 1.14%
2001 4,401,918 63,651,141 1.68% 1.02%
2002 4,463,504 64,266,437 1.4% 0.97%
2003 4,525,508 64,868,166 1.39% 0.94%
2004 4,599,279 65,452,047 1.63% 0.9%
2005 4,671,102 66,017,420 1.56% 0.86%
2006 4,751,136 66,567,687 1.71% 0.83%
2007 4,844,118 67,102,394 1.96% 0.8%
2008 4,925,354 67,619,830 1.68% 0.77%
2009 4,992,287 68,121,080 1.36% 0.74%
2010 5,041,288 68,579,447 0.98% 0.67%
2011 5,096,020 69,007,208 1.09% 0.62%
2012 5,235,742 69,436,098 2.74% 0.62%
2013 5,743,436 69,845,114 9.7% 0.59%
2014 6,346,990 70,216,367 10.5% 0.53%
2015 6,472,469 70,540,795 1.98% 0.46%
2016 6,323,060 70,859,841 -2.31% 0.45%
2017 6,160,128 71,160,187 -2.58% 0.42%
2018 5,984,119 71,376,079 -2.86% 0.3%
2019 5,794,594 71,522,271 -3.17% 0.2%
2020 5,702,398 71,641,484 -1.59% 0.17%
2021 5,718,122 71,727,332 0.28% 0.12%
2022 5,744,489 71,735,329 0.46% 0.01%
2023 5,773,493 71,702,435 0.5% -0.05%
2024 5,805,962 71,668,011 0.56% -0.05%
2025 5,849,420 71,619,867 0.75% -0.07%
2026 5,897,459 71,559,621 0.82% -0.08%
2027 5,947,070 71,488,156 0.84% -0.1%
2028 5,997,844 71,406,996 0.85% -0.11%
2029 6,050,384 71,316,195 0.88% -0.13%
2030 6,103,809 71,215,017 0.88% -0.14%
2031 6,158,003 71,104,025 0.89% -0.16%
2032 6,210,753 70,982,286 0.86% -0.17%
2033 6,259,744 70,847,947 0.79% -0.19%
2034 6,308,826 70,701,651 0.78% -0.21%
2035 6,357,723 70,540,884 0.78% -0.23%
2036 6,407,678 70,366,496 0.79% -0.25%
2037 6,461,872 70,180,031 0.85% -0.26%
2038 6,516,253 69,979,034 0.84% -0.29%
2039 6,569,272 69,763,928 0.81% -0.31%
2040 6,620,323 69,535,003 0.78% -0.33%
2041 6,669,091 69,288,477 0.74% -0.35%
2042 6,714,435 69,025,348 0.68% -0.38%
2043 6,754,071 68,748,075 0.59% -0.4%
2044 6,794,014 68,456,533 0.59% -0.42%
2045 6,834,985 68,150,148 0.6% -0.45%
2046 6,871,777 67,827,309 0.54% -0.47%
2047 6,909,022 67,489,358 0.54% -0.5%
2048 6,944,194 67,136,737 0.51% -0.52%
2049 6,972,877 66,767,316 0.41% -0.55%
2050 6,999,259 66,382,732 0.38% -0.58%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lebanon increased by 1,801,367 people (a 38.6% growth), while Thailand gained 4,523,375 people (a 6.85% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lebanon lost -584,461 (a 9.03% decline), while Thailand's population increased by 1,079,072 (a 1.53% growth).

Lebanon was ranked 114th most populous country in 2005 and is 115th in 2025. Thailand was ranked 19th in 2005 and ranked 21st 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 Thailand will decrease by 7.31% to 66,382,732 people and rank change from 21st to 31st.

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