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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lebanon	Tunisia	Lebanon	Tunisia
1960	1,794,406	4,267,288	-	-
1961	1,850,084	4,316,278	3.1%	1.15%
1962	1,909,578	4,369,136	3.22%	1.22%
1963	1,970,316	4,427,131	3.18%	1.33%
1964	2,030,543	4,489,869	3.06%	1.42%
1965	2,088,831	4,561,385	2.87%	1.59%
1966	2,148,260	4,652,287	2.85%	1.99%
1967	2,206,731	4,760,970	2.72%	2.34%
1968	2,266,368	4,879,899	2.7%	2.5%
1969	2,328,159	5,004,697	2.73%	2.56%
1970	2,386,114	5,131,396	2.49%	2.53%
1971	2,446,314	5,261,658	2.52%	2.54%
1972	2,509,729	5,396,557	2.59%	2.56%
1973	2,572,935	5,537,242	2.52%	2.61%
1974	2,635,185	5,684,674	2.42%	2.66%
1975	2,693,191	5,839,262	2.2%	2.72%
1976	2,726,469	5,996,994	1.24%	2.7%
1977	2,762,155	6,155,931	1.31%	2.65%
1978	2,822,682	6,309,390	2.19%	2.49%
1979	2,882,635	6,456,419	2.12%	2.33%
1980	2,944,763	6,606,195	2.16%	2.32%
1981	3,008,981	6,758,284	2.18%	2.3%
1982	3,054,931	6,908,642	1.53%	2.22%
1983	3,094,996	7,053,800	1.31%	2.1%
1984	3,152,744	7,220,044	1.87%	2.36%
1985	3,217,376	7,409,903	2.05%	2.63%
1986	3,300,365	7,600,301	2.58%	2.57%
1987	3,385,555	7,789,987	2.58%	2.5%
1988	3,454,649	7,974,440	2.04%	2.37%
1989	3,525,285	8,151,660	2.04%	2.22%
1990	3,595,175	8,324,509	1.98%	2.12%
1991	3,668,912	8,501,827	2.05%	2.13%
1992	3,747,371	8,682,512	2.14%	2.13%
1993	3,820,647	8,857,910	1.96%	2.02%
1994	3,889,799	9,018,448	1.81%	1.81%
1995	3,960,735	9,161,258	1.82%	1.58%
1996	4,034,781	9,294,432	1.87%	1.45%
1997	4,108,405	9,421,270	1.82%	1.36%
1998	4,181,281	9,541,667	1.77%	1.28%
1999	4,255,277	9,655,963	1.77%	1.2%
2000	4,329,340	9,764,935	1.74%	1.13%
2001	4,401,918	9,869,677	1.68%	1.07%
2002	4,463,504	9,971,515	1.4%	1.03%
2003	4,525,508	10,071,632	1.39%	1%
2004	4,599,279	10,166,163	1.63%	0.94%
2005	4,671,102	10,255,472	1.56%	0.88%
2006	4,751,136	10,346,410	1.71%	0.89%
2007	4,844,118	10,441,702	1.96%	0.92%
2008	4,925,354	10,542,635	1.68%	0.97%
2009	4,992,287	10,650,681	1.36%	1.02%
2010	5,041,288	10,765,980	0.98%	1.08%
2011	5,096,020	10,886,035	1.09%	1.12%
2012	5,235,742	11,009,647	2.74%	1.14%
2013	5,743,436	11,141,361	9.7%	1.2%
2014	6,346,990	11,274,288	10.5%	1.19%
2015	6,472,469	11,402,264	1.98%	1.14%
2016	6,323,060	11,528,674	-2.31%	1.11%
2017	6,160,128	11,650,498	-2.58%	1.06%
2018	5,984,119	11,765,514	-2.86%	0.99%
2019	5,794,594	11,875,081	-3.17%	0.93%
2020	5,702,398	11,974,057	-1.59%	0.83%
2021	5,718,122	12,048,622	0.28%	0.62%
2022	5,744,489	12,119,334	0.46%	0.59%
2023	5,773,493	12,200,431	0.5%	0.67%
2024	5,805,962	12,277,109	0.56%	0.63%
2025	5,849,420	12,348,580	0.75%	0.58%
2026	5,897,459	12,415,147	0.82%	0.54%
2027	5,947,070	12,476,105	0.84%	0.49%
2028	5,997,844	12,531,994	0.85%	0.45%
2029	6,050,384	12,582,709	0.88%	0.4%
2030	6,103,809	12,628,154	0.88%	0.36%
2031	6,158,003	12,669,925	0.89%	0.33%
2032	6,210,753	12,709,155	0.86%	0.31%
2033	6,259,744	12,746,538	0.79%	0.29%
2034	6,308,826	12,781,017	0.78%	0.27%
2035	6,357,723	12,812,275	0.78%	0.24%
2036	6,407,678	12,842,495	0.79%	0.24%
2037	6,461,872	12,872,063	0.85%	0.23%
2038	6,516,253	12,900,190	0.84%	0.22%
2039	6,569,272	12,927,314	0.81%	0.21%
2040	6,620,323	12,953,871	0.78%	0.21%
2041	6,669,091	12,979,696	0.74%	0.2%
2042	6,714,435	13,005,242	0.68%	0.2%
2043	6,754,071	13,030,307	0.59%	0.19%
2044	6,794,014	13,054,103	0.59%	0.18%
2045	6,834,985	13,076,097	0.6%	0.17%
2046	6,871,777	13,095,748	0.54%	0.15%
2047	6,909,022	13,113,228	0.54%	0.13%
2048	6,944,194	13,127,662	0.51%	0.11%
2049	6,972,877	13,138,151	0.41%	0.08%
2050	6,999,259	13,145,144	0.38%	0.05%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lebanon increased by 1,801,367 people (a 38.6% growth), while Tunisia gained 1,146,792 people (a 11.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lebanon lost -584,461 (a 9.03% decline), while Tunisia's population increased by 999,787 (a 8.77% growth).

Lebanon was ranked 114th most populous country in 2005 and is 115th in 2025. Tunisia was ranked 79th in 2005 and ranked 80th 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 Tunisia will increase by 5.99% to 13,145,144 people and rank change from 80th to 89th.