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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lebanon	Turkey	Lebanon	Turkey
1960	1,794,406	28,329,898	-	-
1961	1,850,084	29,119,238	3.1%	2.79%
1962	1,909,578	29,916,147	3.22%	2.74%
1963	1,970,316	30,726,841	3.18%	2.71%
1964	2,030,543	31,543,072	3.06%	2.66%
1965	2,088,831	32,345,220	2.87%	2.54%
1966	2,148,260	33,177,672	2.85%	2.57%
1967	2,206,731	34,050,421	2.72%	2.63%
1968	2,266,368	34,921,684	2.7%	2.56%
1969	2,328,159	35,787,774	2.73%	2.48%
1970	2,386,114	36,638,465	2.49%	2.38%
1971	2,446,314	37,518,611	2.52%	2.4%
1972	2,509,729	38,430,221	2.59%	2.43%
1973	2,572,935	39,329,533	2.52%	2.34%
1974	2,635,185	40,210,234	2.42%	2.24%
1975	2,693,191	41,053,126	2.2%	2.1%
1976	2,726,469	41,899,984	1.24%	2.06%
1977	2,762,155	42,773,298	1.31%	2.08%
1978	2,822,682	43,645,306	2.19%	2.04%
1979	2,882,635	44,510,429	2.12%	1.98%
1980	2,944,763	45,408,815	2.16%	2.02%
1981	3,008,981	46,321,190	2.18%	2.01%
1982	3,054,931	47,322,096	1.53%	2.16%
1983	3,094,996	48,447,410	1.31%	2.38%
1984	3,152,744	49,574,069	1.87%	2.33%
1985	3,217,376	50,687,115	2.05%	2.25%
1986	3,300,365	51,777,772	2.58%	2.15%
1987	3,385,555	52,843,670	2.58%	2.06%
1988	3,454,649	53,909,626	2.04%	2.02%
1989	3,525,285	54,976,723	2.04%	1.98%
1990	3,595,175	56,015,628	1.98%	1.89%
1991	3,668,912	57,009,887	2.05%	1.77%
1992	3,747,371	57,990,118	2.14%	1.72%
1993	3,820,647	58,999,167	1.96%	1.74%
1994	3,889,799	60,033,836	1.81%	1.75%
1995	3,960,735	61,024,503	1.82%	1.65%
1996	4,034,781	61,951,134	1.87%	1.52%
1997	4,108,405	62,852,966	1.82%	1.46%
1998	4,181,281	63,734,383	1.77%	1.4%
1999	4,255,277	64,591,923	1.77%	1.35%
2000	4,329,340	65,425,961	1.74%	1.29%
2001	4,401,918	66,245,128	1.68%	1.25%
2002	4,463,504	67,048,795	1.4%	1.21%
2003	4,525,508	67,831,730	1.39%	1.17%
2004	4,599,279	68,592,617	1.63%	1.12%
2005	4,671,102	69,329,557	1.56%	1.07%
2006	4,751,136	70,045,349	1.71%	1.03%
2007	4,844,118	70,158,112	1.96%	0.16%
2008	4,925,354	71,051,678	1.68%	1.27%
2009	4,992,287	72,039,206	1.36%	1.39%
2010	5,041,288	73,142,150	0.98%	1.53%
2011	5,096,020	74,223,629	1.09%	1.48%
2012	5,235,742	75,175,827	2.74%	1.28%
2013	5,743,436	76,147,624	9.7%	1.29%
2014	6,346,990	77,181,884	10.5%	1.36%
2015	6,472,469	78,218,479	1.98%	1.34%
2016	6,323,060	79,277,962	-2.31%	1.35%
2017	6,160,128	80,312,698	-2.58%	1.31%
2018	5,984,119	81,407,204	-2.86%	1.36%
2019	5,794,594	82,579,440	-3.17%	1.44%
2020	5,702,398	83,384,680	-1.59%	0.98%
2021	5,718,122	84,147,318	0.28%	0.91%
2022	5,744,489	84,979,913	0.46%	0.99%
2023	5,773,493	85,325,965	0.5%	0.41%
2024	5,805,962	85,518,661	0.56%	0.23%
2025	5,849,420	85,725,557	0.75%	0.24%
2026	5,897,459	85,960,835	0.82%	0.27%
2027	5,947,070	86,227,115	0.84%	0.31%
2028	5,997,844	86,502,744	0.85%	0.32%
2029	6,050,384	86,771,652	0.88%	0.31%
2030	6,103,809	87,037,680	0.88%	0.31%
2031	6,158,003	87,297,191	0.89%	0.3%
2032	6,210,753	87,537,075	0.86%	0.27%
2033	6,259,744	87,762,403	0.79%	0.26%
2034	6,308,826	87,974,138	0.78%	0.24%
2035	6,357,723	88,172,739	0.78%	0.23%
2036	6,407,678	88,364,318	0.79%	0.22%
2037	6,461,872	88,545,669	0.85%	0.21%
2038	6,516,253	88,707,268	0.84%	0.18%
2039	6,569,272	88,849,956	0.81%	0.16%
2040	6,620,323	88,975,510	0.78%	0.14%
2041	6,669,091	89,083,304	0.74%	0.12%
2042	6,714,435	89,177,769	0.68%	0.11%
2043	6,754,071	89,254,147	0.59%	0.09%
2044	6,794,014	89,311,458	0.59%	0.06%
2045	6,834,985	89,349,806	0.6%	0.04%
2046	6,871,777	89,375,429	0.54%	0.03%
2047	6,909,022	89,383,765	0.54%	0.009%
2048	6,944,194	89,361,174	0.51%	-0.03%
2049	6,972,877	89,306,566	0.41%	-0.06%
2050	6,999,259	89,218,346	0.38%	-0.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lebanon increased by 1,801,367 people (a 38.6% growth), while Turkey gained 8,888,922 people (a 12.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lebanon lost -584,461 (a 9.03% decline), while Turkey's population increased by 7,696,071 (a 9.84% growth).

Lebanon was ranked 114th most populous country in 2005 and is 115th in 2025. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2005 and still ranked 18th 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 Turkey will increase by 3.85% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.