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Population in Lebanon compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Lebanon was 5,805,962 in 2024 vs 69,226,000 people in the United Kingdom in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Lebanon's population is 5,888,008 people compared to 69,945,462 in the United Kingdom.

Population statistics:

  • The United Kingdom's population is 11.9 times bigger than Lebanon's.
  • Lebanon is ranked the 115th most populous country in the world, while the United Kingdom is the 22nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.92% of the world: 0.07% for Lebanon vs 0.85% for the United Kingdom.
  • For the last 10 years, Lebanon has had an average growth rate of +0.16% per year vs +0.7% in the United Kingdom.
  • Since 2005, the population of Lebanon has increased from 4.67M people to 5.89M (26.1% growth), while the United Kingdom has grown from 60.4M to 69.9M (15.8% growth).
  • Lebanon is projected to reach its peak in 2080 at 7.46M people compared to the peak of 76.2M people in 2072 for the United Kingdom.

Lebanon vs United Kingdom: live population counter

Lebanon United Kingdom
Current population
5888008
69945462
Population rank 115/197 22/197
Percent of world population 0.07% 0.85%
One net population change
16.2 minutes
43 seconds
One birth every
5.64 minutes
45.9 seconds
One death every
15.3 minutes
48.4 seconds
One migration net change every
30.4 minutes
1.26 minutes
Annual migration change -17,267 +417,114
Daily growth/decline +89 +2,011
Annual growth/decline +32,469 +734,000
Annual growth/decline rate +0.56% +1.07%
Population growth rate rank 130/197 99/197

Lebanon and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Lebanon
Population

Growth rate
United Kingdom
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Lebanon United Kingdom Lebanon United Kingdom
1960 1,794,406 52,400,000 - -
1961 1,850,084 52,800,000 3.1% 0.76%
1962 1,909,578 53,250,000 3.22% 0.85%
1963 1,970,316 53,650,000 3.18% 0.75%
1964 2,030,543 54,000,000 3.06% 0.65%
1965 2,088,831 54,348,050 2.87% 0.64%
1966 2,148,260 54,648,500 2.85% 0.55%
1967 2,206,731 54,943,600 2.72% 0.54%
1968 2,266,368 55,211,700 2.7% 0.49%
1969 2,328,159 55,441,750 2.73% 0.42%
1970 2,386,114 55,663,250 2.49% 0.4%
1971 2,446,314 55,896,223 2.52% 0.42%
1972 2,509,729 56,086,065 2.59% 0.34%
1973 2,572,935 56,194,527 2.52% 0.19%
1974 2,635,185 56,229,974 2.42% 0.06%
1975 2,693,191 56,225,800 2.2% -0.007%
1976 2,726,469 56,211,968 1.24% -0.02%
1977 2,762,155 56,193,492 1.31% -0.03%
1978 2,822,682 56,196,504 2.19% 0.005%
1979 2,882,635 56,246,951 2.12% 0.09%
1980 2,944,763 56,314,216 2.16% 0.12%
1981 3,008,981 56,333,829 2.18% 0.03%
1982 3,054,931 56,313,641 1.53% -0.04%
1983 3,094,996 56,332,848 1.31% 0.03%
1984 3,152,744 56,422,072 1.87% 0.16%
1985 3,217,376 56,550,268 2.05% 0.23%
1986 3,300,365 56,681,396 2.58% 0.23%
1987 3,385,555 56,802,050 2.58% 0.21%
1988 3,454,649 56,928,327 2.04% 0.22%
1989 3,525,285 57,076,711 2.04% 0.26%
1990 3,595,175 57,247,586 1.98% 0.3%
1991 3,668,912 57,424,897 2.05% 0.31%
1992 3,747,371 57,580,402 2.14% 0.27%
1993 3,820,647 57,718,614 1.96% 0.24%
1994 3,889,799 57,865,745 1.81% 0.25%
1995 3,960,735 58,019,030 1.82% 0.26%
1996 4,034,781 58,166,950 1.87% 0.25%
1997 4,108,405 58,316,954 1.82% 0.26%
1998 4,181,281 58,487,141 1.77% 0.29%
1999 4,255,277 58,682,466 1.77% 0.33%
2000 4,329,340 58,892,514 1.74% 0.36%
2001 4,401,918 59,119,673 1.68% 0.39%
2002 4,463,504 59,370,479 1.4% 0.42%
2003 4,525,508 59,647,577 1.39% 0.47%
2004 4,599,279 59,987,905 1.63% 0.57%
2005 4,671,102 60,401,206 1.56% 0.69%
2006 4,751,136 60,846,820 1.71% 0.74%
2007 4,844,118 61,322,463 1.96% 0.78%
2008 4,925,354 61,806,995 1.68% 0.79%
2009 4,992,287 62,276,270 1.36% 0.76%
2010 5,041,288 62,766,365 0.98% 0.79%
2011 5,096,020 63,258,810 1.09% 0.78%
2012 5,235,742 63,711,000 2.74% 0.71%
2013 5,743,436 64,139,000 9.7% 0.67%
2014 6,346,990 64,620,000 10.5% 0.75%
2015 6,472,469 65,088,000 1.98% 0.72%
2016 6,323,060 65,607,000 -2.31% 0.8%
2017 6,160,128 65,966,000 -2.58% 0.55%
2018 5,984,119 66,289,000 -2.86% 0.49%
2019 5,794,594 66,631,000 -3.17% 0.52%
2020 5,702,398 66,744,000 -1.59% 0.17%
2021 5,718,122 66,984,000 0.28% 0.36%
2022 5,744,489 67,604,000 0.46% 0.93%
2023 5,773,493 68,492,000 0.5% 1.31%
2024 5,805,962 69,226,000 0.56% 1.07%
2025 5,849,420 69,639,673 0.75% 0.6%
2026 5,897,459 70,020,350 0.82% 0.55%
2027 5,947,070 70,382,853 0.84% 0.52%
2028 5,997,844 70,732,699 0.85% 0.5%
2029 6,050,384 71,061,482 0.88% 0.46%
2030 6,103,809 71,377,535 0.88% 0.44%
2031 6,158,003 71,678,351 0.89% 0.42%
2032 6,210,753 71,959,934 0.86% 0.39%
2033 6,259,744 72,234,509 0.79% 0.38%
2034 6,308,826 72,497,650 0.78% 0.36%
2035 6,357,723 72,749,096 0.78% 0.35%
2036 6,407,678 72,990,847 0.79% 0.33%
2037 6,461,872 73,218,850 0.85% 0.31%
2038 6,516,253 73,441,349 0.84% 0.3%
2039 6,569,272 73,658,392 0.81% 0.3%
2040 6,620,323 73,868,334 0.78% 0.29%
2041 6,669,091 74,074,316 0.74% 0.28%
2042 6,714,435 74,275,779 0.68% 0.27%
2043 6,754,071 74,475,035 0.59% 0.27%
2044 6,794,014 74,667,284 0.59% 0.26%
2045 6,834,985 74,848,605 0.6% 0.24%
2046 6,871,777 75,020,949 0.54% 0.23%
2047 6,909,022 75,184,478 0.54% 0.22%
2048 6,944,194 75,337,543 0.51% 0.2%
2049 6,972,877 75,476,141 0.41% 0.18%
2050 6,999,259 75,600,588 0.38% 0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lebanon increased by 1,801,367 people (a 38.6% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lebanon lost -584,461 (a 9.03% decline), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

Lebanon was ranked 114th most populous country in 2005 and is 115th in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.

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