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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lebanon	Zimbabwe	Lebanon	Zimbabwe
1960	1,794,406	3,809,389	-	-
1961	1,850,084	3,930,401	3.1%	3.18%
1962	1,909,578	4,055,959	3.22%	3.19%
1963	1,970,316	4,185,877	3.18%	3.2%
1964	2,030,543	4,320,006	3.06%	3.2%
1965	2,088,831	4,458,462	2.87%	3.2%
1966	2,148,260	4,601,217	2.85%	3.2%
1967	2,206,731	4,748,307	2.72%	3.2%
1968	2,266,368	4,900,440	2.7%	3.2%
1969	2,328,159	5,058,181	2.73%	3.22%
1970	2,386,114	5,215,918	2.49%	3.12%
1971	2,446,314	5,374,712	2.52%	3.04%
1972	2,509,729	5,542,445	2.59%	3.12%
1973	2,572,935	5,720,404	2.52%	3.21%
1974	2,635,185	5,908,328	2.42%	3.29%
1975	2,693,191	6,098,658	2.2%	3.22%
1976	2,726,469	6,287,105	1.24%	3.09%
1977	2,762,155	6,449,512	1.31%	2.58%
1978	2,822,682	6,543,575	2.19%	1.46%
1979	2,882,635	6,647,556	2.12%	1.59%
1980	2,944,763	7,041,303	2.16%	5.92%
1981	3,008,981	7,498,635	2.18%	6.49%
1982	3,054,931	7,796,496	1.53%	3.97%
1983	3,094,996	8,098,404	1.31%	3.87%
1984	3,152,744	8,391,488	1.87%	3.62%
1985	3,217,376	8,686,813	2.05%	3.52%
1986	3,300,365	8,982,578	2.58%	3.4%
1987	3,385,555	9,284,644	2.58%	3.36%
1988	3,454,649	9,583,094	2.04%	3.21%
1989	3,525,285	9,864,798	2.04%	2.94%
1990	3,595,175	10,137,281	1.98%	2.76%
1991	3,668,912	10,404,816	2.05%	2.64%
1992	3,747,371	10,702,700	2.14%	2.86%
1993	3,820,647	10,860,288	1.96%	1.47%
1994	3,889,799	10,873,148	1.81%	0.12%
1995	3,960,735	10,974,599	1.82%	0.93%
1996	4,034,781	11,158,360	1.87%	1.67%
1997	4,108,405	11,369,827	1.82%	1.9%
1998	4,181,281	11,594,297	1.77%	1.97%
1999	4,255,277	11,783,458	1.77%	1.63%
2000	4,329,340	11,892,055	1.74%	0.92%
2001	4,401,918	11,971,901	1.68%	0.67%
2002	4,463,504	12,087,653	1.4%	0.97%
2003	4,525,508	12,232,323	1.39%	1.2%
2004	4,599,279	12,365,896	1.63%	1.09%
2005	4,671,102	12,483,432	1.56%	0.95%
2006	4,751,136	12,636,445	1.71%	1.23%
2007	4,844,118	12,804,058	1.96%	1.33%
2008	4,925,354	12,959,149	1.68%	1.21%
2009	4,992,287	13,142,790	1.36%	1.42%
2010	5,041,288	13,356,548	0.98%	1.63%
2011	5,096,020	13,595,424	1.09%	1.79%
2012	5,235,742	13,817,887	2.74%	1.64%
2013	5,743,436	14,013,808	9.7%	1.42%
2014	6,346,990	14,207,359	10.5%	1.38%
2015	6,472,469	14,399,013	1.98%	1.35%
2016	6,323,060	14,600,294	-2.31%	1.4%
2017	6,160,128	14,812,482	-2.58%	1.45%
2018	5,984,119	15,034,452	-2.86%	1.5%
2019	5,794,594	15,271,368	-3.17%	1.58%
2020	5,702,398	15,526,888	-1.59%	1.67%
2021	5,718,122	15,797,210	0.28%	1.74%
2022	5,744,489	16,069,056	0.46%	1.72%
2023	5,773,493	16,340,822	0.5%	1.69%
2024	5,805,962	16,634,373	0.56%	1.8%
2025	5,849,420	16,950,805	0.75%	1.9%
2026	5,897,459	17,273,591	0.82%	1.9%
2027	5,947,070	17,600,621	0.84%	1.89%
2028	5,997,844	17,932,015	0.85%	1.88%
2029	6,050,384	18,268,967	0.88%	1.88%
2030	6,103,809	18,610,356	0.88%	1.87%
2031	6,158,003	18,956,207	0.89%	1.86%
2032	6,210,753	19,311,368	0.86%	1.87%
2033	6,259,744	19,675,929	0.79%	1.89%
2034	6,308,826	20,041,125	0.78%	1.86%
2035	6,357,723	20,409,159	0.78%	1.84%
2036	6,407,678	20,778,662	0.79%	1.81%
2037	6,461,872	21,144,748	0.85%	1.76%
2038	6,516,253	21,512,919	0.84%	1.74%
2039	6,569,272	21,881,123	0.81%	1.71%
2040	6,620,323	22,250,123	0.78%	1.69%
2041	6,669,091	22,627,428	0.74%	1.7%
2042	6,714,435	23,000,906	0.68%	1.65%
2043	6,754,071	23,371,301	0.59%	1.61%
2044	6,794,014	23,740,630	0.59%	1.58%
2045	6,834,985	24,102,391	0.6%	1.52%
2046	6,871,777	24,462,491	0.54%	1.49%
2047	6,909,022	24,816,449	0.54%	1.45%
2048	6,944,194	25,168,419	0.51%	1.42%
2049	6,972,877	25,518,513	0.41%	1.39%
2050	6,999,259	25,866,397	0.38%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lebanon increased by 1,571,924 people (a 33.1% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,963,849 people (a 15.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lebanon lost -425,059 (a 6.72% decline), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,676,871 (a 18.3% growth).

Lebanon was ranked 115th most populous country in 2006 and is still 115th in 2026. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2006 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 49.7% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.