Demographics of Lebanon

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date14 Dec 2021

As of 2021, the population of Lebanon is projected at 6.77 million, down by 0.82% compared with 6.83 million in 2020. Lebanon is ranked 109th in terms of population and 231st in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.11 million births in Lebanon in 2021. That is 311 per day, which is ranked 106th. The crude birth rate is 16.93 per 1000 people. There are 31.4 thousand deaths in Lebanon in 2021. That is 86 per day, which is ranked 127th. The crude death rate is 4.68 per 1000 people.

5.31 million people are living in urban areas, which is 89.09% of Lebanon population. Lebanon is ranked 36th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Lebanon in 2021 is 101.49 males per 100 females. There are 3.41 million males and 3.36 million females in Lebanon. The percentage of female population is 49.63% compare to 50.37% male population. Lebanon has 50.15 thousand more males than females. Lebanon is at 154th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

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  • Population
  • Growth rate

Lebanon population

Year Population Growth (%)
19501,334,617-
19551,532,1203.38
19601,804,9353.31
19652,092,3742.51
19702,297,4362.09
19752,575,7461.54
19802,588,928-0.08
19852,651,9920.53
19902,803,0322.81
19953,528,3793.67
20003,842,7742.54
20054,698,7612.83
20104,953,0642.91
20156,532,6814.34
20166,714,2812.78
20176,819,3731.57
20186,859,4080.59
20196,855,709-0.05
20206,825,442-0.44
20216,769,151-0.82
  • Total
  • Crude

Lebanon death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195018,35554,66513.5640.47
195518,54961,44512.0039.77
196018,93369,41310.4738.37
196519,04473,6259.1735.50
197018,80675,1438.0932.33
197518,81277,9887.4430.86
198018,80376,4817.2229.36
198518,39872,9166.9527.58
199018,57479,9276.3727.34
199518,75888,0775.5025.80
200018,37683,8014.6221.12
200518,33174,8894.0516.58
201020,51586,1933.9016.28
201525,878111,3554.1117.74
202030,749115,7014.5717.17
202131,387113,6684.6816.93
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  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Lebanon

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
1950427,079907,542-32.000
1955556,202975,9075.9636.303
1960764,2531,040,6737.5842.343
19651,065,7411,026,6076.1150.935
19701,366,375931,0145.0459.475
19751,725,141850,5493.8166.978
19801,919,361685,9321.8673.672
19852,125,807550,7761.7279.422
19902,246,758456,2581.4283.120
19952,572,911460,4832.3784.820
20002,782,415452,9512.6386.000
20053,453,680533,1723.3686.627
20103,787,791549,3503.8687.334
20155,155,483695,9964.6288.106
20205,353,116666,679-0.5788.925
20215,307,547649,747-0.8589.093
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  • Gender ratio

Lebanon population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 274,740 265,227 539,967 7.98 103.587
05-09 298,147 272,686 570,833 8.43 109.337
10-14 288,329 256,968 545,297 8.06 112.204
15-19 283,500 272,156 555,656 8.21 104.168
20-24 287,334 289,101 576,435 8.52 99.389
25-29 279,509 297,791 577,300 8.53 93.861
30-34 241,661 281,779 523,440 7.73 85.763
35-39 225,811 260,136 485,947 7.18 86.805
40-44 223,358 231,012 454,370 6.71 96.687
45-49 206,217 204,465 410,682 6.07 100.857
50-54 209,843 181,060 390,903 5.77 115.897
55-59 202,347 141,991 344,338 5.09 142.507
60-64 144,072 115,764 259,836 3.84 124.453
65-69 96,042 108,301 204,343 3.02 88.681
70-74 65,399 73,985 139,384 2.06 88.395
75-79 39,813 42,619 82,432 1.22 93.416
80-84 26,306 34,971 61,277 0.91 75.222
85-89 13,193 21,646 34,839 0.51 60.949
90-94 3,517 6,562 10,079 0.15 53.596
95-99 483 1,148 1,631 0.02 42.073
100+ 29 133 162 0.00 21.805
Total 3,409,650 3,359,501 6,769,151 101.493